Senator Bacon Fireworks Over Queen Lil Aid Debate
The Georgia Senate scene centers on Senator Bacon challenging Foulke over a Civil Service letter about a dismissed survey employee. Debate covers rural free delivery, an appropriation for Queen Liliuokalani, and policy riders. Senate advances several bills, withdraws statehood riders, and adjourns amid ongoing discussions including a Paris institute land gift bill.
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Bony Tadas
Bacon
Civil Service Commission
Clay
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Iso
House
Senate
Civil Service
Foulke
Spooner
Surveyor General's Office
Idaho
Dubois Cating
Bayou
Georgia
Spooney
Liliuckalani
Morgan
Hoar
Blackburn
United States
American Naional Institute
Paris
France
Fillman
South Carolina
Penny le
Delegates Return from Greater Georgia Meeting in Atlanta
Athens leaders report progress from the Greater Georgia meeting in Atlanta. Captain J J C McMahon and Mayor J F Rhodes outline plans to push advertising for Athens and northeast Georgia. Directors to seek city council funding and arrange a regional gathering of mayors and circuit vice presidents to bolster promotion.
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Atlante
Athens
Athens Chamber of Commerce
J. J. C. MecMahan
J. F. Rhodes
Greater Georgia
Atlanta
Georgia
Chamber of Commerce
Western Judicial Circuit
Northern
Ocmulgee
Case of Miss Taylor in Washington Court
Rebecca J. Taylor testified before Chief Justice Hingham of the district supreme court alleging dismissal from the War Department for criticizing administration policy on the Philippines. She argued the firing violated civil service law and represented herself.
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Miss Taylor
Washington
Rebecca J. Taylor
War Department
Hingham,e
District Supreme Court
Minor
Ahd
Negra Woman Burned to Death
A concise report indicates a Negra woman was burned to death in an incident described as a special alert. Details are unclear due to fragmented OCR text, with sources mentioning location Gu and date February 25 and references to help or witness terms. No names or formal actions are clearly identifiable in the readable portion.
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Mer
Woot
Paine's Celery Compound Touted For Digestive Ailments
An 18 year account claims Paine's Celery Compound cures stomach inflammation dyspepsia and gastric derangements by toning the nerves and aiding food absorption. Horace Clearwater of Kingston New York recounts long suffering after a squarie piece injury and credits the medicine with banishing pain after multiple bottles and ten years of health.
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Paine
Horace Clearwater
Kingston
N. Y
M Lean Claims Self Defense
W J Thompson once traveling representative for a Louisville house was fatally shot three times at his Maxton North Carolina home. McLean, Thompson’s wife’s nephew, says the shooting was in self defense after an altercation prompted by Thompson’s objection to McLean’s presence while intoxicated.
Ax attack kills white farmer near Americus
In Americus Georgia February 25 a black farmhand Simon Wilson murdered farmer Dink Frazier by striking him with an ax after a heated exchange. Frazier died later. Wilson fled the scene. Authorities note a previous fatal shooting by Frazier decades earlier bears no clear link to today’s crime.
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Americus
D Dink Frazier
Simon Wilson
Wilson
Frazier
Young Woman Tries Suicide by Iodine at West Mitchell Street
Lela Murdock swallowed a vial of iodine in her room at No 1174 West Mitchell Street last night. She hoped the poison would kill her instantly but only burned her tongue and blistered her larynx. Officers found her very alive and later took her to the police barracks amid cries for death.
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Lela Murdock
West Mitchell Street
Rosser
Ivey
Mrs Newton Watkins Dies in Columbus Miss at 46
In Columbus Mississippi on February 25 Mrs Newton Watkins aged 46 died at her home after a long illness from consumption. She leaves a husband and five children.
Death of John O. Bigelow Prominent Broker and Consul
A private telegram from Flat Springs Indiana announces the death of John O. Bigelow of New Orleans a prominent broker treasurer of the local stock exchange and consul for Argentina. His body will be taken to Milwaukee for interment.
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John O. Bigelow
New Orleans
Flat Springs
John 0. Bigelow
Local Stock Exchange
Mr. Bigelow
Milwaukee
Mrs MacLean withdraws from DA R presidential race
Washington February 26 Mrs Donald MacLean of New York withdraws from nomination for president general of the D A R ensuring Mrs Fairbanks reelection for two years and making a future bid by Mrs MacLean for the post. The session discusses amendments to the constitution and a continental memorial hall project with funds about 50 000.
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Washington
Donald MacLean
New York
Fairbanks
McLean
Associated Pre
DA. R
Nannie M. Coleman
Chicag
Garalina M. Murphy
Ohio
Congress
B.C. Morgan
Georgia
Boards of Arbitration
Kinnis
Caroline M. Murphy
Ohilo
S B.C. Morgill
Orton
Warburg
South Carolina
William Leels Yons
Kentucky
Continental Memorial Hall
Continental Hall Fund
Pratt Troughton
Buffalo
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Hiair
St. Loo
Sleanor Hh, Lindsay
Taindsay
Kentuck
Russian Czar Bans War Signals Balkans Peace Warnings
St Petersburg February 26 The Russian government has ordered its representatives in the Balkans to publicize warnings that Russia will defend Christian interests but will not sacrifice Russian blood or heritage if Slav states seek changes by revolution or force in the Balkan peninsula.
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St. Petersburg
Balkans
Russia
Balkan
Athens Law Firm Forms Partnership and Railway Division
A law partnership formed in Athens Georgia includes Judge Hamilton McWhorter John J Strickland and T F Green under Me Whorter Strickland Green The move creates a Southern Railway legal division for Clarke Banks Felbert Franklin Hart Jackson Gwinnett Hall counties with McWhorter as advisory and division counsel Strickland as division counsel and Green as Clarke county local counsel The new division oversees about 200 miles of the railway in Georgia north of Atlanta. the arrangement takes effect March 1 and will be officially announced then.
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Athens
Hamilton Me
John J. Strickland
T. F Green
Grm
Strickland
Franklin, Hart, Jackson, Gwinnett and
Hall
Hamilton McWhorter
Brm
Southern Railway
Green
Clarke County
Georgia
Atlanta
The
Rate Opposed by Lumber Men in Atlanta Conference
Lumbermen and railroad freight reps met in Atlanta to contest a proposed March 1 increase of 2 cents per 100 feet for yellow pine lumber shipped north and west over Southern lines. Mills fear contracts and car shortages, while railroads argue current rates are too low and will study the proposal.
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Atlanta
Unis
Piedmont
Imbermen
Suldition
Work to Begin in March at Grady Maternity Ward
Work on the maternity ward of Grady hospital will begin shortly after March 1 under the Order of Old-Fashioned Women. The city donated the lot and the fund balance is between five and six thousand dollars. total cost is expected around six thousand ninety nine.
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Grady Hospital
Begni
Rheumatism and its cure through S S S medicine
A detailed 1900s style advertisement explains rheumatism as a painful, crippling disease caused by uric acid in the blood. It touts S. S. S. as a complete blood purifier that removes acids, relieves joint and muscle pain, and promises a permanent cure by cleansing the blood.
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S. S.S
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta, Ga
Huricane Strikes Tutuila Island, Samoa February 12
A hurricane hit the island of Tutuila and the Samoan group on February 12 causing fierce winds both on land and at sea and resulting in considerable damage.
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Tutuila
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