Krieghaber Urges School Board Empowerment Debate
A Lee Street School auditorium meeting featured HW Kriegshaber urging separation of the school fund from the city general fund and a reduced school board to five members. Major Guinn and Walter G Looper supported reform while concerns over taxation and funding mechanics were discussed amid calls for better teacher preparation and vocational focus for grammar students.
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Wenerel Fund
Lee Street
Lee Street Peeples
Lucile Avenue
Guinn
Cal
Vr Cooper
Brie
Erall
Hubert Tuthe
Anton
Kriegshater
Ontimne
Tunis
Thane
Home of Newman robbed by negro during afternoon
Bold intruder entered Judge W T Newmans home at 45 Forrest avenue and stole a valuable vase and a yellow umbrella. Mrs Newman confronted the man at the front hall and he fled up Forrest avenue carrying the umbrella. Vase over forty years old and described as highly valuable.
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Newman
Judge W T Newmans
Forrest Avenue
Only One Saloon Open in Macon Tonight
In Macon on February 26 a near beer saloon run by Fa Leh in downtown stayed open while all others closed. The proprietors signed pledges not to sell intoxicating liquor. those failing would face severe penalties. Over seventy people signed pledges, including women operating hoses in nearby districts.
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Macon
Fa Leh
Nate
Nivena
Recorders
Recorders Court
Cunningham
Heer
Cen
Perched on Limb of Tree In an Ice Filled River
In February at Des Moines river near here an ill fated rescue leaves Thomas stripped of warmth and food after a boat capsized in an ice gorge. Fire officials and local engineer Mahdixa county worked the scene as the river froze and bystanders watched.
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Oskaloosa
Dharl
United States
Des Wanes
Thomas
Ai Rommetl
Mahdixa County
Spring Advertisements Show Abundant Goods Across Counties
Advertisers in the Constitution tout readiness and spring goods with plentiful bargains. The ads promise wide ranges of needs met and superior stores, claiming greater enterprise and better values to attract patrons in diverse counties.
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Dlauta
Quietus Placed On Mutineers Over Submarines
Washington reports that leaders believe no resolution can pass Congress without embarrassing President Wilson. Secretary Lansing indicates the United States may discuss defensive armament for merchant ships with Germany under strict safeguards, as German submarines threaten armed ships. The issue shifts to Washington Berlin talks and possible regulation of armament while approvals and memos are reviewed.
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Washington
Berlin
United States
Germany
Lansing
Central Powers
Wisson
Npportern
Hela
Congress
Hayaway
Seemes
Senate
Gore
Teddy
Me Jemore
House
Lewis
Officiis Sul
Great Britain
Merantuen
State Department
Thas
Untich
Indnata
Sodar
Jit
Guarantors Sale Opens for Grand Opera Week
Atlanta awaits grand opera with keen interest as guarantors sale begins Thursday morning in room 303 of the Third National Bank building and public sale starts March 6 at Cable Plano company's store. Strong demand expected, with large southern attendance and a week of opera festivities organized by the Atlanta Music Festival Association.
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Atlanta
Yaslerdas
Third National Bank
Cable Plano Company
Hia
Atanta
South
Music Festival Association
Opera
Auto service rooms fire destroys twenty cars at Auburn Ave
A major blaze gutted the Johnson Motor company service rooms at 45 Auburn Avenue and damaged the Reo Atlanta and K T McKinstry facilities. About twenty cars were stored there, mostly insured, with five Reo machines and several privately owned cars reported lost. The brick building suffered extensive internal fire but limited structural damage. operations to continue at the site with repairs underway and reopening planned within a day or two.
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Johnson Motor Company
Auburn Avenue
Reo Atlanta Company
Auburn
KT Mchinstry Company
Fie
Auburn Avenas
L Ja
C W DuPree
K T McKinstry
T B Felder
DuPree
Fugitive Georgian Involved in Wedding Claim Case
A Georgia man, Ragsdale of Omega, charged with embezzling $5,000 from Omega Bank, was arrested in Kansas City after a woman alleged they wed under the name Burton in St Louis. The 28 year old former cashier faced charges and mysterious marriage claims surfaced in advices from J Howard.
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Ragsdale
Omega, Ga
Kansas City
Burton
St. Loui
Impeferal J—Howard HE Ragsdale
Hank
Omega Omega
Omega
Danie Ragsdale
Reserve Bank aids in diversification of crops in Dixie
The Atlanta Federal Reserve rediscounts trade paper from Tennessee to Florida secured by tobacco, cattle, peanuts, sugar, rice, and coffee. This shift supports farmers diversifying beyond cotton, expands credit across the Southeast, and funnels foreign bills through New Orleans rather than New York.
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Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
Joseph A McCord
Sinth Federal Reserve District
Southeast
South
Dixie
Atlanta
Tennessee
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
Rio
South American
New Orleans
Federal Institution
New
Orieong
New York
Federal [Reserve Bank
Kaiser Watches as Germans Charged Near Verdun
German infantry under the emperor advances on both sides of Verdun, claiming to have stormed Douaumont and driven French lines back in the Woevre area. Paris reports French withdrawals only from advanced posts as heavy bombardments rage and fighting continues, with massive losses claimed by Berlin.
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Berlin
Woevre
Paris
London
French War Office
Fort Douaumont
Verdun
Meusa
Lemonetville
Kaiser
Des Verdun
Douaumont
Weather Prophecy Foretells FAIR Conditions This Weekend
A fragment forecasts fair weather for Washington and nearby areas with little temperature change expected on Sunday and Monday. No significant storms or rain anticipated, keeping daily highs and lows steady.
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Washington
Georgis
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