Stop Payment of Commission in Post Office Project
The Comptroller of the Treasury questions Markham’s three eighths of one percent commission as disbursing officer for the new federal building funds. Washington debates if this extra pay is lawful while Markham argues the role is within his duties as a disbursing officer and surveyor of customs, with the issue still unresolved.
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Comptralier
Treasury
Markham
Bie
Camptroller
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury Ag
Warkham
Assun
Markwain
Free Let Me Cure Your Catarrh Package Claim
An advertisement offers a “Final Package” for a combined treatment to cure catarrh After asserting catarrh is dangerous it alleges it causes bad breath ulceration bone decay loss of appetite indigestion and poor thinking The pitch promises a quick radical permanent cure by ridding the system of poisonous germs through Gauss Catarre Gore treatment.
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Gauss
C E Gauss
Marshall Michael
Maim Street
Marshall
Mick
NECRO SOLDIERS WIN THEIR FIGHT
Washington reports that discharged Negro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry won passage of a Senate bill to restore their pay and honors relating to the Brownsville incident of August 13, 1906. Debate featured sharp exchanges among Texas and New York lawmakers. opposition argued the bill aimed to counter Roosevelt policies. The measure passed under suspension after lengthy procedural and rhetorical clashes.
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Washington
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Texas
House
Int
Senate
Slayden
Congress
Roosevelt
Cockran
New York
Theill
Gaines
Tennessee
Burjgsem
Téxez
Beds
Minnesota
Clark
Molly MacGuires
Springfield
Bede
Messrs
Wllliams
Mississippi
Henry
Stayden and Gerner
Bartlett
Georgia
Messie Hull
Town
Parker
New Jersey
Prince
Ilineia
Waldo
Sulzer
Adair
Illingis
Miller
Kansan
Kelfer
Ghia
Macon Chamber to Meet in February Session
Macon Georgia February 27 special regular monthly meeting of the Macon chamber of commerce will be held Tuesday afternoon. Arrangements by committees promise important reports and an unusually engaging session. The recent weeks show notable activity by members and the session next week is expected to reveal much. Weeks and Co filed voluntary bankruptcy petitions in Rochelle with no assets and large debts.
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Macon
Macon Chamber of Commerce
Mosb
Weeks & Co
Fucon
Weeks 2 Co
Rochelle
Neppie
Anti Liquor Bill Sparks Prohibition Debate In House
Washington reports outline a bill to grant state control to enforce liquor laws, with legislators from South Carolina urging Roosevelt to appoint Walter F Sawyer as lieutenant. The internal revenue office shows January receipts near 19 million, a drop from last year, while February spirits tax receipts rise by about 6 thousand.
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Washington
Tennessee
Roosevelt
New Methods Save Forests in Naval Stores Move
Washington reports the cup and gutter system in turpentine production boosts protection and development of yellow pine forests in the south. Improved methods show higher yields of turpentine and rosin, with data from Florida Georgia Texas and Louisiana supporting broader adoption and noting timber quality and age as factors.
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Washington
South
United States
Georgia
Florida
United States Forest Service
Ocilla
Galand
Green Cove Springs
Fla
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Caiténina
Witc Taurpertine
Louisiane
Recepr Uions
Inauguration Travel Rates to Washington via Seaboard
Special package offers from Seaboard for Washington inauguration travel. Fifth regiment Governors Horse Guards Drum Corps and military detachments served with extra sleepers on each date. Tickets go on sale now with Pullman dining and reservations. City Ticket Offices at 28 Peachtree St and main phone numbers provide full information and low rates.
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Seaboard
Fifth Regiment
Governors Horse Guards
Drum Corps
Washington
Sesbourg
Peachtree St
Boy Burned to Death in Vita Rica
A two year old child of John Hardy in Vita Rica is reported dead after his clothing caught fire while playing with matches. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon and the child succumbed to burn injuries. In Macey, Georgia, similar note of calm police activity reports no arrests or cases since yesterday morning, with station personnel seen around the police station.
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Vita Rica
John Hardy
Sulphur Minen
Macey
Rats
Governor Patterson Takes Stand in Carmack Case
Gov Patterson testifies at the Carmack shooting trial recounting a conference with Colonel Cooper and Robin Cooper at the Maxwell hotel prior to the Seventh Street shooting. He describes calming the old soldier and the crowd’s reaction as Judge Hart limits cross examination and states rights.
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Maxwell Hotel
Cooper
James Hradford
Robin Cooper
Seventh Stenns
Union Street
Patterma
Fred Jammey
Hart
Carmark
Garner
Thompson
Governor Cooper recalled in Cox reconciliation testimony
The court adjourned as Governor Cooper testified about efforts to reconcile with Cox after the killing. He described meetings in the Arcade and at the mansion, noting Robins’s emotional desire for a peaceful settlement and the role of letters and conversations with Bradford and others. The state pressed questions on timing and details while the judge limited admissible portions.
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Aid Judea Anderson
Colonel Cooper
James Bredford End Opin
Cacmock
Bradford
Robin
Coloma Cooper
Colonal Cooper
Cooper
Tully Brown
Troutle
Bradfords
Blneta
Fox
Cox
Chattanooga
Geox
Robins
Hart
Rea
Jeb Sharp
Garner
Coose State
Patterson-Cox
Jawers
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Serarere
Thames
Greenwich St
Washington, D. C
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Capitol
John Sharp
T Co
Angre
Seventh Avenue
Mr Thompson
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Roscoe Matthews
John D Sharp
Sharpe
Sharp
Dake
Richard Dake
Carmack
Car Vmack
Theane
Safily
Dean
Pitcher
Manhattan
Muse
Whitehall St
Eastman
Banten
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Dovtar Amiling
Fiishugh
Prat
Robert B Dillard
Lebanon Tenn
Nashville
Seventh Agene
Church Street
Patterson En Bland
Anderson
Phoce
White Dental
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Starr
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White
P. E Coleman
Judge Anderson
Sid Fal Govenor Patterson
Sistem
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