Early County Race Trouble Leaves Two Dead Four Lodges Burned
Reports from Early County describe white and Black clashes with a mob threatening a white farmer and surrounding homes. Two Black people were fatally hurt and four lodge buildings, including Masonic and Odd Fellows halls, were burned amid tension near the Chattahoochee River border. Authorities note mobs dispersed as lawmen arrived. casualties and exact details remain murky amid chaotic scenes.
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Hakely
Ly County
Chattahoochee River
Negroea
Chute
Granison Govlaby
Kiase
Ulyases
Willipique
iGoolsbya
Goolsby & Gona
Negro Cabin
Hut ‘Eporta
Eeto
Ieby Ang
Villipique
Jnbia
Goolsby
Early County
Flep
lAiatama
Eda Law
Hhey
Howell
A Podse
T Growb
Blakely
Ichee River
Hilton
Supreme Lodge
Atlanta Sees Prosperity Rise With 1915 Gains
Bank profits and citywide receipts soar as Atlanta recovers from wartime gloom. Reported 1915 dividends total near 300,000 across major banks while commerce and theaters show strong activity. Major projects like the Chattahoochee navigational plan and the Georgia Harvest Festival boost expectations for 1916.
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Atlanta
Lekewood
Ab Pavq
Chattahoochee River
Theological Department
Emory College
Oglethorne University
National Banks of
Central Bank & Trust Corporation
Sewer National
Bal
Banka
Fourth National Bank
Fulton National Bank
Lowry National Bank
Third National
Atlanta National Bank
Reserve Bank Profits
Reserve Bank, &T Roti AG
Charles Barrett Targeted by Conspiracy Plot in Georgia
Eight men including HL Robert Fowler, a former congressman, were indicted in New York on conspiracy charges and operated in Georgia to push Labor's National Peace Council. Barrett, president of the National Farmers Union, refused offices while Fowler pressed meetings and telegraphed him to join the peace effort in Atlanta and across the south.
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Atlanta
Robert Fowler
Ilinois
New York
Great Britain
Georgia
Charles & Barrett
National Farmers Union
Labors
National Peace Council
Fowler
Barrett
Labor
South
Kimball House
Connell
Charles Barrett
Farmera Union
Vicw
Jim My Barrett
Geome
Fred Zerbat
Zerbet
Federal
Invitatioda
Labore National Peace Counsel
Lahore
Washington
Chicago
National Render
Forts
Eliies
Farmers Society of Teauity the
Grange
Union Business Men & and Womens
Peice Organizationa
New Willard Hotel
United States
Jannie Taylor
Hoke Smith
Germia
Oliver Wison
Frank Mannett
Ohio
H. Robert Fowler
Tarmers
Wiliam F
Mramer
Atraube
Hennett
C Taylor
Ernest Boleyn
Peace Council
Hotel Herman Chicago
Farmers’ Unions
Meeting Called On Rate Decision In Southeast Freight Conference
A noon conference in Atlanta outlines plans to protect wholesalers, robbers, and retailers from losses due to rising freight rates into terminal southeast cities. W O A Wimbish and Atlanta Freight Bureau leaders attend with traffic manager Harry T Moore amid broader discussions of Interstate Commerce Commission rate decisions.
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Atlanta
Southeast
W Oa Wimbish
Citiea of the Southeast
Atlanta Freight Bureau
Trafic
Harry T Moore
Interstate Scramerce. Commission
Washington
Wintleh
Astor Elevated To Barony Amid New Year Honors
London December 31 King George grants New Year honors including William Waldorf Astor named Baron of England joining barons such as Beresford Hen Doon and Shaughnessy. Notable surprises include a peerage for Astor, and the Labor leader William Crooks made privy councillor. The honors emphasize war-service recognitions over political rewards.
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London
George
Wiliam Waldorf Astor
Charles Beresford
Alexander Hendo Aon
Thomas Shaughnessy
David A. Thomas
Cecil Wiliam
Nortoh
Frederik C. D Bturdes
Wiliam Goschen
Charles Johnston
Alfred A Booth
William Crooks
Frederick Banbury Bad Carson
Kédleston
William
Wil
Crooks
England
Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Astor
Eéwapi
Bate
Astors Landen
Kate
Atlantans Celebrate Night of Pleasure in 1916 Glimpses
A vivid account describes a night of revel led by a boy guiding thousands through festive streets. Confetti rains, bells roar, and bands play as residents stroll from lamppost to cars, marking a carnival of feasts and hopes for the new year.
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M Llttle
Economy Buy right Hints for the Housewife
A fragmented ad style piece targets the housewife with themes of economy and planning. It emphasizes selection, convenience, health preservation, and the daily household role, using period voice and sharp marketing cues.
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Negro Lodge
ABC
Jacks
H. H. Grimsley
Ley
Sherif
Yeso
Settlehegre Masonic
Reserve Bank
Germany
Council
Salvini
Ture To
Ruther
Trna
Ancona
Ameria
Iexa
Austria
Lusitania
Baron OF
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