City Stockade Report Calls For Upgraded Prison Facility
Atlanta annual prison committee report shows 6 000 plus inmates cared for in the past year with 280 176 average days of service and 11 96 cents per day cost. Improvements include cement floors in male wards, roof overhaul, whitewashing, new blankets and mattresses, and heating upgrades. Recommendations advocate an up to date prison design separating races and sexes, plus new stables and continued disciplined management under Warden D M Vining and Police Matron Mrs Bohnefield.
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Atlanta
Prigonie Wa
Commissioner of Pubic Works
H. L. Colier
D. M. Vining
Bohnefield
Sckness
H. L. Collier
Recommendations for Atlanta hospitals and charities
The annual report of the hospital and charities committee urges Grady Hospital expansion or a new hospital for colored people, with a proposed 340,000 appropriation. It notes smallpox decline, praise for Home for Incurables workers, and continued funding for Carrie Steele Orphanage, Women and Children Home, Carter Home for Aged Negroes, Home for Friends, and Sheltering Arms. It also covers Fallen Women, Kindergartens, City Warden duties, and ends with a hopeful civic note from T D Longino and others.
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Committee On Hospitals and Charities
Grady
Carter
Carrie Steele
Atlanta
Rome superintendent canvasses Atlanta for North Georgia Negro Industrial School
Linton Stevens Ingraham, Rome public schools superintendent, tours Atlanta to secure aid and support for the North Georgia Negro Industrial School. He bears commendations from Floyd county leaders and state citizens, highlighting the school as a chartered manual training institution connected to Rome public schools. Trustees endorse his work and the project’s value in training self supporting citizens.
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Ingraham
Atlanta
North Georgia Negro Industrial School
Linton Stevens Ingraham
Rome
Floyd County
North Georgia Industrial School
Inaraham
Alexander Stevens
D. B. Hamilton
John W. Wiaddox
3. A. Glover
J. B. Nevin
J. I. Hillyer
H. P. Metkicham
R. B. Ladden
E. B. Boges
Young Folks at White House Dinner for Roosevelt Guests
President and Mia Roosevelt hosted twenty eight young guests at dinner in the state dining room with carnations and ferns. The report notes religious services, prison labor plans, and efficient officers while praising management of meals and economy.
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White House
Washington
Mia
Roosevelt
Miss Newbold
Lere
Council of
L.F. Styron
John A. Hynde
Woodward
Figures Show Greater Atlanta City Improvements in 1903
The annual report by City Engineer FL MM Clayton details 1903 gains in sidewalks and sewers, noting 687 miles of sidewalks added that year at 28 610 81, 5.74 miles of sewers constructed, and a grand total of 106.21 miles of sewers to date. It also cites asphalt paving on Peters and Peachtree streets with costs shared by street railway, city, and property owners.
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FL MM. Clayton
Atlanta
Clayton
Peters Street
Walker Atrest
Park Atreet
Chi Phi Dinner at Aragon Opens Alumni Event Tonight
The Chi Phi Alumni Association of Adienta hosts its annual dinner this evening at 18:00 in the Aragon banquet hall. About 80 to 100 guests expected with a catered menu and brief speeches. Hon. John M Slaton will preside as toastmaster and the event will move into an Alumni Association meeting afterward. The hall will feature scarlet and blue decorations, reflecting the fraternity colors. Atlanta ranks second to New York City in Chi Phi alumni residents.
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Chi Phi Alumni Association of
Adienta
Aragon End
John M Slaton
Alummi Association
Alumni Association
New York City
Atlanta
Chi Ph
Open House at Y M C A Railroad Guests Visit
Railroad Young Men's Christian Association hosted open house for railroad men yesterday at their rooms from 11 AM to midnight. Visitors streamed in with 2000 oysters and heavy food use marking a successful event. Over 700 members participated in 1903 and officers expect greater success in 1904.
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Railroad
Young Meng Christian Association
Body of Fargo Squiers Sent for Burial in New York
The body of Fargo Squiers son of United States Minister Squiers was brought to Havana from Marlanso and taken to the Church of St Angelo for funeral services. After the rites the remains will be shipped on the Morro Castle to New York. Captain Hanna was to accompany them but likely G L Lorimard will oversee due to lack of orders from the war department.
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United States
Havana
Fargo Squiers
Squiers
Gaston Michaud
Marlanso
Church of St. Angelo
Morro Castle
New York
Capta Hanna
Legation
The Grand Theater Presents A Friend of the Family Farce
The Grand features A Friend of the Family a farce adapted from Der Familien Freund by Pohl and produced in Berlin in 1900. Esmond Miller and his wife contend with mistaken identities, a governess impersonation, and a culled ensemble including Nick Long and Sidonie in Prince of Pilsen style bits. Rosetta Knott stars in When Knighthood Was in Flower at the Grand midweek, with Frank Perley assembling a strong cast. The Bijou showcases Wells-Dunne-Harlan in The Night of the Fourth, close to a sold-out run, highlighting new company members and performers like Robert Harty and William Hatter. Next week Over Niagara Falls features a famed Niagara barrel escape reenactment with Madeline and partners.
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Tata
Frank Tannehilt, Jr
Ralph M. Skinner
der Femilien Freund
Robert Pohl
Germany
Courttheater
Berlin
Esmond Miller
Tokio
Japan
Maud Miller
China
America
Bartley Swift
Miller
Blanche
Swift
Mr. Miller T
Leno
Prince of Pilsen
the Grand
Paria
Mies Rosetts Knott
Paul Kester
Charles Major
Miss Knott
Raphy
Frank Perley
New York
Amelia Bingham
Julia Arthur
Perley
Misa Knott
Frank Sylvester
Wells-Dunne-Harlan Company
Little Chip
Ous Harlan
Mary Marble
John W. Dunne
David Andrada
Pearl Early
Joan Early
Dan Marble
Robert Harty
William Hatter
Howland & Clifford
Niagara Falls
Frave
Anns Dolson Taylor
Joseph LeBrandt
Mile
Madeline
Goat Island
Miss Taylors
Change for the better in Mrs Tompkins condition
Short items report Mrs Henry B Tompkins is improving after a ten day pneumonia illness. Doctors Cooper and Elkin announced the favorable change last night. Other notices include a stop to jack rabbit races at Piedmont due to cruelty concerns, a Nashville preacher’s sermon at College Park Presbyterian, and various local obituaries and public notices involving Emma Liebhart, John Langdon, Asa Booth family details, and several funeral arrangements.
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Henry B. Tompkins
Bloody Deeds Mark New Year in Three Cities
Salt Lake City Utah January 1 T Russell Griffith a portrait artist killed himself in county jail by cutting arteries then suffocating himself with wool and a handkerchief as prisoners shouted for help Ohio January 1 Constable William H Morton shot dead by Polish lawyer Buczenski who was then killed by George Sullivan Nashville January 1 Miss Fifi Woods 20 a prominent family member shot herself at home in Maury County Tennessee for health reasons in the new year incidents described in a single city context
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Salt Lake City
Utah
T. Russell Griffith
Hamilton
Ohio
William H. Morton
Buesenski
Bucnenski
George Sullivan
Morton
Buczenski
Tennessee
Elle
Nashville
Tenn
Misa Fifie Woods
Maury County
French fishing schooner Rapho crew saved at Sydney
The captain and 15 crew members reached Worth Sydney by steamer from Newfoundland after abandoning the near wrecked Rapho in heavy winter gales. They endured 14 miles rowing to land near Red Island east coast Newfoundland. all hands survived with no fatalities.
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Worth
Sydney
C. BE
Rapho
New Foundland
Red Feland
Mexico Debates Gold Standard reform plan
Mexico City January 1 A plan by the national monetary commission subcommittee urges adopting a gold standard like the U S in the Philippines to stabilize exchange. It calls for new dollars, end of free silver coinage, and a parity exchange for a period with a reserve fund, and steps to demonetize silver if silver dollars gain value.
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Mexico City
National Monetary Commission
Monetary Commission
United States
Philippines
Tt Fg
Deacon Killa White? Franklin Jealousty Fatal Fight
In Franklin Louisiana a colored Deacon Joseph Augusta killed his wife Nannette Augusta in a domestic quarrel at their home. The incident occurred this evening and the man was instantly fined.
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Killa Wite
Franklin, la
Joseph Augusta
Nannette Augusta
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Comunian
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Committee On Charities
T. D. Longino
G. ¥. Pierce, J. L
Key
J. Frank Beck
Wohlenall Street
City of Atlanta
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Fraternity
The
Aragon
Henry W. Savage
Carnes
Atlanta Humane Society
Baseball
Piedmont
Cames
MR. Booth
Nashville, Tenn
College Park Presbyterian Church
George Hardy
Houston Street
Prior
Hunter Streets
Emma FE
Mebhart
Covington
Liebhart
Ball
John Langdon
Confederate Soldiers’ Home
St Joseph Infirmary
Mr. Langdon
Ware Furniture Manufacturing Company
Ancient Order of Hiberniang
Hibernian Benevolent Society
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Oakland Cemetery
Asa J. Booth
West Virginia
Edwin J. Booth
Montgomery
W. Va
Thurwond
W. Ca
Athens
Antioch
Mattie A. Austin
Fort Street
Hollywood Cemetery
J. H Murner
Grady Hospital
Smyrna
Sarah H W. Conley
Benjamin J. Conley
Georgia
Augusta
St Paul Episcopal Church
City
Frederick L. Howe
Barclay & Brandon
Howard Crumley
Oakland
Masons
Knights of Pythias
RE. J. Croppe
Earnest Neville
John @. Neville
Hendrix Avenue
England
Westview Cemetery
A. F. Howell
Murphy Avenue
West End
Howell
Braidentown
Fla
Maretta
Sadie Perkins
A. C. Perkins
Blue Ridge
Grockery
Whitehall Street
Snob
Lips Pudtetin
New York” Day
Mexico
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