Mayor Maddox Urges Prohibition Prosperity and Board Cuts
Mayor Robert F. Maddox delivers the annual address to Atlanta's general council urging the passage of a $3,000,000 bond issue and calling for abolishing ward physicians in favor of three city physicians with substantial salaries. He also recommends reducing city boards to five districts, creating a city auditor, publishing quarterly financials, and expanding municipal research while praising police, schools, and the current administration's work amid a thriving fiscal year with rising taxables and infrastructure gains.
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Merger Ties Morgan Morton Ryan in Major Finance Pact
Reported deal links Morgan interests with Morton Trust and Fifth Avenue Trust to form a single bank holding group. Guaranty Trust would back deposits, with Morton and Ryan ties noted. Capitalization rumored near 5.9 million with substantial surpluses across involved entities.
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New York
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United States
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Morton Trust Company
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Thomas F. Ryan
Guaranty Trust Company
Fifth Avenue Trust Company
Government to Probe Kentucky Burley Tobacco Trust
Washington moves to pursue proceedings against the Burley Tobacco Society as a possible Sherman Act violation. Justice Department agents have been sent to Kentucky and Tennessee to investigate alleged price manipulation by the group and its ties to the American Tobacco Company. Lexington reports President Lebus refuses to comment while others anticipate civil or criminal action and a potential court case.
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Washington
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Tennessee
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Tobacco.Society
Department of Justice
Burley Society
American ‘Tobacco Company
Tobacco Trust
Acount Decilsen
Lexington
Clarence Lebus
The
Burley Tobacco Society
Tobacco Growers and Trust
Judiciak Lina
Infant Dies After Whisky Drinking Incident in Bristol
William Smith aged two died in Blur City Tenn on Sunday January 3 after drinking mean whisky from a bottle found at the scene. Authorities plan to analyze the bottle contents to determine the cause and whether alcohol was the factor in the death.
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Bristol
Tenn
William Smith
Blur City
Tickets for quarter barred Minneapolis
Washington January 3 The Minneapolis city council ordinance requiring the street railway company to sell six tickets for a quarter was today held invalid by the supreme court of the United States.
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Washington
Minneapolis
Street Railway Company
City
Supreme Court of the United States
Wholesale warrants for liquor sellers in Nashville
Nashville Tenn January 3 One hundred more warrants were issued today by Attorney General Mc Garn charging violation of the law. The action targets liquor sellers and handling without license. The number of warrants extends the ongoing crackdown, with officials reporting multiple cases and forwarded documents.
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Nashville
Tenn
McGarn
New Animal Discovered by Roosevelt Expedition
Washington reports a new mammal discovered in British East Africa by the Smithsonian Roosevelt expedition. Officials name the species Otocyon Rooseveltus vergatus, a small carnivorous animal resembling a fox, and the find is announced from the Smithsonian Institution.
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Washington
East Africa
Smithsonian Atzi“ean
Wriiten
Colona
Theodora Roosevelt
National Museum
Smithwonton Institution
Vergatua
Otocyon
Rooseveltus
Smithsonian of
Solas
Man Walks with Broken Neck Ten Days
St Louis dispatch reports Ralph Owens of Memphis Tennessee walked the streets for ten days with a broken neck not realizing his injury. He later sought hospital treatment, believing pain to be rheumatism, and authorities note the delay contrasts with the severity of his condition.
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St. Louis
Ralph Owens
Tenn
Atresty
City Board Set to Direct Billion-Dollar Budget
Tadnete Ente's analysis notes the new municipal body will control contracts and franchises, with eight men holding power over a billion in annual expenditures. The fusion and party balance is shown by the proposed board: Gaynor mayor, Prendergast regent, McAneny Manhattan, Steere Brooklyn, Miller Bronx, Gresser Queens, Cromwell Richmond. The city would move toward nonpartisan governance.
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Aldar
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Manhattan
Brooklyn
Wiliam J. Gaynor
Willam
Regingusion
George McAneny
Fusion
Alfred E. Steere
Cyrus Cmiller
Bronx
Lawrence Gresser
Queens
Independent
George Cromwell
Richmond
America
Taft Meets Rail Magnates Over Interstate Commerce Plan
President Taft presses Congress for broader Interstate Commerce Commission control of railways. Two hour White House conference ends with few concessions. Only J Wiley of the Southern shows cautious support to push concrete reforms without ICC approval.
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Washington
Taft Ix
Interstate Ecommerse Commission
Unitea
Staten
Promident
Promea
Dmite
JE Wiley
Tha
Southern
Atoghana Ponds
Merce Commington
Refusal of Drinks Sparks Riot at Havana Hotel Plaza
January 3 Havana reports a riot after a bartender refused service to two black congressmen at Hotel Plaza. No serious injuries. hotel clerk arraigned and fined 70. Large crowd protested racial tensions, demanding punishment and court action. Cuban reaction divided with threats of harsher penalties and calls for racial equality.
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Enaté
Ledder
Gaba
Morse Prison Release Nears After Long Confinement
The long prison term of Charles Morse, famed financier known as a pyramidal banker, ends as steps toward his release begin in Atlanta. He is escorted by Reid of Boston, with Morse’s wife Mrs Morse and lawyer Martin W. Eiturton arriving to guide the process. The quartet plans a counterdries and renewed freedom following counsel.
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Charles We Morae
U.S. P
Federal
Atlanta
Berdly
Reid
Boston
H Féndond
Tedra
Morse
Atlanta Post Office Receipts Hit New High in 1909
Postmaster Blodgett received a report showing Atlanta postal receipts rising past the nine hundred thousand mark for the year. December 1909 set a banner record with 92 018.98 dollars, compared with 86 918.79 in December 1908, signaling strong growth. The year closed with substantial increases anticipated to continue in 1910, with Louisville and New Orleans as the only southern cities ahead in the fiscal year ending mid-1999.
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Atlanta
Postal Department
Blodgett
Louisville
New Orleans
Los Angeles Honors Former Georgian Figures
In Los Angeles on January 3 two former Georgians received notable honors. Judge R. Lavi, acting president of the Georgia Society here, was elected councilman by a large majority, while James A Williams, organizer of the society, was chosen to run the Federation of State Societies office. Also noted are Captain T. Brady and Dr. H. Cheney as well known Georgians in the city.
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Cal
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R. Lavi
The
Georgia Society
James A Williams
Federation of State Societies
Judge Lusk
Georgia
Tennessee
McCutcheon Shumate
Dalton
Texas
Mr. Williams
Pinehurtt
Macon
T. & Brady
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Cheney
Weather Prophecy Partly Cloudy With Rain Early Week
Partly cloudy conditions in Georgia with a forecast of rain by Tuesday night or Wednesday. Winds shift to moderate north and northeast, bringing a cooler trend through midweek.
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