Warm Reception for Governor Elect Brown in Augusta
Augusta Georgia January 4 Special Governor elect Brown and Mrs Brown arrive Wednesday met by reception committee Mayor Dunbar and citizens They will stay with Mr and Mrs A J Kilpatrick A banquet for about 300 guests at Albion House Thursday night toastmaster Judge E H Calloway A dress at Angra House Friday night and meetings with mill workers plus plans to meet Taft in Savannah Georgia. Savannah U DC Meet January 4 Special Savannah chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy votes against calling a special session to reconsider Wirz monument site selection Discussion ended in a decisive vote.
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Augusta
Brown
Depot
Dunbbar
A J Kilpatrick
Albion Rel Coers
E H Calloway
Rihimomi County
Angra House
Savannah U, DC
Savannah Gn
Savannah
United Daughters of the Confederary Today
Sesson
Georgia
Wirz Monument
Georgia Editors Debate Best Drink With Possum Feast
Georgia editors weigh options for possum serve at Taft banquet. Opinions range from corn liquor to persimmon beer with many favoring champagnes only near beer avoided. Figures cited include Harry Fisher and Judge Taft’s water wagon ties. responses come from Macon Augusta Albany Columbus Athens and other papers.
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Georgia
Fisher
Harry Fisher
Taft
Harry C Fisher
Frank Park
Worth County
Coweta
Albany
In View of Money You Can Save Start Sooner
A brief reminder advises starting early to maximize savings, noting the financial benefits of taking early action and planning ahead.
Pool Selling Violates Law at Thunder Bolt Races
Governor Smith said there is no official confirmation of pool selling at Thunder Bolt horse races near Savannah but noted that while racing itself is not illegal pool selling or bookmaking violates Georgia law. He will act only if officially informed of violations in Chatham County.
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Thunderbolt
Savannah
Smith
Georgia
Chatham County
Dr Charles Henderson to Speak at Grand Opera House
Dr Charles R Henderson of the University of Chicago will discuss the great charity problems at the Grand Opera House next Sunday afternoon. Admission is free and there will be no collection. The event aims to educate and entertain Atlantans about poverty and social needs, not to raise funds.
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Charles R Henderson
University of Chicago
Grand Opera House
Messrs
Robert I. Foreman
Victor If Kriegshaber
Walter G Foote
Ifere
Charles R. Henderson
Chicago
Atlanta
Henderson
Jane Addams
Associated Charities
Shot wife and self in Cincinnati domestic tragedy
Clarence Oldham, printer and son of The Public Ledger editor, killed his wife Dulcie Oldham and fatally shot himself on a Cincinnati street after threatening before New Year that they would both die. Both were gravely wounded and hospitalized as authorities investigated the domestic tragedy.
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Oldham
Cincinnati
Ohio
Clarence Oldham
George W Oldham
The
Public Ledger
Maysville
Dulcie Oldham
Hoth Oldhem
Arrests Godwin for complicity in Byromville post office robbery
A S Gollwin of Deal facing arrest on complicity charges in the Byromville post office robbery. Postmaster J T Coleman also implicated. both under bond of 500 dollars. Godwin allegedly knew the post office combination and money missing. Postmaster Coleman denies involvement. Case details from Macon police as court hearing set with United States Commissioner Ja M Erwin. New year notes from Macon chamber meeting and other local items follow.
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Brown House
S Gollwin
Deal
Vienna
Byromville
Macon
J T Coleman
United States
Ja M Erwin
Godwin
Cole Man
Augusta Plans Taft Banquet for January 21
Augusta chamber of commerce officials finalized plans for a Taft banquet to be held at a local hotel on January 21 with over 350 guests including out of town attendees. Tickets cost 10 cents, with chamber members receiving first access. A prominent feature will possum pie as the centerpiece, and Judge Taft is slated to speak in the open air at Jackson and Broad streets from a rostrum where McKinley once addressed the city.
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Augusta
Chamber of Commerce
Noubh
Atlanta
Taft
Jackson
Broad Streets
McKinley
Golf and loaf take man from office to leisure in st Louis
In St Louis on January 4 George W Wright, a former office clerk turned president of a large dry goods company, resigns at age 65. He says golf keeps him young, adding that a person should master his own time to enjoy the world’s greatest game.
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St Louis
Wolf
George W Wright
Pioneer John Sprinkles Lifelong Dauphin Island Resident
John Sprinkles aged 104 years died in Mobile Alabama after living on Dauphin Island for over seventy years. Farmers and early settlers recall his role as the first man to settle on the island at the entrance to Mobile Bay. In Mobile on January 4 a separate item notes a push to build a new railway from Bay Minette to Pensacola by the Baldwin County Colonization Company. The Eyberta Mobile and Pensacola Railroad Company is incorporated with 50000 dollars capital. Henry C Barting W J Levery and C N Staiger named among incorporators.
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John Sprinkles
Mobile
Ala
Dauphin Island
Bay of Mobile
Bay Minetté
Pensacola
Fla
Baldwin County Colonication Company
Eyberta Mobile and Pensacola Railroad Company
Ione Henry C Barting
W J Levery
C N Staiger
Car-Breaking Suspect Detained in Macon
Frank Whitney, a Negro, was detained by police this morning and jailed on car breaking charges. He’s believed to belong to a gang rumored to have supplied a large quantity of narcotics to the area.
Toy pistol wounds fireman in rankin district shooting
In Columbus on January 4 a quarrel ended in a man shooting his brother in law in the Rankin House front. The weapon discharged again injuring the victim’s right thigh, a gunshot wound considered not serious. Dr Wiley, a physician residing in Girard, posted a $500 bond. Dudley, unarmed, had planned a meeting to settle a dispute. In Mobile a separate case reports William Kohl dying from tetanus after a bullet wound from a toy pistol.</S>
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Wyte
Tom Budiey
Didieya
Rankin House
Tholley
W5lle
Dudley
Wile
Columpus
Girard Ala
iDudley
Mobile
Ala
William Kohl
Whistler
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