Mayor Gaynor Walks to Office as Postal Revenue soars
A special Washington dispatch notes New York Mayor William James Gaynor, famed for walking to City Hall, also features in a profile of postal reforms. The First Assistant Postmaster General reports a postal service revenue of 203,962,583 dollars for the year ended June 30 1908 with substantial office and staff changes, promotions and wage considerations. The piece portrays Gaynor as a practical leader who favors walking, humor in appointments, and limited attendance at theaters, while underscoring his influence on city governance and public life.
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Gaynor
Washington
Post Office Department
United States Treasury
Charles P. Grandfield
Postal Service
Hees
Bureau
Ir Arand Geld
Jytg Radietant
Frst
Ile
Leonard
Armer
City
Ius
Department
Tt Ds
Somer
Alerka
Crond
Fela
Thane
New York
Bacon
Epiotetus
Publishers Press
William J Gaynor
Tammany & Mighty Poor
Thae
Durlog
Brooklyn
New York City Hall
Waldo
Bawards
Edwards
Galt
Highwasa
Morning Journal
Brooklyn Bridge
National Theater
Georgia Dairymen to Meet at Athens Convention
Georgia Dairymen and Stock Raisers Association to hold its annual convention in Athens on January 27 at the Agricultural Police hall. prominent stockmen and dairy men from across the state expected to attend a two day gathering with a strong program of addresses. The meeting follows last year's event at Madison and Star College of Agriculture.
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Athens
Georgia Dairymen and Stock Jiaisera Association
Saenes
Agricultural Pollee Hall
Madison Tye Star College of Agriculture
Georgia Board of Embalmers Meets in Columbus
The annual meeting of the Georgia State Board of Embalmers will be held in Columbus on Wednesday January 1. Fifteen applicants seeking to become undertakers will be examined. The session takes place in the office of president L Torbitt, a Columbus undertaker, with board members J H Burgard J. H Burgard secretary and treasurer Edward W Pratt, TL Stevens, and F F Bond attending. New officers will be elected and other business transacted.
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Georgia State Board of Imbalmera
Columbus
Undertakers
L. Torbitt
Torbitt J. H Burgard
Macon
Tdward W .Pratt
Augusta
Stevens
Moultrie
Threw weight at boss then threatened clerk in Rogers store
Julius Winn an 18 year old delivery boy was arrested after allegedly throwing an iron weight at T Burka clerk in the Rogers grocery store at 195 East Georgia avenue and drawing a razor. He was overpowered by staff, escaped briefly, and later jailed at the station. In Jamaica, the Hamburg American steamer Pring Joachim grounded in the eastern passage at Kingston with no danger reported.
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Burka
Rogers Grocery
East Georgia Avenue
Julius Winn
Blevele
Bailey and
Webb
Winn
Mie Burks
Burke
Hin
Cabt
Kingston
Jamaica
Pring Joachim
Delock
Colon
Hertha
Register to vote to defend homes from sectional politics
Citizens of the Fourth and Seventh Wards are urged to register at once to vote. The appeal denounces a split city policy that favors beautification on the North Side while pushing jails and hospitals to the South Side and urges men from all wards to prove their manhood by registering and protecting investments.
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Piedmont Park
Negro Prisoners Kept in Swamp Near Savannah
In Bryan County three negroes named Dickson William Street and Ben Burgess are held for safety in Savannah after being dragged from Pembroke by guards during the murder case of H M Percoll ten days earlier. Dickson accuses Street and Burgess of the crime while evidence points to swamp hiding. Authorities expect no unrest despite the tense situation.
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Savannah
Bryan
H M Percoll
M A Gilson
Bryan County
Savannnah
Gibson
Pembroke
Labelle
DC Dickson William, Street
Ben Burgess Dickson
Three False Alarms Answered by Firemen in Atlanta
In the second ward yesterday afternoon amid cold winds five Atlanta firemen rushed to three calls. An alarm from 402 Washington Street announced a residence fire but no blaze was found. A Rawson and Cooper Street box and a Richardson and Pryor Streets corner alarm also produced no fire after quick en route responses. The cause remained undetermined whether mischievous or misdirected.
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Second Ward
Atlanta
Washington Street
Rawson and
Cooper
Dr Seaman Knapp to Tour the South for Farm Demonstration
Dr Seaman A Knapp, head of farm demonstration work for the U S department of Agriculture, will tour the South starting next Monday from Lynchburg Virginia to Lexington Kentucky. He will speak in Macon Georgia Greenville South Carolina and Anniston Alabama on seven topics related to cooperative teaching and farm life. All meetings occur during the day with Knapp as the sole speaker.
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Washington
South
Seaman A. Knapp
South Force Department of Agriculture
Lynchburg
Lexington
Knapp
Macon
Greenville
Anniston
Ala
Southern Railway
Dr Knapp
Taft Attends Memorial Services at Foundry Church
President Taft attended the Charles Nelson Crittenton Memorial services at Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington. An address was delivered by Dr John Wesley HHT of New York, a close associate who joined Taft on his western speaking tour during the campaign.
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Taft
Washington
Charles Nelson Crittenton
Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church
John Wesley Hht
New York
Him
Bartow Superior Court Opens With Murder Trial
Bartow County Superior Court convenes Monday morning January 10 with Judge A W Flite presiding. Jesse Cook, a young Black man, and his father Will Cook, face trial for the murder of an elderly Black man named Joe Cannon during the holiday period.
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Bartow Superior Court
Cartersville
Spee Vial
Bartow County Superior Court
A W Flite
Jesse Cook
Will Cook
Joe Cannon
Knox Stirring Great Powers Open Manchuria Debate
French editors view the Manchurian crisis as tense with gunpowder danger as the United States presses a plan to neutralize Manchurian railways. France leans toward Russia, awaits Russia and Japan positions, and questions whether U S aims serve humanity or national interests. Japan’s response is awaited as Tokyo weighs the American initiative and potential imperialism effects on world peace.
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Gaypowder
Mafin
Trance
Austlas
GU Blan
China
United States
Japan
Calna
Piper
America
Thorea
Manchuria
Knoxs
Tokio
Rete
Ophenisi Charaetie
Professor Bass Celebrates His Golden Anniversary At Hoss High
Howell boreman recounts the long career of Professor Bass, born 1837 in Newton County Georgia, who trained at Emory College, taught across Alabama and Georgia, served as captain in the Civil War, and spent over thirty eight years in Atlanta public schools, celebrating his 50th wedding anniversary in 1909 and his legacy as a strict educator and preceptor of many prominent citizens.
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Howell Boreman
Evor Willam
Protestor Bass
Newton County
Georgia
Hia Lome
Hera
Emory College
Emory
Alabama
Montgomery
South Carolina
Bowden College
Winnae
Hils
Hoss
Sethe Thant
Baz
Sant Sahoo
Firebug at Work in Central City
Distinct evidence of arson surfaced in Tybee last night as three fires burned seven houses owned by Eden Taylor and Jack Massee. One property was destroyed twice, another burned, and a third loss included three more houses. Many sheds were damaged, and several weeks ago a series of small-house fires in South Macon raised alarms. Police pursued clues on the Gray case but found none.
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Broyd
Macon
Tybee
Fden Taylor
Jack Massee
Uborcu
Pulpit Obsolete Says Dr Felix Adler in New York
Dr Felix Adler lecturer and author argues that the pulpit is obsolete and church attendance is falling. He says the age is practical with bankers and businessmen replacing clergy, diminishing pulpit oratory and moving toward concise theology over diffuse sermons.
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Felix Adler
New York
Felic Adler
Fortiers
Jofoutes de Adler
Penn R R Domination of B and O Under Fire
Governor William E Glascock announced state officials will investigate charges that the Pennsylvania System dominates the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad affecting freight shippers in West Virginia. He said findings would be given to the attorney general for a thorough probe and a decision on next steps.
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Charleston
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
William E Glascock
Baltmore
Oliforhet
Glascock
Challenge to Flying Match in Paris January Ninth
The Aero Club of France invites the Aero Club of America to compete for both the balloon and aeroplane international cups. The French Wright company fitted tar to Wright planes, and trials proved highly satisfactory. Wilbur and Orville Wright have long opposed such devices.
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Paris
The
Aero Club of France
Aero Club of America
French Wright Company
Wright Aeroplanes
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Dedicated Memorial Organ Dedication at Christ Episcopal
At Christ Episcopal Church in Macon Bishop K Nelson delivered the dedicatory sermon for a memorial organ honoring Mrs Mary Schofield and her singing legacy. A specially arranged program of music accompanied the morning service as the instrument was installed, drawing large attendance and closing with a ceremonial dedication.
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Macon
Christ Spiscopel Church
K Nelson
Mary Schofield
South
Bleached flour controversy echoed in Washington
In Washington January and in Congress a debate over bleached white flour runs deep. Chemist Wilet of the Agriculture Department notes little bleached flour in interstate commerce. Public opposition centers on the bleaching process and its impact on bread. Lawmakers say millers and machine sellers are involved, with notable legal talent poised to fight the case.
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Washington
Wilet
Department of Agriculture
United States
Fatal boiler accident at bakery injures woman and child
In Philadelphia on January 9 a boiler explosion at a bakery owned by Charles Utermohling at 1614 South Tenth Street wrecked the building. Mrs Elizabeth Shaffer and her three year old daughter, seated on the first floor, were dropped into the basement and likely fatally injured. They were taken to a hospital with fractured skulls. Two bakers suffered severe burns.
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Philadelphia
Charles Utermohing
South Tenth Street
Elzabeth Shaffer
Funeral Draws Thousands to Tenement Death Scene
In New York on January y Hassand Pinkelstein died under Ludlow street in a tonne of his own living. A spectacular funeral was held over his body today in the miserable tenement where he had lain. Ten thousand persons attended out of curiosity and filed through the sitting rooms lit by flickering candles.
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New York
Hassand Pinkelstein
Ludlow Street
Landslide blocks Parma region endangers Scopello village
A vast landslide between Parma and Piacenza in Italy spans about two miles long and half a mile wide, with an estimated depth of 75 feet. The village of Scopello, housing nearly a thousand residents, has been evacuated as the ground slowly moves, threatening total destruction.
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Parma
Italy
Uutls
Farma
Piacenza
Scopelo
Cardinal Gibbons Reception in Washington D C
Cardinal Gibbons the preeminent American church figure attended a formal reception in Washington at St Patricks parish with high clergy and diplomats. The noon luncheon hosted by the rectors featured Italian and Austrian ambassadors and ministers from Sweden the Netherlands and Spain along with lawmakers judges and officials from several states and the army and navy.
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Cardinal Gibbons
America
St Patricks Parish
Washington
Sweden
Netherlands
Spain
Cannon
Eikine Aldrich Beveridge Larter Overman
Denmark
Charles W Russell
Persia
Memorial to Mrs Darling Forms in New York
Friends of the late Flora Adams Darling founder of the D A R met in New York and formed the Flora A Darling Memorial Association to erect a monument in her memory in Washington D C. The group aims to honor her contributions to patriotism and historical preservation.
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Mrs. Darling
New York
Flora Adams Darling
Daughters of the American, Revolution
Flora A Darling
Washington D
No liquor license issued in Montgomery County
In Montgomery County Alabama no federal license to sell intoxicating liquors was issued in December though many expected defeat of the amendment to bring it about. A similar note mentions November actions and the broader context of licensing uncertainty.
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Montgomer
Montgomers County
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DR. S. A. Knapp
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Prof
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Eenty Eight Ears
Frank E. Block CO
AL Creamery CO
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Malm
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Theo Cocheu, Jr
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Bran
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Dway
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CHES
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Chicago
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Cable Addresa
Imdit
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Dr. Wiley
Uncle Sam
Wiley
Send
List
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Candier
Robinson-Humphrey Co
Atlanta, GA
Southern Exchange
Maltinghe
Cottor—Stochs—Ghain
Teorce
Burgess
Fast
Mitchell Street
St. Patrick’s Parish
Daniel Mineral Water
Daniel
Daniel Mineral Water CO
Atlanta, GK
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