City Electrician Opens Fight for 80 Cent Gas in Atlanta
Atlanta City Electrician Turner vows to push council to fund a $5,000 to $8,000 probe into gas pricing on the Atlanta Gas Light Company and to back a fight for 80 cent gas. He argues the city should curb rates, cites 1913-14 earnings gaps, and proposes underground wiring, streetlight and fire alarm improvements, plus measures against electrolysis threats.
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Atlanta Gas Light Company
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Georgia Railroad Commission
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Board of Electrical Control
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Boston
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Uthern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Georgia Railway and Pow
Whitehall Street
Villa Rebels Capture Ojinaga and Fleeing Huerta Forces Across Border
General Francisco Villa leads a late afternoon assault on Ojinaga, Mexico, with federal troops falling back under heavy rebel fire. By nightfall Villa occupies the town as Huerta’s nine generals evacuate toward the United States, many fleeing with scarce ammunition. Federal officers and volunteers scramble to cross the border. U S border patrol captures several Huerta documents and nine federal generals are named among those defeated.
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Mexico
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Salvador Mercado
McNamee
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Pascual Orozco
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Muerta
Orozco
Manuel Lands
Ynez Solagar
Antonio Rojas
Blas Orpina
Lazaro Alavis
Roque Gomez
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Landa
Vila
United States Cavalry
Death Near Grace Clings To Fight For Life
Special report by Britt Craig describes Eugene H Grace in a fragile state as doctors and friends brace for his possible death. A boyhood friend visits at the Greenville street home, Grace vows to live and seek revenge on the person he blames, while nurses keep him alive with stimulants. The story notes his wife Daisy Grace is at the center of the earlier shooting case and that Grace asked that her name never be spoken in the household.
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Ownan
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Eugene Grace
Grace
Red
Daisy Grace
Panton
Constitution
Roan
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Greenville Street
Treasury Denies $35.11 Due to Every Citizen
Washington January 16 Hundreds of letters poured into the treasury from people believing $35.11 is waiting for them. Treasurer John Burke dispels the myth saying no public funds can be paid out without congressional appropriation. The department notes the per capita circulation figure was a misinterpretation.
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Treasury
John Burke
Department Ia
Congress
Region to host southern Federal Reserve in Southeast
Chattanooga January 10 A meeting with Atlanta bankers led by John K Ottley and Joseph A McCord aimed to establish the principal southern reserve region in the area bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. The plan envisaged a regional bank with substantial capital and favored Chattanooga Atlanta over New Orleans Richmond or Cincinnati for the first district center. The joint Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and Clearing House committee will resume work to secure the southeastern region for Atlanta as the federal reserve location, with continued efforts planned.
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Atlanta
John K Ottley
Joseph A . McCord
Chattanooga
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McCord
Ohio
Mississippi River
South
Atlanta Bank
Megers Ottley and McCord
Iidorss
New Orleans
Richmond
Cincinnati
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Unia
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta Clearing House
Kanta
Federal Regiorat Reserve Bank
Georgia
Atlant
Johnston Estate Will Pay 7500 Inheritance Tax
McEwen Johnston estate in Macon valued around 750000 faces about 7500 in Georgia inheritance tax under the Swift act. The probate notes detail exemptions, filing duties for executors, penalties for noncompliance, and tax liens on land, highlighting safeguards for state collection.
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McEwen Johnston
Macon
State of Georgia
Slaton
Fire Chief Defies Mayor in Bold Public Clash
New Haven turmoil explodes as fire chief Cummings accuses Mayor Woodward of graft amid calls for resignation. He vows to fight back after lengthy public clashes, saying he will not bow to political pressure and detailing years of service and recent investigations.
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Reston
Jim Woodward
Shiel W Oh Cummings
Fle Department
James G Woodward
Cummings
Woodward
Bastor
M Ovor Woodward
Council
Roy
Atlanta
Fire Department
Jim Waedwerds Vine
Constitution Want Ads Offer Opportunity in Atlanta Growth
A vintage classified insertion promotes Constitution Want Ads as a gateway to opportunity amid Atlanta’s rapid growth. It touts the paper’s expanding classifieds, urging readers to place ads today for tomorrow’s edition and to call Main 5000 or Atlanta 500% for valid bargains.
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Constitution
Weather Prophecy Forec. Fair and Colder North Winds
A brief weather prophecy notes Sunday will be colder in the east and south portions. Monday brings fair conditions with moderate north to northeast winds.
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