Stockade report outlines reforms and new department plan
A special committee reviewed the stockade investigation, recommending improvements in uniforms, food, sleeping quarters, and management. It endorses criticism of some staff, urges creating a separate general manager position, and outlines a 356,000 budget for the year including building, equipment, and operating costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Candler
Henry L Coliier
Dave Kung
Vining 5
CoMer
Reform
Raver
General Council
Starkade
Vogus
Seilmeligar
Coller
Council
Colliar
Collier
Callier
Street Committee
New Orleans Engineer Takes Own Life in January Death
New Orleans January 11 I Zz Hardee assistant city engineer died at his home by shooting himself in the head. Temporary insanity is believed to have been responsible for the tragedy.
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Self
New Orleans
Hardee
Fatal warehouse fire claims two workers in Gainesville GA
Bartow B Braswell Jr aged 29 and Vernon Baldwin were burned in a blaze at the Georgia Hallway and Electric Company warehouse at Piedmont avenue and the Georgia railroad. The fire started from a paint keg explosion as workers tried to handle cans in the stock room. Braswell died from the flames. Baldwin survived with serious burns and was hospitalized. Fire crews arrived quickly but rescued Baldwin and attempted to reach Braswell, whose charred remains were later taken to Patterson’s undertaking parlors.
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Bartow
Braswell Jr
Braswell
Gainesville
E Maddox
Vernon Baldwin
Thomas C Baldwin
Danny Street
Georgia Hallway and Electric Company
Piedmont Avenue
Georgia Railroad
Baldwin
Benton
Palsos
Thomas
Atoch
Haldwin
Baldwis Llves
Luchie Street
Wau I
Trrady Hospital
Pattersons
Banks of State in Fine Shape
Chief bank examiner Hollinshead and Georgia’s state bank examiners have prepared the annual condition statement for Georgia banks. The 1909 figures show growth in deposits and liabilities from 1907, with total assets rising to about 108 million and surplus and profits near two million higher. The comparative report, drawn from bank statements, notes cash on hand declined in 1909 as circulation stabilized after 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollinshead
Georgia
Oenags
Toe
Balenciay
J Fope Brown
Men’s feet growing larger demand for huge shoe sizes
In Brockton on January 11 a local expert says men’s feet are larger than before with rising demand for big sizes. He notes more eights and nines are made and a trend toward twelves up to fifteens, with similar reports in Chicago and New York.
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Brockton
Mase
Chicago
New York
Farmers Wives Gather in Athens for State Conference
Athens January 11 special report notes a conference for farmers wives to be held January 19 to 27 under the State College of Agriculture. Walter B. will direct invitations for rural women across the state. Domestic science and labor saving machines will be demonstrated, with emphasis on dairy product making and marketing. A strong program has been prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
State College of Agriculture
Walter Bwi
Mrs Morse Vows to Free Her Husband in Legal Battle
New York on January 11 Mrs Charles W Morse declared she will devote all her time to freeing her husband. He is in Atlanta federal prison. She plans to seek every legal method and will consult attorney Martin W Littleton as he returns. A clemency petition may be filed if other avenues fail.
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New York
Charles W Morse
Morse
Fifth Avenue
Atlanta
A Relemka
Moree
Morga
Mertin W Littleton
Littleton
Batmien
Moraa
Firebug Strikes Homes in Macon. Alarm Rises
In Macon on January 11 a firebug destroyed nearly twenty houses over three weeks. Police and sheriff forces conduct a wide search for the unknown arsonist as large losses alarm residents.
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Macon
New College Building At LaGrange Ga
LaGrange on January 11 special The people of LaGrange rally behind revival of prosperity at Southern Female College after the administration building and auditorium burned eighteen months ago Alumni and William Upshaw led a drive raising 916000 to liquidate the debt and fund the Lyceum The new president W Benware steered a recovery and dozens of girls flocked to enroll Andrew Carnegie offered 6600 for equipment and a new building with a fresh fundraising push planned President Brown says local belief in women's education will quickly fill the campus with students
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Institution For
Deli
Sarah Ferrall Lyceum
W Benwate
Commerce Public Schools
Brown
Andrew Carnegie
G'S
Butler Testifies He Ran Signal to Stop Train
Erle Pa January 11 A Lake Shore passenger engineer J Butler 63 in 1923 and 40 years in service testified before a coroner jury that he took a chance and ran past a stop signal causing a wreck at Northeast Pa Two men were fired The elderly witness wept as the jury held Butler responsible and refused to sign the verdict
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Erle Pa
J . Butler
Lake Shore
Northeast
Pask
Butler
Executive Meeting of Farmers Union in Union City
Union City January 11 special meeting of the Farmers Union executive committee convened to outline plans for the new year. The session appointed Hon F D Wimberly of Pulaski County as Georgia delegate to the national legislative committee in Washington DC.
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Union City
The
Farmers' Union Isn
F. D. Wimberly
Pulaski County
Georgia
Washington, DC
Boy dies playing with pistol in Henry County
Nine year old Tackyon Butt, son of Mr and Mrs John Butt, Henry County, died instantly Sunday while handling a pistol he believed would not fire. He snapped the cartridge twice, then pulled the trigger a third time, injuring his face and head. Funeral held at Worthville Monday conducted by Stey Mr King.
Change in City Boards Proposed to Five District Seats
A council committee plans to change city boards by dividing the city into five districts, reducing board members from twelve to five or seven. The mayor and council committee chair would be ex officio members. The committee includes Pomeroy, Wairaven, Johnson, Johnston, Eving, Candler, and Hancock. If approved, current members keep terms until expiration.
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Bleshanga
E E Pomeroy
Police Board
D S Wairaven
Water Board
A J Johnson
Board of Health
Steve R Johnston
Couneilman
Eving
Park Board
John Candler
W A. Hancock
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Advertised Cure
A testimonial extols Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills as purifying health tonics. It claims to restore appetite, clear mucous membranes, reduce disease susceptibility, and aid recovery from grip, diphtheria, scarlet fever, pneumonia, and blood poisoning, with a user named David Stephenson praising renewed strength after the grip.
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David Stephenson West Kendall N ' Seye
Hoods
Society Girl Held for Aiding Strikers
Philadelphia January 11 Fourteen striking shirtwaist makers were held on riot related charges after disturbances last night. When workers aided by non unionists were pelted with snowballs and missiles, Miss Fannie Travis Cochran a safety girl acting as a strike picker was arrested but released after brief detention.
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Philadelphia
Heil
Wobesmen
Fannie Travis Cochran
Shippers Oppose Freight Rate Increase in Cincinnati
January 11 Cincinnati executive committee of the Associated Shippers Publicity Bureau met and prepared a reply to railroads statements on a proposed freight rate hike. A recent conference yielded protest against an increase, and the railroads answered the protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Associated Shippers’ Publicity Bureau
Milledgeville Funeral Highlights Racial Bonds
Milledgeville Georgia on January 11 reports a historic second time white citizens served as pallbearers for a Black woman, Aunt Amy Latimer, as Dr B J Simmons, a prominent Black physician, is also buried. The piece notes community respect, sympathy, and shared grief across races amid funerals.
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Miledgeville Ga
Milledgevile
Amy Latimer
Php
G T Whilden
Jobida
W W Sembridge
George H Brantley Loh Andrews
Morris
Miss Morgan plans $2 million shirtwaist firm to hire union labor
New York January 11 Miss Anne Morgan daughter of J P Morgan is reported contemplating a $2 million corporation to manufacture shirtwaists and employ only union labor The plan, if verified, would fund a factory with unionized workers as part of a broader strike context involving shirtwaist workers and industry conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anne Morgan
J FP Morgan
Miss Morgan
Daughter of Millionaire Elope T Hanks Chauffeur
New York report confirms Miss Margaret Howland Leavitt daughter of Rowland Leavitt banker and rail executive married chauffeur Joseph F Smollenner without parental consent. Leavitt bought her a six cylinder car last summer and Smollenner trained her to drive. The couple wed in Jersey City last Thursday and have reportedly gone south possibly to Atlantic City for a honeymoon.
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New York
Rowland Leavitt
Margaret Howland Leavitt
Joseph F Smollen
Smollen
James I Corbett
Miss Leavitt
Jersey City
Atlantic City
Dr Knapp to address farming public in Macon
Elaborate arrangements made for Dr SA Knapp to speak at the city auditorium at 11 oclock Thursday as a government representative on farming. Many people, including students and young men, will attend from distant places. Negro Found Guilty. Cartersville January 11 Jessa ood colored, charged with the murder of Joe Cannon, was found guilty this afternoon. Judge Fite will pass the death sentence tomorrow. Hiram Cook, father of the convicted man, was exonerated from complicity by the younger defendant’s statement to the jury.
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Knapp
Macon
SA Knapp
Cartersville
Jessa
Joe Cannon
Trecember
Fite
Hiram Cook
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Fostum Cereal 0, Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Ababass Studio
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
Bartow B Braswell, Jr
Aminers
Mrs. Morse
Daniel Brothers Company
Peachtree Street
L. J. Daniel
NEW College
Lagrange, GA
Carnegie
Southern Female College
Ike
Farmers’ Union
F. D
National Legislative Committee
Boy
John Butt
Henry County
Miss Cochran
Associated Shippers’ Publicit Bureau
Akes
Milledgeville
B J Simmons
Amy
Amr
Villey
Shadow
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Silver Spring
Mountain City
Adres
Winas
Gans
Ceah
Weecal
J. W. Kelly & CO. Inc, Distillers
Chattanooga, Tennessee
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