Playmates witness comrade killed by trolley car
Five year old Maxie Katz of 61 Kelly Street was run down and killed by a Pine Street trolley as children played nearby. Motorman Z B. Smith surrendered, posted $509 bond on reckless running charges. The tragedy occurred near the Katz residence with Maxie’s brother Dennie and other youngsters present. Funeral services set for Greenberg & Bond Chapel with interment at Greenwood.
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Dennie
Maxie Katz
Jouls
Katz
Kelly Street
Pine Street
Z. B. Smith
Maxie
Kel
Ly Street
Clarke Street
Woodward Avenue
Smith
Donnie
Maxite
Kuta
Greenberg & Bond
Greenwood
CAUGHT ON A TRESTLE YOUNG GIRL KILLED IN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TRAIN ACCIDENT
Jackson Mississippi January 12 Miss Suja Maria aged 15 was instantly killed and Miss Lieille Harris 15 seriously injured when a train beluga caught on a trestle across Pearl River by the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad. Several other youths in a Sunday Kodak party saved themselves by hanging from crossties until the train passed. Maria was mangled by the locomotive. Harris jumped about fifteen feet and sustained serious injuries.
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Jackson
Suja Maria
Lieille Harris
Beluge
Pearl River
Yoo and
Mississippi Valley
Marie
Miss Harris
Double Hooodooed Chronicle of 4-18-14 Mystery
A fragmentary note mocks a first time data writing using typewriter tech and Tinotype delivery across the South. It cites Creek uprisings, bold weather forecasts, and peach orchards, with playful satire about fears of two 138 and regional stock concerns.
Cold Wave Now Atlanta Bound
A cold wave is headed for Atlanta and will reach by Monday afternoon or night, per official telegrams from Washington. Temperature to fall to about thirty five degrees within 24 to 36 hours, bringing relief after recent dreary weather. forecasters advised overcoats and mufflers as Sunday’s damp, foggy day gave way to clearer air.
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Atlanta
Washington
Atlanta Weather Bureau
Moore
Teau
Police raid 19 houses shake resilience districts Sunday
Police move on disorderly places as chief claims no crusade while noting 19 raids on Sunday morning. Two arrests last night include Mrs T J Braswell 23 of 100 West Peachtree Place and two in the house. Mary Farmer and W E Shoenberger detained at 183 Parliam Street. charges listed as disorderly conduct.
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Weondward
West Peachtree Place
T. J. Braswell
Wallace Cartledge
Spring Street
J. M. Glenn
Woodward Avenue
Parliam Street
Mary Farmer
W. E . Shoenberger
South Fryer Street
Parmer
Impeachment vote on Archbald set and Senate actions
Washington plans for the Archbald impeachment trial to conclude before adjournment. The week centers on annual appropriations, tariff revision talks, and currency and anti trust legislation as President-elect Wilson takes office. Senate battles over Taft appointments and hearings into shipping, Hearst letters, and money trust investigations continue.
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Washington
Archbald
Senate
United States
House
Wilson
House Committee On Ways and
Taft
William R. Hearst
Copias
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Congress
Carter Gliss
Aldrich
National Monetary Commission
Money Trust Section
Banking and Currency Committee
Captain Raoul Critically Ill in Atlanta Home
Captain W. G. Raoul, a longtime railroad executive and organizer in Atlanta, is critically ill at his home on Peachtree Street. He helped found the state tuberculosis sanitarium, led the Associated Charities, and chaired the Anti Tuberculosis association. He previously presided over the Central of Georgia and the Mexican National railroads.
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W. G. Raoul
Altea
Iis
Peachtree Street
Raoul
Central of Georgia Railway
Mexican National Railroad
Mexico
Atlanta
Associated Charities
Anti- Tuberculosis Association
Liven
Tfepta
Mercer University faces board probe into President Jameson
A special Mercer University board committee will investigate President S Y Jameson amid reported tensions with faculty. Jameson defended his administration before students, touting open fight and olive branches while facing opposition from some Macon Baptists and trustees.
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Macon
Jameson
Mercer University
Georgia, Baptist Convention
Phanel
Mercer
Friends of
Dr. Jameson
Befnre
Pr T. R. Christie
Columbus
National plan to reclaim white slave victims unveiled
Stanley Finch leads a Justice Department push with philanthropists to fund a national movement for rescuing and rehabilitating women trapped in trafficking. John D. Rockefeller Jr. is a principal financier. The plan envisions Permanent funds, many homes, and employment assistance to restore women, with 72,000 plus centers planned nationwide.
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Washington
Stanley
Finch
Department of Justice
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Mfe
Toplite Te
$200000 Scattered Funds Found in Waco Postoffice Lobby
In Waco Texas January 12 checks drafts and money orders totaling 200000 were found scattered in the post office lobby. Police seek a 13 year old boy suspected of rifling mailboxes last night. Little money was recovered and most stolen paper had been recovered.
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Waco
Texas
Robbery Attempt On Fairlie Street Ends With Nosed Bleed
Mrs Irma Farnsworth was grabbed near 77 Fairlie Pickwick apartments by a young man from James Street who tried to steal her purse. She fought back striking the thief in the nose, causing bleeding, and he fled with her purse after a brief struggle. Plainclothes officers Garrett and Fortson gathered a description: a young man in a dark crushed hat and overcoat, face largely hidden.
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Fairlie
Carnegie Way
Pickwick
Irma Farnsworth
James Street
Meyer May Be Candidate for Senate in Massachusetts
Secretary of the Navy Meyer said he might run for the United States Senate in Massachusetts if the Republican caucus cannot reach a selection. He spoke at Washington on January 13, outlining the possibility and conditions for a bid.
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Meyer
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
United States Senate
Massachusetts
Ship Uranium Strands Off Halifax in Heavy Weather
Halifax dispatch reports the Uranium of Uranium Steamship bound Rotterdam to Halifax and New York stranded on a reef near Chebucto headlight station nine miles below Halifax. All 880 passengers were rescued by government craft with no loss of life as the crew remains aboard awaiting low water. Rescue efforts involved Lady Laurier Bridgewater and tugs amid gale conditions.
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Halifax
Uranium
Uranium Steamship Company
Rotterdam
New York
Chebucto
Lady Courier
Eustace
Salora
Hailifax
Toy
Lady Laurier
Bridgewater
Paul G. Fourman
Fiairfair
la Provence
Hevre
Rivers Rise Again as Cold Breaks Back Dampens Hope
Washington reports the second Ohio flood wave from Cincinnati to Louisville, not as severe as the first. The weather bureau predicts crest near Cincinnati Louisville while rains continue for 48 hours. Projections show Cincinnati around 62 to 63 feet Tuesday, Paducah 43, Cairo 45 with values at 8 p m Sunday: Pittsburgh 25.9, Parkersburg 44.9, Cincinnati 60.3, Louisville 35.8 feet.
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Washington
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Louisville
Weather Bureau
Paducah
Cairo
Tile
Pittsburg
Parkersburg
General Irvine Walker to Address Confederate Veterans
Charleston January 12 General Irvine Walker honorary commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans has received notice of his selection to help organize the fiftieth anniversary Gettysburg celebration. The veteran groups in the South show interest as Welker and the veterans camps discuss plans.
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Charleston, & C
C. Irving Walker
The
United Confederate Veterans
Gettysburg
Nis
South
Welker
Cincinnati Flood Drives Refugees and Port Closures
Ohio River crested near sixty feet flooding Cincinnati and suburbs by January 12. Newport Covington and Dayton escaped areas housed by churches and schools opened for refugees. Rail freight houses flooded trains rerouted river traffic halted steamboats unable to pass under bridges. Licking River overflow quarantined factories damaged as government forecaster warned of a thirty hour rise continuation.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Dayton
Newport
Covington
Kentucky
Cincinnati Commission
Panhandle
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Grand Central Station
Licking River
Thousands of Families Driven From Homes by Floods
Louisville reports thousands of families displaced along the Ohio riverfront as flood waters rise rapidly. At 7 pm the stage was 35.8 feet with a two foot per hour increase, forecast to reach 28 feet by morning and 40 by Tuesday night. Fire and police assist in relocating the homeless to vacant buildings. Cellars and first floors of riverfront warehouses and businesses have been evacuated.
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Louisville
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Weather Prophecy: Fair and Colder Across Regions
Washington reports a forecast of colder conditions Monday with rain near Tuesday, warmer interior later. Virginia sees fair, colder Monday with Tuesday fair and warmer winds. North Carolina and South Carolina forecast similar cold-to-warm transitions with occasional rain on coastlines. Oklahoma and Texas expect fair to warm but unsettled days with possible rain or snow in northern areas. Florida and the Deep South anticipate fair to colder spells with localized rain, while Arkansas to Kentucky show rising cloudiness and potential light precipitation.
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Washington
Virginia
North Carolina
West
South Carolina
Oklahoma
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Tennessee
Kentucky
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Baptist Institution
Rome
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Moultrie
Board of Trustees of
Young Rockefeller
Ohio Valley
Halifax Harbor
Irvine Walker
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