Protest Against Charter for Georgia Railway and Electric Company
Protest filed in Secretary of State office opposes Georgia Railway and Electric Company charter to consolidate Atlanta and Fulton County railways. Complainants argue lack of city consent, improper use of streets, too long a term, and potential monopoly. Names listed include John C. Reed James L. Key and others. Jan 23 Atlanta notice. discussion of legal limitations and expected hearing.
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Cook
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Cornell
Atlanta
Philip Cook
State of Georgia
H. M. Atkinson
Georgia Railway and Electric’ Company
Aaid
Astratary of State
City of
Hecht
John C. Reed
James L. Key
W. M. Terry
J. L. Matson
Marietta Oil Claims Trigger State Chemist Probe
Reports from Marietta and Albany claim oil or kerosene in groundwater. State Chemist McCandless finds Marietta sample pure kerosene, while Albany artesian water yields crude oil, raising questions about paying quantities and the possibility of a gusher.
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Albany
Cobh
McCandress
Marietta
George B. Nigh
McCandless
Nigh
Cooper Buys N N Gober Residence on Peachtree Street
Dr. Hunter P. Cooper completed the purchase of Dr. N N Gober’s residence at the Peachtree and Third streets corner, 598 Peachtree, a prominent city property. The jet front extends 60 feet on Peachtree and 200 feet deep on Third, with an estimated price near 20000 dollars. Colonel Hi P. Black arranged the deal and Cooper plans to move in at once.
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Hunter P. Cooper
N. N. Gober
Peachtree Street
Peachtree and
Third Streets
Third Street
Hi. P. Black
Regal Estate
Cooper
Surprising Calm Amid Pekin Legation Siege
Dr. Nevin, in New York Sun, recalls the siege as largely trivial with no attacks on core legation buildings. He notes every building remained intact, noncombatants spared, and some locals and foreigners recounted bullets’ whistling as sensational tales, challenging romantic notions of the siege.
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Pekin
Dr. Nevin
New York Sun
Legation
Partisan Prayers Scene During Mayoral Campaign Meeting
New York Times reports at a Volunteera of America meeting a Methodist prayer meeting near the east side mayoral campaign. A brother quotes a line praying Democrats hang together, a nearby Republican offers a contrasting prayer seeking unity in accord with the Republican view.
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New York Times
Barlington Booth
Volunteera ‘of America
Jacob
Crusade Against Loafers Begins In Atlanta
Chief Ball announces a plan to arrest vagrants and loafers in Atlanta. Recorder Broyles sentences six Black men and two white men to thirty days for idling and loitering as the city tightens against street loafing and theft. The police are instructed to remove idle individuals and redirect them to the chain gang if they refuse work.
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Broyles
Atlanta
Chaingang
Recorder
Ball
Ball Haa
Itatia
Court Clerk Reports Busy Superior Court Session
The criminal superior court session, led by Judge Candier and Solicitor Hill, disposed of twenty-one cases. A white man, J. H. Alexander, was acquitted of criminally assaulting his 13 year old stepdaughter. W. F. Ellison was convicted of assault, fined or jailed. Multiple burglary and larceny sentences followed. Judge Candler may adjourn next week. sixty eight cases this week. thirty-two defendants remain jailed. Also, a bank receivership case against the Atlanta Bank of Commerce involving Colonel Lowry and the Bateses was moved toward hearing.
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Criminal Superior Court
John S. Candier
Charley Hill
J. H. Alexander
War
Solicht
HIN
Alexander
Harvey Biang Tw Rucker
Charles McCord
Jack Spear
Sandy Dean
Jim Leonard
Candler
Robert J.lowry
Lowry National Bank
Atlanta Bank of Commerce
M. J & W. A. Bates
J. H. Lampkin
Superior Court
Messrs. Bates
Banic
Waéman
Messraates, Train
RAILWAY NOTES A E and W Will Extend into Atlanta
Rail chatter centers on Atlanta Knoxville and Northern expansion into Atlanta. Seaboard denies acquiring AKN and no deal with Illinois Central. AKN plans to extend to Atlanta funded by Knoxville mortgage, likely track rights and terminal access through city. Officials foresee entry via agreements with Seaboard Southern or Western Atlantic. Savannah and other cities see routine passenger and freight traffic updates.
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Www. OP. Railroad
Oraine
Pwo
Atlanta
Orleans
Pullman
Jor
Ffice
Pryor Street
Union
T .L.H. Hill
Union Ticket
George W. Allen
Ly, JR
A. E
Knoxville
Northern
Seaboard
Illinis Central
Knoxville and Northern
Tennessee Central
John Skelton Williams
Seaboard Air Line
Savannah
The
Constitution
E. C. Spalding
McHarg
Spalding
Worthern
Knoxville and
Seaboard -Air Eine
Southern
Westerm
Ang Atlantic
faloPrep
Den
J. W. Mid Dendorf
Estoard
Kr - Wine
Columbia
Backall
Sa Oy
Walsa’ A ? Rie
Hutchinson Island
Williams
Bellett
Williama
Lant City
Pla
Manatee
Arsenic Habits of Workers in Historic Factories
A science gossip summary notes that peasants and workers in Styrian Tyrolean arsenic eating practices used to obtain the poison as “hydrack” to combat fatigue. Reported by Schalleruber in 1522 and later corroborated, the habit involved fasting intake often with coffee, rising to twelve or fifteen grains, and linked to long life with sudden death risk. Grains accumulates in graves reveal preservation, while acclimatization advised for those who continue.
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Styria
Tyrol
Schallerueber
Gaetz
Upper
McClagan
Edinburgh
C! Helse
Austria
Lorenzo
Salzberg
Hesse
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