Election Year Forecast for City Offices and March Races
The city faces a busy election year with fifty-five officers to fill. Nineteen elected by the people, thirty-six by council unless the state changes the city marshal method. March brings police commissioner race and Grady hospital trustees contest. May fills board terms, July brings twenty-two elections, including tax assessor. most incumbents expected to seek reelection.
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General Assembly
Fulton County
W. O. Jones
Jones
Orlon
Nunnally
Hough
Grady Hospital
R. A. Hemphill
George &Lowndes
Hugh M. Dorsey
Howell
Octaylus P LeVert
Josiah M. Johnson
W. D. Greene
James KR. Nutting
Carnegie Lbrary
James R. Gray
Board of
A C Turner
William Brown
Board of Education
Tex
J. H Ewing
B E_ Gardner
T. Steinheimer
A GL Curtis
J. Manley
Walker Danson
James Bell
W. H. McClain
W. W. Gaines
C H McHan
W. S Featherston
P F
J. Campbell
Pius X May Resign His Triple Crown
Rome correspondent reports Pope Pius X still worrying over his election and may shortly retire from the papacy.
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Pius X
Paris
Journal
Rome
Municipal candidates set as terms expire next January
The year’s political scene centers on December third Monday when terms of W. 5. Duncan and J. W. Kilpatrick end. Several city officers including Mayor Evan P Howell and aldermen from multiple wards reach term ends January first, while ministerial posts such as City Attorney and City Treasurer also expire. The executive committee will meet in July to set primary dates and organize, with numerous county races drawing opposition.
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W. 5. Duncan
J. W. Kilpatrick
Evan P Howell
T. D. Longino
James G Woodward
Ww. M Terry
W. H. Terrell
J. A. Hynds
Ij Sid Holland
M. M. Turner
Philip Brestenbacher
Martin F. Amorous
J. M. Stephens
James L. Mayson
J. H Goldsmith
H L Collier
R. F Riley
R M Clayton
E T. Payne
FINGING A SWEETHEART GAME DEPICTED WITH TRAIL CARDS
This fascinating game uses one pack of Trail cards fifty cents gilt edge from De Columbian Book Company Atlante Ga. The description notes six other good games also played with the same pack.
Warm year for Spalding politics in Griffin
Griffin Georgia January 23 Special During the recent session of the Superior Court for Spalding County the fact developed that this was to be locally one of the warmest political years and
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Griffin
Superior Court
Spalding County
Hood's Sarsaparilla Advertisement Claim
An 19th century style advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a rejuvenating tonic for weakness and poor pleasures. It promises miraculous results from a single box and urges purchase from Hood Brothers Co. in Lowell Massachusetts with payment mailed in advance.
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Medina
Ita
C I. Hood Co
Hood
Saraaparilla
Lowell
Mass
Two Mississippi Men Sail To Sierra Leone For Cotton Experiments
London January 23 John and Selby Neely cotton experts from Mississippi sailed from Liverpool for Sierra Leone on behalf of the British Cotton Growers Association. They travel with three African assistants to conduct exhaustive experiments in Sierra Leone districts and later visit Nigeria to report on cotton cultivation progress.
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Sierra Leone
London
John and
Selby Neely
Mississippi
Liverpool
Africa
Britlsy Cotton Growera’ Association
Neclys
Nigeria
Van Moody's Leg Broken in Second Avenue Accident
Van Moody a well known young man suffered a fractured right leg above the ankle after his horse became unruly on Second Avenue. He collided with a delivery wagon and was pitched to the ground in the early hours tonight.
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van Moody
van Mooty
Second Avenue
Seven Men Attack Couple at Fairview Church
Lafayette Dedman and wife were seized near Petersburg Indiana on January 23 by seven men. They were forced to the church auditorium where Dedman stood in the corner at gunpoint while the others assaulted his wife. The assailants fled, officers pursue, a youth traced to Flora Illinois, and two suspects are being hunted by the city marshal.
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Petersburg
Ind
Lafayette Dedman
Bowman
Fairview Church
Dagsman
Dedman
Flora
Ilis
Watson
He Was Loaded With Diamonds Thefts Arrest in Minneapolis
James Walters, reputed nation’s top diamond thief, arrested by National Detectives James Howard and Michael Neary as he planned to depart for Chicago. Over $12,000 in diamonds found, with $12,000 more disclosed as disposed of in three weeks. Walters linked to a $6,000 loss at the Colonial Hotel in San Francisco. Accompanied by William Kerry, a local man who handled the diamonds, both men detained.
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Minneapolis
James Waltera
United States
James Howard
Michael Neary
Chicago
Beronesa Helena Radzik
Colonial
San Francisco
Walters
William Kerry
Mortuary Notices from Macon and Nearby Areas
Obituaries list Hazel Marquis of Macon aged 18 dying in McRae with funeral in Rose Hill Cemetery led by Rev J M Northrop. Sophia L McMillan of Greenville Bamberg county burial Forest Home after illness. Mrs Maude Blue of Macon dies at Arcadia hotel with Savannah interment. Lewis Finch of Evergreen Alabama dies after two weeks of illness.
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Hazel Marquis
Macon
Misa Hazel Marquis
Vane
W. R. Marquis
McRae
Rose Hill Cemetery
Singleton
J M Northrop
St. Paul Church
Bamberg County
Forest Home
Hamberg County
W. F. Blue
Maude Blue
Willam F Blue
Arcadia Hotel
Mulberry Street
Savannah
Lewis Finch
Evergreen
Ala
Ness
Primary on February 5 in Valdosta contest for officers
Valdosta Georgia January 23 Special The city executive committee set Friday February 6 as the primary date for municipal officers. The February 8 regular election will choose a mayor six aldermen and two school commissioners for two year terms. Candidates include M A Briggs and J G Stevens for mayor with C R Ashley refraining. Aldermen hopefuls include W S Fender J H Duffy L W Shaw and G W Tant. Contests are expected to be close with strong local business candidates named.
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Valdosta
Meyor
M. A. Briggs
J. G Stevens
C. R. Ashley
W.S. Fender
J. H. Duffy
L. W. Shaw
G. W. Tan
Charleton Heads Georgia Sons of the Revolution Group
The annual meeting of the Sons of the Revolution in Georgia elected W. G. Charlton of Savannah as president and G. W. Owens as first vice president. H. V. Washington, M. X. Corbin, and others were named to key posts and the board of managers includes members from Atlanta and Waycross.
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W. G. Charlton
Savannah
Georgia
G. W. Owens
H. V. Washington
Manon
William Harden
T. P. Ravenel
C. H Strong
M. X. Corbin
Board of Managera
W. J. Detrenne
G. Noble Jones
W. W. Gordon
D. C. Barrow
John .W. Grant
Atlan of
Waycross
F. T. Jones
Grayson
Leather Chair and Sofa Sale Promises Wide Range
A local furniture dealer touts a broad sale to show the breadth of their stock. Leather chairs and sofas, including all leather goods on guaranteed steel construction, are offered with substantial reductions and no stamps required on any part of the transaction.
Circular urged donations for Gordon replica building in St Louis
Savannah veteran groups receive appeal from General Peter A McGlaghan urging voluntary contributions to a $60 000 Georgia building fund for the replica of Sutherland home of General John B Gordon at the St Louis exposition the drive notes no compulsory assessment and references other ongoing projects in Confederate veteran circles including the Jefferson Davis monument and the Stephens Liberty Hall model as a possible influence
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Savannah
Georgia
Peter A . McGlaghan
Clement A Evans
United Confederate Veterans
Georgia State Building
McGlashan
General Gordon
Jefferson Davis
Gordon
Liberty Hall
Alexander H. Stephens
St. Loula
Carson Quits Senate Race in Georgia District Twenty Four
A. A. Carson withdrew from the state senate race in the twenty fourth district leaving B. Miller as the sole candidate Masasy for President. X Massey elected president of the Columbus Manufacturers Association succeeding F B Gordon. J P Kyle reelected secretary and treasurer. A Laborers Life Insurance and Industrial Aid Association filed a $10 000 damages suit against Industrial Life and Health Company alleging conspiracy and transfer of the plaintiff business without home office consent. The suit cites Hanna West as former agent and seeks damages for loss of Columbus business.
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Columbus
A. A. Carson
State Senate
B. Miller
Laborers’ Life Insurance and Industrial Aid Association
Buene Vista
Industrial Life and Health Company
G. A. West
Buena Vista
Hs Columbus
S. A. West
Dick Palmer
McCutcheon & Bowden
Auto men meet at banquet in New York
The Automobile Club of America held its fourth annual banquet at the Waldorf Astoria in New York tonight. About three hundred attended. Guests included President Winthrop H. Scarritt and Latimer, who spoke in favor of good roads.
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Benator Latimer
New York
Automobile Club of America
Waldorf- Astiria
Winthrop H. Scarritt
Ben
Counterfeit Silver Certificate Reported in Washington
Treasury officials warn of a new counterfeit silver certificate from 1889 with zinc etched plates and poor workmanship. It is printed on fair paper with red silk threads, uses a rubber stamp, and bears the letters D and plate number 209 or 239 with register J Lyons and treasurer Ellis H Roberts.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Bill Aims $4.5 Million Loan for Exposition
January 23 report states Chairman Tawney of the House committee on industrial arts and expositions will introduce a bill next week to loan $4.5 million for the Louisiana Purchase exposition. The loan would be secured by a lien on gate receipts.
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St. Louis
Washington
Tawney
House Committee On Industrial Arts and Expositions
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J. C Brooks
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H. T. Johnson
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Philip Morris
W M Thomas
J. J. Flynt
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Strickland
Joseph Turner
Eatonton
Spalding
Muse
Muse’s
Whitehall
Indiang Pos Wes
Mortuary
Carmichael Furniture
C.j.-D
Carmichael Furniture Co
Whitehall Street
Fund For
St Louis
Carson
Senate
B.L. Miller
Ator Jacob H Gallinger
New Hampshire
A C Latimer
South Carolina
James B Dill
Albert A Pope
W B Brownlow
Tennessee
Nelson A Miles
Thomas Edison
Jacob Astor
Albert Santos-Dumont
Gallinger
Latimer
Brownlow
A. A. Pope
Urbana Wine Co
Urtasa
Basan
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