Taft to raid trusts despite no morning alarms
President Taft plans vigorous action to curb big combinations under the Sherman act regardless of a new federal corporation law. He awaits the supreme court rulings on Standard Oil and tobacco trusts before directing inquiries into other trusts, praises Attorney General Wilkersham, and seeks to strengthen the Justice Department trust bureau with better talent and more funds.
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Washington
White House
Polley
Supreme Court
Wilkersham
Trust Bureau
Department of Justice
Dick Dies at Marietta First National Bank Director
Marietta Georgia January 24 Special com bh Mk vier present and director of the First National Bank and rector of the Kennesaw Marble Lom ring died at his home this afternoon. Mr Dick came to Marietta over ninety years ago and except for a cried twelve years ago when he went to Texas has made this Inn home. He made a fortune in the cotton business and returned to Marietta to retire, investing little and avoiding business. He is survived by his wife and two sons Jackson and Sam Jr and four daughters, Mrs Helen Hines Atlanta, Mrs C R Harris Atlanta, Mrs J A Smith Bainbridge and Mrs Sam feravea Marville, Tenn. He was in was airty ninth year. Funeral will be held Wednesday at the Presbyterian church.
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Marietta Ga
Mk Vier
First National Bank
Kennesaw Marble
Lomring
Marietta
Nity
Texas
Cotlon
Jz Investments
Jackson
Sam Jr
Helen Hines
Atlanta
C R Harris
J A Smith Bainbridge
Sam Feravea
Marville
Tenn
Airty
Presbyterian
Four in the Field for Second District Congress Race
Albany January 24 Special One candidate retires from the race for Congress in the Second District and a report that another may quit before entries close tomorrow. Four remain Spence Roddenberg Knight and Mercer face a $1,000 assessment each as the primary set for February 10.
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Albany, Gy
Congress
D . Crosland
City Court of
Albany
Spence
Berrien
Secret Marriage at Perry Mystery Over Atlanta Bride
On January 4 a couple arrived in Perry claiming Atlanta as home with a young widow and handsome man. Judge Shellie issued a license and, in the presence of two witnesses, joined them as man and wife. The union was kept secret until February 4, with names to be revealed then.
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Macon
Perry Hotel
Skellie
Bibb County Negro Education Expenditure Sets Record
The Bibb county grand jury reports for the November term that the county spent 25 457 08 on negro schools last year while negro taxes totaled 8 562 16. The findings praise the effort, claiming the education of the colored people is better than anywhere else and urging comparison with northern or southern counties.
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Brown House
Macon
Bibb County Grand Jury
Columbus Man Missing Leaves Family Worried In Foul Play Case
Columbus on January 24 special report says Fear T. Cunningham, a well known young man employed by the Columbus Showcase Company, has been missing since Saturday night. He carried about $100, and his wife fears foul play. Friends are puzzled by his disappearance.
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Columbus
Cunningham
Columbus Showcase Company
Bibb County Considers 300000 Bond Issue for Improvements
Bibb County grand jury calls for a 300000 bond issue to fund road improvements county courthouse expansion high school and grammar school buildings steel bridges and a workers housing at the detention camp. Also urges salary payments for county officers, auto speed regulation, a ban on election betting, and a 1000 licensing fee for ammunition sales.
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Brown House
Macon
Bibb County
Grand Jury
Pens High School
Grammar Aebool
Bibbs County
Peraong
Crawford shoots father in law in Crasford Ham case at D Arbonne
In Monroe Louisiana on Sunday January 24 Win Crawford shot and killed his father in law Crasford Ham at D Arbonne Louisiana. Family troubles are cited as the motive in this tragic shooting.
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Monroe la
Win Crawford
Crasford Ham
D Arbonne la
Negro Made Attempts To Attack Woman Near Macon
A Black man tried to assault Ida Parker a Bible Mill employee on the way to work from Second Street to the mill. Parker fled screaming into a house and fainted from fright. Sheriff Robertson led a search after she gave a description of the assailant.
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Macon
Ida Parker
Bible Mille
Second Street
Remanded for New Sentence in Devlin Case
Specials Judge W H Felton remanded E Devlin's case to the recorder for resentencing after a guilty finding for operating a tiger. Under the city charter the recorder cannot impose the prior sentence. A new sentence will be set in a future term before Recorder Urquhart.
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Macon
W H Felton
E Devlin
Urquhart
Salaries of 7000 Each Set for Court of Customs Appeals
Washington January 24 The salaries of the judges of the court of customs appeals created by the tariff law were nearly fixed by the House at 7000 each. The tariff law named 10000 and the fixed amount is 3000 more than the circuit judges’ salaries, stirring ongoing congressional controversy.
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Washington
Court of Customs Appeals
Taddy
Congress
Daniel Water Promotes Digestion With Sulphates and Alkalies
An advertisement touts Daniel Water as a natural “sikaline” soda rich drink that supplies gastric acids and minerals to aid digestion. It claims relief from heartburn headaches and stomach heaviness by normalizing stomach contents and purifying the stomach, with delivery in six bottle cases priced at 800 per case and orders via Ivy 1090.
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Ivy
Weather Today Turns Fair Yet Cold Across Region
The forecast warns of freezing conditions this morning with Tuesday turning colder. No severe storms expected, but temperatures will dip below freezing at dawn and bring a chill tight enough to bite.
Weather quirks described by the gopher amid wild Sunday night
The piece recounts a stormy Sunday night with moonlight, thunder, lightning, rain, hail and sleet. The weather forecaster is quoted on the meaning of fair weather while a character named the Gopher jokes about matching and a friend who struggles with a trick, amid a chaotic, humorous scene.
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Faelr
Vig Herrmann
Gopher
India
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