Telegraphers of Atlanta to hold nationwide Morse contest
The Atlanta telegraphers plan a March 1 tournament open to all U S telegraphers with a five minute test using material supplied by the president and judged by an honorary committee featuring Andrew Carnegie Thomas Edison and Marconi. J M Stephens will chair the association with S A Duncan as vice president. Prizes likely include fastest straight Morse and Phillips code speed with a possible ladies class.
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Atlanta
Ohio River
United States
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas A. Edison
Guyleime Marcon
Thomas T. Eckert
John W. Mackay
Melville E. Stone
Carnegie
Pennsylvania
Associatéd
GB. Stuart
H. van Devender
Western Union
O. L.harrison
Southern Railway
A. ¥. Curran
B. F. Wyly, Jr
Atlanta and
West Point Railway
J. H.smythe
Associated Press
J. E. Scofield
Postal
Remarkable British Doctors Offer Free Three Month Care
A branch of the British Medical Institute at 104 North Pryor Street Lowndes Building Rooms 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 offers free medical services for three months to all invalids who call before January 28. The team, led by chief associate surgeon, provides consultation examination and all minor surgical operations at no charge medicines excepted.
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Lowndes Building
N. Pryor Street
British Medical Institute
Pryor Street
Lowndes
Pravist
New Orleans Chess Heritage and Morphy Contemporaries
Charles A Maurian, a noted New Orleans chess figure, returns from Paris after seven years. He recalls Paul Morphy, their Jesuit college days, and Morphy’s world‑class status. Maurian cites grand tournaments and the evolution from amateur chess to professional, tournament chess led by Lasker and Pillsbury.
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Morphy
New _Orleans
Firayune
Spring Hall
Ala
England
New Orleans
Paul Morphy
Europe
Phot ‘Morphy
Mr. Maurian
the Picayune
Parle
Mexican
Grand Cercle
Brookynite
Marshal
Laskkuc
Pillsbury
Clarshan
Marshall
Lasker
Paul Murphy
Chees
Paul Murphys
Laskers
Pillsburys
The Eccentric Millionaire Sir William Brooks Dies At 81
The Scottish born British banker Sir William Cunliffe Brooks died at 81 after a long life as a Manchester financier. He left Glentana estates to grandsons via a vast will valued over 5.5 million pounds, with a widow’s joint life rights and art bequests. His Scots domicile dispute was settled by the Court of Session declaring him English. He hosted lavishly, funded speeches, and transformed Glentana estate with grand buildings and renamed Glentanar to Glentana.
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William’ Brooks
London
Wiliam Cunliffe Brooks
Milionaire
Manchester
Amy
Charles Gordon
Marquis of
Huntly
North
William
Glentana
Aboyne
Aberdeenshire
Edith
Francis Cecil
Marquis of Exeter
Lincolnshire Regiment
Dido
Ean
Richard Cecil
Sir Wiliam
Court of Session
Sir William
Morven
Glentanar
Deeside
Eight Presidents Shown on Stamps So Far New York Sun
The New York Sun reports eight U.S. presidents have appeared on postage stamps to date. Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant, Madison, and Taylor are named. McKinley may become the ninth with a forthcoming regular issue.
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New York Sun
McKinley
Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Abyays
Jefferson
Jackson
Lincoln
Grant
Madison
Paylor
Sherman
Sca
Pup Crescens the Million Dollar Dog at Large
George H. Ketcham recalls Crescens a Boston bull pup valued at about 1 000 000 dollars. The dog guarded a bag of diamonds during a train journey and recovered the gems after a stray incident. The owner praises their bond with horse Crescens and notes the pup’s loyalty and remarkable companionship.
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George H
Marnie
Hersdman
Boston
P. Jookss
Om & Og
Crescens
Beaty
Ketcham
Mr. Ketcham
Denever
Imen
Tim Murhan
Bostonel
Murnana
Murnar
Id Green
Mike
Crescenla
Apples in Georgia proposed as a key crop for Georgia farmers
Marietta Journal notes rising prospects for apples in Georgia as Commissioner Stevens urges increased attention to apple growing. Col. Mark Hardin, a longtime Georgia politician turned horticulturist, says central and northern Georgia can produce superior apples that yield 400 to 800 dollars per acre with proper development. He prefers apples to peaches for hardiness, lifespan, and lower cultivation costs. The piece cites a statewide push to develop the industry.
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Georgia
Marietta
South
Texas
Mark Hardin
Hhus
Stevens
Atelanta
Comella
Georgie
The Polite Young Man and a Colonial Dame Duel
A humorous exchange features a haughty Colonial Dame and a polite man from Milwaukee. She claims lineage to Bunker Hill, while he responds with a quip about a banana skin and a milder retort, highlighting social pretensions.
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Cleveland “Plain Dealer
Bunker Hill
MilWeuze
Blood History and Scott's Emulsion Claim
An advertisement proclaims blood history begins in bone marrow and ends in the liver, praising Scott's Emulsion as a vital blood food to create new blood and restore color to pale faces, asserting its important role at the start of blood history.
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Scott
Official Laureates and Royal Patronage in Poetry
The piece critiques royal and official laureates in Europe and compares Germany Napoleon and William II’s failed poetic patronage to the independence of poets. It argues that true poetry thrives free from courtly praise, citing Heredia Rostand Verlaine Mallarme and Shakespeare as benchmarks.
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Gondon Mall
Rowand
M. de Heredia
Virgil
Horace
Augustus
Maecenas
Europe
Sesik
le Roi Gok
Napoleon Tves
Wiliam Ti
Will
Meybe
William II
Germany
Ernst von Wildenbruch
Firat ,Potadam
Guares
Herr von Wilden
Heiner Goethe
Heine
Republic of
France
M. Beraulede
Russia
MM. Dé Heredia
Rostand
Italy
Austria
Huasia
England
Wordsworth
Colley Cibber
Mr. Bye
Lord Tennyson
Duke of Wellington
Paris
Elgium
Verlaing
M. Mallarma
M. Diere
Shakespeare
Atlanta Swindle Case Tied to Forged Advertisements
Edmund J. Sarpy, a sharply dressed man, is arrested in Atlanta over a large swindle involving forged or inflated contracts for a Mercantile Commercial Guide printing ads. Victims paid amid confusion as contracts were altered, with Sarpy claiming to act for a Baltimore publisher and naming a mysterious "Smith." Police prepare to press further to prove Sarpy’s links to the scheme.
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Edmund J. Sarpy
Atlanta
Sarpy
Baltimore
Mercantile Commercial Guide
Atlenta
Chattahoochee
Polidée
Hamund
J. Sarpy
Larny
Guarantee Publishing Company
Senate subcommittee reviews Metcalf pension probe findings
A senate pensions subcommittee debates its partial report on General Wilder S Metcalf seen as pension agent nominee at Topeka Kansas. Conflicting testimony adds doubt who killed halling prisoners while Metcalfe claims no knowledge of the incident. Meanwhile Georgia farmers in south region report prosperity from provision crop emphasis.
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Halling
Washington
Jannery
Senate Committee On Pensions
Wilder S. Metcalf
Topeka
Kans
Metcalfe
Swindle Alleged in Publishing Contracts Across Regions
Sarpy alleges a contract swindle targeting publishers and advertisers. He says contracts were altered by washing with acid, allowing collectors to profit by the difference between original and inflated sums, around $1000. Investigations will follow. firms in Mercantile Commercial Guide urged to report facts promptly.
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Avanta
Guartee Publishing Company
Ammitrele
CHECK TO THE COAL COMBINE PLEDGES SOUGHT
Carbondate Illinois January 25 a serious condition arises in attempts to place the Minois coal fields under the great coal monopoly controlling Indiana West Virginia and Chicago. The Illinois Central railroad has long held about 27 percent of the state’s coal interests and allied holdings. A demand for a non hampering future revenue agreement was met with evasive replies, leading to a stand with J Pierpont Morgan and delaying plans of the combine for months.
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Minois Central
Pierpont Oorgan
Minois Coal Fields
Great Coal Corporation
Indiana
West Virginia
Ch.o
J. Pierpont Morgan
Dhetr
Petition Seeks End to Northern Securities Fight
Grainmen lumbermen and merchants from Minneapolis argue to Gov Van Sandt that merging Great Northern Northern Pacific and Burlington railroads through the Northern Securities Company would benefit shippers more than current conditions. Similar petitions are expected from other parts of the state.
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C. Paul
Minn
Minneapolis
van Sandt
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Burlington
Northern Securities Company
Death of President Broun Shocks Athens College City
Athens Ga January 25 Special The death of President Broun of Auburn College causes deep sorrow in Athens He was at one time a professor at the university The faculty sent a telegram of condolence to his family and will draft resolutions on his passing.
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Athens
Broun
Auburn College
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