Mercer Planned by Iron Masters
Representatives of southern iron concerns met at the office of the Frebville Iron and Steel Companies to discuss reviving a southern iron pool to stabilize prices. Attendees included A. W. Thompson of Republic Iron and Steel, Von Bacon of Tennessee Coal and Iron, and J. C. Maben of Sloss-Sheffield. No official statement followed. Discussions covered three proposals: a general sales agency, a gentlemen's informal price agreement, or a merger of all companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Southern Ster
Tramp Cremated in Barn at Tallapoosa
Alfred I. Willard’s barn burned last night while a man drunk near Wilards was lodged there by the city marshal. The fire left a headless, armless, legless trunk and destroyed a cow and farm stock. no insurance. Also: Times Enterprise to purchase the South Georgia Progress, Thomasville, with S. R. Blanton as publisher. Hardy president, McCartney secretary.
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Tallapooma
Alfred I. Willard
Wilards
Calaboose
Willard
Times Enterprise
Progress
Thomasville
South Georgia Progress
S. R. Blanton
Times-Enterprise Publishing Company
Blanton
Wilson M. Hardy
J. K. McCartney
Flames Close to Galt House in Lyoutsville Fire
A January 25 blaze traced to the Goddard Mercantile warehouse damaged several wholesale firms with losses totaling about 225000. Guests at the Gast house faced a brief panic as smoke filled east windows. no injuries occurred. Firefighting drew on the full department and the fire is thought to have started by spontaneous combustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyoutsville
Goddard Mercantile
Gast House
W. R. Benedict
A. Engrehardt Company
H. Wedkind & Co
Torbett & Castleman
Goddard Company
Cohen & Co
Bell
Standard Diaries. For or at Jno. M. Miller Co.'s
A brief notice references Standard Diaries and the Jno. M. Miller Company. Details readable are limited, noting the phrase For or at Jno. M. Miller Co. and implying business or labor context tied to the listed firm. No further facts clearly restateable from the fragment.
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Jno
M. Miller Co
Umbrella mender Wilhelm Peterson dies in Greensboro
Wilhelm Peterson found unconscious in Greensboro dies at 8 o clock. Authorities hold his belongings and $278 at the bank while relatives in Birmingham cannot be located. Two other briefs report Cordele leader George H. Tommey’s death and Albany smallpox containment efforts under Mayor Lippitt.
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Umbrella Mender
Dijin
Greensboro
Wilhelm Peterson
Birmingham
Ala
George H. Tommey
Cordele
Offer of 13000 dollars to convict in postal trial
Testimony on a conspiracy to defraud the government opened in the postal trial. Diller B Groff claimed post office inspectors offered 13000 to provide evidence to convict two men while defense said the declaration was coerced. The judge ruled the statement admissible against Groff alone as the government pressed to finish its case.
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Washington
Diller B. Groff
PD. B. Groff
Douglass
Postoffice
Mayer
Recruits Bolster Sixteenth Infantry at Fort McPherson
Fifty three new recruits arrive at Fort McPherson from Columbus Ohio, raising the Sixteenth Infantry two battalions to over 620 enlisted men. Rumor says unit may be among first sent to the Isthmus for Panama duty. first battalion remains at Fort Slocum New York.
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Sixteenth Infantry
Fort McPherson
Columbus
Ohio
Panama
Isthmus
Fort Slocum
New York
Colonel John Cannon Dead in Jacksonville
News arrives of Colonel John F Cannon a practicing attorney and justice of the peace for Duval County Jacksonville Fla He was twenty four years old when he died after ten months illness He had practiced in Atlanta before moving to Jacksonville where he served as justice of the peace Funeral plans to be announced later He leaves a father in South Boulevard a mother four sisters and one brother
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Duval County
John F Cannon
Jacksonville
Fla
Atlanta
John F. Cannon
Wags
Colonel Cannon
John Cannon
South Boulevard
Tennessee Schedule Made for Spring Baseball in Knoxville
University of Tennessee coach O L Lockwood has announced a 14 game spring slate in Knoxville. The list includes St Pauls Garden City NY April 1 and Cumberland University April 14 16 Lebanon TN among others. New uniforms were bought and the season is expected to be among UTs best.
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Lockwood
Knoxville
Knocksville
Tenn
O L. Lockwood
University of Tennessee
St. Paul's School
Garden City
Grant University
Athens
South Kentucky College
Lexington
Cumberland University
Lebanon
University of the South
Sewanee
University of Nashville
Nashville
Georgia
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Kiser
General Staff Dissatisfaction Grows At War Department
Washington January 26 Special considerable dissatisfaction exists among older army officers at military administration under the general staff. Secrecy and new methods provoke bad feeling, with complaints from Congress and government officials. A young officer Henry A Greene as press censor draws attention amid limited access to the chief staff. Navy captain experiences long waits and brief interviews at the war department. Congressmen who once could walk in now seldom visit, awaiting change.
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Jos
Ohd
Washington
General Staff
War Department
Henry A. Greene
Army
United States Navy
Greene
Congress
Corbin
Miles
Root
Foot Odor Treatment Ad from Atlanta Drug Co
Patent medicine style pitch promising to cure foot odor underarm sweat and blisters with a single application. Claims warmth and odor removal for feet, armpits, and related discomfort. Requests 2 cent stamp and 25 cents for full size sample postpaid from Raton Drug Co. Atlanta Georgia.
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Raton Drua Co
Atlanta
Cotton Going At Fast Rate In Georgia and Alabama
Reports from Columbus Cordele Greensboro Americus Dallas Crawfordville and Crawfordville detail a surge in cotton sales at 15 to 16 cents per pound. Buyers and mills rush to purchase while farmers cash in, with notable sales by J Y Dorough Augustus A Kimbrough and Tilley & Park. Consuls Cheshire and Davidson prepared to reach Mukden and Antung within five to six weeks.
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Columbus
Smills
Georgia
Alabama
Cordele
Hon Jy Dorough
Greensboro
Augustus A. Kimbrough
Greene County
J E. Armor
Augusta
Americus
John Crawford
Crawford
Dallas
Harry
J S. McCord
Crawfordville
Tilley & Park
Gee & Taylor
Manchuria
Washington
China
State Department
Mesars
Cheshire
Davidson
Mukden
Antung
Funeral services for Patrolman G F Davis held in Atlanta
Short funeral rites were held yesterday at 11 from Barclay and Brandon chapel with about one hundred policemen as honorary escort. Interment followed at Oakland. Also reported: machinist Davidson of Swift Fertilizer on Marietta road badly injured, leg amputated after machinery crush. He was taken to Grady Hospital.
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G. F Davis
Barclay & Brandon
Masons
Oakland
Davidson
Swift Fertilizer Company
Marietta Road
Grady Hospital
Mar
Phyallang
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Mercer
Iron Masters
Southern Mills
Tramp
Galt House
Albany
Lippitt
Samuel Warren
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Will Crawford
Tim
Philadelphia
Dickena
Thackeyay
Redding
Cleveland Leader
Pickwick Papers
Thomas Bailey Aldrich VII
Colorado Springs Gazette
Wii Crawford
Paris
F. Berkeley Smith
Latin Quarter
Kingdom of Fun
Galaoniz
Sancha
Cardona
Sanyer
Michael
Perenet
Thackeray
Baltimore Herald
Vary Spirit
Mall
Essentiala of Paris
Iife
Bohemia
Frederick Dielman
National Academy of Design
F. Hopkinsonmith
Philura
Florence Morse Kingsley Ofather
Stephen
Daily Evening Telegraph
Iittle
Cleveland Plain Center
Brooklyn Eagle
Christian Register
Boston
Ireland
By Justin McCarthy
Express
Justin McCarthy
New York Times
WHR
Funk & Wagnalls Company, Publishers
Lafayette Place
Groff
Machen
Tennessee
Julius Caesar
Rome
Lord Derby
Greville
John
Thomas
Uneeda Biscuit
The
National Biscuit Company
General Lukban
Manila
Vincent Lukban
Samar
Gemze Ricarte
Houston Post
Emma P. Whitney
Woodward Avenue
Weatview
Methodist Stewards’ Association
First Methodist Shurch
Wethodist Church
HR. T. Bryan
Raleigh, N c
Second Baptist Church
W. I. Renfroe
Granger Street
Jim McCann
John Brown
L. Roan
Criminal Branch
Superior Court
McCann
Brown
Greensferry Avenue
Lowry Arnold
Charlie Hni
JD. Kilpatrick
John W. Moore
Fulton County
Juline Bone
Cliff Brewer
Pearl Brown
Jessie Rowe
Decatur and
Courtland Streets
Pratt and Gilmer
Union Depot
T. J. Jones
David Silverman
Young Meng Christian Association
Silverman
Charles H. Gibnon
Selma
Patterson
Odd Fellows
Rane
Yau Tle
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