Council to battle crematory fight over 1914 finance sheet
Mayor Woodward denounces compromise plans and vows to block the crematory project. The council will review the 1914 finance sheet with a $75,000 crematory appropriation and an anticipated $108,700 revenue, while the Candler amendment proposes extensive new allocations. The dispute centers on control of the sheet and whether the crematory item remains in or is split from the package.
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James G Woodward
Woodward
Tront
Destructor Company
Humphrey
Finance Committee
John S Candler
Fnance Committee
Judge Candler
Council
Candler
General Caxation
Fire Department
Tech High School
Gleng Street
White Way
DeKalb Avenue
Karnegie
Asi
Atochine
Joseph M Shearer
Bilildin and Grounds Committee
Advertising Drives Morning Paper Shopping Cues
The passage argues that readers, especially women, seek the latest store offers in ads to guide daytime purchases. It notes that the morning paper serves as the final pre shopping resource before heading to stores, shaping immediate buying decisions.
Wealthy Atlanta magnate Cowan attempts suicide in Marietta Street incident
The former rich businessman Cowan, involved in domestic scandals, was found with a throat wound near the stock yards district. He was taken to Grady hospital, then held for investigation into his son's flight, guarded to prevent further self harm, and to face possible insanity commitment. His troubled past includes multiple divorces, disorderly conduct, and a history of largess squandered since moving from Philadelphia.
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Stock Yards
Bewan
Marietta Street
Waters
Grady Hospital
Ts Fle
Broyles
State
Cowan
Georgia
Philadelphia
Kling
Atlanta
Stack Yards
Early end predicted for the hotel strike in New York
In New York on January 26 strikers and hotel management faced convoluted terms as leaders announced modified demands likely to allow most of the 2500 affected workers to return. Some managers planned to avoid reemploying former waiters, hiring non union help instead. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn claimed the strike would end within 48 hours with all workers back to bolster a renewed effort.
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New York
Walters
Walt Jers
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Earl
Ionight
War clouds hang over Peru and Bolivia
Lima, January 26. An alarming editorial declares war seems inevitable between Peru and Bolivia. The conclusion cites Bolivia s warlike preparations and statements by General Ismael Montes and Bolivian officers in Paria. Bolivia aims to seize a Pacific port.
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Lima
Peru
Bolivia
Dr John White denounces city leaders over vice stance
In a Second Baptist sermon, Dr John White attacks city politicians opposing Recorder Broyles and Chief Beavers in efforts to shut down disorderly houses. He condemns public moral posturing, urges backing the vice squad, and calls for injunctions to curb vice before it spreads.
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Second Baptist Church
John White
Broyles
James Beaters
White
Beavers
Dr White
Chief Beavers
Judge Broyles
Atlanta
Ehief
Georgia
Superior Court
Principals in Ray Case Draw Police Guard for Days
Photos show George Ray and his mother in one frame and Mrs BH Walters with her dogs in another. The Ray home at 84 Trinity avenue in Atlanta was raided by Beavers vice squad leading to charges by the proprietor against five policemen to be tried by the beard. Police guarded the house as Mrs Ray, ill, could not pay and claimed police persecution amid a dispute over dogs and a confrontation with Mrs Walters.
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Francia Z Price
Toprow
George Ray
W Ray
BH. Co. Walters
Ellenwood Quits Local Pastorate in Atlanta Concludes Seven-Year Stay
Dr FE Dean Ellenwood, pastor of the First Universalist Church in Atlanta, resigns after accepting a call from Elgin. He will stay until a successor is found and Easter, plans to begin in Elgin in April. Ellenwood cites desire to aid church work elsewhere and urges careful choice of successor as trustees prepare to act. He spoke on Sunday about Sunday baseball, supporting recreational activity but opposing professional or commercial baseball in Atlanta.
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FE Dean Ellenwood
First Universalist Church
First Universalist Church of
Elgin
Atlanta
Elienwood
Elenwood
Edenwood
Elgin Church
Ellenwood
University of Chicago
Minneapolis
Minn
Church of the Redeemer
Lfe
M and M Entrants to Profit by Special Druggists Days
Campaign week highlights two sponsor drugstore days January 28 29 with ten votes per cent and bonus votes for combinations of Robinnaire products Edges toothpaste Lavox Shampoo and others. Bonus votes also offered for label quantities in place of combinations with varied product labels across several brands. Votes issued for mail orders and contest room entries. no grocery combinations the week ending February 1.
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M. Bee
Jacobs
Cone
Matwell House
Sunday Card Game Fatality Sparks Local Murder Charge
Eugene Huff, about 20, was shot and killed at 138 Fraser street after a Sunday card game dispute. Will Daniel, 17, was arrested on murder charges and reportedly confessed to the fatal shot. No witnesses. Daniel jailed at police headquarters. This marks the third homicide of 1913 in the area, all linked to gambling and pistol violence. The incident prompts debate over Sunday recreation and public sports amid social tensions.
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Eugene Huff
Fraser Street
Will Daniel
Milam
Wood
Daniel
Seven Americans Killed by Moros in Mindanao Action
Manila dispatch reports an agreement on January 23 at Taglitsi between Moros and detachments of Philippine scouts and constabulary. Captain Patrick McNally and six enlisted scouts were killed. Lt. Townsend Lt. Cochran Lt. Whitney and nineteen enlisted men wounded. Townsend and Cochran's wounds are serious.
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Manila
John J Pershing
Department of Mindanao
Taglitsi
Moros
Philippine Scouts
Constabulary
Patrick McNally
William Townsend
Cochran
Whitney
Townsend
Crippled man hit by baggage wagon on city street
Joe Pratt, about 30, crippled, was struck by a baggage wagon driven by John Dooly at the corner of Piedmont avenue and Decatur street. He was taken to Grady hospital with injuries not life threatening. Dooly was arrested and charged with reckless driving.
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Joe Pratt
Piedmont Avenue
Decatur Street
John Dooly
Grady Hospital
Dooly
U S Warship Wheeltog Reaches Vera Cruz Amid Tense Welcome
Vera Cruz Mexico January 26 The United States gunboat Wheeltog arrived from Tampa after reports of alarming conditions in the area The ship’s arrival follows orders from the American government and officials expect a cool reception from Mexicans when the crew makes official visits tomorrow The presence of the warship heightens tensions in the port city
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U. S
Vera Cruz
Mex
United States
Tampa
Peace conference breaks as Balkan delegates push note
Lendon January 26 Balkan plenipotentiaries with full powers appointed a committee to draft a note explaining why the peace conference must be considered broken off. Allies seek time to pressure while two paths emerged: immediate rupture or a delaying policy to avoid irrevocable steps. The note will cite Adrianople and the Aegean as conditions for peace. Two English battleships sail for Turkish waters.
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Lendon
Medi'a
Michael Madjarof
London
Georgios Streit
Austria-Hungary
Count Voynovitch
Nicholas
Montenegro
M R. Vesnitch
France
M Poldtla
Nies
League
Adrianople
Aegean Islands
Allivs
Itia
Rumania
Austria
Servia
Malta
King Edward VII
Zealandia
Levant
Princeton Boys Strike Breakers Sing at St Michaels
Eighteen Princeton students served as tribe breakers at St Michaels Episcopal church in Trenton on January 26, filling in for a striking Tequist choir. The substitute organist and singers were hired after the organist walked out with his choir. The picketing outside reduced attendance, though the students performed well, before returning to Princeton.
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Trenton
Princeton
St. Michaels Episcopal Church
Tequist
Weather Prophecy and Rain Across States
Weather forecast outlines rain or mixed precipitation across several states. Georgia and Virginia expect rain Monday with colder Tuesday. the Carolinas see rain Monday and Tuesday then fair, while Florida varies from fair in the south to rain in the north. Alabama and Mississippi forecast rain or colder with brisk winds and warmer trends inland. Washington’s forecast focuses on cold and rain patterns with shifting winds.
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Washington
Georgia
Virginia
Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Wistina
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Morgan County
Omr
Drings
Cowans
Elzabethtown
WNT
DR. White
Ray
McNally
Turkey
Peace Congress
Balkan
Princeton Boys
Episcopal Church
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