Tennessee House Backs Equal Suffrage Amendment
Nashville reports the Tennessee legislature moved toward equal suffrage as the house adopted a constitutional amendment proposal after the senate approved it 26 to 0. The house vote was 16 to 7 with 14 not voting. local suffrage leaders addressed members as crowds cheered. Local women attended on floor and gallery seats amid applause after the announcement.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tenessee
House of Representaties
Senate
Equal ‘Suffrage League
Guilford Dudley
Alex Scott
Memphis League
Dudley
Brooks County Ready for the Poor Belgians
Quitman Georgia January 29 Special. Brooks County is set to aid Belgian immigrants in a Belgian proposition. A telegram to Secretary Clark shows Brooks County and the Southern Settlement and Development Organization ready to receive twenty to two hundred Belgian families bound for America. The Brooks County effort follows a statewide AtlantA meeting and aims to arrange immediate reception and care for the Belgians.
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Quitman
Brooks County
Clark
Southern Settlement
Grogls County
America
Brooks Counts
Atlant
Thes Seniol
Brooks
Columbus Dinner Reaches Record Attendance at Hotel Racine
In Columbus Georgia on January 29 a two hundred guest dollar dinner hosted by the chamber of commerce drew out of town leaders including Charles Haden president of the state chamber and George T Stallings master of the Toston Braves. The event featured cabaret entertainment and was deemed the most successful chamber affair to date, ending after midnight as guests departed.
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Volumbus
Hotel Racine
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Haden
Prsident
State Chamber of Commerce
George T. Stallings
Toslon Braves
Ti Wits
Itching Blistered Skin Eruption Cured by Resinel Article
A 1914 patient from St Caledonia New York describes lifelong itchy blistered sores cleared after using Resinel Ointment and Resinel Soap. He notes relief after about two dozen applications and praises the treatment as life changing. Resinel products are sold by druggists and samples offered via Baltimore address.
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AlTo
ONC
Whitcher, Jr
St. Caledonia
J-E
Resinel
Baltimore
Seven Doctors Named by Atlanta Physicians for Grady Posts
The Physicians' Club of Atlanta named a three-doctor committee to pick seven physicians to join Grady hospital's medical staff. Dr. J. C. White chairs with Drs. Joseph H. Bradfield and J. H. Hancock on the panel. Eighty five prominent physicians attended. The seven new spots will be filled next Friday after trustee meeting.
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Physician's Club of
Atlanta
New
Kimball House
Grady Hospital
Physicians’ Club
Grady
Atlanta Medical College
Medical College
J. C. White
Joseph H. Bradfield
H Hancock
Grady Medical Staff
Grady Board of Trustees
President Taft Says Unpopular Leader Not Dangerous
Charlottesville Va January 23 Former President William H Taft declares there is little danger to the public from a president who is not sustained by the people His address at the University of Virginia argues absence of popular support would withhold sympathy from at least one house of Congress and paralyze the executive arm.
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Charlottesville
William H. Taft
University of Virginia
Taft
House of Congress
Foodstuffs To Germany Won’t Be Confiscated
Count von Germstorff, German ambassador, sent a note to the state department repeating a pledge regarding American food exports to Germany. The German government guarantees that foodstuffs imported from the United States will not be used by its government or military, will not reach government contractors, and will be distributed by American exporters to civilians only.
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Count von Germstorff
State Department
Germany
United States
Grand Chancellor to Attend Waycross District Convention
Grand Chancellor H. M. Stanley of the Georgia Knights of Pythias has written that he will attend the eleventh district convention in Waycross February 16. His presence will add a notable feature to what promises to be a major event for the order in the area.
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Waycross
H. M. Stanley
Georgia Knights of Pythias
Eastman Case Adjourned in Kodak Antitrust suit
The governments case in the anti trust suit against Eastman Kodak was closed in federal district court in Buffalo New York. The case was adjourned until February 15 with both sides to submit arguments and briefs.
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Eastman
Buffalo
S Y
Eastman Kodak Company
Burglary at Lithia Springs Strikes Local Shoe Store
Burglary at Lithia Springs Georgia on January 29 targets the PF Winn company store. Thieves forced a Yale lock with a short rod and escaped with about twenty pairs of shoes.
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Lithia Springs
Lithu
Springs
Spemalj
Stme
PF Winn Company
Jefferson County Savings Bank Closed by State Officials
Jefferson County Savings Bank in Birmingham, Alabama, was placed under state control by the state superintendent of banks A. E. Walker after a meeting with the banking board. The move, aimed at protecting creditors and depositors, comes amid circulating rumors about the bank’s condition and may lead to reorganization. Total deposits were reported at 1,602,?21 with loans and discounts totaling 1,422,126 and bonds and stocks 155,070.77.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County Savings Bank
A. E. Walker
New Trial Refused in Hinman Slaying Case
George B Perkins Boston architect convicted of manslaughter on the high seas in the Hinman killing near Jacksonville Fla. He was denied a new trial by Judge H A M Smith in Atlanta. Arguments were heard Monday. Perkins appeals to the Richmond Circuit and posts $5000 bail. Since January 13 he has been in custody at a local hospital.
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Columbia
3. C
George B Perkins
Boston
High Seas
F. W. R. Hinman
Jacksonville
Fla
Atlanta
Richmond
Perkins
Master Bakers Plan Raising Bread Prices in Chicago
Chicago January 29 higher prices will be charged for bread next week if the Master Bakers association plans are executed. Five cent loaves for six cents and ten cent loaves for twelve cents were the program decided at a meeting, according to Charles Jenicke, president of the association. No decrease in loaf size is expected.
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Chicago
Master Bakers’ Association
Charles Jenicke
Spanish-American Hero Is Fired by Uncle Sam
Captain Frank M. Ainsworth, a congressional medal recipient for planting the first American flag on Cuban soil and a five year immigration inspector in San Francisco, has been notified of dismissal. The order stems from charges filed a year ago accusing him of improper action in excluding and admitting aliens.
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San Francisco
Frank M. Ainsworth
Ainsworth
Statewide Prohi Vote Favored by S. C. House
Columbia January 29 The South Carolina House of Representatives passed the Boyd Warren bill by final reading and sent it to the Senate authorizing a statewide referendum next September on state wide prohibition.
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Columbia
House of Representatives
Senate
Children in West Point Appeal for Peace
Two hundred fifty three pupils from West Point public school signed a peace appeal addressed to all warring powers in Europe. The students will send the appeal with many others from Georgia to Mrs Fitzpatrick, president of the Georgia Federation of Woman's Clubs.
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West Point
Schoo
Europe
Georgia
Fitzpatrick
Uba
Alabama Planter Bell Declares Bankruptcy In Alabama
Montgomery January 18 federal Judge Clayton appointed a receiver to take charge of W. V. Bell a leading Alabama planter after Bell filed voluntary bankruptcy. Assets listed at 425059.71 liabilities 287000. Last season Bell produced over 6000 bales of cotton with low prices blamed for the failure.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Clayton
W. V. Bell
Bell
Thomson Officials Appoint New City Officers
Thomson Ga January 29 Spe suay the new mayor and council made the following appointments RR L Hadaway mayor pro tem J FF Watson treasurer AH C McCorkle clerk finance committee R U Hadaway Joe Watson streets and drainage R L Hadaway chairman J BP Watsort a C Mc Corkle water and lights B F Johnson
Appointments Confirmed for State Banking Board
Montgomery January 29. Alex Walker of Florence will serve again as state superintendent of banks. George A. Searcy of Tuscaloosa and J. W. Little of Mobile join the state banking board. The governor’s appointees were confirmed by the senate. Little replaces E T Buck of Mabie.
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Montgomery
Alex Walker
Florence
George A. Searcy
Tuscaloosa
J. W. Little
Mobille
State Banking Board
Henderson
Senate
Mr. Little
E T. Buck
Mabie
Combs Tries Death by His Own Action in Tennessee
Dan Combs of Lexington Kentucky, longtime manager at the H. R. Duryea stock farm near Hickory Valley, Tenn, shot himself at his Hickory Valley home. He was alive and unconscious yesterday morning, with a prior political family background including a former Kentucky gubernatorial candidate.
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Ashvilit
Tenn
Speom Bolivar
Dan Combs
Lexington
H. RB. Duryea
Hickory Valley
Kentucky
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