New Ordinance for Sidewalks Divides City Officials
The street committee voted five to three to reverse an ordinance changing sidewalk paving law. City and private contractors clashed over rights to pave and bear grading costs, with citizens opposing loss of private paving options. The measure, backed by Southern Tile and Stone, would curb private contracts and favor city grading.
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General Council
Byer
Winn
Southern Tile and Stone Company
Httle
Cement End Tie Company
John 5S Owens
Shale Brick Company
Mifflin Hood
Thomas 0 Meador
James W. English
Clifford I Anderson
Ernest
Kontz
Anderson
John Owera
Wright
Spratling
Vaughan
Harrison
Atlantic fleet fireworks muted for July 4 drills
Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder commands a 12 to 15 battleship squadron off the New England coast for summer maneuvers. The fleet sails from Hampton Roads with practice in a modern show of war gray ships, while crews may take shore liberty and join local celebrations.
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Seaton Schroeder
Atlantic Fleet
New England
Hamp
Schroeder
Girl testifies as crowd backs her in lace theft case
Ella Gingles, an 18 year old Irish born girl, tells Judge Bretano she was framed by Miss Agnes Barrette and Mrs Cerilla Kenyon who she says forced her toward a life of shame. She describes moving from North Ireland to Canada then Chicago while working as a chambermaid and making lace.
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Chicago
Ella Gingles
Montreal
Canada
Miss Barrette
Jace
Cerilla Kenyon
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Daughters of the Confederacy
Social Economics Society
Honest Women of the United States
Iriah Chora Society
Catholic Woman‘s League
Francis Hagen Alfa Association
The
Wood>lawn Women's Club
Shocks Hit Alicante Area in Spain Reported
Alicanthe Spain July 2 three earthquakes were felt yesterday afternoon at Torrevieja and nearby towns. Wells in many houses cracked and other damage noted. Female occupants fled to arrests but no casualties reported.
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Alicanthe
Spain
Torrevieja
Femmr-Atricken
City Committee Votes On Ordinance Delay For Sidewalk Paving
A committee vote debated adverse action on a sidewalk paving ordinance. Members listed as voting not adverse or not voting included Grant Harrison Wright Wagettan Huddleston Johnson Winn Chambers. The group anticipated a later draft by the city attorney to resolve inconsistencies in the current ordinance.
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Spratling
Harrison
Wright
Red
Huddleston
Hke
Goumetiman Vaughan
Wang Mediary
CeencHiman Chambers
Spratting
Wagettan
Johnson
Winn
Nine Navy Officers Retired Under Taft Authority
NINE OFFICERS LEAVE SERVICE Including Capt Edward F Qualtraugh commander of the battleship Georgia during the world cruise and others such as Capt Dennis H Mohan and Commander Alexander McCrackin. Retirements follow the navy personnel act with next rank above active service. Washington. July 2.
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Washington
Sperry “Plucking Board
Navy Personnel Act
Taft
Edward F Qualtrough
Georgia
Atlantic
Tangier
Dennis H. Mohan
Pigot Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
Wash
Alexander McCrackin
West Virginia
John B Collns
Indiana
Philadelphia Navy Yard
William 3. Hogg
Glacier
Lee Minter
Mare Island Navy Yard
Glennie Terbox
Naval Hospital
Policeman Arrested Escapes From Jail In Alabama Incident
In Girard Alabama early this morning H C Elliott a policeman of that city arrested on a serious charge unlocked prison doors with jail keys carried on his person and escaped. Elliott and Mary Lou Webster were jailed after being found on the porch of her home by Marshal Perry and another officer. The marshal forgot to take Elliott’s keys when placing him in jail.
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Columbus
Girard
Ala
H.C. Elliott
Poloaman
Elliott
Mary Lou Webster
Marshal Perry
Birmingham
Ale
Orville Wright Nears Disaster in Airship Incident
Historic report notes a perilous airship situation involving Orville Wright during a recorded flight in the United States. Details describe a near disaster, with emphasis on the crew’s response and the craft’s maneuvering amidst technical challenges.
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Orville Wricht
Wrights Fort Myer Flight Ends In Sidelong Landing
Washington July 2 Orville Wright’s motor failed during two flights at Fort Myer causing the aeroplane to strike a tree and land on its skids tearing the right wing and delaying further tests. Crowd of over four thousand watched as the machine glided and the pilots blamed a miscalculation. repairs would require cloth from Dayton. The flights showed speed and control improvements despite the mishap.
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Washington
Wright Aeroplane
Fort Myer
Wright
Orville Wright
Orville
Wilbur
Aaklest
Dayton
Glenn H Curtiss
New York
Starling
Milledgeville card linked to Bain murder case
Donald M Bain remains jailed in the Tower on murder charges for killing E G Williams. Attorneys Arnold and McClelland held a brief Friday conference but no bail plan. The next grand jury will convene in September, with no anticipated bail action before then. The Constitution publishes the first Milledgeville card image tied to the quarrel, showing two decipherable handwritings including Williams’s and another’s.
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Donald M Bain
E G Williams
Reuben Arnold
J EB McClelland
Bain
Milledgeville
Williams
Whillams
Grand Jury
Governor Brown to occupy pew long held by father at Second Baptist
Governor Joseph M Brown and his family will be shown to seats at the Second Baptist church. He will sit in the name pew once occupied for years by his father Joseph E Brown, a former governor, among a notable church lineage. The congregation has long included governors and public figures such as Terrell, Evans, Ellis, Hint yer, and Pendleton.
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Macon
Wesleyan
W. MN. Ainsworth
Dupont Guerry
T. D. Ells
J. J. Cobb
C. B. Adama
Ainsworth
Gov. Brown
Joseph M Brown
Second Baptist Church
Joseph E Brown
Terrell
B. D. Evans
W D Ellis
George Hintyer
John T. Pendleton
English Baronet Dies From Alcoholic Drinks
In Yuma Arizona a stranger found dead at the Southern Pacific station is identified as Sir Arthur Carl Stepney of London an English baronet and noted scientist. He had registered as W C Stepney of Seattle and was found with hundreds in cash receipts and bank books including $13 000 in a Los Angeles bank.
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Yuma
Ariz
Southern Pacific
Arthur Carl Stepney
London
W C Stepney
Seattle
Los Angeles
Believing Gun Unloaded girl kills her mother
Quitman Georgia July 2 The 18 year old daughter Miss Cora Lou Jones killed her mother Mrs T W N Jones in their home while snapping an old pistol near her face The weapon found in a store room in the house apparently not loaded but fired when pointed at the mother The shot struck the mother in the head and brains were scattered The daughter suffered convulsions upon realizing the act and her condition was described as critical
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Quitman Ga
Mra T WN Jones
Cora Lou Jones
Hairdressers in Atlanta Cut Prices Stir Bustling Trade
A humorous Atlanta column notes a price drop in hair dressing sparking rush among women. Parlors report business up as four shops cut prices from fifty to thirty five cents, with others likely to follow.
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Atlanta
Ladier
Wiey
Hubby
Wly
Waa
Bank of Nova Scotia Robbed for 310,000 at Noon
Winnipeg dispatch reports the Bank of Nova Scotia at Rainy River Ontario across the Rainy River from Warroad Minnesota was robbed of 310,000 at noon today. Three armed men forced entry and held up Manager Templeton who was alone. A pursuer is in pursuit and the cashier was shot in the leg during the chase.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Bank of Nova Scotia
Rainy River
Ontario
Scroas
Warroad
Minn
Templeton
Senators clash over corporation tax amendment in Senate
Washington July 3 Special senator Aldrich defeats the BaNey-Cummies In come tax amendment then pushes the corporation tax measure amid opposition from Bacon who seeks protections for small corporations and charitable groups. Bacon accuses Aldrich of overbearing tactics as a floor dispute grows tense with remarks about procedure and authority. Continued on Page Nine.
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Washington
Aldrich
Senate
Finance Committee
Bacon
Rhode Island
Georgia Statesman
Senator Bacon
Georgia
Weather Prophecy Sporadic Showers Across Georgia
Partly cloudy weather is forecast with showers in the southern portion on Saturday and Sunday night. Winds become variable. Local data shows low and high temperatures and rainfall figures, with monthly and yearly excesses noted.
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Georgia
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