Suicide at Waldorf Astoria Ends Broker's Life
Norman G Leo pold a young broker registered at the Waldorf Astoria and killed himself in a room with a bullet to the head. He left a note to a friend prompting a police search. his relatives learned of the registration and broken apartment doors. Funeral difficulties were reported as the suspected motive.
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York
Norman G. Leopold
Waldorf- Astoria
Waldorf
Leaport
Hind
New Road Wants Charter to Traverse Southwest Georgia
An anticipated charter filing aims to extend the Allerton Sylvester and Southern Railway toward Americus to Hearty, crossing lines including the Georgia Southern and Florida and traversing Sumter, Worth, and Berrien counties. The projected route spans timbered and agricultural areas with right of way partly secured. Prominent local figures are reportedly financially invested in the plan.
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South Georgia
Ameneua Ga
Eorgia 1
Sylvester
Raiway
Americus
Hearty
Nevan
Georg
Flor
American meat on black list tale from naval maneuvers
London reports that a British Atlantic fleet ship refused American meat, leading to orders that vessels switch to Australian or Argentine brands. The US meats are returned to victualling yards and not compulsory navy rations. Official notes warn of penalties for disease and cleanliness breaches and require twenty hours' notice before slaughter.
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London
Admiralty
Winston Spencer Churenlll
William Redmond
East
Mare
New South Wales
Court rules stock quotes private property in sale rooms
In St Paul on July 9 the federal court of appeals ruled in A M McDermott Commission Co v Chicago Board of Trade that stock market quotations posted at owners or lessees premises remain their private property. The decision, appealed from the western district of Missouri, bars posting quotations without consent or payment and grants a permanent injunction.
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St. Paul
Federal Court of Appeals
Vandeventer
A. M. McDermott Commission Company
Kansas City
Chicago Board of Trade
United States Circuit Court For
Western District of Missouri
Board of Trade
Tram
Mill operatives receive wage advance across New England
July 9 Boston reports a further wage raise in cotton mills across thirty or more cities in southern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. About 46,000 operatives gain as part of a broad system lifting pay toward pre 1904 levels, with 165,000 workers benefiting since the start of the program earlier in the year. Rhode Island mills, including Fall River Iron Works, confirm 5 percent increases for 25,000 employees.
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Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New England
Fail River Iron Works
Tron
Multiple Mortality Notices From Local area
Obituaries and funeral notices spanning Thomas Green and family deaths, a Wisconsin congressman, Georgia officials, a Chicago golfer H J Tweedie, Lucius Hine, Mrs Mary Wilder, and Mrs Blackwell. Details cover ages, residences, funeral times, churchyard interments, and home services, with mentions of respective towns and affiliations.
Carrollton Methodists Open New Church in Villa Rica
In Villa Rica Georgia the new Methodist church was formally opened with Bishop W A Candler delivering the first sermon. He preached both morning and evening services, and building fund needs were reported by Rev G P Braswell. A collection totaling 725 dollars was taken, including gifts from surviving children in memory of their mothers, former members of the church.
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Carrollton Methodists
Villa Rica
New Methodist Church
W. A. Candler
GP. Braswell
Texas After Standard Oil
Attorney General Davidson and Assistant Attorney General Pollard travel to Little Rock Arkansas on a secret mission to secure evidence against the Standard Oil Company operations in that state and to support procedures expected to be initiated in Texas.
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Texas
Standard Oil
Austin
Tex
Davidson
Pollard
Little Rock
Ark
Iso
State House
Texan
Brewers Lose Joint Fight In Kansas City
Kansas City Kansas brewers concede defeat in defiance of the Inn and announce they will stop selling liquor to games. They promise to post bond as guarantees and abide by new restrictions.
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Brewers
Kansas City
Kans
Kane
Shrapnel Wounds Kill and Injure Soda Plant Workers
Fire at a Meadville soda bottling works destroys two structures and a barn. A wall collapse and a charging tank blast hurled shrapnel, killing Walter Urney 14, injuring Eleanor Martin 7 with multiple fractures, burns, and internal injuries. Minnie Baird 23 and James Allen sustained injuries. Fred Bell fainted from heat.
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Meadville
Walter Vrney
White Eleanor Martin
Walla
Minnie Baird
James Alien
Fred Bell
Trials delay in Adkin case and Langley assault
Short summaries of local field stories report a recorder court postponing the Adkin case due to absent witnesses, with Adkinson the motorman linked to the Langley incident. Miss Clara Langley and her father missed court. Sidney Barnes, a Black man, arraigned for assault against Minnie Miller, bound over on $500 bond. A new juvenile investigator, Alice Cary, was chosen for the court. Mrs Fetlinghast loses a packet book with $50 and a railroad ticket to Chicago. H.R. Jones of Atlanta files for bankruptcy with $837.61 in debts. A girl who ran away will be sent to the Home of the Good Shepherd after authorities conclude she married to leave home.
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D BR
Sidney Barnes
Minnie Miller
Edgewood Avenue
Butler Street
Broylus
Miss Miller
Negen
Broyles
Polce
Alice Cary
Mitchell Street School
W. F Slaton
Chicago
Johnson's Cafe
Piedmont Avenie
Luakie Street
Pearl Brooks
The
Good Shepherd
Minelnnad
Misa Sanderson
Cincinnati
Passing Throng Noted Returns and Reunions
The column lists Henry Cames and William Cummings of the Atlanta fire department back from Cumberland Island after two weeks. Frank Larkin of Atlanta visits Cedartown for a month and is home resting. Edward White, long with The Atlanta Constitution business office, returns after nearly two months of travel to eastern states and a two week stop in Big Stone Gap Virginia. Colonel Frank E. Radensleben, a successful Atlanta lawyer, comes home from Canada vacation. William Ballard, once in Atlanta then Birmingham and Florida, weighs returning to Atlanta as a resident.
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Henry Cames
Wiliam Cummings
Atlanta Fire Department
Doama
Cumberland Island
Frank Larkin
Atlanta
Cedartown
Edward White
Atlanta Constitution
Mr. White
Big Stone Gap
Frank E. Radensleben
Canada
Nasocrates
Wiliam Ballard
Birmingham
Florida
Mr. Ballard
Sentence of Wickes Commuted in New York Case
Albany July 9 Governor Higgins commuted the sentence of Thomas P. Wickes, the New York lawyer, who faced a year in prison after being convicted of blackmail in the so called Lewis Jarvis letters. He allegedly sought advantages in legal business by writing letters about himself to the Jarvis home.
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Wickes
Albany
N. Y
Higgins
Thomas JP. Wickes
New York
Lewis Jarvis" Etters
Lewis Jarvis
Mutiny spreads in Russian arm mutiny spreads in
Mutiny at Tambov reported as most serious since Sebastopol, with troops barricaded in barracks after brief armed stand. Riots flare in St Petersburg with red flags, police, gendarmes, and Cossacks clashing. newspapers seized and landlords seek protection for property amid agrarian unrest. Prime figures include General Trepoff and Prince Urusoff. reports note arrests, dispersals, and political demonstrations across cities.
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St. Petersburg
Tambov
Sebastopol
Trepoff
Biots
St Petersburg
Moscow
Tum
Kansas City Mayor Rose wins writ of error in federal case
Kansas City Kay mayor W Rose was granted a writ of error by Justice David J. Brewer in federal court reversing the Kansas Supreme Court ruling fining him $1000 and ordering his removal. Rose will continue duties until the Supreme Court acts, with his term likely ending before a decision.
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Kansas City
W. W. Rose
Kay
Ionight
David J. Brewer
Supreme Court of the United States
Kansas Supreme Court
Rose
John
Atwood
Leavenworth
Man Escapes Lion While Tracking Quagga in African Bush
William Cotton Oswell, hunter and friend of Livingstone, narrates a night in the African jungle. He treks from his camp to track a wounded quagga, climbs a tree for safety as a lion roars below, then drops and fights his way back to camp after muskets fire nearby, reuniting with his caravan beside the fire as cheers greet his safe return.
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Wiliam Cotton Oswell
Livingstone
Oawell
Tiaga
Williams Thompson Wholesale Grocery Company Petitioned For Incorporation
In DeKalb and Fulton counties petitioners seek superior court permission to incorporate the Williams Thompson Wholesale Grocery Company with capital of 8600. Other items include temporary administratrix appointment for the late Judge Columbus M Payne, multiple civil damages suits totaling 929600, and various corporate incorporation petitions plus a restraining order involving WW Kreiksheater.
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M D. Thompson
DeKalb County
James T. Willams
James D Rhodes
Fulton County
Superior Court
Phvilegea
Williams-Thompson Wholesale Grocery Company
Lela Paina Flood
Columbus M. Payne
Scott Hudson
LW Verison
John A Paine
Cha Piedmont Stables
Relics From Sunken Warship Ramillies Recall Disaster
London Chronicle recalls the 1700 Ramillies tragedy off Bolt Head Devon after divers recover relics from the wreck. A brass wheel with the king's broad arrow, a brass weight, a lugger guard, four large entwined guns, and many round shot emerge from the sea bed. Will Wise, survivor, is tied to the area by Will Wise's Pit as legends persist among Hope villagers. Later, a humorous exchange about money follows.
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London Chronicle
Ramillies
Bolt Head
Devon
Plymouth
Bigbury Bay
Will Wise
Will Wies
Hope
Fron
Just What She Meant In a Tricky Exchange
A clipped dialogue reveals Bess and Wed debating a rumored confession. Bess confirms his love expression via letters, while Wed protests the phrasing and timing, noting the engagement has been public knowledge for months.
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Bess
Washington an athlete would fit college football team
The piece argues George Washington, living today, would likely be a college athlete excelling in football and baseball. It describes his stamina, muscular training, and prowess, recounting a jumping contest where Washington outjumped others by three feet and later chose to bow out to a farmer named Jonathan, joining the wedding feast.
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Philadelphia
George Washington
Potomac
Mount Vernon
Lord Fairfax
Virginia
Jonathan
Washington
English Shooting Match Opens at Bisley with Ideal Weather
The seventeenth annual National Rifle Association meeting began at Bisley England with perfect conditions. The Waldegrave match at 800 and 900 yards, ten shots per distance, was won by Sykes of the National Rifle Association with the top score.
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Eng
National Rifle Association
Waldegrave
Sykes
Natonal Rifle Association
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