Georgia Soap Company brings 100 youths to Washington outing
A Seaboard Air Line special train will transport nearly 100 boys and girls from Georgia and Alabama to Washington for a Georgia Soap Company hosted trip. Twenty Atlanta winners, chaperoned by Mr and Mrs W F Manry, will tour the capital with guides, hotel lodging, meals, and a Potomac excursion, returning Saturday.
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Atlanta Detective Harrington Sought by Jackson Council
W. M. Harrington a longtime Atlanta private detective was arrested on a Jackson Butts county warrant. He says he is wanted only as a witness in blind tiger cases but Jackson authorities accuse him of failing to testify and misusing city funds. Harrington, nearly sixty, claims he did his duty and bought whisky for sport while not on official business. He will be taken to Butts county today.
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Atlanta
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Hoyt
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Pettigrew
Electric Bitters Prove Cure for Female Ailments
A reader testimonial extols Electric Bitters as a remedy for backache headaches nervousness insomnia melancholy fainting and dizzy spells. Mrs Phebe Cherley of Peterson Indiana claims kidney trouble pain and a stiff back left her after using the product. She is 73 and says she can now do housework. The advert notes relief of constipation and appetite improvement. Available for 50 cents at druggists.
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Peterson, In
Knox Refuses Opinion on Porto Rican Duties Refund
Attorney General Knox declines to issue an opinion on whether the secretary of the treasury can refund duties collected on goods imported from Porto Rico between the ratification of the Spanish treaty and the Foraker act. The comptroller has ruled on the matter, and the government will proceed to refund the money. Also: Tallulah Falls railroad offers three daily trains from Atlanta at 7:50 am, noon, and 4:40 pm to Tallulah Paris, highlighting the resort's famed scenery.
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Alderman Welch Denies Ward Four Franchises Allegations
Alderman M M Welch replies to Fourth Ward committee letters and defends voting stance on franchises. He states he never violated pledges or acted for personal gain, insists decisions were for general public welfare, and rebuts claims of influence by the street railway case.
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Atlanta Constitution
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Public letter clash over Forrest avenue franchise ethics
Kilpatrick and Terry dispute a mayoral letter, defending honesty and rejecting fraud. They deny threats of boycott and bribery, asserting steadfast adherence to principle and demanding fair terms for public disclosure while inviting scrutiny of costs and motives from opponents Beckt and others.
Kilpatrick Responds to Fourth Ward Letter in The Atlanta Journal
The letter from Mosars J Frank Beck Charles T Hopkins and others to Kilpatrick is summarized as Kilpatrick stating he cannot fully reply due to newspaper column limits and refusing to engage in uncharged sarcasm while denying any secret actions in recent months.
Value of Education at Georgia Military Academy
The Georgia Military Academy in College Park Ga is praised as an ideal school shaping intellect morals habits culture and honor in boys. A good education and stainless character are described as a parent’s best gift, with the academy noted as a leading home school in the south and a catalogue available.
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Georgia Military Academy
College Park
South
Serena Murphy Pension Case In Atlanta Court
Serena Murphy an elderly African American woman of Hapeville seeks a government pension totaling about $4,200 for a Confederate era soldier husband killed by a Union bullet. Fulton county judge rules her guardian Julian Sims will receive the pension money, with Murphy eligible for $12 monthly going forward.
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Hapeville
Sem
Fulton County
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Sims
Euerdan
Atlanta Food Free From Chemical Adulterations
Report from northern and western cities shows spraying to preserve produce. Atlanta found free from such practices. City chemist warns external spraying cannot safely preserve vegetables. Butter adulteration and malted milk concerns cited. cans and ink in delivery noted as issue.
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Atlanta
Chicago
East
Snodgrass Not A Candidate For Governor Or Office
Chief Justice David L. Snodgrass of the Tennessee Supreme Court, based in Chattanooga, announced in Knoxville that he will not seek the governorship or any public office. He said after his term ends he will return to practicing law, despite prior reports he might seek the Democratic nomination to replace Governor Benton McMillin.
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Knoxville
Tenn
David L. Snodgrass
Chattanooga
Tennessee Supreme Bench
Snodgrass
Benton MccMillin
Supreme Bench
Strikes Delay Battleships at Newport News Plant
Newport News Shipbuilding Company informs the navy department of a machinists strike causing delays in warship construction. The firm will request extensions of time due to the lapse between strike outbreak and discontinuance, while noting indirect delays at steel suppliers. The navy anticipates considering such delays in granting time extensions.
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