Two-Cent Rate Bill Advances In Georgia Senate
Senator Emmett Shaw introduces a bill to require nine railroads in Georgia to establish and maintain a flat two-cent passenger fare within the state. The proposal names lines including Southern Railway and Seaboard Air Line, aiming to curb fare abuses while critics claim corporate lobbying shadows the effort.
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Senate
Emmett Shaw
General Assembly
State of
Georgia
Thouthern Railway
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Cent of Georgia Railway
Atlanta and Weat Point
Georgia, Florida and Southern Railway
Toutsville and Nashville
Western and Atlantic Railway
Athintte Oast Ling Railway
Georgia Railroad
Office of State Auditor
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Ositn
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Tei Khanpe Abi
House
O. He Dearing
Wlaitalloran
Peiker
Doctors Declare War On Insurance Scheme
Liverpool news reports the British Medical Association moving toward open conflict with David Lloyd George and the national healthcare scheme. Doctors refuse to accept the connection with the scheme and seek medical attendance cost rises while suspending negotiations.
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Liverpool
Oupen Waroon
David Lloyd-George
Nathan
James Hate
South Sea
Chete
Atlanta Rabbi Joins Paterson Temple Amid Change
A misleading OCR fragment notes a rabbi from Atlanta visiting Paterson Temple. It mentions rabbi figures, religious shifts, and local temple context, with garbled names and phrases suggesting a posting about leadership or affiliation changes within a New York city area religious community.
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Pauterain
Kleinfeld
Bey
Wildant
Nathan
Beth
New York City
Tempeh
Lotiee
Deaf Mutes Church Planned In Frantic Reconstruction
A local paragraph reports plans to construct a Deaf Mutes church at the corner of Franklin and Reawn streets. The project aims to replace the existing pew church building with a newly timbersed structure, supported by the Protestant Episcopal congregation. The Deaf Mute group has a long history in the area, meeting in a small current building as the initiative proceeds.
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Franklin and
Reawn
Bleckley County Wins First Fight In Legislature
The Bleckley County bill by Representative Deese creating a new county gained an 8 to 1 favorable report in the Senate constitutional amendments committee after two hours of debate. Cochran supporters celebrated as the measure drew lively exchanges, with 225 square miles and 10,412 residents proposed for the new county seat.
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Deese
Pulaski
Bleckley
Constitutional Amendments Committee
Senate
Cochran
Howard Coates
Hawkinsville
LH. Browning
Cromartie
Leese
Vance Peacock
Wilson Smith
Pope Brown
Hawkingsville
Adams
New House Bills From Georgia Legislative Session
A flood of proposed acts includes incorporating Savannah districts Rex City St George Orchard Hill Gaines Point West Point Jeffersonville and Douglas plus charters for New and consolidated towns. Measures seek governance reforms street and alley sales pension eligibility school books statewide education data collection and road boards with varied authorizers and targeted cities across numerous counties.
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Lawrence
Chatham
Savannah
McCarthy
Commissioner of Commerce and Labor
Deere
Clayton
Rex
Brown
Fulton
Medhkilreath
Irbrake
Slade and Wahlwender
Muskogee
K. Nelson
Diocese of
Atlanta
Columbuva
Rawling
Dodge
Chester
Beck
Brooks
Gostley
Habersnam
Douglas
Board of Education
Scott
Charlton
St. George
Charlton Unty
Courtey
Adams
Hall
Gaines
Ry Bell
Milton
Stubbs
Putnam
City
Eatonton
Ry Anderson
Hall and Wimberly
Bibtr
City Court of
Macon
Tower of Jasnper
J. C. Allen
Thuchanan
Bleckley
Spence
Faxon
Carroll
Carrollton
Lovejoy
Hines
Troup
Point
West Point
Ty Wood
Twlees
Char
Jeffersonville
Sugar Concern to Dissolve and Liquidation Plan
San Francisco July 23 a petition was filed with the superior court for dissolution of the California Sugar Refining Company. The Western branch of the so called sugar trust is to dissolve. John D. Spreckels as president and A D Spreckels as vice president lead the action by unanimous stockholder vote. The company organized April 1867 with capitalization of 300000 dollars.
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San Francisco
Cal
California Sugar Refining Company
Three Brothers Drown in Farm Pond Near Pulcfield
Three sons of James D P Gillison, a farmer eight miles northeast of Pulcfield, aged 7 9 and 21 years, drowned today while swimming in a pond. The accident occurred in broad daylight on July 23. Local authorities investigated but no details on causes were provided.
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Pulcfield
Ibh
James DP Giilison
Georgia Woman Lawyer Bill Rivalry In Legislature
Mrs Minnie Anderson Hale of Alabama, once a leading advocate for Georgia’s woman lawyer bill, releases a signed card denying reports she opposes the measure. Hale, a 1911 Atlanta Law School graduate denied admission, urges lawmakers to grant women legal licenses, arguing equity and justice for women.
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Mrs. Hale
Minnie Anderson Hale
Alabama
Sfale
Georgia
China
John BE
Hopkins
John Halder
House of Representatives
Alexander as Idol Smasher Shocks Capitol Crowd
Representative Hooper Alexander attacks former Governor Hoke Smith over railroad rate policy, accusing him of abandoning state issues. The speech criticizes the Western and Atlantic bill and railroad commission, drawing wide attention and mixed reactions at the Capitol.
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Hooper Alexander
United States
Hoke Smith
House
Capitol
Brown
Honper
DeKalb
Alexander
Atlantic
Smith
Alexander Beleves
Axelander
Atlantic Hill
Hhorges
Herod
Senate
Costly Lumber Fire in Troy Destroys Guilford Plant
Greensboro Minnesota dispatch reports a blaze at the Guilford Manufacturing company plant in Troy North Carolina after midnight. The fire wiped out the plant and much of the lumber yards with thousands of feet of rough and finished lumber. Logs valued between twenty five thousand and fifty thousand dollars were affected. A lantern explosion used by the night watchman in the boiler started the fire.
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Greensboro
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Guilford Manufacturing Company
Troy
N. C
State Normal gets 12500 appropriation for Milledgeville school
The committee on appropriations favors funding a 12500 deficiency for the State Normal and Industrial School at Milledgeville through Representative Carl Vinson. They rejected a 5000 cut and will urge passage of Vinson’s bill. Vinson praises the institution as economical and valuable to Georgia women. Opponents say trustees exceeded authority in spending 12000 without legislative approval. The tally to report favorably was 13 to 7.
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State Normal and Industrial School
Milledgeville
Carl Vinson
Baldwin
Committee On Appropriations
House
Vinson
Hall
Waterways meet invites national leaders to Arkansas convention
In Little Rock on July 23 the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway convention leaders invited Governor Wilson President Taft Colonel Roosevelt and Eugene Mehs to attend the meeting. The third week of October was chosen for the convention with date to be fixed. optimism centers on Mississippi Valley improvement efforts in Congress.
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Little Rock
aArk
W. K. Kavanaugh
Thomas Lovelace
St. Louis
Gregg
Lttle Rock Chamber of Commerce
Wilson
Taft
Roosevelt
Eugene Mehs
Kavanaugh
Mississippi Valley
Congress
Automobile Owners Fight Liability Law Supreme Court Suit
Washington July 23 Automobile owners challenge the 1909 Michigan law that makes an owner liable for damages caused by a machine regardless of who was driving. The Metzgar Motor Car Company argues the state cannot impose such liability after a former owner was held liable for 1800 dollars for damages caused by a machine driven without its consent.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Metzgar Motor Car Company
Lable
Woman Lawyer Bill Seeks Special House Order
Women push the woman lawyer bill at the capitol urging the House Rules Committee to set it as a special order for an early hearing. Advocates argue for justice and equal opportunity in pursuing professions, while John Hyams and Leila Melntyre begin their third season in The Girl of My Dean.
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House
House Committee On Rules
Rules
Senate
Rules Committee
John Hyams
Leila Melntyre
Dean
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Underwood Typewriter Office
Automobile Owners
Travelers Bank and Trust Co
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Bracker
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