Fort McPherson awards 189000 contract for barracks
Government contracts totaling 189000 were awarded to Atlanta firms for barracks and officers quarters at Fort McPherson. Projects include double barracks and officers quarters to multiple bidders, with completion in one year after July 27, 1919. Work moves to house a full Sixteenth Infantry battalion relocated from Fort Slocum.
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Atlanta
Bulding
Fort McPherson
Buck
Sixteenth
United States Infantry
Thia Army Post
Nicholas Turner
John Becker
Ferrell Heatng and Plumbing Company
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Fort Slocum
Allen
Ames
Jett and White Again on Trial in Marcum Case
In Cynthiana on July 27, Jett and White faced court guarded by six deputies for the Marcum assassination case. Prospects of a jury arose as many summoned residents were excused. defense plea against jurisdiction denied. continuance denied. witnesses summoned with attachments. adjournment set for tomorrow morning. Captain B J Ewen, key prosecution witness, arrived from Lexington and was escorted to Camp Licking for protection until trial.
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Cynthiana
Curtle Jett
Thomas White
Marcum
Cléck
Jett
B. J Ewen
Jett-White
Lexington
Buinford
Camp Licking
Gomein
Waiting for a Fifth Member in Alabama Mines Arbitration
Vice President Thomas Lewis of the United Mine Workers announced that arbitration between Alabama miners and operators will wait for a fifth member to join the board. Lewis will represent miners with W B R Fairfield. two operators will represent employers, and the fifth seat awaits selection. Once filled, the Birmingham area panel will set a new scale for the Alabama district starting July 1 as the previous terms expire.
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Alabama
Indiahapolis
Ind
Thomas Lewis
United Mine Workers
Terncan
Opsratere
Board of Arbitration
Lewis
W BR. Faitley
Alabawha
Nm Thin
Birmingham
Pork Toésy
Prading
Aire
Mind Restored After Fall Raises Bayonne Woman Hope
New York July 77 A Bayonne New Jersey woman Bridget Hurley aged appears to have regained mental clarity after a fall from a third story window. Doctors had expected fatal injuries but the crash reportedly restored her lost powers and recovery is anticipated.
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New York
Bridget Hurley
Bayonne
N. J
Two More Firms Forced 10 Wall St Crashes Stir Markets
New York July 27 reports say two more failures, E S Hooley & Co and William Hassett of Boston, flare in a day of stock market turmoil. Hooley's collapse followed W L Stowe & Co, with Bell as a minor incident. Evansville and Terre Haute shares fell then recovered, while rail shares and major industrials fluctuated, with some firms posting gains and others sharp declines. London and European markets watched New Yorks weakness, while bankers and investigators awaited statements on Hooley and Talbot Taylor.
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New York
Stock Exchange
E S Hooley
Evanmille
Terre Haute
Banetti
Evansville
Ferre Haute
Dew Moines
Fort Dodge
Hooley
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Consolidated Gas
Lackawanna
Delaware and Hudson
Minneapolis
St Louis
Iowa Central
Genna
Westinghouse
General Electric
United States Steel
Rubber Goods Company
United States Rubber Company
Talbot I. Taylor & Co
Hooley & Co
Orm
Edwin 8. Hooley
Frank E Brumley
Norbert Heinsheimer
Poléy
W L Stowe
Des Moines
Rock Island Toad
Philip J. Britt
Talbot , Taylor & Co
James R. Keene
Keene
Yesume
W. I Aton
London
Wall Street
Lord Rothachild
Associated Press
Amaeterdam
Berlin
Elantia
Ammonia pump blast kills three at brewery plant
In New York on July 27 three men died and several were injured when a cylinder head blew from an engine attached to an ammonia pump at Jacob Huppert Brewing Company’s tee plant on Alexander Avenue. Patrolman David J Goss risked his life rescuing workers, dragging out two unconscious men before succumbing to fumes himself.
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New York
Jacob Huppert Brewing Company
Tee
Alexander Avenue
David J Goss
Deag
Otto Smith
John Wincinbry
Charles Carpenter
Charles Katz
Goss
Smith
Wincinski
Jacob A Rippert
Friedman
Katz
Marietta Man Uncovers Hidden Revolutionary Coins
Nathan Smith of Marietta Gea, an employee of Kennesaw Marble, found thirty two gold pieces bearing George III plus a large quantity of silver coins dated 1761 to 1788. Discovered on John Rockwell farm during plowing near Garratteville, NY, the cache follows the Cherry Valley massacres. Residents excited by the treasure find and its value.
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Binghamton, NY
Nathan Smith
Marietta
George III
Garratteville
Mob chases suspected attacker after attempted assault near Logansport
In Logansport Indiana a Negro reportedly tried to attack Mrs Joseph Watts wife of a farmer. Threshers heard screams and pursued the man firing shots. He fled into the swamp country badly wounded and lynching is feared as farmers vow to continue pursuit at dawn. General Sanford to speak in Montana Alabama.
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Loganzport
Ind
Joseph Watts
Here
Thistsen Desperal: -Cyiannnals Break From State Penitentiary
Sacramento July 27 thirteen convicts escaped from Folsom prison using officers as shields amid a desperate fight. Guard William L Cotter was stabbed to death, Captain Murphy wounded, and Warden Wilkinson captured. Militia deployed. pursuit toward Bald mountain with several guards and officers held.
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Sacramento
Cal
Folsom
William L Cotter
J Cockrans
W C Palmers
Wilkinson
Murphy
McDonough
Bald Mountains
Pardee
Captain Murphy
Warden Wilkinson
Wilkingon
Harry Wilkingon
Cochrane
Colters
Palmers
Mormon Bridge
Bald Mountain
Algbaster Cave
Pardes
Harry Wilkinson
Prizon
Ori
Death agony he slew enemy in Long Creek fight
Reports from Jackson Kentucky dated July 27 describe a deadly confrontation at Long Creek twenty miles from town where Ga van Smith was shot in the chest by John Hall and Hall was fatally shot by Smith as Smith lay dying. At Hunting Creek a dispute led to another fatal shooting when John Stidman and Alex Craft fought after a quarrel in a blind tiger Craft mortally wounded Stidman with a third pistol shot. Craft was wounded and believed to die.
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Jackson Ky
Long Creek
Hunting Creek
Gavan Smith
John Hall
Smith
Hall
John Stidman
Alex Craft
Tiger
Stidman
Craft
Spilled liquor in street as feds enforce prohibition
In Ardmore Indian Territory July 27 United States officers seized whisky and beer before removal from a train and spilled it in the street. U S Marshal Colbert issued an order prohibiting liquor into the territory. Substitutes for liquor are barred as officers warn of artificials drinks being used to aid illicit sale. Bootleggers multiply amid prohibition enforcement.
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Indian Territory
Ardmore Ind
United States
Colbert
Old man commits suicide near Frankfort train
Steven Shanks aged 76 former county treasurer died this morning in Frankfort Indiana by throwing himself in front of a Clover Leaf passenger train. The Indian Bureau paid 150000 to Kiowa Comanche and Apache Indians at Anadarko Oklahoma as second payment under the 1902 surplus lands act.
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Frankfort
Ind
Shanks
Bioney
Indlans
Washington
Indian Bureau Today
Anadarko
Oklo
Armings Rise as Roanoke Racial Tension Flare
Roanoke Virginia and New Orleans reports describe escalating racial unrest. In Roanoke a colored woman was whipped by white men for an insult to a lady, sparking black residents to arm themselves as both sides stockpile guns amid threats of violence. In New Orleans a lynching scare ends with 18 year old Biddie Jones surrendering after a daylong manhunt, charged with entering a dairyman's sleeping wife’s room and assault.
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Roanoke
Blue Ridge
New, Orleans
Biddie Jones
Shoat
City
Jefferson Parish
Mr. Shroeder
Mob threatens lynching after attack on white girl in Farmington
A mob of Iowa farmers searched for a Black man named Clark after an alleged razor attack on Gertrude Hees, a white girl, on Sunday. They surrounded him near Medill and planned to lynch him, with fears the girl may be fatally injured.
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Farmington
Iowa
Clark
Gertrude Hees
Medill
Hallow
Cartoon depicts Uncle Sam driving over two blacks in Petersburg
A July 27 cartoon in No vou Vremye shows Uncle Sam in a car with a whip in his right hand and the Stars and Stripes in his left, trampling two Black individuals while the caption proclaims "Freedom and Bravery" as the scene critiques racial oppression.
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Petersburg
Novou Vremye
Uncle Bam
Many Spindles Quit Humming in Fall River
Fall River Massachusetts reports a week long idle spindle shutdown starting today with about one million spindles idle and August expected dull. Fifteen corporations are affected and about 12,000 workers out of work as 50,000 pieces of print cloth are removed from output. Local business will feel the impact.
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Fall River
Mass
Bualness
Missouri Pacific and Frisco Plan Joint Line Down Mississippi
Chicago July 27 Chronicle reports preliminary arrangements set for a joint Missouri Pacific and Frisco line along the east side of the Mississippi River from Memphis to Baton Rouge. The pact would cut construction costs and grant both systems access to territory reached by their existing connections.
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Missouri Pacific
Frinco Systems
Chicago
The
Chronicle Tomorow
Frisco Systems
Mississippi River
Memphis
Baton Rouge
Weather and city update plus local incidents
Georgia forecast notes fair Tuesday and Wednesday with showers in the northwest, temperatures near normal, and past 24 hour precipitation. Local items include work on the south side post office, auditing of police books, Audubon bill action, Pope Leo XIII prayers, and several local accidents and court cases spanning Savannah to Macon.
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Georgia
South Side
Leo XIII
Hugh Gordon, Jr
Empire Building
Atlanta Terminal Company
New Union Depot
Houston
Cardinal Gibbons under Papal Conclave Scrutiny in Rome
Report from Rome notes nearly all cardinals have arrived for the conclave. Cardinal Gibbons is received with cordiality but faces slim chances for election. Predatory Cardinal Di Pietro is discussed as a compromise candidate aligned with Rampolla Gotti factions.
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Rome
Cardinal Gibbons
Angelo di Pietro
Oreglia Gatti Ricampola
Vannuttelli
di Pietro
Rampolla Gotti
Michael Logue
Armagh
Ireland
Leo
Vatican
Cributs
Gibbons
Cardinal Logue
Iriah
Logue
Cardinal Oregila
Moran
Sydney
Celesia
Palermo
Humbert
Pantheon
Victor Emmanuel
Margherita
Ecclesiastics
Italy
Quilihal Palac Ous
San Damasco
Pope
Raphael
Rampolla
Sistine Chapel
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Himssi
Castro
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Uncle Sam
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Onia Tanner
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Macon
Stane Mountain Baptist Association
Tabernacle Baptist ‘Church
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Auguatea
Vicksburg
Miss Strong
Hattiesburg
Miss
Rish
Eufaula
Hardy
Todd
Idie
Fell River
W. A. Miller
Government Printing Office
State Department
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Colombia
Dark Horse
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