Will raise $50,000 for Davis Memorial
Louisville leaders announce plans to raise fifty thousand dollars to build a Jefferson Davis memorial. Captain John H. Leathers cites widespread support from Daughters of the Confederacy, veterans groups, and local citizens after Fairview dedication ceremonies.
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Louisville
Jefferson
John H. Leathers
Leathers
Fairview
Daughters of the Confederacy
Sons of Veterans
W. A. Milton
T. D. Osborne
George C. Norton
Memorial Commission
Jefferson Davis
Chinese Increasing Cotton Goods Exports to China Rise
Washington reports a return to normal conditions boosts American cotton cloth exports to China. Fiscal 1905–08 averaged 486 million yards per year, but 1909 and 1908 slipped to 68 million. 1908 onward shows recovery as China absorbs stock and resumes imports. In ten months to April 1909, exports reached 100,116,737 yards versus 30,697,101 yards a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
China
Bureau of Statistics
Bureau
Trial ends in mistrial in Tribble whisky case
A mistrial was declared in Atlanta for John Tribble of 2 D'Alvigny Ave after a tied jury of five men failed to convict on charges of selling whisky. Tribble, previously jailed for 30 days under city prohibition laws, faced a new trial delayed indefinitely as defense argued the whisky belonged to others and cited alibi evidence and physician’s prescriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John &. Tribble
D'Alvigny Avenue
A. E. Calhoun
Criminal Court of
Atlanta
Tribble
John H. Boykin
Arthur and
Hood
Patrick
Nash R. Broyles
Eaaer
Maddox
Uttle
East Point
Arthur
Boykin
RB. D. Allen
T. C. Thompson
Allen
Leprosy and public health dominate national meet
Washington and Chicago reports at the twenty seventh annual conference of health boards discuss a national leprosarium and tuberculosis policy. Debate centers on state versus municipal responsibility and improving milk safety amid waterway pollution concerns.
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Washington
Conference of State and Provincial Boards of Health of
North America
W. C. Woodward
District of Columbia
John P. C. Foster
Chicago
William C. Lebenstine
New York City
Lebenatine
Richard W. Sears
Sears
Roebuck & Ua
Jackson Boulevard
Plymouth Place
Fifth Regiment Athletic Association Forms in Atlanta
An organization with strong local interest forms the Fifth Regiment Athletic Association to promote athletics among infantrymen in Atlanta. Planned events include boxing bouts, races, jumping contests, tug of war, and indoor games between company teams with proceeds funding the armory gym, bowling alleys, and other healthful amusements. Officers include President J. Keasler and Vice Presidents Wynn Riordan Lindorme and arnold among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Fifth Regiment Athletic Association
Infantry
Atlanta
Fifth
Joseph H. Kessler
Atlanta Rifles
J. ¥. Keasler
Company D
D. R. Wynn
Company L
BE. 0. Riordan
Company Hk
E. Z. Arnold
W. A. Trussell
T. F. Jackson
A. H. Lindorme
Hospital Corps
Weather Outlook Turns Fair and Warm Across Midwest
Fair and warm weather dominates the forecast as a large high pressure area settles over the middle west for several days. A previous storm moved northeast from the middle Atlantic region after causing showers Thursday into yesterday. Temperatures rise into the lower eighties as the day progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
Architects Refuse to Submit Plans for Capital City Clubhouse
In Atlanta and New York City, members of the American Institute of Architects decline to enter a competition to design the Capital City Clubhouse, citing unprofessional conditions and a supervising architect arrangement tied to Fr. Thornton Marye. The Atlanta chapter warns the method would entangle the club and committee, detailing invited firms from Atlanta and New York who refused to submit designs under the present terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
New York City
American Institute of Architects
Capital City Club
Thornton Marye
Marye
Atlanta Chapter of Architects
8. F. Parrott
Atlanta Architects
Parrett
Parrott
Teir
Thomas Eglenton
Jack Spalding
BE. C._ Peter
Marcoll Payne
John Murphy
vrorTanm
Morgan & Dillon
W.T. Downing
C. L. Norman
BH. E. Dougherty
A. Ten Eyck Brown
Harralson Bleckley
Harry Leastie Walker
Whitfield & King, McKim, Mead & White
Donn Barker
Travey
Albany farmer commits suicide after wife’s death
J. E. Jay, superintendent on B. M. Wilson's Fern land farm two miles from Albany, Georgia, shot himself with a shotgun this morning. About 60 years old, he had been drinking after his wife died months earlier. He was brother to the late J. L. Jay of Macon and leaves a large family connection in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Jay
Albany
Self
B. M. Wilson
Fernland Farm
J. L. Jay
Macon
Kodol Indigestion Remedy Ad Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement extols Kodol as a natural stomach aid that digests food, reduces indigestion and gastritis risk, and prevents chronic dyspepsia. It urges readers to buy a dollar bottle with a money back guarantee, claiming the product builds the body and requires no strict dieting.
Thaw Must Remain in Matteawan Insane Asylum
New York dispatch reports Harry K Thaw must stay under commitment at Matteawan State Hospital after the appellate division of the supreme court in Brooklyn denied his habeas corpus petition. The ruling affirms a prior dismissal and upholds the order based on his 1906 murder case aftermath.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Thaw
Law and Order Warrants Tense Up Montgomery
The County Law and Order League swore out thirteen warrants for saloon men and handed them to Sheriff Hood as enforcement tensions rise. Gordon McAllister and C A Voght, both about 18, were arrested on a murder charge connected to Conductor J Grimes’s death, with McAllister identified by Dortugh in a struggle.
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Montgomery
County Law and Order League
Hood
Law and Order
Gordon McAllister
Judge scolds inspector over arrested woman for cancelled stamp
In Indianapolis Judge A BR Anderson angrily rebuked a post office inspector who had arrested Mrs Ida Hord of Scolteburg for using a cancelled 2 cent stamp and released her saying he would question the inspector about the motive. The prisoner said she feared for her husband and baby at home.
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Indianapolis
Ind
A. BR. Anderson
United States District Court
Ida Hord
Scolteburg
Wesongu
Road Entered Guilty Plea for Rebating in Federal Court
Missouri Pacific railroad and its subsidiary the St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern today pleaded guilty to rebating in federal court in Little Rock Arkansas. Judge Trieber imposed fines of 1800 in each case on fifty eight counts tied to concessions to T H Bunch Elevator Co of the city. Wilbur Stith former traffic manager of the Iron Mountain also pleaded guilty earlier and was fined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Louis
Iron
Prince Kills Prince At Dinner In Tiflis
A fatal duel at a formal dinner in Tiflis ends with Prince Eristoff fatally stabbing Prince Bagration. The incident pits members of two princely houses, Bagration a descendant of the Napoleonic general, against Eristoff after an insult. The clash occurs in front of witnesses.
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Tiflis
Prince Bagration
Peter Bagration
Eristoff
Eristof
New Hosiery Concern Starts in Macon
A charter for the Central City Hosiery Company was granted in Macon Georgia by Judge W H Felton in the superior court. Capital stock is 10000 dollars and the mills will be on Elm Street. Plans call for operation soon and production of all grades of fine hosiery.
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Macon
Central City Hosiery Company
W. H. Felton
Superior Court
Elm “Street
Gould Wins $460 000 Suit Against Gould and Associates
New York June 4 John Jones of Illinois failed to recover 460000 from George J Gould and associates over the Kanawha railroad and West Virginia coal lands purchase. Jones claimed Gould Ramsey and Geay agreed to buy but did not, after he had spent 460000 in their behalf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gould
New York
John ¥. Jones
Ilinois
George J. Gould
West Virginia
Jones
Mr. Gould
Joseph Ramsey
William £. Geay
Wig Opinion Said to Doom Man Then He Died
Two hours after declaring that wearing a wig would kill him, Hugh Morgan assistant city auditor collapsed and died. Physicians ruled paralysis of the brain as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Au
Sea
Vuue
Hugh Morgan
Morgan
Tallahassee Passes Cash Primary Bill After Midnight
Tallahassee Florida June 4 after debate the senate voted to pass the Cash primary bill. New provisions require a ballot with two numbered stubs torn by the clerk and returned at voting and deposit to compare stubs. No candidate may contribute value to campaigns and poll taxes must be paid. Sworn campaign expense statements required. Abusive literature barred on primary day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Fla
Senate
Chief of Police H. Heard Ends Own Life in Madeville
Madeville Alabama June 4 W H Heard chief of police shot and instantly killed himself at 2 o clock this morning in the rear of his home. He had been ill about two weeks and despondency over his condition is believed to be the cause. The town mourns the loss of a greatly beloved officer. He leaves a widow and three children. The business of the town will be suspended until the funeral tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeville
Ala
W. H Heard
Walker to Speak at National Cotton Congress
The third annual National Cotton Congress meets in Monte Ne Arkansas from June 1 to 26 with a week of sessions ending Saturday. John D Walker of Sparta Georgia a 7500 acre plantation owner and bank chain president will deliver the principal address.
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National Cotton Congress
Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Monte Ne
John D. Walker
Sparta
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