Burwell Elected Speaker of House in Georgia Session
Burwell won the speaker position over Sheppard after two ballots as the legislature opened. Senate President Ogden Persons was elected without opposition. Suffragists push for measures while pro prohibition fights loom.
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General Assembly
House
D. B Bullard
Campbell
C E. Stewart
Coffee
Robert LeSueur
Crawford
SM. Turner
Brooks
Pight
J. E. Sheppard
Bumter
Prohibition
W. H. Burwell
Hancock
G Ogden Persons
Senate
Sen
Burwell
Chattancoora
North Georgia Mineral Railroad
Louisville and Nashville
Atlanta Plaza
State Board of Education
Great Is Victory Won by the Charge Of Brave Gazooks
A humorous saga attributes a mock victory to the Gazooks after a staged “battle” at Gazook Stephenson’s Whitehall street studio. The report lists participants and committee roles while lampooning the Grand Gazook and the photography scene in Atlanta.
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Gazook Stephenson
Whitehall Street
Atlanta
W. M. Stephenson
Stephenson
Garook Stephenson
Gazook Phillips
Nome
Gazook Luckiesh
Gazook Goodhart
Gazooks
F. Lenney
W. F. Luckiesh
A. V. Clifton
Mobr Hill
Thurston Itcher
W. R. Reeves
C. F. McDaniel
W. Tidwell
E. H. Johnson
EB. H Goodhart
FB. Lee J.B. Kruger
F. I. Compton
G. St. Williams
William A. Leonard
Pope May Transfer Holy See to Spain Stirs Debate
Rome reports discuss a rumored plan to move the papacy to Spain amid unrest after 1881 Rome events. A cardinal commission studied options, including secret departure and governing from a new residence, with safety of the pope as the key condition. Emperor Francis Joseph offered Salzburg Castle as a possible refuge.
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Rome
Chiasno
Paris
Holy See
Spain
Pius IX
St Peters
Tiber
Leo
Sacred College
Francis Joseph
Salzberg
Georgia Senate targets railroads and legal reforms
President Ogden Persons plans to introduce a bill to prohibit construction of any railroad that may parallel the Western and Atlantic. The measures would amend charter jamming rules and reintroduce three general bills backed by the Georgia Bet Association: quarterly terms for certain superior courts, Torrens land titles, and a uniform bill of exchange.
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Ogden Persons
Senate
Georgia Bet Association
House
Japanese Army Story Denied By Washington
Washington official censor denied a report that Japan planned to send 300000 troops to Europe after hints to Great Britain. The State Department said the question of Japanese troops in Europe or Manchuria has not been decided.
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Washington
Japan
Europe
Great Britain
Weahington
United States
Gepurmen
Meg Gapaness
Hurepe
Manchuria
General council to rule on poolrooms and near beer saloons
The city’s general council adjourns Monday to review fifty two poolroom licenses and about forty tied to near beer saloons. A pending ordinance would bar joint operation, with Mayor Woodward likely to oppose such licenses if kept separate. Renewal battles loom for locker clubs as Marion Jackson and John J. Elgan press the Men and Religion Forward Movement.
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General Council
Mcensas
Woodward Weill
Arite
City Hall
Marion Jackson
John J. Elgan
Foward
Woodward
Teutons in America to Fight Government
Cleveland Germans received a call from Detroit and Toledo for a national meeting of German Austrian and Hungarian groups to form a political association aimed at stopping arms exports to Germany’s foes. The gathering is set for July 8 at the Hotel Stevens in Detroit, with Cleveland Germans expecting wide German organization participation. It asserts the United States has the formal right to export arms, but actions should follow moral grounds and humanity.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Detroit
Toledo
United States
Germany
Deutscher Buhd
Scciely
Stailer
Germana
Inauguration Day Prepares for Judge Nat Harris
Judge Nat Harris of Maton arrives in Atlanta with Mrs Harris and checks into the Piedmont Hotel. He will be inaugurated as Georgia chief executive next Saturday and plans to deliver his first message to the legislature, with many Macon delegates expected and talks of moving ceremonies to the state house lawn.
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Vattraginta
Wright
Dre Wars
Georgia
Georete
Burwell
Harris
Washington County
Virginia
Miatouri
Eichelberger
Sheppard
Governor Slaten
Som
John W. Forter
Lansing
American Society of International Law
John W. Foater
Harrison
Laneing
Bla
Lanning
State Department
Chandler Andersson
Knox
Anderson
Wison
Lanaing
Nat Harris
Maton
Mra. Harris
Atlanta
Piedmont Hotel
Toade
Harrie
Macon
Judge Harris
Plana
Atatahouse
Judge Harrie
Calea
Piedmont
Alabama Seeks Dixie Highway Branch Into Alabama
Governor Charles Henderson, while touring Atlanta en route to Tennessee, voiced strong support for a Dixie highway branch into Alabama. He noted two proposed routes via Springville Gadsden Center to Cave Spring and via Talladega Anniston Piedmont to Cave Spring, both connecting to Rome. He predicted regional traffic growth and mutual benefits for Alabama and Georgia from a southern branch tapping the Dixie highway.
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Charles Henderson
Alabama
Atlanta
Moter
Tennespee
Rome
Birmingham
Home Automobile Association
Tte Associates
Alabama Good Roads
Springville
Gadsden
Center
Cave Spring
Talladega
Anniston
Piedmont
Georgia
Mobile
New Orleans
Gulf Points
Cotton men urged to ban Britain's foes in war era
New Orleans June 23. Members of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange who are associate members of the Liverpool Cotton association said they received letters urging signing declarations that they would not have dealings with merchants domiciled or conducting business in states at war with Britain until peace is declared. Similar letters were sent to Newark Cotton Exchange members who are associate members of the pool organization.
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Lansing
Watertown
John Lansing
New York
Philadelphia
Amherst College
United States
Ef Paria
Washington
Richard Olney
Department of State
State Department
New Orleans
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Liverpool Cotton Association
Derrons
Newark Cotton Change
Pool Organisation
Atlanta Boosters Plan Day at Panama-Pacific Exposition
Elaborate plans unfold for Atlanta Boosters day on Monday July 14 at the Panama-Pacific Expo in San Francisco. Commissioner Henson guides Atlanta leaders including Forrest Adair and Ivan Allen as preparations aim to draw hundreds. A mammoth parade, Rotary week ties, and formal exercises near Festival Hall are planned with Atlanta Convention Bureau promoting the city as a premier Dixie convention site.
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Frea Hovner
Exposition Grounds
San Francisco
Cal
Atlanta
Henson
California
Moore
Forrest Adair
Faarah Temple
Ivan Allen
Rotary
Shriners of
Seattle
Elka
Los Angeles
Market Street
Governor's Horse Guard
Rudisail
Yaurab Temple and
Drum Corp
Shrine
The
Elks
Walter P. Andrews
Festival Hall
Atlanta Convention Bureau
Cincinna
New Orleana
New York
Elyie
American Medical Association
Dixie
Arand
Lemberg Falls as Russia Retreats in Galicia
London reports Lemberg captured by Austro German forces after Russians evacuate the city on June 23. Russians withdraw to a new front while Austro German booty is expected to be small. Vienna telegrams praise Russian rear guard action and note potential shifts of German forces to the west. Imperial leaders in Vienna and Berlin discuss meeting to mark Galicia’s change in control.
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Berlin
Vienna
Russia
London
Lemberg
Gall- Man
Galicia
Poland
Baltic
Teutona
Takan
Praemys
Camberg
Petrof Srad
Nicholas
William
Francia
Joseph
Ruaaia
London Awaits Fall of Lemberg Amid Wireless Bulletins
Continent announced Lemberg's fall yesterday but London learned of it late, with wireless bulletins from Berlin and Vienna via Amsterdam. British press had anticipated further developments, noting the vast Austro German ammunition supply implied by the capture.
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Lemberg
London
Berlin
Vienna
Amsterdam
She Liked the Way Chicago Man Wrote A Wedding Follows
Mrs. John P. McGraw formerly Miss Lucy Hurst of Atlanta explains the romance that led to marriage with a Chicago man she had never met. After a year of letters and mailed photos, they wed in Havre J. Goodwin's study in Atlanta and soon left for Chicago. McGraw, once a pitcher for the Heston team, runs a Montana ranch and is tied to a large Chicago machinery company.
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John P. McGraw
Lucy Hurst
Atlanta
Chicago
Aiden
Montang
McGraw
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