Greater Tech fund nearing finish line in Atlanta drive
Greater Tech supporters report $60,000 raised with $10,000 last week, leaving $40,000 to secure of a $100,000 goal. Alumni and Atlanta business leaders back the campaign, with a strong push planned, promising a swift completion and possible record subscriptions from corporations and manufacturing plants downtown.
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Greater Tech
Tech
WP Walthall
United Alumni of Tech
Piedmont Hotel
Atlanta
Qriefly
Spoon ing Degrading Act Warned At Conference
Chicago June 27 A director John Alexander told 509 young women at the older girls conference of the International Sunday school convention that spooning is the most degrading thing they can do and urged girls to keep moral and wholesome. A similar talk by Miss Margaret Slattery of Boston addressed the older boys conference.
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Chicago
John Alexander
Margaret Slattery
Boston
Negro bandits murder and rob near Stevens Station
Laurel Mississippi June 27 hundreds search the countryside for three black highwaymen who shot and killed two Gilchrist-Fordne Lumber clerks JW Simmons and Reese Fitzpatrick and wounded Wyatt Robinson as they fled with a $2200 payroll. Robinson survived to raise the alarm.
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Stevens Station
Flinpatrick
Simmons
Robinson
Stevens
Hatchet-Wielding Italian Gunfire Attacks in Uniontown
An unidentified Italian, armed with a hatchet, ran amuck in Uniontown Pennsylvania killing a countryman at a coke worker’s home and seriously wounding several others. Martin Hope and Mrs. Omer Sutton were struck as the assailant dashed through the street injuring pedestrians before Morgan from across the street killed that Italian.
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Uniontown
Smithfield
Here
Martin Hope
Omer.Sutton
Stoppped Fast Train Just In Time To Save It
Pittsburg June 27 Stopping a fast passenger train to avoid being struck by thirteen tons of steel fell from 135 feet near an unfinished bridge above the tracks Engineer Ripley brought his train under a bridge when a car hauling steel beams sped down the grade toward the track He applied brakes and halted the engine ten feet from the impact The beams buried the roadbed and tore up the track Passengers were shaken but uninjured
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Pittsburg
Ripley
Pennsylvania
Vic
Inheritance tax paid on Elkins estate in Charleston
Fred O Blue, West Virginia tax commissioner, reported receipt of 75 666 dollars inheritance tax from the estate of the late Senator Stephen B Elkins in Charleston on June 27.
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Charleston
Fred O 'Blue
Stephen B Elkins
The Constitution Bureau of Boarding and Rooming House Info
The Constitution runs a free Bureau of Boarding and Rooming House Information for public use. Advertise rooms for rent by calling Main 5000 or Atlanta 500.
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Bureau of Information
Constitution
Bureau of Boarding and
Atlanta
Underwood says treasury figures show no deficit
Democratic Leader Underwood, citing treasury data, told the House there would be no government deficit for the current year and predicted over $100 million in income tax collections next year. He noted current-year revenues from customs and income taxes exceeded expectations and argued Panama expenses would largely end next year.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Underwood
House
Panama
Payne
Tnderwood
New York
Republicana
Papers Signed for Adjustment of Spinks Estate
Final papers were signed Saturday for an adjustment of the Spinks estate. Attorneys Burton Smith and Mitchell and Mitchell sought a swift settlement to end family disputes over a valuable tract of land between Atlanta and the river, now Riverside. The estate, valued at about 125,000, involved two minor heirs and multiple claims, with an eighteen page bill filed to formalize the verdict and resolve all issues.
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Spinks
Fulton County
Gbadlah Thompson
James W Spinks
Biy
Atlanta
Riverside
Burton Smith
Forrest Smith
Mitchell & Mitchell
Paul Smith
Smith
George Fred Williams Causes Amazement
Washington reports say George Fred Williams, Boston born minister to Greece, condemned Albanian government actions in emphatic terms. Officials deny any official report reaching the department while Williams had sought permission for a personal Albania visit to learn the situation, with results not yet reported.
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Washington
State Department
George Fred Williams
Boston
Greece
Walliams
Albania
Cows to Be Milked to Waltz Music in Richmond
On June 27 Thomas J Strauch head of Richmond dairy division endorses an experiment to milk cows to soft toned waltz music. Local dairy men borrowed the idea from George Bensog of Port Jervis, claiming cows respond with smoother milking when the one step waltz plays.
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Richmond
Thomas J Strauch
Richmond Board of Health
George Bensog
Port Jervis
Scots Honor Carnegie in Dunfermline Park Unveiling
In Dunfermline Scotland a statue of Andrew Carnegie was unveiled in a city park. The park had been presented to the municipality in 1908 by Carnegie along with a 32,600,000 endowment. A highlight of the ceremony was a choir of 500 singing the anthem Let Us Now Praise Famous Men accompanied by a band.
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Carnegie
Dunfermine
Scotland
Andrew Carnegie
Southeastern fair plan progresses with council confab
Atlanta leaders including the mayor, county commissioners, and chamber of commerce directors meet at Capital City Club to shape a southeastern fair. Officials aim to open by October 1915 with rail access, permanent buildings, a park plan, and major features in agriculture, animal industry, and manufactures plus a large art exhibit and cyclorama display.
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Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Capital City Club
M R Wiklnaon
Chamber
Atlanta
Lakewood Grounds
Cominser Carey
Lakewood
Cooper
Walla
Grant Park
Jane Anderson dies in Savannah after illness at 7
Mrs Jane Anderson widow of Colonel Baward Clifford Anderson dies in Savannah after a three week illness. She was mother of J Randolph Anderson president of the state senate and a Democratic gubernatorial candidate. A great granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson and a native of Albemarle County Virginia. Funeral services set for Monday morning.
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Savannah
Wis
Jane Margaret Anderson
Baward Clifford Anderson
J Randolph Anderson
State Senate
Georgia
Anderson
Thomas Jefferson
Albemarle Counts
Virginia
Family Feud Ends In Fatal Street Duel in Ellijay
In Ellijay Georgia this afternoon a fatal pistol duel occurred between Tom Defoor and Oscar Griggs. Defoor died instantly from a heart shot. Griggs was wounded and fled, then Charley Griggs shot him in the back with a shotgun. Griggs escaped amid the melee. The feud between Griggs family factions is blamed. The wounded man is in Sheriff Milton’s custody.
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Ellijay
Speal
Tom Defoor
Oscar Griggs
Defoor
Griggs
Charley Griggs
Arthur Griggs
Oscar
Milton
Man slays sons then dies in woods with hatchet and poison
Fort Lauderdale Florida June 27 J M Heimburger who recently arrived from Hebron North Dakota took his two young sons into the woods and attempted to murder them with a hatchet then killed himself by drinking poison. Insanity is suspected. The boys were found and rushed to a Miami hospital where their injuries were reported fatal or near fatal. Washington June 27 President Wilson approves dismissal of Major Benjamin M Koehler of the coast artillery corps by court martial for charges arising at Fort Terry. Weather notes describe a warm to hot day with a breeze and a passing shower expected in Atlanta and lake region conditions.
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Fort Landerdale
Fla
J M Heimburger
Hebron
N D
Miami
Washington
Watsen
Benjamin M Koehler
Coast Artillery Corps
Koehler
Fort Terry
Plum Island
New York
Tom
Sol
Grogey
Atlanta
Labor Day Parade Plans Set by City Committee
Labor day parade plans announced after a Labor Temple meeting on Trinity Avenue. The labor day committee elected J B Hewitt as chairman with a large Finance Committee and a publicity group led by Mrs E B Smith. The parade will follow former procedures with larger floats after a two year gap.
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Labor Temple
Trinity Avenue
J B Hewitt
J F Bradley
James & Mayson
J B_ Hewitt
JF Moseley
William Robinson
Louie Marquardt
Mra BE
B Smith
William Baldwell
Carl
Council members discuss upcoming cattle and corn shows at fair
Several council members including W H White Jr, chairman of the chamber of commerce committee on animal industry, expressed enthusiasm for a great cattle show as part of the fair and pledged active support. Hastings will present a corn show as a ready feature, with the poultry show also invited to participate.
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W H White Jr
Chamber of A Commerce
Hastings
Angeles Ambition and Huerta Rivalry Split Carranza Forces
Alfredo Arecesda accuses General Felipe Angeles of stirring the rift between Villa and Carranza and acting as Huerta’s agent. Angeles, once allied with Carranza, is blamed for provoking insubordination and quarrels among constitutionalist leaders while seeking peace mediation in Niagara talks.
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Washington
Alfredo Areceda
Carranza
Mexico
Petipe Angeles
General Villa
Angeles
Hureta
Luis Cabrera
Carranzas
Niagara
United States
Villa
Hugeles
Carrans
Felipe Angeles
Harape
Huerta
Jain
Arrus Angeles
War Department
Sonora
Chihuahua
Torreon
Hespf
Weather Prophecy Local Thunder Showers
Local forecast hints at possible thunder showers on Sunday and likely again on Wednesday. Temperatures and timing not specified in the readable segment. Weather watchers advise precautions for outdoor plans.
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R Kemp
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George Mf Lope
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J. M. Heimburger
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