Real estate drive boosts fight against plumbing thieves
Fulton county grand jury opens session to probe rising thefts of plumbing and fixtures from vacant houses. Real estate leaders push for harsher penalties, possible felony charges, and tighter rules for junk dealers and itinerant plumbers to curb thefts. David W. Yarbrough calls for licensed bonded workers and stricter permits across Atlanta.
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Fulton County’ Grand ‘Jury
Peasion
Police Board
Ordinance Committee of
General Council
Atlanta
David
W. Yarbrough
Yarbrough
Philadelphia
New York
Veteran Confederate Peddler Found Dead At Home
A. J. Davis, a Confederate veteran who boasted he never had a doctor in six years, was found dead in his chair at 261 Mast Hunter Street. Boarders reported hearing no response and the door was forced open. An inquest found death from natural causes. He had a brother in Texas and a half brother in Florida.
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A. J. Davis
Mast
Hunter Street
G S Eversi
Texas
Florida
Child Dies From Burns In Athens Tragedy
James King six year old son of Mr and Mrs Tom King and grandson of Mrs James King of Athens died from burns suffered Friday night when his kimono caught fire before an open crate. The grandmother, who tried to help, was badly burned on her hands and arms.
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Athens
James
Tom King
King
Southern B F Goodrich Sales Group Attends Akron Conference
More than twenty salesmen and managers from the southern division of B F Goodrich left Atlanta yesterday for the annual sales conference at the Akron plant. R J Murphy led the party, with meetings in Akron Thursday and Friday, followed by a return stop in Atlanta. A Capital City club banquet and Forsyth theater outing are planned, with extensive plant tours and entertainment.
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B. F. Goodrich Tire Company
Atlanta
Goodrich
Akron
Ghia
R. J. Murphy
Southern
Pine
Ansley
Charlotte
J. Z. Kemp
Birmingham
M. Paxton
Jacksonville
KR. Hassler
Mew
Orleans
O. D. Bartlett
North Carolina
Rioh
March Term of U S District Court Opens with Numerous Federal Cases
The March term calendar lists cases from March 14 to April 7. Duties include felon distilling charges for two days, with about sixty cases slated for March 14 and 15. Defendants hail from Lumpkin to DeKalb counties, including charges under the Mann White Slave Act, liquor licensing violations, and other federal offenses.
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United States District Court
Flelt
Lumpkin
Hall
Dawson
Pickens
Gilmer
Cherokee
Fannin
Towns
Union
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Carroll
Spalding
Cobb
Campbell
Clayton
DeKalb
Igon
Cox
Guly
Irene Wrenn
Grace Taylor
Atlantic
Chattanooga
Ba Turner
Spalding County
I Garius O'Shields
Oale Davis
Auglanta
Durham
Bim
Atlanta
Hooks
W. A. Peebles
Simona Akers
Malis
Stefe
Tme
Biggers
Rockdale
W. A. Starnes
J. H. Vining
Atlante
Forrest Park cotton farmer in crisis attempt at home
P. E. Mitchell a 45 year old cotton farmer from between Hapeville and Jonesboro shot himself in the head Tuesday morning in an alleged personal crisis. He was taken to Georgia Baptist hospital in Atlanta by Greenberg & Bonds ambulance and was reported recovering. relatives said he had shut himself in his room minutes before the shooting.
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Georgia Baptist Hospital
P. E. Mitchell
Forrest Park
Mitchell
Greenberg & Bond
Winter Weather to Persist for Several Days in Georgia
The forecast notes cooler conditions in the southern part of the state with little temperature change from Tuesday. Tuesday was raw and chilly with mostly cloudy skies and no rain. Unsettled weather continues due to a disturbance over the middle plateau region, but promises warmer weather within a few days.
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Atlanta
Tuesaday
Weather Bureau
Middle Plateau
The Iron Claw serial gains big crowds at Alpha Theatre
The Iron Claw a new serial from Pathe Freres drew packed matinee and evening crowds at the Alpha Theatre. The first installment paces a dramatic campaign against wealthy Golden Earl White as heroine shows strong personality and Cr eighton Hale appears as Golden's secretary. Sheldon Lewis as The Iron Claw scores with a thrilling mystery around the Laughing Mask leaving the audience wondering about the savior’s identity.
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Iron Claw
Pathe Freres
Constitution
Alpha Theater
Golden
Earl White
Creighton Hale
Sheldon
Deputy Promises Aid to Revenue Officers
An 1918 letter published in The Constitution shows a deputy sheriff offering full cooperation to federal agents in shutting down illicit distilleries. The signer notes reluctance from local officials, urging county sheriffs to back raids to break up moonshining. The writer asks for anonymity and cites countywide inaction as a hindrance.
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United States
Illett
B. B. Bouldin
Internal Revenue
Houldn
Atlanta
Bim
Unclear OCR fragment on New York and SPR America text
Fragmentary text mentions New York SPR America and a disease reference. The readable portion provides no clear event, person, organization, or date to form a factual summary.
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New York
America
A M E Conference Meets at Cuthbert
The Cuthbert district conference of the A M E church opens tomorrow with Rev. Willam Becker Johnson presiding. About 250 delegates will attend as forty pastors report on moral financial intellectual and economic conditions of the negro community in the region. Prominent Georgia and Alabama figures, including Richard D B Stinson and Dr Joseph H Griffin, are listed among attendees.
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Friends of the Corfaunily
GW. Williams
D. W. Moman
Telegraphers Wanted for the Signal Corps
The US Army recruiting office reports the secretary of war has ordered recruitment of operators for the Signal Corps. Recruits will be sent to Fort Wood New York for detail. Commercial telegraphers are in high demand as the signal corps expands across several stations in the United States and territories.
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United States Army
Secretary of War
Signal Corps
Army
Fort Wood
New York
S Corps
Signal-Corps
United States
Alaska
Hawai Texas
Sukorniz
Kansas
Eighteen Initiated Into the Recorder's Benzine Fraternity
Police on Ponce de Leon avenue arrested eighteen automobilists Sunday and Monday, all fined 1.75 dollars for driving on the wrong side of a torn street. Recorder Johnson joked the scene was an initiation into their fraternity as he wrote S175 on the docket.
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Recorder's Court
Automobiliste
Bentley
Norris
Ponce de Leon
Recorder Johnson
Illness outbreak hits hundreds at Methodist banquet
About 300 guests at a February 22 Methodist banquet fell ill after eating ice cream. An official report says most recovered within two days. No chemical analysis was done, and officials saw no evidence of deliberate poisoning.
Dodge Court in Session Adjourned Term Opens
An adjourned term of Dodge Superior Court convened this morning with Judge J P Highamith of the Brunswick circuit on the bench. Judge E D Graham is disqualified and Colonel W A Wooten protects the interests of the state. A number of criminal cases appeared and the court will likely sit the entire week. This adjourns the regular November term.
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Eastman
Tebruary
Dodge Superior Court
J. P. Highamith
Brunewick
E. D. Graham
W. A. Wooten
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James King
Maier & Berkele, Inc
Reaper
Odrich
W. Colle
B. S. Wise
South Carolina
E.W. McPherson
Georgia
W. M Pound
Co. E. Houtelle
Alabama
N. I. Bauman
A. H. Wilett
Louisiana
RFF Gana
Bouldin
The
American National Bank
Broad Streets
Atlanta, GA
Cuthbert
Recorder's Benzine Fraternity
Dodge Court
Parks Chamber Hardwick Co
Hawkes
Whitehall
High
J.M. High Co
J. M. High CO
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