Life Ends as Train Crushes Macon Worker
Marlon Perkison, a Central railroad employee in Macon, was killed when the drawhead failed and he was crushed between two freight cars at the Southwestern junction. A fireman, Hollinshed, witnessed the accident and testified it was an unavoidable mishap. The coroner ruled it accidental with no blame assigned. Perkison leaves a wife. funeral at Second Street residence with burial at Rosa Mail cemetery.
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Constitution Bureau
Brown House
Macon
Marlon Perkison
The
Central Railroad
Southwestern Junction
Atlanta
Perkison
Hollinshed
Perkiuon
Oaroner
Wood
Marion Perusson
Holts
Ena City
Second Street
Rosa Mail Cemetery
Heart Disease Facts and Digestive Link Notice
A public health notice explains rising heart troubles linked to weak digestion and nervous system ties. It promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe digestive aid and urges readers to improve digestion to support heart function. includes price and promotional language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Recorder Court Hears Neal Case in Hawkinsville Trial
In Hawkinsville Georgia on March 2 special court session, the Neal case concluded its testimony and opening arguments at about 8:30. The state presented four witnesses, defense offered several. The prisoner gave a long, detailed statement describing escape and past whereabouts. His family attended. courtroom crowded. The jury began deliberations as the Mobley Oliver case, tied to Christmas killings, was set to proceed next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkinsville
Neal
Whitaker
Ihe
Mred
Bragg
Crroge
Macon County
Wiild
Mobley Oliver
Oliver
Bagsby
Hospital Ship Missouri To Arrive In Savannah March 8
Savannah March 2 Special The hospital ship Missouri will reach Savannah from Havana on March 8 carrying about 150 patients for the army hospital here. These will be the first patients for the new hospital and wards are being prepared for their reception. Most patients are from the Seventh army corps with some from Havana’s regulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Savannah
Havana
Cuba
Army Hospital
Egent
Wille
Seventh Army Corps
McDonough Confirms Brunswick Albany Rail Plan
Savannah March 2 President J J McDonough of the Southern Wine Company Georgia confirmed plans to apply for a charter to build a new railroad from Brunswick to Albany via Offerman. The company already has 25 miles of track near Offerman and will extend east and west turning the current lumber road into a regular railway with work to start soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Albany
Savannah
Specia
J. J.mcdonough
Southern Wine Company
Georgia
Offerman
Oferman
McDonough
Cumber Road
Judge Watson Dead Prominent Americus jurist dies
Americus Ga February 2 Judge James Frederick Watson a longtime citizen and prominent local bar member died this morning after a long illness of consumption He was fifty native to Lee county and prior to moving to Americus served as judge of the county court at Leesburg He later practiced with Judge Allen Fort in Americus He was a Confederate soldier and widely esteemed A wife and daughter survive him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
James Frederick Watson
Lee County
Leesburg
Watson
Allen Fort
Watton
Woman in Americus shoots self left breast in attempt
In Americus Georgia on March 2 Flos ie Jones an inmate in a questionable house attempted suicide by shooting through the left breast with a revolver. The bullet passed through her body and she collapsed by the bedside. Physicians pronounce her condition precarious. The well known local family in Union City and Macon is connected to her but she gave no reasons for the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
Flossie Jones
Unis City
Macon
New Lumber Firm Organized in Waycross Georgia
A new lumber firm has been organized in Waycross to supply local and surrounding country with lumber of every kind. The firm includes H Murphy, R H Murphy, L Johnson, A L Mohseon and SW Johnson. It has purchased the planing mill from R H Murphy and plans a strong combination to build up extensive operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waycross
H. Murphy
R. H. Murphy
L. Johnson
A. L. Mohseon
SW Johnson
Dhem
Attempted murder at Squire Haynie’s shop in Norcross
In Dunwoody resident Ben Watkins fired two pistol shots at close range at Squire J. W. Haynie in his Norcross shop after being ordered out. Haynie’s clothing was cut by the bullets. A warrant was issued and Watkins was arrested promptly.
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Haynie
Norcross
Squire J. W. Haynie
Ben Watking
Dunwoody
Watkins
Government dispatch boat Harry sails toward San Juan
The government dispatch boat Harry, from New York to Porto Rico, will be used by the Quartermaster’s Department as a dispatch craft in Puerto Rican waters. Commanded by Captain James N. Pierce, the vessel stopped briefly in Jacksonville to take on supplies before continuing on its voyage to San Juan.
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Harry
Jacksonville
Fla
B& Bore
San Juan
Porto Hiro
New York
Uarermaster
Uotted Tes Army
Porto Fican
IBM
James N. Pierce
San
Fragmentary report on accident and medical aid
Fragmented OCR text describes an accident involving a person named Meshborn or Mes hborn and an injured wrist with broken bone. Mentions attempts to save him and severe pain. Details are garbled and unclear.
Ambiguous OCR Fragment Hints At Hidden Local News
Fragmentary text from a local page shows garbled phrases and unclear names making it difficult to identify the event or entities. The readable bits suggest a generic news item but lack decisive details to extract a concrete person, place, or date.
Fire devastates Charlotte depot and cotton warehousing
A blaze at the old Southern depot in Charlotte destroys 4700 bales of cotton valued at about 22 dollars per bale, plus 2000 tons of fertilizer and a rival compress. The fire, aided by high heat, burns for hours as firemen battle to save nearby depots and rail facilities. Most cotton was insured. fertilizer losses are uncertain. A second report notes a separate Oswichee Alabama store burned with unknown origin of the fire.
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Cherlotte
N. C
Charlotte
Southern
Ars
Fio
Taina
Hath Bros
Marine Insurance
Liverpool
Hamburg
USA
Seaboard Air- Line
Seaboard Air-Line
Oswichee
Ala
Columbus Ga
General Mercantile
M. L. Patterson
Patlareon
Forged Checks Circulate in Columbus Bank Scam
A Columbus man forged several checks bearing the Elledge and Norman firm name and cashed them at multiple merchants. The forger wrote in a neat hand and used the Third Nations bank checks drawn on the Fourth National, with the scheme not discovered until after several payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Elledge & Norman
Ani Temple Columbus
Third Nations Bank
Fem
Fourth National
Massive Georgia timber deal reshapes Coffee county lands
In Waycross on March 2 special report notes J. Baily & Co. sold 32 009 acres of premier south Georgia timber between Nicholls and Douglas along the Waycross and Cochran air line to J. R. & T. Bunn. Plans include a mammoth lumber plant at a Waucoa Air-Line site. The Bunns, already running naval stores and sawmills at Elsie, are praised as seasoned timber men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Georgia
Waycross
J. 3. Bailey & Co
J. R.& T. Bunn, JR
Bunn
Bailey Company
Coffee County
Nicholls
Douglas
Messia, Bunn
Waucosa
Elsie
Vessels Reach Manila Amid War Dispatches
Washington march 2 war department received a dispatch from General Otis at Manila stating The Morgan City arrived in good health with no casualties and The MS arrived yesterday in excellent condition with no loss.
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Manila
Washington
War Department
Otis
Manis
Morgan City
Severe February frost injures crops across states
The Tribune previews dispatches showing wide crop damage from February frost. Iowa reports peaches destroyed and pears and apples damaged. Wisconsin winter wheat hurt. Michigan potatoes frozen in pits. Missouri meager fruit prospects. Georgia early fruits killed. Florida fruit crops partly damaged. Virginia apples stable but early vegetables harmed. Alabama gardens ruined. Delaware peach crop near total loss. Kentucky peaches killed and wheat down. California citrus shortages. Nebraska pears and apples damaged. Louisiana orange losses up to 1 million dollars. Virginia vegetables and fruit trees largely affected.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Iowa
Wisconsin
Michigan
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Georgia
Florida
Virginia
Louisiana
Alabama
North Carolina
Atate
Kentucky
California
Delaware
Inquest Opens Into Death of Thomas Pinckney Jr.
Charleston March 2 The coroner’s inquest into the death of Thomas Pinckney Jr. began this afternoon. Witnesses report Pinckney was shot by negroes near Pitts Street and that he told doctors he was shot by negroes. Miss Elizabeth Bardin, present at the scene, was not called and her brother Henry Dardin described hearing the shot. The inquiry aims to uncover sensational testimony, with more witnesses to testify tomorrow. Pinckney’s pockets were found empty save for his hat missing.
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Charleston, & C
Thomas Pinckney, Jr
Pitts Street
Pinckney
Hardin
Are Fighting the Convention Movement in Huntsville Alabama
Huntsville residents oppose a December 16 constitutional convention act and seek a court ruling to block Madison County officials from appointing election inspectors for a vote on delegates. The suit argues the act is void, voters would be misrepresented, and the convention requires public ratification. Frank Foster, 16, died after being struck by a car on the Alabama Great Southern line in Birmingham. A trolley helper died later from injuries. Washington reports no change in states with dlocal deadlocks tonight.
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Huntsville
Ala
Cooper & Foster
J. E Gardiner
George Vandevenzer
C. B. Efat
Rig
Chancery Corrt
Madison County
Inenedora
Partiea
Birmingham
Frank Foster
Dwentieth Street
Alybeme Great Southern Road
Miss Mattie Boyd dies after long illness in Norcross
Norcross Ga March 2 Special Miss Mattie Boyd daughter of Mr J G Boyd and sister of Misses Bottie and Mary and Mr Marvin Boyd died at her fathers home this morning after a lingering illness of several weeks She was educated at Centenary College Cleveland Tenn and taught in Gainesville Ga public schools for years Interment in Norcross Cemetery tomorrow Also mentioned Mr A G Hastis of Buwanee Ga died at 9 9 oclock and interment planned tomorrow morning This news item lists several obituaries with names and relationships and notes on health and residence
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Mattie Boyd
Norcross
Norcrasa
J. G. Boyu
Bottie
Mary
Marvin Boyd
Miss Boyd
Centenary College
Cleveland
Tenn
Publi
Gainesville
Methodist Church
A. G. Harris
Suwanee
Go Buwanee
A. G. Hastis
Harris
Daniel Davis
Preston
Prominent Charlotte Leader Dies by Own Hand in Boston
Captain H. S. Chadwick, a major Charlotte figure and head of several enterprises, killed himself at the Parker House in Boston after a business trip. Once a key war captain in Spain and a builder of southern mills, he faced domestic troubles and mental strain. His wife Blanche sent a telegram and Mrs Chadwick traveled to Boston with friends. Chadwick organized the Southern Manufacturers' Club and led Charlotte Machine Company and Louis Cotton Mill efforts. He helped locate Elizabeth College and commanded Queen City Guards. Burial planned in New York.
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Charlotte
N. C
Chadwick
Parker House
Boston
North
Connecticut
Blanche
Elizabeth College
South
Queen City Guards
Spain
First
North Carolina Volunteers
Seventh Army Corps
Fitzhugh Les
Cuba
Ilheaton
Georgia Monument Dedication Date Targeted for May 4
Captain H L Goulding, secretary of the Chattanooga chamber, is in Atlanta to arrange the dedication date for the Georgia monument at Chickamauga. Authorities expect May 4 with governor Candler and the monument commission, as the Kentucky monument is set for May 3. The visit also includes plans for a National Library Association tour and broader Chattanooga library interests.
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H. L. Goulding
Chamber of Commerce
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Georgia
Candler
Monument Commission
Goulding
Georgia Society of Chattanooga
Secietas
Georgia Monument
W. & Everett
J. 8. Boynton
Gordon Lee
I. B. Cumming
Chickamauge
Kentucky
Train wreck injures Missouri soldiers near Tupelo
A Missouri volunteer battalion returning from Albany Ga. was wrecked two miles north of Tupelo on Mablie and Onie railroad. Four cars left the track dropping twenty feet into an embankment injuring many men. Names and injuries listed with some serious cases. Officials and doctors assisted at the scene and in Tupelo, with transport planned to bring wounded to Louisville Friday morning.
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Tupelo
Migs
Second Missouri Regiment of Volunteers
Albany
Mablie and Onie
Jake Stanler
Pieres City
Jack McLaughlin
Monett
Thomas A. Greathouse
Rockville
C. C. Drake
Wartawa Ma
R. W. Edmondson
Calhoun
Peter Wolf
LW. Buckard
Lewie
Isiton
F. W. Waldan
Willam Morris
Nevada
B.C. Kelsey
H. G. Helm
Sheil City
H. W. Ryan
Core
Carroll
Verona
Citiens
Colsey
Hansen City
Memphis
Birmingham
Aberdeen
Thief Caught in the Act at 103 Mast Harrie Street
Early today officers Hamilton and Kerlin surprised Eli Harper as he attempted to rob a cash drawer in C Weltnauer’s store at 103 Mast Harrie street. Harper was taken to the police barracks for the night. a warrant for him on charges of wrongful conduct is expected to be sworn out today.
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Hamilton
Kerlin
Eli Harper
C. Weltnauer
Mast Harrie Street
Herllton
Harper
Unclear text fragment on hospital corps and personnel
Fragmentary OCR notes reference hospital corps members and staff such as hospital stewards and assistants in a Manila related context. Details are garbled and names or dates are not decipherable, limiting actionable facts for a concise card.
Miss Martin Die of Heart Trouble at Seventeen
Miss Lisle Berry Martin youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Zach Martin died at 88 Luckle Street after a six day illness caused by heart trouble. She had been treated in California years earlier and recently relapsed. She was born in April not quite seventeen and leaves her parents and brother. Funeral plans pending.
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Sterling
Idiss Mérin
Amos
Died on Train En Route to Charleston
Wilson J. Smith of Charleston died on board the Florida Central train as it arrived at Union Depot last night at 10:30. A native of Washington D C he had been en route from Cincinnati to Charleston and had worked at a hotel. The body was taken to Swift undertaking. His half brother Joseph W. Williams of Charleston was telegraphed and left for Atlanta.
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Wilson J. Smith
Charleston
Union Depot
Wilson J. Dimirn
D. C
Florida Central
Sr. Smith
Cincinnati
Charlesloo
Ax & Walter
Therely
Swift
Joseph W. Willams
Atlanta
Confirmation of Appointments in Senate Ex Executive Session
Washington March 2 the senate in executive session confirmed these nominations David D Shelby of Alabama for circuit judge fifth district Postmaster Alabama T B Smith Livdngton Rennes oo M Pariue $
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Washington
Senate
David D. Shelby
Alabama
Fifth Judicial District
T. B. Smith
Rennes
Have You Still Got It
A fragmentary health lament echoes through a harsh, melodramatic voice describing back pain dizziness collapse sore cough and a looming sense of death the piece reads as a sensational warning about deteriorating health and the urge to surrender to illness.
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Marlon Parkison
Heath
Mercer
Shepard
Charles Shepard
Riverside Cemetery
H. C. Combs
Christian Church
Mansfeld
Milledgevile
Recorder Freeman
Recorder’s Court
Frank Beker
Cltison
Dalton
Lous Pendelton
Macon Telegraph
HEAL
Savannat
Meshborn
Yenn
Dastroyad
Muscogee Grand Jury
Muscogee County
Commonwealth
Mascoges
Clay Center
Kas
Athestone Township
This County
Gilbert
Thomes Pinckney
HN. C
Mass
Georgia Chickamauga
Commission
RC. Blac
Whitehall Street
Farlinger
Cracker
A. W. Farlingee
Pound University
ISH Crackers & Co
Ree ST
Second Missouri
Miss
Copsoldate
Pittsburg
Bop
Timorrow
Goez
Geert
Manisa
Tnt
Anga
Miss Martin
M. Pariue
Dr. Hathaway & Co
DR. Hathaway & Company
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