Boy Killed by Street Car in East Fair Street Collision
A fatal trolley crash on East Fair street near Capitol avenue and Crew street killed Parker Randolph, 14, a Black youth from Richmond street. The wagon, owned by Faires & Milter, carried eight or so workers. seven escaped as the car struck them. Motorman Beauford and conductor Rosier were detained for alleged reckless running and faced a 2:30 pm inquest.
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East Fair Street
Capitol Avenue
Crew Street
Parker Handolph
Randolph
Faires & Milter
Whitehall Street
Morton
Rosier
W. F. Beauford
Grant Park
Trinity Avenue
Fair Atrest
Aoton
Thompson
Resler
Crewstroet
Beauford
Alonzo E. Smith
Woodward Avenue
Andrew Randolph
No. 26
Richmond Street
Negro fills white pulpit by Rev W H Shepard at Central Presbyterian
Rev W H Shepard colored missionary, recently returned from Africa with Rev Lapsley, draws large crowds at Central Presbyterian Church. His Atlanta tour includes Westminster Church and several area congregations, highlighting the duo’s remarkable work and ongoing missions in the region.
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W. H. Shepard
Africa
Lapsiey
Sheperd
Central Presbyterian Church
Yast
Usten
Central Church
Lapsley
Shepard
McDonough
Atlanta
Westminster Presbyterian Church
How Griggs Had Fun on Capitol Wall
Griggs, a white man, sat on the north Capitol wall Saturday afternoon and insulted passing women while intoxicated. Police arrested him. arraignment followed. He faced larceny time and received a thirty day city chain gang sentence after failing to pay a $2575 fine.
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Capitol
W B. Griggs
Gagga
Griggs
Courts at Work After a Rest in Fulton County
The Fulton county court house reopened for the March term with Judge Lumpkin delivering a grand jury charge. The body, presided over by Foreman Weich, considered criminal cases and returned twelve true bills and four no bills. Adjourning briefly, Judge Calhoun paused the Atlanta criminal court over a smallpox scare, adjourned for bond cases, and resumed with a damaged suit. The term includes a $100,000 Dickson case set for Monday and the Hamilton Douglas administrator succession. A $15,000 suit against the Atlanta Knoxville and Northern railroad, plus a $2,000 Seaboard Air Line claim for boiler-room injuries, are noted.
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Fulton County Court House
Superior Court
Lumpkin
Mr. Weich
Reif
Sarah Grant Dickson
Life Court
Hamilton Douglas
Fulton County
Courtland 3
John R. Wilkinson
Ministers in Philadelphia Read Menace Message at Meeting
At a weekly Baptist ministers gathering in Philadelphia on March 6, a message allegedly from a person in Pecan Hoosevelt was read. It proclaimed faith and strength to face death with grace, drawing enthusiastic reception from the clergy attendees.
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Philadelphia
Maniac Speer Threatens Police Killings in Arraignment
John L. Speer, described as insane, boasted of killing police to escape. arraigned in recorder's court after threatening Officer Borne amid loud singing and violent rages. Neighbors testified he tried to brain two women with a pickax over a clothes line dispute. he claimed insanity and refusal to return to an asylum.
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John L. Speer
Recorders Court
Borne
Speer
Broyles
Georgia Farmers Benefit From Probable Showers Today
Showers probable today with cloudiness and a good chance of rain, forecast for Atlanta. Conditions reported excellent for spring farm work across Georgia, aiding crops after the cold snap. Weather data note mid March critical for fruit interests, with cold spells easing after that period and wildlife migration signaling warmer days ahead.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Weather Bureau
Weather forecast for several states turns stormy
Washington dispatch reports Tuesday and Wednesday rain for Georgia with partly cloudy intervals and colder air in the north and west, fresh easterly winds turning variable. Virginia sees rain in the south and rain or snow in the north, with northeast to east winds. Eastern Florida expects party cloudy weather with showers at night or Wednesday and fresh to gusty winds.
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Washington
Georgia
Virginia
Florida
Atlanta Rail Officials Discuss Depot Transfers and Mardi Gras Travel
A meeting of Atlanta railroad representatives focused on transfer arrangements between new and old depots, postponed to later this week. Officials anticipated moves of city freight and ticket offices to the Peters Building by April 15, while Mardi Gras travel and increased Texas Pacific and Burlington office interest kept rail circles busy. The column notes cadet returns, Georgia Military Academy events, and Florida trippers as Atlanta officers prepare for rapid postwar movement.
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Atlanta
Board of Control
Ucket
Cinder
J.C Beam, Jr
Jacksonville
Nashville
Chattanooga
St Louis
Austell Bilding
St. Louis
Western Ang Auantic
White Hall
Texas and Pacific
Burlington
Tindly Central
Whitehall Viaduct
Southern Railway
Whitehall
Transportation Tow
Peters
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Ander
Saliff
Juige Calhoun
H. B. Gentry
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railroad
Woolstock
Woodstock
Thomas B. Lafimer
P. P. DuPre
Hoke Smith
iKlomso Fisher
Seaboard Air Line
Howell Station
Burton Smith
J. A Branch
John Speer
Ain
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Augusta
Boston
Buffalo
T. Charleston
Charlotte
Chiczga
Rt. Corpus Christi
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Clay
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Jupiter
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Knoxville
Los Angele
Clear
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Mobile
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New York
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Omaha
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Claudy
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Maine
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Ptely
Vennah
MM. Ashe
Atlanta, Ga
New Orleans
West Point
Sixteenth
United States Infantry
Regi
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Department of the Gulf
Manassas
Georgia Military Academy
Seaboard
Colonel Woodward
Fred Geissler
Beaboard Air Line
Stonewall Jackson Christian Wens
Southeastern
Raiioad
New Orleana
Ana G Kemeye
IC. Beam
Saturniag
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Jook
Mary Trarista
Iorida
Mr. Beam
Southern
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J BG. Erwin, Jr
Albany
Munyon
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Brussels
Body Brusselis
Axminster Carpets
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