Southern Shorthand and Business University Spring Term Opens
The spring term at the Southern Shorthand and Business University in Atlanta is now underway with numerous new students expected by March 15. Notable new entrants include Miss Willie Nash of Lithonia who secured a position with Evins & Spence, Attorneys at Law. Several other applicants in the city and surrounding areas enrolled this week, signaling the school's growing popularity and demand for trained stenographers and bookkeepers.
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South
Shorthand and Business University
Willie Nash
Lithonia
Nash
The
Southern
Uthonia
Southern Shorthand & Bus. University
Atlanta
Business University
Eiving & Spence
Willih Nash
John C. Butler
Camilla
Pink Cherry, Jr
Eunice Bohannon
McDonough
Ns. P. Jernigan
City
Eunice EB. Martin
Willard
W. ~. Cook
Caray W. Chapman
Washington
Belle Powell
College Park
Lewis Williams
Annie D. Neary
William Brown
Miss Willie, Nash, Whe
Evins & Speace
Southern Shorthand and Business University
Briscoe
L. W. Arnold
Mitchell St
Atlanta, Ga
Thos. L. Bryan
Fatal Burns In Bed Kill Memphis Accountant Magley
John A. Magley 33 an expert accountant from Binghamton New York was fatally burned in his downtown Memphis apartment. The bed burned and threat did not spread. An attendant says he read and smoked in bed before sleep. Authorities investigate. Mrs J W Magley mother in Binghamton notified. Extra Dividend Declared by Lake Shore and Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroads.
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Memphis
John A. Magley
Binghamton
N. Y
Magley
J. W. Magley
Lake Shore
York
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company
Pittsburg and
Lake Erie Railroad Company
Pretty Young Widow Seeks Southern Man in Louisville
Louisville readers report Mrs. Jeanette Norton, a young eastern widow from Pittsburg, asks Mayor Head to pair her with a vivacious, intelligent southern man. She describes herself with mischievous brown eyes and reddish brown hair in a letter dated March six.
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Louisville, Ky
Jeanette Norton
Montgomery Avenue
Pittsburg
Mayor Head
Head
New Kentucky County Created As McCreary Named
A bill to form a new Kentucky county from Pulaski Wayne and Whitley counties on the Tennessee border passed the house. It names the new county McCreary in honor of the governor and moves to the senate for further action.
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Kentucky
Frankfort
Pulaski
Wayne
Whitley
Tennessee
House
Senate
McCreary
William Adler Behind the Bars in Atlanta
The New Orleans banker William Adler, famed for a dramatic rise and fall in finance, arrived at Atlanta's federal penitentiary after a tense transfer from the train. Despite his calm demeanor and smiles for photographers, he is serving a six year sentence for banking violations tied to his failed bank and overstated securities.
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Sion
William Adler
New Orleans
Othe Federal” “Penitentiary
Terminal Station
Adler
Davia- Marx
Mia
Central America
Kis
Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta
United States
Honduras
Dr Hicks Relocates Offices to Candler Annex
Dr Hicks moves from Carnegie Way to 551 552 Candler Annex and cites a new residence at 147 Summit Avenue. Bell phone Ivy 65939. She will be ready to receive friends and patients in her new offices on and after March 3.
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5. M. Hicks
Carnegie Way
Candler Annex
Summit Avenue
Bell
Ivy
Hicks
Neal Bank Suit Over Telegram Payment Delay
H Cronheim, manager of the Knights of Pythias insurance department, filed suit after Neal Bank failed. He sought $553 from Postal Telegraph for delaying stop payment on a Chicago check drawn December 20, 1907. State court of appeals reversed lower demurrer, allowing action to proceed.
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H. Cronheim
Insurance Department
The
Knights of Pythias
Carlos
First National Bank of Chicago
Chicago Bank
Harfly
Neal Bank
Cronheim
Postal Company
Demur
State Court of Appeals
Telegraph Company
Farm Bank Plans Discussed At Hearings
Lawson and E Brown of Sanderaville and Dan Hughes of Danville were appointed by the governor as delegates from a conference. The meeting, part of the Southern Commercial Congress, focused on farm banks and related measures.
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Lawson
Brown
Sanderaville
Georgia
Farmers’ ‘Union
Dan. Hughes
Danville
Southern
Congress
David Ut
Southern Shoe Retailers meet elects officers in Atlanta
The Southern Shoe Retailers Association held its third annual session ending yesterday at noon. Resolutions favored laces over buttons for better fit. Officers elected: President Allen H. Meadors Nashville. First VP A. Wachheim New Orleans. Second VP M. M. Ramsey Roanoke. Treasurer J. D. Collins Birmingham. Secretary Thomas W. Sherron Memphis. Thirty autos ferried visitors through Atlanta landmarks then to Piedmont for luncheon amid praise of reception and sights.
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Allen H. Meadors
Nashville
Tenn
A. Wachenheim
New Orleans
M. M. Ramsey
Roanoke
J. D. Collins
Birmingham
Ala
Thomas W. Sherron
Memphis
Atlanta
Piedmont
Peachtree
Whitehall
West End
Georgia Avenue
Grant Park
Zoo
Fort Walker
Five Eufaula Homes Burglarized in Early Morning Raid
Burglars held a high carnival in Eufaula Alabama during the pre daylight hours. Three or more suspects struck five residences including homes of Captain L Y Dean J P Foy and H Lampley with diamond jewelry money and clothing stolen. A press shop was looted and police aided by bloodhounds pursued the gang believed to operate in Selma Montgomery Union Springs and Troy. Nearby towns alerted.
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Eufaula
Ala
Selma
Montgomery
Union Springs
Troy
Captainl. Y. Dean
John Oliver Shot in Personal Feud at Morris Station
In Morris Station Georgia Patrick Teal fired five shots at John Bell Oliver a wealthy planter. Oliver was hit in the right hip by one bullet and escaped injury from two shots that missed with two others through clothing. Oliver did not fire back and is expected to recover with no prosecution likely. Oliver’s late wife was daughter of T T Jester and he has several connections in Eufaula and surrounding towns.
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Eufaula
Ala
Morris Station
Patrick Teal
Teal
Quitman County
John Bell Oliver
Oliver
Mr. Oliver
T. T. Jester
Whit Oliver
Georgetown
Dr Edwin Mims Takes Chair at Vanderbilt
Nashville Tenn March 6 Announcement by Vanderbilt University that Dr Edwin Mims of the University of North Carolina English literature department has accepted the chair at Vanderbilt his service to begin next September He is an alumnus of Vanderbilt.
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Nashville
Tenn
Vanderbilt University
Edwin Mims
University of North Carolina
Vanderbilt
Those Little Diseases and the Hidden Dangers They Carry
A fragmented remark on childhood illnesses dismissing minor diseases like whooping cough and measles as mild while noting they can cause serious outcomes. Mentions pneumonia bronchitis influenza and tuberculosis as risks, with a marketing pitch for a sample bottle by mail.
Narrow escape for the New Hampshire battleship
New York March 6 The battleship New Hampshire narrowly escaped sinking at the Brooklyn navy yard while being towed from a dry dock after repairs A broken sea valve allowed water to flood the vessel Three tugs secured to the ship but it was replaced in the dock and water pumped out A court of inquiry may investigate possible tampering.
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New York
New Hampshire
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Slayer of Avis Linnell Talks With Governor
Clarence V. T. Richeson met with Governor Foss and eight executive council members in Boston on March 6. No plea for commutation was made as the councilmen, visiting for inspection, consider the murder case of Avis Linnell.
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Boston
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Foss
Executive Council
Avis Linnell
Richeson
Aged postmaster in Abbeville shoots self amid shortage notes
Abbeville Alabama March 6 postmaster L L Marsh 71 shot himself after writing his wife he was short in accounts and facing penitentiary In a letter he asked his wife Mandy to bury him and notify his brother Fred Marsh in Boston He had served twelve years as postmaster and left a widow and five children
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Abbeville
Ala
L. L. Marsh
R. Wood
Marsh
Mandy
Fred Marsh
Boston
General Harrison Sil Opelike Ill at Home in North Carolina
General George P. Harrison, a long time state political figure and one of the few surviving Confederate commanding officers, is seriously ill at his home here. He has been prominent in state politics for more than 30 years.
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Harrison Sil. Opelike
Aia
George P. Harrison
State urged to aid young men in early marriages
Professor William F. Boos of Massachusetts General Hospital urged the state to assist poor young men between 21 and 25 to marry. Speaking to the Twentieth Century Club he argued early marriages would raise chastity and that financial aid would help men accept responsibility. He also advocated more botany biology and sex hygiene in public schools.
Railroad weights under probe by interstate commission
Nashville March 6. A letter from Chairman Prouty of the Interstate Commerce Commission to Railroad Commissioner Enloe says an investigation will examine railroad practices in weighing carload and less than carload freight. A Chicago meeting is set for March 25, following widespread industry complaints.
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Nashville, Tenn
Prouty
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroadq Comissioner
Enloe
Chicago
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Central Bank & Trust Corporation
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