Expert declares Lewis fate to be decided today
An official report by Dr James Baird found Robert Lewis not insane or dying, as Governor Candler weighs clemency. Lewis’s wife, visiting the governor, described their fifteen-year marriage and expressed hopes for mercy amid renewed petitions for commutation.
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Robert Lewis
Foreman Haynes
Pruenti
Can@ier
James B. Haird
Fulton County
Lewisoo
Candler
Lfe
Board of Pardons
Baird
Caird
Lewis
Governor weighs mercy in Lewis case amid pleas for reprieve
A frightened plea from a distraught wife sways governor Candler as doctors’ opinions on Robert Lewis’s mental state are reviewed. The governor will decide today whether to spare Lewis from the gallows or uphold the noon execution, weighing insanity as a potential grounds for commutation.
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Phystciana
Robert Lewis
Lewis
James Baird
Candler
What They Are Composition of the Famous Grape-Nuts
A nutrition note explains grape sugar from the starch of wheat and barley becomes blood and nerve-building energy. Grape-Nuts, created by Hattie Crea of Presum Cereal Co., claim to be the most perfectly adapted food for human needs.
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Pustum Cereal Co
Lim
Hattie Crea
Mich
May elect officers today for Atlanta white teachers benevolent association
Public school teachers of Atlanta will meet this morning at the Boys high school after the normal class to adopt the constitution and by laws of a proposed benevolent association for white teachers. A committee has drafted articles of government and will present them for final action, with officers to be elected and a permanent organization expected. The meeting is billed as one of the most important yet and is expected to attract a large turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atanta
Gasoline Fire at Ramsar Home Causes Minor Damage
A stove of gasoline ignited a blaze in the kitchen of H. C. Ramsar at 331 Richardson Street after a negro girl tried to insert a stopper into a container. Firefighters arrived quickly at 4:41 pm and extinguished the fire with little damage reported.
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H. C. Ramsar
Richardson Street
Book Publishing Ahead For Periodicals On Hand At Office
The note states readiness to publish periodicals of any port month period, with plans to expand output. It mentions being better prepared than before to handle large volumes and that operations move from the current office.
Odds and Ends of News at the State Capitol
The Griffin Rifles report to Adjutant General Byrd details orders and actions during a tense depot incident with African American troops returning from Macon. Governor Candler defends Griffin citizens against accusations by white officers and notes disputed accounts from Raleigh and Washington. Officers confirm no women present in the rear car and describe the troopers’ volleys and citizens’ return fire while the guard followed orders not to fire.
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M. J. Daniel
Griffin Rifles
Griffin
Teath Immune Regiment
Byrd
Candler
Raleigh
N. C
Washington
Daniel
Grifia
Giele
Georgia
Atlanta
Macon
W. D. Davis
Co. F
Fifth Infantry
Captain Lyman Hall On The Use Of Tobacco
Captain Lyman Hall spoke at the Georgia Tech chapel in front of about twenty professors and instructors and thirty students. He warned tobacco harms, cited authorities, and urged non use linking it to superior class standings and healthier mind and body.
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Lyman Hall
Georgia School of Technology
Hall
America
Ramon Pane
Columbus
South America
San Domingo
Nicot
Burton
Boone Black Diamond promoter’s wife attempts suicide
Mrs Charles Tutt wife of Colonel Tutt a promoter of the Boone Black Diamond railway injures her throat and wrist with a silver knife at Knoxville Tennessee the attempt may prove fatal Admiral Dewey referenced as lucky for staying away from home and meddling rumors also a separate note reports arsenic and paris green placed in a well near Cragsville Cumberland county causing illness in Mark Wyrick his wife and daughter with no arrests made yet for the investigation Fatally vague local police notes reference unrest with no clear charges
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Knoxville
Tenn
Charles Tutt
Colonel Tutt
Boone- Black Diamond
Nashville
Mark Wyrick
Cragsville
Cumberland County
Wyrick
John Stansbury
Wstick
Polton
Stevens Praises Agriculture Leader in State Notice
Commissioner O. B. Stevens commends Hon. O. H. Stevens for his effective farming leadership and practical experience guiding Georgia the agricultural department. Removal notice states Dr. J. M. Crawford moved offices to GIS and Prudential building.
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O. B. Stevens
Cedartown
O. H. Stevens
Georgia
Setens Ie
Stevens
Agricultural Department of
J. M. Crawford
GIS
Qs Prudential
Interest in the new depot plans outlined in Constitution
The Constitution reports that depot plans for a union passenger station were completed and will be presented Monday. Officials favor elevated tracks to remove grade crossings on Whitehall Pryor and Loyd streets, with concerns over train accommodations and costs. The state’s railroad commission and public assembly will decide on concessions and funding.
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Union
Whitehall
Pryor
Loyd
Gilbert
Wilkins
Mr. Wilkins
Southern Railway
The
Central
Atlanta and
West Point
General Assembly
Amusements at Grand and Columbia theaters headline minstrels and comedies
Primrose and Dockstader’s Minstrels played to packed crowds at the Grand with strong vocal and dance numbers led by Lew Dockstader and George Primrose. The Baldwin-Melville company offered Over the Sex and The Black Flag to large houses alongside Bulls and Bears and Ten Nights In a Barroom. Peters Comedy Company at the Columbia promised novel farces and musical comedies with Peters, Pil and Nettle noted for their clever work and warm receptions. Henry Miller and Miss Manda Adams featured in upcoming engagements.
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Primrose & Dockstader
W. H. Thompson
Fim
Lew Dockstader
Nalf
George Primrose
Primrose
Howe
Wail
Sully
Johnsons
Primrose & Dackstader
Baldwin-Melville
W. K. Murdock
Baby Beatrice
Henry Miller
Charles Frohman
Miller
Manda ‘Adams
Columbia Theater
Peters Comédy Company
Algotlang
Pil
Nettle Peters
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East Alabama
State Capitol
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Tennessee
Gilmer County
Executive Department
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Macon Volunteers
Robert Lawson Brown
Thomasville Guards
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New York
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Wall Street
New York City
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England
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Pen of Man
Saga of Tobacco
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Jones
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Greene
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Wight
Hart
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Albany Herald
Dewey
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Railway Mall
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Philip Tommez
Maud Willams
Reginald Roberts
George O'Donnell
Willum
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John Mason
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Rollemay
Gould Building
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Fileman Bros
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