Augusta Flood Tops City as Savannah Rises
Augusta Georgia reports the Savannah river reaching 37 feet with water flooding Broad Street and lower districts. Merchants move stock to upper shelves as residences flood, while relief funds are raised and outside aid declined. In Macon the Ocmulgee hits 22 feet. East Macon evacuations occur and rail service slows. Headland Alabama bears a cyclone casualty including John C. Copeland. Henry County records heavy property damage.
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Augusta
Weather Bureau
Broad Street
Barrett
Hoe
Tce
Herald
Savannah
Uptown
Broad ‘Street
Green
Planters
Bateau
Broad
Herald Office
Centre Street
Marbury Street
Fifteenth
Batesus
Broad Streat
W. W. Ramsey
Georgia Railroad
Union Depot
Union Station
Greene
Venice
Agusta
Macon
Eufaula
Ala
Headland
Henry County
Chattahooched
Fae 'A
Rail storms cripple Columbia river bridges and trains
Floods threaten the Congaree and Broad rivers near Columbia with bridges at risk and city plants in danger. Rail traffic is heavily disrupted as Southern and Seaboard lines detour or halt services and freight moves toward Augusta while new delays build across Charlotte, Greensboro, Waxhaw, and Reidsville. Local yards flood and damage toll rises with bridges washed away and tracks submerged.
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Columbia
S. C
Southern Railway
Charlotte
N. C
Seaboard Airo Line
Greenville
Alston
Charleston
Cincinnati
Asheville
Savannah
Seaboard Air Line
North Carolina
New York
Hamlet
Jacksonville
Spencer
Reedy Fork Creek
Greensboro
Atlanta
Raleish
Haw River
Spencer Railway
Waxhaw
Catawba River
Shelton
Reidaville
N.C
Southern Railroad
Reidsville
Hare
Winston
Wilkesboro
Mount Airy
Madison
Dellara
Idle Millions Grip Britain in National Strike Crisis
Reports from Britain describe a sweeping general strike with miners and transport workers idling, unions pressing for wage gains and eight hour day while government signals difficulties passing minimum wage laws. Violence areas emerge in Lanarkshire as non union miners face raids and layoffs rise across railway and manufacturing sectors.
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Satia
James Remsay MacDonald
Leicester
Lanarkshire
MABEL TALIAFERRO WILL WED AGAIN CONFUSING REPORT
A fragmentary notice mentions Mabel Taliaferro formerly married to Frederick Thompson and hints at a remarriage. It notes she admits something but declines to name the man and refers to a certified copy of a decree issued on a date not fully readable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pany Mabel Taliaferro
Frederick Thompson
Wong
Mai
Severe Weather Strikes Alabama Town Headland
A cyclone and heavy rains hit Headland causing widespread damage and rail disruptions. No lives reported lost yet, but flood stages rise with Montgomery’s river hitting thirty five feet and forecasts call for more rain. Farmers face ruin from persistent wet weather and low cotton prices worsen rural outlook.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Commerce Street
Union Depot
Water mains burst drains Macon areas. ten thousand without
A water main bursting due to debris pounding overnight cut off supply to Vineville and Bellevue in Macon early March 16. The break emptied reservoirs and left about ten thousand residents without water until nearly noon as wells were sought in North Highlands.
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Macon
Vineville
Bellevue
North Highlands
Railroads Strike At Commerce Bill Enmeshes Taft Aides
The interstate commerce commission favors the Panama canal legislation and presses Taft to veto the bill if not enacted as drafted. Railroad lobbyists swarm Washington, while Democrats on the committee rally behind the measure. The bill tightens through rates when railroads partner with foreign steamship lines and forbids railroad equity in water carriers, threatening wide ship-rail competition. Judge Adamson argues railroads should run trains only, not ships, to avoid fake rivalry.
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Glasgow
Armstrong, Whitworth & Co, Shipbuilding Works
Newcastle-on- Tyne
Buenos Ayres
Liverpool
River Platte
W. Fiartshorn
Great Western Railway Company
Swindon
London and Northwestern Railway
Sheffield
Chumbers
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Congress
Taft
Panama
Adamson
Republian
House
Goss
Goss Almmost
Interstate’ Commerce Commission
Senate
United States
Europe
New York City
Atlantic Seaboard
Mississippi
Ohio
Great Lakes
Agumson
American Steamship Nea
Hig
California
Panama Canal
Italy
New York
J. Harry Covington
Maryland
Southern Pacific Company
Kentucky
Atlanta
Pacife
Gulf Points
Denny Earns Doctor of Laws at Tulane Founder Day
President George H. Denny of the University of Alabama, ex-president of Washington and Lee, received the doctor of laws degree after delivering the founder's day address to a large Tulane student audience. President Craighead of Tulane also spoke.
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New Orleans
George H. Denny
University of Alabama
Washington and Lee University
Tulane University
Craighead
Tulane
Want Ads Free Read Full Announcement on Page Six
Classified readers are invited to view the free want ads with full details on page six. The notice highlights opportunities, rentals, and services available in the local market, inviting readers to explore listings and contact providers.
So Sweet and Pleasant to Take Pleasanter than Castor Oil
A fragmented ad or pamphlet text promotes mild remedies named as alternatives to Castor Oil and cathartics. It touts gentle bowel stimulation, improved tone of nerves and muscles, and claims fewer headaches biliousness and other troubles, urging natural support for bowel function.
Mrs Lorillard Dies By Self Described Neurasthenia
Mrs Kathleen Doyle Lorillard, 28, wife of Beekman Lorillard, a New York heiress, was found dead in her Holland House hotel suite. She reportedly hanged herself with a trunk strap after a car ride with her husband. Coroner authorized removal. doctors treated her no avail. Lorillard said he did not know her motive as relatives were notified in New York and Newport.
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Lorilard
Louis L. Lorillard
Katherine L. Beekman
Lorinsra
New York
Tuxedo
Beekman
Lorillard
Héekman Lorillard
Caroline Hamilton
Pierre Lorillard
Ashington
A. A. Moore
Man Falls Eighteen Floors to Death in Chicago
William C. Tracey Clow, a railroad clerk, plunged from the eighteenth floor elevator shaft to the basement of the Masonic Temple building in Chicago. Initial reports suggested suicide, but witnesses deemed the death accidental. Heavy nets were set across the rotunda after repeated crisis reports in the building.
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Chicago
William C. Traccey Clow
Masonic Temple
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Alstemn
Union
O'Neal
Ocmulgee
Barneeville
Barnesville
Spe‘cial
John C. Copeland
Carolinas
Grip
Britain
Scotland
United Sifatens
Deta
Madr
Regia
Mabel Taliaferro
Mr Ea Ig
G. H. Denny
Doctor OF Laws
Georgia Paint & Glass Company
Luckie St
al Savings Account
Central Bank
Trust Corporation
Candler Building
Asa G. Candler
Decatur
Georgia
Donald Fraser High School
Agnes Scott Academy
Agnes Scott, College
Decatur Board OF Trade
J. E Canmaday
Park Square
Sedailta
Third National Bank
Redaite
Nell
SlobeWernicke
Mower-Hobsart CO
South Broad St
Atlanta, Ga
City Savings
Alabama Street
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