May primary registration limits in Georgia noted
In a Georgia report, Chairman F G duBignon states the Democratic executive committee will not reconvene to change registration rules for the May 15 primary. Anyone can register if 1899 taxes are paid, with May 5 deadline to qualify. Fulton County registration exceeds 6,000. deputies may be authorized to aid registrants. Aimed at ensuring a clean primary reflecting the will of voters.
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F. G. duBignon
State Democratic Executive Committee
Fulton County
Georgia
State Committee
du Bignon
Hana Na
Notson
Hanna
Washington
Porto Rico
McKinley
Congress
Liberty County
Baysettil
William Dean Howells
Howells
Tennyson
Etta
Tragic self sacrifice ends in widow’s quiet mourning
A man attempting self destruction uses a stomach pump during a fatal struggle. He bites the device and dies after kissing his wife. In a note to Mrs Cohen, he explains feeling too old for her and asks her to seek a younger husband, while she grieves and neighbors remark on their evident mutual affection. The piece criticizes age gaps and warns others about such arrangements.
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New York
Hower
Lars Cohen
Pantie
Cohen
Jim-Jame
Zaza
New Yorker
Iie
Sapho
Ege
New York Debates Philippine Policy and Censorship Shows
Delegates from Porto Rico urge action in a campaign criticizing McKinley and the administration. The piece questions the Sapho-Zaza theater protest, mocks New York’s moral crusade, and notes political maneuvering around the Philippines and southern Democrats.
Verse and Verse Makers in Georgia and Nearby
A roundup of poems, notices, and satirical snippets from Georgia local columns. Includes verses on love and fate, jokes about a groceryman paying authors with bacon, corn whiskey, and shoes, a quip about Mr Wilkins’ votes, Kipling’s Cape Town ballad critique, and notes on local poets and candidates.
Montana Feud Over Clark Daly Feeds Local Interest
In Silver Bow county Montana the Clark Daly feud draws attention as testimony before a senatorial investigating committee reveals business roots behind the rivalry. W A Clark and Marcus Daly once fought over water rights tied to the Anaconda plant with Clark paying $25 040 for a water supply and Daly buying land for $123 000. The clash boosts wages and town life in Butte while political outcomes remain uncertain in Washington reflecting broader state tension.
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William A. Clark
United States
Senate
Montana
Daly
Clark
Silver Bow County
Butte
Atlante
T. Cason
Mont
Cason
Tennessee
Joses
Marcus Daly
Wards
Anaconda
W. A. Clark
Mareua Daly
Maareus Daly
Whiteside
State Senate
Justice Hunt
Supreme Court
Wellcome
Silver Bow
Siiver Bow County
Farge
Washington
Georgia
Css
Silver Bowl County
Rail consolidations rumor fuels railway traffic talk
A Kan sas City Star report notes talk of a possible merge among Union Pacific Chicago and Alton Illinois Central and Kansas City Southern. The plan is denied by some officials but traffic ties and potential joint operations are being explored amid a web of executive visits and terminal inspections.
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Union Pacific
Chicago and Alton
Illinois Central
Kansas City Southern Railways
Kansas City Star
Kansas City
Pittsburg
Gulf
Star
Trafic
Imes
Kansas City Southern
Illnois Central
H. Felton
Chicago and Allan
H. G. Burt
E. H. Harriman
Oregon
Mr. Massiman
Chicago and
Alton
Ilinois
New York
Mr. Felton
Galveston
Pittsburg and
Felton
Harriman
Hornbeck
W. ‘Fordyce
F. Mentsheimer
J. A. Edson
J. T. Harahan
Rabbis and Directors Meet Over Hebrew Orphans Home
The Board of Directors of the Hebrew Orphans Home meets at 10 AM in the home’s office to elect officers and set finances. Rabbi Calish of Richmond spoke at the Jewish Temple on Garnet Street to a large mixed audience, praising Judaism’s place in the century.
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Hebrew Orphans’ Home
Garnet Street
Rabbi Calish
Richmond
Calish
South End
Simon Wolf
Wolf
Atlanta
Baroness Hirsch
Orphans’ Home
Max Cohen
Washington, D. C
Sol Well
Goldsboro
N. C
Henry Cohen
Augusta
G A. Well
Savannah
R. Maritz
Norfolk
the Bear
Wilmington
Mr. Gerni
Baltimore
Rabbi Marx
Joseph Hirsch
David Kaufman
Aaron Haas
Schiff
Biekart
H. V. Kreigshaher
M. Katz
Hebrew Orphans' Home
False Alarm at Box 13 Sparks City Fire Rush
A fourteen year old negro boy, Jim Hardy, turned the crank at box 13 in Atlanta’s Broad and Peachtree core, triggering a false alarm. Police, citizens, and fire crews chased him. Hardy claims he slipped while reaching to shrug free, saying the post and crank meant danger. The incident becomes a police marines feature.
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Box 13
Broad
Peachtree Streets
Box 14
Jim Hardy
Crink
K. D. Market
C. E. Johnson
Hardy
Reed
Florence
Jim Mardy
The
Constitution
Boss
Jimmy
Jean
Chile
Police Marines
Derric k crush injures Robert B. Lynch at South and Hill
Robert B. Lynch a tinner living at 4 Tinner Corner South and Hill avenues was seriously injured Saturday afternoon when a heavy block fell from a derrick striking him on the head. He was taken home where doctors said his skull was crushed and his condition grew worse, leaving relatives fearing for his life. He is employed by Dowman Manufacturing Company and has a wife and seven children.
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Robert B. Lynch
Les
South
Hill Avenues
Lynch
Bloodworth
Dowman Manufacturing Company
Freight Train Accident Kills Fireman Near Demopolis
A local freight train between Selma and Meridian ran off the track and overturned down an embankment this afternoon near Demopolis. Fireman William Bussell was killed in the incident.
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Selma
Ala
Meridian
Demopolis
Wiliam Bussell
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