Refugees Reach Baton Rouge as Torras Flood Expands
Refugees from the Torras levee crevasse flood reach Baton Rouge and nearby towns. Italians and African Americans comprise many displaced. relief workers house them and move cattle inland. Railroads rush cattle cars and trains to evacuate people and stock while authorities assess widening breaches and ongoing dangers.
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Texas and Pacifico
Batchelor
Torras
Batonage
Baton Rouge
Logan
United States Army
Aia
Bayou Sara
Fort Huds
Myers
Southern Pacific
Lafayette
Atchafalaya
Iberville
St. Martin Parishes
Sheriff Parker
West Baton Rouge Parish
C C. Carey
Frisco Road
Frisco
Here
Opelousas
Terras
Mississippi River
Texas and Pacific
Lettsworth
Ferras
Mississippi
St. Louis
San Francisco
New Orleans
Orleans
Lowisiana
Federal money for highways aid boosts rural roads plan
Representative William Schley Howard of Georgia hailed a House vote approving federal highway funding. The measure, worth between 10 million and 15.009 million dollars, links grants to improved rural roads and promises growth for rural districts, with stated district allocations and expected nationwide benefits.
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Wiliam Schley Howard
Georgia
Congress
Flo
School pledge card contest rules and prizes
Instructions require signed pledge cards by May 8 and May 6 deadlines, with principals collecting by noon May 6. Cards counted by Federation of Women's Clubs with proportional normalization by school size. Copying cards allowed if supplies run out. Prizes: $25 first, $15 second, $10 third, prize money to school principals for child benefits. Children may work anywhere in the city starting from their street and skipping no houses.
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Federation of ‘Women’s Clubs
Georgia Democrats Plan State Convention Rules 1912
The state democratic executive committee outlines consolidation of election returns and delegate selection for the 1912 Georgia state convention to nominate national delegates for Baltimore. It fixes May 16 for consolidation, May 22 deadline for choosing county delegates, and May 29 for the convention to pick national delegates and alternates for the June 26 Baltimore meeting. Also notes a recent marriage in Washington to Kathrine Halimer.
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Atlanta
State Executive Committee
Georgia
Democratic Party
United States
Democratic Executive Committee
Herain W
General Assembly
State of
State Committee
Baltimore
Maryland
Ant McDonald
Washington
Kathrine Halimer
L. C. Hellner
United States Navy
Lieutenant Ray McDonald Dies in Brooklyn Trolley Fall
Lieutenant Ray Straith McDonald of the United States Navy died in a Brooklyn hospital from a fractured skull after a fall from a trolley car. He slipped while attempting to board a car with his bride at a Brooklyn hotel, striking an elevated railroad pillar.
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New York
Ray Straith McDonald
United States Navy
Brooklyn
McDonald
Senate committee agrees to Rivers and Harbors bill
Washington May report outlines an $8,064,010 addition to existing appropriations and a total rivers and harbors appropriation of $32,126,530. The measure has been agreed to by Senate committees on commerce and will be reported within a few days.
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Dlimo
Pointe Coupe
Dariehe
Donaldsonvilla
Melville
Alexandria
Panther
Forest
Ark
Mississippi
Quachita
Ouachita
Caldwell
Tron Mountain
Monroe
Columbia
LaSalle Parish
Washington
House
Senate
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Georgia Railway
Altoloma Transportation
P. Cole
Candler
Bell Phone
IVY
Athens
Return
Seaboard
Howard
Bell
Fulton
Doughay
DeKalb
Boo “Campbell
Rockdale
East Lake
Decatur
Boulevard
Pharr Road
Forrest
George Adair
Inman
Park
Elizabeth Street
Co. BP. Tyler
Tee Ree
John J. Woodside Real Wstate
Auburn Ave
Thos, R, Finney
Mgr
Myrtle Street
North Avenue
Weyman & Connors
Equi. Bldg
Peachtree Road
W. E. Worley
Peachtree Street
Baker and Porter Place
Roff Sims & CO
Fourth National Bank
Pace’s Ferry
Judge Lamar
R. F. Maddok
McLendon Bros
Auburn Avenue
Lieut
Ray M’donald
Foote & Davies CO
Peachtree
Ansley & Scott
Atlanta National Bank
Horton
Jess
J. A. Austin
Mayson Avenue
Piedmont Avenue
Plaster Bridge Road
Edwin P. Ansley
Woodward Lumger Co
Beaufort
N. C
Cape Lookout Harbor of Refuge
Cape Fear River
Galveston
Texas City
Port Bolivar
Jitte- Sabin Natchez
Canal
Texas
Dent
Charles B. Robertson
David HE. Shumak
R. Secre
Hora ‘Larke
CE Grant
B. A. Miner Lodge
Glenwool Avenue
W. D. Luckie Lodge
Gordon VD . West
Ena
J. M. Hunnicutt
Carlton Caswell
Lakeland
Fla
Dothan
Ala
J. B. Canwell
Douglasville
W. T. Roberts
B. F. Boykin
Unity of
Wiliams Street
Moreland Avenue
Euclid Avenue
Ponce de Leon Avenue
Molenden Street
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
North Boulevard
Edgewood Avenue
R. M Clayton
F._H Brewster
Albert Howell, Jr
Hugh M Dorsey
Arthur Heyman
Dorsey
Hrewster
Howell & Heyman
Kiser
B. M Woolley
Victor Sanitarium
Atlunta
Crichton - Shumaners
Aipm Business Raining
Senna
Alogue
EL Anta
Moseley
Austell
Royal (Indemnity) Company
Sten
Royal
William ‘Coninute
Bam
Frm
Hughes ‘Roberts
B.M
Grant & Corral Estate
Cinime
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