Board Talks of OUD Reserve
The voice board met in called session yesterday to ratify police actions after Saturday riots. The chief keeps a twelve hour watch for protection until calm returns and a permanent reserve is urged though funded by the council. A motion to fund a paid reserve failed to gain unanimous support. The county will be asked to cover funeral expenses for riot victims.
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Voice
English
Fox
Day
Brotherton
Commissioner Day
Jones
Johnson
Mims
Atlanta
Simple Edwin Booth Poster Averts Emphasis
Chicago Tribune recounts Edwin Booth objecting to calling him an eminent tragedian on a theater poster. The printer altered the wording to simply Edwin Booth as requested, and the revised bill appeared the following week.
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Booth
Chicagzy Tribune
Edwin Booth
Period of calm after riot and swelling relief fund
A calm period follows a riot while a relief fund for stricken families grows to nearly $700. The article notes a third arrest of a Black man held at a tower, troops withdraw from Fittsburg district, and the funerals of three officers were held. Detectives were deployed but could not locate the perpetrators.
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Fittsburg
Three Officers Killed in Riot Laid to Rest
Crowds attend funerals for Thomas Grant H J Ozburn and Edward T Battle slain in Saturday riot. Grant interred in Stockbridge Georgia Ozburn's funeral held at Mount Zion church South Bend district Battle's burial planned in Senola Georgia. Edward Crabtree to be buried at Westview cemetery after 8 pm service at Wells and Robind streets.
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Grant
Osburn
Battle
Thomas
H. J. Ozburn
Edward T. Battle
Stockbridge
Ozburn
Mount Zion Church
South Bend
Senola
Crew Street
Policeeman
Edward Crabtree
Wells and
Robind Streets
Virell Norcross
Westview Cemetery
Desperado Richardson Aces Long Range Shots In Pittsburg Fight
A negro desperado known as Richardson III earned notoriety for extraordinary marksmanship in a Pittsburg confrontation on Saturday morning. The Winchester wielder reportedly killed four men, with tales of long range headshots and a chilling reputation in the nearby negro settlement. After the fire at his store, authorities seized weapons and loot, including a small cannon and hundreds of cartridges, while a scorched cat wandered among the ruins as troops moved in and an officer died in the fighting.
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Richardson
Pittsburg
Thomas Powell
Adamsville
Mr. Powell
Jones
McDaniel and
Amy Streets
Atlanta
Crabtres
Dispensary Campaign Roils Brooks County Georgia
May 18 reports from Quitman Georgia detail a heated local political fight over a Brooks county dispensary bill. Prohibitionists back Dr S B Goulden for the legislature while proponents urge Hon W W Walker to push a dispensary election. Both sides mobilize committees and anticipate a sharp primary contest.
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Brooks County
Quitman
Democratic Executive Committee
Goulden
W. W. Walker
Oglesby Lumber and Manufacturing Company
Baio Soll
Old Gentleman Mistaken for Senator Quay in Capitol Hall
An elderly man wandered the capitol’s old library area seeking Senator Quay. A helpful senator guided him through passageways to Quay’s committee room, where the visitor revealed he was Mr Quay. The scene left the senator nearly collapsed with surprise.
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Quay
Washington Post
Capitol
Senator Quay
Senatae Quay
Mr. Quay
Piedmont Grocery Offers Extra Trading Stamps
Attractive and lovely is the idea of extra trading stamps with purchases at Piedmont Grocery Co from today through the 2nd inclusive. They will award 2 percent Green Trading Stamps and 30 Hayes & Wellborn stamps for every dollar spent. Call C. H. Burge at 468 for details and come early to take advantage of the deal.
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Piedmont Grocery Co
Hayes & Wellborn
C. H. Burge
A Profitable Precaution in Title Surprises Fulton County
Court records show numerous cases where property remains tied up awaiting legal determinations of title and rightful ownership. The ad urges investigating or insuring titles, touting having complete records of real estate instruments in Fulton County and facilities for examining and insuring titles.
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Fulton County
FIVLE GUARANTEES AUCTION FOR 32 LOTS EAST OF WOODWARD
FIVLE GUARANTEES & TRUST COMPANY and Empire Besiieding announce an auction sale of 32 lots at Fair and Grant Park or Decatur Blue Line cars. The sale occurs this afternoon with lots to be awarded.
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Fair
Grant Park
Decatur Blue Line
Woodward
Tragic Recalls of Officers Shot in City Riot
A historical list recounts past police deaths in Atlanta from 1870s to recent years, noting officers killed by assassins or accidents. It names Marshals Tom Shivers and Whit Anderson, Patrolmen Rogan Jones Goodson Albert Ponder Mills DeHray Duncan and others, and ends with the murder of Patrolmen Tom Grant and Ed Crabtree in a Saturday riot on McDaniel Street.
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Tom Shivers
Whit Anderson
Whitehall Street
Anderson
Marshal Shivers
Atlanta
Lumpkin County
Dan Rogan
William Johnson
Bill Jones
Swamp Fox
Pat Lynch
Pryor Street
Jones
Lynch
Robert Goodson
Goodson
R. T. Albert
Broad Street
T. J. Ponder
Wall Street
Union Depot
Ponder
Carl Mills
West End
Ed DeHray
James M. Duncan
Grant and
Crabtras
Negro Outlawa
Four Days of Terror in New Orleans and Atlanta Tragedy
The piece compares riots in New Orleans in July 1900 and Atlanta with seven dead in New Orleans and four whites among the dead. It recounts the two days of bloodshed sparked by Charles and the escalation from police clashes to mob violence, detailing police casualties, reinforcements, and the mob’s actions in the streets.
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Pittsburg
New Orleans
Atlanta
John Day
Robert Charles
Charles
Mora
Lamb
Capdeville
Saratoga Street
Gabriel Porteous
Sally
Sergeant Porteous
A. van Kurem
Alfred J. Broomfield
Hearo
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Desperado Richardson
Maier & Berkele
el Whitehall Street
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Fivle Guarantees & Trust Company
Empire
Besiieding
Ai Voiai
The
Equitable Life Assurance Saciety
R.L. Foreman
Hlanager
Atianmta
Ivate
Hirsch Bros
Ageney Banister’s Fine Shoes
Pretoria
Vereniging
Transvaal
Lord Pauncefote
Washington
Hess Shoes
Stuttgarter Underwear
Eiseman Bros
Whitehall St
Weman Bros
Washington. &. C
Atlanta, GA
Batimore
Newarapert
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