Trolley Service Crippled as Strike Widens in Philadelphia
On May 89 the second day of the street car workers strike in Philadelphia passed with little change from the day before. With two thirds of surface lines out of commission and power-house workers urged to join, officials warned of a complete tie-up tomorrow. Motormen and conductors on the elevated lines, earning more than surface car staff, have refused to strike, while efforts continued to run cars on feeder lines though larger routes faced reduced service at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Lem Care
Rapid Transit Company
Etorua
Tao
Savannah Sets Plans for Two New Insurance Firms
Savannah, Ga officials announce the formation of two new insurance companies backed by local banks. The Jie Insurance Co. will have 800000 capital and 260000 surplus with shares at 125. The Ore Insurance Co. will hold 200000 capital and 200000 surplus with shares at 300. Savannah businessmen to serve as directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannan
Savannah
Chamber of Commercce
Jie Insurance Company
Ore Insurance Company
Savannah Buainens
Navennah
Widow of H. B. Plant Dies in New York
Margaret J. Plant Graves widow of Henry B. Plant founder of the railroad and hotel empire died in New York City from arteriosclerosis after more than a year of illness. Her fortune is estimated at 4 million dollars. She leaves a husband and two nephews, and was known for charitable work including the Margaret J Plant pavilion.
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New York
Margaret J. Plant-Graves
Henry B. Plant
Aynter
South
Plant
Robert Graves Jm
Witl
Nueband
Plast
Margaret J
St. Tuk Noupit
Americus Military Guards Memorial at Andersonville
The Americus Light Infantry and local citizens will march to Andersonville to guard and witness memorial exercises at the national cemetery. Units will provide guard duty and fire a salute over the 14,000 Union soldiers buried there, with white community members participating.
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Americus Light Infantry
Andersonville
National Cemetery
Americas
Perdentariy
Unite
Daughters of the Confederacy of Oemia
Andsonville
Bes
Hinteric
Americas Military
Travelers Hold Annual Meeting in Asheville N C
At the twentieth annual national Larvantion of the Travelers Protective Association a constitutional amendment will be presented to extend indemnity to members’ beneficiaries for death by accident. The plan provides escalating benefits to $7,600 over ten or twenty years, then fixed. Governor Kitchin and Mayor Campbell will speak. four local companies of the Home Guard will assist. The convention opens with morning sessions and ends with a reception at Cat Nery Park hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Noc
Travelers’ Protective Association
Kitchen
Hie Atam
Kitchin
Campbell
Cat Nery Park Hotel
Zeppelin flies 456 miles toward Berlin in airship II
Reported voyage of Count Zeppelin aboard the Zeppelin II from Friedrichshafen northward to Berlin includes early morning over Trauchtlingen Neuramberg and Halle Butterfield, with weather challenges and public awe as authorities in Berlin prepare landing spaces while the airship loops over cities and heads south toward the capital.
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Herlin
Behtor
Vegasn
Friedrichshafen
Trauchtlingen
Revarle
Jourseyad
Baverte
Howe
Neuramberg
Lake Dutzenten
Stresta
Halle
Butterfield
Berlin
Gross
Army Balloon Corps
Tegel
Prinus
Tempalhot Fala
Zeppe- Mo'e
Riedricbehafen
Bitterfield
Count Zeppelin
Zeppelin
Zeppelin Company
Nuremberg
Amber of
Graves Praises Negro Firemen At Education Rally
New York editor John Temple Graves praised African American firefighters and students at an education rally for Morehouse and Tuskegee linked Mortia Trown college in Atlanta. He contrasted black progress with white women suffrage tactics, urging patience and nonviolence amid race relations debates.
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New York
John Temple Graves
Georgia Political and Journalism
Whiddreas
Carnegie Hall
Mortia Trown College
Atlanta
Georgia
Mls
Otorwin
Graven
Belk Named Wesleyan Trustee After Commencement
Rev. 8. A. Belk pastor of St. Mark's church returns from Wesleyan college commencement where he was elected a trustee as the North Georgia conference representative. The report praises the college and notes large crowds as the airship Zeppelins pass over towns with public enthusiasm and vivid scenes of celebration.
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A. Belk
St. Mark's Church
Haw Juet
Wesleyan College
North Georgia
Ihe College
Spledid Conditon
Wan
Seaboard Reorganization Plan Reported Near Completion
Baltimore May 20 A plan for reorganizing the Seaboard Air Line railway reportedly near completion would end receivership by next January and reduce fixed charges by about 25 percent. The plan keeps the first mortgage bonds while converting stock and funding via debenture income bonds, with a public unveiling around June 11 and awaiting holder approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Baltimore News Today
Banda
Seaboard Company
Continental Trust Company
Fifth Regiment Seeks Site for Summer Camp
The Fifth regiment has sent committees to scout for a site to host their summer camp, planned for mid July. Two locations are favored by members. Captain Oscar Palmer and Lieutenant Frank Lichtenwalter were sent to Augusta while Captain H. Hall and Captain W. T. Spratt Jr. were sent to Brunswick to assess conditions at St Simons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Palmer
Frank Lichtenwalter
Augusta
H. Hall
W. T. Spratt, Jr
Brunswick
St . Simona
Brundidge High student accused of knife assault on professor
In Brundidge Georgia on May 30 Reynolds Smart a 16 year old student at Brundidge High School faced bond after allegedly assaulting Professor Boyd with a knife during a commencement exercise. The incident caused the audience to evacuate as the professor was carried from the hall and Smart was arrested.
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Brundige
Reynolds Smart
Brundidge High School
Boyd
pBmart Wes
W. C. Edward
Jackson
W. G. Edwardes
Atlan Frey
Flovilla Yeterday
Sandy Creek
Mr Sharp
Florille
Blight Improvement Report At City Attorney’s Home
City Attorney William P. HIV announced last night at his home 163 West Peachtree Street. He faced an attack seat Thursday and his rent on Sunday was marked as he held his own remarkably well. Reverend Franklie, pastor of Wesleyan Memorial Church, spoke of his pulpit work and district conference participation. The quarter social meeting of Wesley Memorial Church will be held tonight at 8 oclock with Mayor A. J. Guan presiding and several short addresses by the members and new recruits in an attractive program.
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Thomas J. Hayward
Tontaht
General Committee
Wiliam P. Hiv
Weet Peachtree Street
Yur Fa Sti
Thareday
Wen
Aundey
Frankelie
Wesleyan Memorial Church
Weeler Memorial
Wemler Memorial Church
At & O Stock
Mator
A. J. Guan
Rhgid
Leading strike figures leave for home as talks end
An exodus of strike leaders began after a day of conferences with Georgia railroad figures. General Manager Scott departed for Auguste, while Assistant Grand Chief Burgess and other officials prepared to return to their posts. Mediation was to be tried to resolve the firemen staffing percentages.
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Scott
Georgian Railroad
Auguste
Nett
Knapp
Burgess
Atlanta
Martin Knapp
Loteratate Commerce Commission
Charles P. Natl
United States
Washington
Death Toll Rises After Zephyr Storm Devastation
Reports from Zephyr describe a wide tornado that destroyed the town, killing at least a dozen and injuring many. Brownwood organized relief as the storm wreckage left churches, a big school, and homes in ruins. several missing persons were later found. A special relief train carried provisions and men to assist, while severities persisted across nearby towns including Huntaville and Key West where damage and injuries were reported.
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Thad Cabler
Zephyr
Pixtean
Brownwood
Fitorm
Cingman
C. E Kirkpatrick
Srownwood
Hillaiden
Mog
Deby
Debria
Stresta
Besidanone
Overland Route Book Promises 3000 Mile Highway Tale
A promotional notice describes a new book from Union Pacific and Southern Pacific passenger departments about the Overland Route. It covers pioneer journeys from 1849 to the era of trains, pony express, and stage lines, with notes on early mail and routes. The volume costs 12 cents postage included, via Lom o F. & Unica Coy Omak Rebs.
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Cumberland Island
Atlantic Beach
Southern Railway
San Francisco
Isthmus
Horn
Missouri
Golden Gate
America
Union Pacify
Southern Pacifi
Gromina
Unica
Striking Georgia road firemen clash over Negro seniority
Georgia road firemen dispute over black workers’ seniority and future hiring terms dominated talks Sunday. Agreement largely resolves most issues, but one point on the ratio of white to Black firemen remains unsettled, likely to be settled by arbitration. Leaders and officials spent the day in hotel and city rides, with informal discussions yielding no changes since Saturday’s results.
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Stewart
Atlanta
Scott
Nero
Ring Enines
Georgia Road
Dickson
Maginarie
Allante
Fremen
Dln
Aasiatar
Burge
Drowning victim Murphy arrives in Atlanta for funeral
The drowned boat party member Murphy arrived in Atlanta this morning and was taken to Pogle's chapel for funeral arrangements. Surviving relatives include Mina Murphy and Mrs Flowers. Four other names and locations are listed among the mourners, with a sister and two others from Pensacola and Macon noted in the obituaries.
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Ware
Maurphy
Yazoo
Wickaburs
Atlantc
Harry G. Pogle
Murphy
Murphy Yormarly
Atlante
Mina Clea Murphy
O& Cooper Street
Mrs. Flowers
Inman Street
Drenard
Pensacola
Martella
114th Commencement at University of North Carolina
The 114th commencement at the University of North Carolina opened in Chapel Hill with the baccalaureate sermon by Rev Re Diz on Moody House. President Woof Freeman of Southern Railway presided at morning exercises and addresses by Amherst College alumnus A Grosvenor and others followed. Medal and diploma ceremonies are planned for tomorrow with several notable speakers expected.
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Charlotte
N. C
University of North Carolina
Chapel 1
Re Dizon
Southern Railroad
Grosvenor
Amherel
Wemion
Liasbinory
$20 000 for Hospital Gifts Gathered in Atlanta Drive
The article lists numerous donors contributing to a hospital fund in Atlanta. It notes £20,000 mentioned, with £33,000 previously subscribed, and £1,000 left by Mary J. Trucker. Subscriptions become binding June 1, 1811, with 20 percent due in 30 days and balance paid over four years. A diamond pin gift from a nameless young lady is highlighted.
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Ischaon
E. H. Phillips
James R. Bachman
Judas Ernest C. Konte
F. G Iodgeson
Stephen T. Barnett
Orr
W. C Manefield
W. Carson
F Wade Vaughen
J. M. Crawford
Joseph McLean
G Jones
McGin
Dr. Miner
Hugh M. Loker
A. Alfriend
Hazard
Jara
Clyde Brookn
Kate Roberts
C. C. Cunningham
R Calloway
J. HL Hoberts
J A Butler
John C Evins
Rankin
A. Q. Davis
Rc, Knox
W. O Storle
George C. Thompson
J. W. Stephens
Dora Smith
Carolyn Sutton
Arnold Broy
W. Torrand
BF. Adama
F. A. Minor
Paul C
Mra
Mary J. Trucker
Bone
Atlanta
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H. B. Plant
Robert Graves
Americus
Andersonville Cemetery
Teppelin
H.H. Rogers
Henry
HH. Rogers
Rogers
New Fork
National Gusta
Graves
S. R. Belk
Wesleyan
Lake Dutrantich
Lak Erlangen
Zeppelin IJ
Waa
Dayreuth
Beyreuth
Pera
Craw
Odd
Auunchberg
Kot
sTopellern
Plauen
Zewickeu
Werdau
Boink
Gera
Zaltx
Leipelz
Zeppelin Ll van Reon
Han
Bartin
Yatterfield
Aittarfield
Tesaawe
Seaboard
Brundidge
Muntaville
Huntaville
Alas
Tre
Treat
First National Bank
Oklahoma
Oklahomsaley
Oxia
Key Wear
Okla
Tatelly
Charlee Brannon
Depew
Mra. J. L. Hart
Key Want
Key
Stroud
Okie
Galt Creek
Oliver Murphy
Alberta Edwardy
Alberts Edwardy
L. Pilerim
Ormond Street
Wearview
Merrill Callaway
Macon
Merril Callaway
Merhua- Morriil Callaway
W. A. Crutchfield
Taul’e Episcopal Church
Les
Riverside
J. W. Hubbard
Donn W. Hubbard
City
Hu A. Nah
Hubbard
Wilkea
Sade
Bratt Beall ST. Et Latlo
Gault
Ajood Polson
DA J Thomam Dauld Bulte
Austell Bisg
Ge Oe
Fendoye
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