Great Highway Plotted From Chicago to Florida via Atlanta
William Snyder Gilbreath, Indianapolis leader in the good roads movement, asks Gov. Slaton to back a proposed Cotton Belt Route from Jacksonville to Chicago. The plan, endorsed by Governor Samuel M. Ralston, aims to unite Midwestern motorcar owners with Southern states through a direct highway passing major points. Georgia pledges cooperation to rally governors and secure cross-state support for the project.
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William Snyder Gilbreath
Indianapolis
Middle West
Gov. Slaton
Jacksanville
Chicago
Great Lakes
Gulf
Attenta
Ind
John M. Slaton
Gilbreath
Atlanta
Ralston
Samuel M. Ralston
Indiang
Slaten
Georgia
United States
Glbreath
Glibreath
Gilbbreath
Mr. Gilbreath
Middle States
Middle Western
Lorossiain
Lemstikie
Jacksonville
Pia
Lonlayille
Nashville
Chattanoosa
Macon
Tifton
Chamber of Commerce
Chattanooga
Lewisville
Man Kills Self After Warning Wife of Intentions
Hamancesitie Georgia November 7 Specialo D V Jones a respected Guinnett county resident shot himself at home yesterday after telling his wife of his plan He had threatened to take his life for some time and then went outside to fire the fatal shot He was about sixty five years old his wife formerly Miss Lee survived by about ten children most grown.
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Hamancesitie
D. V. Jones
Guinnett County
Lirn
Jones
Miss Lee
Congress 10 Urges Federal Aid for Good Roads
The American Roads congress in Atlanta advocates federal aid for national road building. Delegates from across the United States demand a competent commission to disburse funds, with states providing proportional money for feeder roads. Approx 2,000 delegates attend as talks stress federal action and coordinated planning.
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American Road Congress
United States
Fourth Congress
Taft Hall
Auditorium Armory
Atlants
Washington
Kenyon
Indiana Good Roads Association
Congress
Atlanta
Road Congress
George C. Puen
Good Reads American Automobile Association
American Automobile Association
Devi
Washington, D. C
Old Friends Die in Marietta Car Barn Duel Over War
Two Marietta carline coworkers William A. Lindsey conductor and John Reynolds motorman, both long friends, die after a midnight duel at the Marietta car barns sparked by wartime news. Witnesses describe Lindsey firing first, Reynolds firing back, Lindsey dying at Nolan sanitarium within thirty minutes. Reynolds leaves a wife and three children. Lindsey survived by a widow. Both men were prominent in Atlanta and Marietta communities.
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Wiliam A. Lindsey
John Reynolds
Marietta Carline
Marietta
Carborne
CG. B. Greer
F.C. Wallace
N.C. Wallace
Lindsey
Reynolds
Greer
Lesiia Blau
Nolan Sanitarium
Wallace
Ris Son
B. Greer
Bns
Atlantic
Atlanta
The Man And the Job Want Ad Appeal
An advertisement urges the Right Man to advertise in the Constitution Want Ads to connect with suitable jobs. It highlights that this method quickly pairs capable men with openings and provides contact via telephone Main 5000 or Allapta 5001.
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Constitution
Parole plea from German forged for hungry wife
E J Hartmann 23 year old German sentenced to three years on the state prison farm at Milledgeville for forgery seeks parole to support his hungry wife. Mrs Hartingan, who gave birth shortly after his arrest in New Orleans, is living near the prison and pushing for his release. Hartmann asks for parole after completing one year on January 30 next year.
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Atlanta
E. J. Hartmann
Milledgeville
Hungary
Hartingan
New Orleans
Despondent man slashes wrist in Savannah tragedy
Desperate by repeated job failures and looming family separation, Ha Freeman cut his wrist and nearly bled to death in Savannah. He called his wife, kissed her goodbye, and now lies in critical condition with a slim chance of survival.
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Savannah
Bim
Freeman
Submarine Order Placed for Twenty Vessels at Fore River
Boston November 9 An order for immediate construction of twenty submarines was placed with the Fore River Ship Building Corporation of Quincy Officials at the plant refused information on the buyer An official said the order would amount to about 310000000 dollars The firm did not reveal the power for which the submarines are intended
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Boston
Fore River Ship Building Corporation of
Quincy
Mexican turmoil as sacked bank and ports fall
Reports from Mexico City say the National Bank of Mexico City was looted by a mob led by constitutionalist troops while Acapulco port reportedly fell to American marines. Washington cautions a delicate situation as Gutierrez prepared to assume provisional presidency and Carranza faces possible withdrawal.
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Carranza
Mexico City
United States
Acapulco
Era Crus
National Bank of
Pacific
Washington
Vera Cruz
Germans Press On With Headlong Offensives Near Ypres
London reports say German forces renew near Ypres and Dixmude despite reverses, with attempts to breach Allied lines and reach the French coast repulsed after fierce fighting. Russians push into East Prussia and Posen as reinforcements move west. no decisive front action yet but gains noted by both sides. Paris notes intensified German attacks along the front from the sea to the Vosges, focusing on Flanders with ferocious assaults against the Lys and coast road.
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London
Ypres
Dixmude
France
East Prussia
Posen
Germany
Warthe River
East Prussian
Berlin
Near East
England
Paris
Vosges
Flanders
Pres
Lys
War 10 Be Waged To The Bitter End By Great Britain
London November 9 England shows readiness to wage an indefinite war with confidence in the justice of their cause. Speeches by Prime Minister Asquith Field Marshal Earl Kitchener and Winston Churchill at the lord mayor banquet stressed larger armies and navy strength to crush the enemy and uphold dominion forces.
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Great Britain
London
England
Gulla Hal
H. H. Asquith
Earl Kitchener
Winston Spencer Churchill
Admiralty
Lord Kitchener
Ingland
Germany
Winston Spencer Chutchill
Asquith
Turkey
Europe
Asia
Belgium
France
Prussia
Weather, Prophecy FAIR Georgia Fair Tuesday and Wednesday
A weather forecast notes a forecast fair spell for Georgia with taste of fair weather on Tuesday and Wednesday. The brief mentions mild temperatures and light winds as conditions for outdoor plans. Local readers are advised to expect dry skies during midweek.
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Indiana
Competent Commission
Himball House
American Roads Congress
Hoke Smith
A. B. Fletcher
California
Kimball House
Piedmont Hotel
Winecoff Hotel
Aragon Hotel
Amditorium Armory
Uncle Sam
Man
Artery
Mexico
Veracruz
Gutierrez
General Villa
Gutierres
Candido Aguilar
Joyal
Vera Crus
Aguas Calientes
Churchill
Kitchener
Balfour
Fremier
Arthur J. Balfour
Japan
Mr. Balfour
Tsing-Tau
Port Arthur
Grand Duke
Nich
Birmingham
Buffalo
Charleston
Eldy
Duluth
Galveston
Kansas City
Olay
Knoxville
Memphis
Miami
Mobile
Montgomery
Oklahoma
Raleigh
Clear
San Francisco
St. Louis
Shreveport
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