Introduce New Bill Today Sparks General Assembly Push
The legislature enters a critical phase with 33 days left to address major matters. A depot bill for Atlanta faces committee action, with Pryor Street closure a contentious point. The session also reviews about 300 new bills, mainly local, and debates funds for a Soldiers home and public debt interest.
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General Assembly
Atlanta
Special Depot
Joe Hall
Hall
Commetitea
Pryor Street
House
Senate
Publc
Blalock
Fayette
Committee On Appropriations
Bell
Forger Peers Fraud Network Across Cities
A smooth Atlanta resident and former employee of W. L. Fain has forged checks on Lowry National Bank and Neal Loan and Banking Co. Using a duplicate verification stamp and cashier Joseph Orme’s forged signature, he has circulated small value forgeries in Cleveland, Boston, New York, and Anderson Indiana. Two forged checks for 17.60 and 27.60 reached the Lowry bank, with many more suspected nationwide. authorities urge vigilance and tracing efforts.
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Lowry National Bank and
Neal Loan and Banking Co
Cleveland
Boston
New York
Anderson, Ind
Atlanta
Lowry National Bank
Joseph Orme
W. L. Fain
Committees Meet Today for Good Roade Convention in Atlanta
A joint session of the executive invitation and press committees meets at 12 oclock in the chamber of commerce to map the program for the good roade convention to be held in Atlanta in the second week of December. The Fulton county road location will be decided soon as plans unfold. The event is anticipated as auspicious and a mile of good road may be built. The invitation committee will issue invites once a program is arranged and committees will press to ensure success.
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Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce
Ciliford L. Anderson
Allen D. Candler
Clark Howell
Fulton County
Two Minors Accused After Public Drunkenness Incident
Two 12 year old boys from the Columbia theater were arrested after becoming intoxicated from wine bought via a negro. They gave names Silas Coggins and Ed Hollis and stated the wine was purchased from a country wagon as police seek the seller. The cases proceed in recorder's court this afternoon.
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Columbia Theater
Poice Station
Silas Coggins
West Third Street
Ed Hoihts
Marietta Street
Coggins
Ed Hollis
Wdl
Recorder's Court
Doctor Draws Pistol in Street Altercation
Dr J K Stipes and W F Bates faced charges after a confrontation at Whitehall and Brotherton streets yesterday afternoon. Stipes says Bates mocked him and Bates claims the doctor fired first. officers filed cases and both are to be arraigned in the recorder's court.
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J. K. Stipes
W. I. Bates
W F. Bates
Bates
Dobbs
Recorders Court
Guyed
Whitehall and
Brotherton Streets
Funeral for George Huckaby Held at Local Residence
George Huckaby was killed Saturday morning in the GeoFETi railroad yards. Funeral services were held yesterday at 3 p.m. at his residence 380 Hast Hunter Street, conducted by Rev. Virgil Norcross and Rev. Solomon. He was a Mason, Odd Fellow and Red Man. lodge members attended. Interment followed on the Masons lot in Oakland Cemetery.
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Oakland Cemetery
George Huckaby
Geofeti
Hunter Street
Virgil Norcross
Solomon
Huckaby
Masons
Odd Fellows
Red Men
Mrs Lizzie Mabry Dies After Two Month Illness
Mrs Lizzie May Mabry died yesterday morning at 12% North Boulevard after a two month illness with consumption. She was the wife of James M Mabry a printer for The Atlanta Journal. The funeral was set for 1 o'clock today at the residence with interment in Westview cemetery. A previous loss of a child two weeks earlier is noted. Catarrh advertising appears in the text as a testimonial for Hood's Sarsaparilla.
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Lizzie May Mabry
North Boulevard
Teachers to Be Elected for Public Schools in Shortage
Four supernumerary teachers are urgently needed for public schools with an examination set for November 29 and 20. Superintendent Slaton notes only about eighteen of twenty two positions filled and says the exact number to be elected will be decided after the exam. A number who failed the last examination will also have another chance. Meanwhile, George Patrick’s body was transported by rail to Milford, Georgia for interment after a fatal accident in the Georgia railroad yards Friday night.
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W. E F. Bilaton
Slaton
Milford
George Patrick
Southern Railway
Mr. Patrick
Georgia
Cotton Spinners Meet This Week At Atlanta Convention
The fifth annual convention of the Southern Cotton Spinners Association will be held at the Kimball house on Thursday and Friday with an extended program. Guests include Hon. Livingston Milne Mayor of Atlanta Hon. D A Tompkins of Charlotte N C R H Edmonds editor of The Manufacturers Record of Baltimore Hon John L McLaurin U S Senator from South Carolina and Hon Hoke Smith. The two day program features addresses on southern industry and foreign trade an excursion by rail and a bohemian smoker with notable speakers. The meeting will also include officer elections and a tour of the French Textile school scheduled for Friday afternoon.
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Southern Cotton Spinners’Association
Kimball House
Livingston Milne
Atlanta
D. A. Tompkins
Charlotte
N. C
R. H. Edmonds
Manufacturers’ Record
Baltimore
John L. McLaurin
United States
South Carolina
Hoke Smith
Southern Cotton Spinners’ Association
South
John H. McAden
C. B. Wilmer
Livingston Mims
United States Industrial Commission
John H.mcaden
R. H. Hdmonds
Manufacturer’s Record
Southern
Southern Railway
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
John L. , McLaurin
United State
Lyman Hal
Georgia School of Technology
At & O
Illness Shocks City Engineer D Haynes
Dr Stockard's Sanitarium on Walton Street treats D Haynes assistant city engineer for ten years. Ill for four weeks with apoplexy his condition is critical at age 45. His Virginia home and many friends learn with regret of his serious illness.
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Stockard
D. Haynes
Body of Child Interred After Funeral at Home
Funeral services for 11-year-old Frankie Marion Road were held at the family home on South Pryor street yesterday afternoon at 3 o clock. The interment followed at Oakland cemetery.
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Frankie Marion Road
Foote Road
South Pryor Street
Oakland Cemetery
Gambers Bagged in Cobb County by Sheriff Dunn
Six men were arrested on gambling charges by Cobb County Sheriff Dunn and four deputies with help from Fulton county police. One suspect was turned over to Cobb officers by Dunbar. All six were jailed in Marietta, as gamblers from both races had been gathering Sunday at the river near the Cobb line.
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Dunn
Marietta
Cobb County
Fulton County Police
Dunbar
Thrifty Newsboy From Kiev Builds Boston Fortune
Joseph Jollis, who emigrated from Kiev with less than $1, sold papers at Tremont and Boylston for five years. He saved about 1000 in bank deposits, and with his brother Taenb bought a North End house for 3000 with a mortgage. He also earns in shoe trade and exports paper goods, supporting a large family in Russia.
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Boston Post
Boston
Joseph Jollis
Kiev
Russia
Tremont
Boylston
Hig
Savings
Taenb
North End
Bus News
Bal Rtera
Prisoner Disinfection Plans Reported for City Stockade
Mayor Mims and councilmen inspect the city prison and back proposals to disinfect entrants and provide shower baths and new toilet facilities. Improvements to stockade and stable construction are planned, with attention from the 1902 council and public works officials amid funding limits.
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Mims
Vining
Collier
Counci
French Visitor Seeks Sheep for Poker Chips at Kansas City Store
A French boarder in Kansas City misheard shop assistants while shopping for poker gear. He sought “sheeps” for his aunties, mistaking department counters for a showroom of toys. Clerks and patrons clarified that he meant poker chips, while witty bystanders teased his misunderstanding.
Greenville Adopts Joyner Advice to Create Paid Fire Department
Greenville D C votes to abolish volunteer fire companies and start a paid department with four five member companies. Riley J Rowley elected chief. Chief W R Joyner to instruct the new leadership in Atlanta as part of the transition amid insurance pressure and past fires.
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Chief Joyner
Atlanta
Greenville
D. C
Riley J. Rowley
W. R. Joyner
Joyner
Rowley
Columbia
James L Harle
Earle
Yeas
Jones
McPherson
Mahon
Blassingame
Thurston
Austin
Williams
Rowtey
English Localisms and Dining Terms Across the Atlantic
A passage contrasts English local usage with American phrasing in daily life. It notes British quirks like calling meat underdone and sugar icing while Americans say underdone and caster sugar. The piece also explains terms for sweets napkins and baby carriages as used by Britons and travelers.
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Harper's Magazine
England
London
Aphorisms and maxims from noted thinkers
A collection of concise maxims and reflections from Fuller Bovee Franklin Longinus Emerson Seneca Dana Terence and St Simon. The noted sayings cover grace prudence ambition virtue and levity with admonitions on life conduct and self restraint.
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Fuller
Bovee
Jenorance
Franklin
Longinus
Hmerson
St. Simon
Seneca
Dana
Terence
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Appropriations Committee
Cleveland Flain
Curis
Willie
John M. Miller
General Agricultural Committee
General Judiciary Committee
Mir. Hitech
Chatham
Maier
Bernice
Whitehaus Street
Lizzie Mabry
Auaaia
Associ On
Stockade
Castoria
Infante
Copil Vian
Kansas City
East Blank Street
France
Rin
Americar
Institute of Enemeers
Amer
The
Whitehall St
Panama
Sahara
Khedive
Hess Shoes
Stuttgarter Underwear
Fiseman Bros
Alabama
Pryor Sts
Union Depot
V. G
Elguiuns
Pitua
Allang, Uc
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