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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1914
Page
8
Captain John W Brumby veteran of the war between the states and noted Athens citizen and business man died suddenly at his home in Athens late today from heart trouble. He had suffered for some time and was in ill health for a period prior to death.
The widow remains seriously ill while Captain Brumby, over 72, father of Miss Annie Brumby associate principal at Lucy Cobb Institute, and father of Mary Harris Brumby of Athens and Captain Hardeman Brumby U.S. Navy now at Portsmouth, figures among a wide kinship. An uncle of Captain Tom Brumby who served with Admiral Dewey in Manila, the Brumby clan has many relatives across the South.
New York, November 17. Efforts to save Joseph Ullman, a wealthy farmer under death sentence in London as a German spy, sought the fifth birth certificate to prove American citizenship. No record of birth found. affidavits from a physician and two citizens were requested to place the record in the health department register. If citizenship cannot be proven, Ullman must die.
London reports Captain John Luce of the Glasgow details the November 1 encounter with the German squadron off the Chilean coast. Cradock’s ships, including Good Hope and Monmouth, engaged at long range as daylight faded, a massive explosion devastates the Good Hope, and Monmouth flees under pursuit. Canopus reputedly absent from the fight, efforts to locate and aid Monmouth or assist Cradock falter amid wireless jamming and confusion.
Four suits in De Kalb county superior court allege $97 500 total against Georgia railroad by West Moreland Ebb & Smith attorneys for Raymond W Glass and wife and others seeking personal injury and wrongful death damages from a September collision at Hast Lake drive grade crossing in Oakhurst GA. Mrs Virginia Glass seeks $45 000 for loss of services citing daughter’s help with two minors and household duties. daughter's services valued at $50 monthly, age 19.
A Commerce Department inspector was ordered to Bayport Florida to verify a wireless station found by Navy radio experts at Key West. Officials seek license status and whether it is sending unneutral messages to ships at sea. Navy believes the station lacks power to reach ships at any distance.
Two fires caused damage in Atlanta residences last night. Attorney Robert C Alston at 878 Peachtree Street suffered a blaze believed to have started in an undisclosed location around oclock, quickly checked by firefighters. At 34 East Alexander Street Charles W Harris, Southern Railway chief clerk, reported a lamp turned blaze in a bedroom, burning furniture and drapings. Departments prevented spread to other parts of both houses, with the Harris fire striking about 10 o'clock.
Land and Lumber Company bankrupt after voluntary petition. Subsidiary of the Kansas City and Memphis Railway, placed in receivership last August following the Bank of Rogers collapse. Debts include $230,160 on bonds. assets valued at $285,000. liability $600,000. Fort Smith, November 17.
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