Thaw trial fate hinges on mental state and counsel shifts
Experts and District Attorney Jerome clash over Thaw insanity. A commission found Thaw could advise counsel and understood court proceedings, while others argued medical insanity during trial. The defense team changes loom as jury selection begins, with long, tedious voir dire expected before rapid trial progress.
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Thaw
Jerome
al Commission
Haw
Jas
White
Delnan
Shaws
Delphia M Dinas
Clare
Tebinis
Opera Singer Kilis Himself. Berlin November 2
Theodore Bertram, a famed opera singer, committed suicide today at Rayrauth after years of despair following his wife’s death in February in the wreck near the Hook of Holland. His most famed roles included Wagnerian parts and he gained wide renown for his renditions.
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Kilis
Berlin
Theodore Bertram
Suields
Rayrauth
Hook
Holland
Theadore Bertram
Cleveland Ill as Relapse Strikes Former President at Home
Reports say Grover Cleveland, at his Princeton home, suffered a relapse of the old intestinal trouble. Though initially severe, he showed improvement by Friday. A planned Auburn, New York visit was canceled as the episode recurred, causing concern among family and friends.
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Cleveland
New Lork
New York
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
Cermi
Cleve
Auburn
Garlor
299 Added to Christian Church Revival Attendance
During the recent revival at the First Christian Church led by Hew Allen Wilson and Mr Lintt, 299 additions were reported. Sunday attendance included 603 present, with 00 men and 35 ladies noted in the total.
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First Christian Church
Hew Allen Wilson
Lintt
Cemetery Committee to Meet Tuesday for Lakewood Cemetery Location
Thompson, chairman of the cemetery commission, will call a meeting with the cemetery committee of council at 3 30 oclock tomorrow afternoon in the mayor’s office. The meeting will decide the location of a new cemetery at Lakewood.
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Thompson
Cemetery Commission
Cemetery Committee of Council
Majors
Lakewood
Registration of Cuban voters marks first step to end U S intervention
Havana reports completion of population enumeration as a key move toward restoring Cuban republic status. The provisional government emphasizes authentic voter rolls to ensure a clean presidential election. Estimates place Cuba’s population around two million with about four hundred thousand foreigners ineligible to vote.
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Havana
Cin
Nopulas
Thisland
Blue Ridge Bonds Pass With 143 Votes For All Yes
Blue Ridge voters approved 30 000 electric light and waterworks bonds for thirty years at 6 percent. The election yielded 143 votes in favor and none against. The decision signals new ventures and a prosperous period for the town despite general financial stringency.
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Blue Ridge
Columbus Enquirer Sun Industrial Edition Hailed
The Columbus Enquirer Sun releases a 60 page industrial edition totaling 368 columns. Despite New York financial flurries, local business shows strength, reflected in trade columns and heavy advertising. It marks the largest Columbus newspaper issue to date, 10 pages larger than last year.
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Columbus Enquirer-Sun
Columbus
Enquirer-Sun
New York
Enquirer-Bun
Maysville Mayor and Marshall raid blind tiger dealers
In Maysville Georgia on Friday Mayor Carr and the town marshal located three alleged legal beer dealers after a raid begun November 4 special edition. Citizens faced fines for drinking and about 100 dollars was added to the public treasury.
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Maysville Ga
Carr
The
All Will Join in Service in Columbus Thanksgiving
A union thanksgiving service will be held in Columbus at the First Baptist Church with all Columbus Phenix City and Girardabomi participating. Rev Walter M Murphy, pastor of Rose Hill Baptist Church, will deliver the sermon for the occasion.
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Columbus
Phenix City
Giraracombi
Walter M. Murphy
Rose Hi! Baptist Church
Milton Smith at Montgomery
Milton M Smith president of the Louisville and Nashville railroad arrived in Montgomery from Louisville with former Congressman M Howie and General Counsel Stone. The visit signals a continued court fight to block new state rates though officials won't speak publicly. Governor Camelia not due back before Tuesday to approve railroad bills, which take effect in December.
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Montgomery
Ala
Milton M Smith
Louisville and Nassnille
Louisville
M . Howie
Stone
Louisville and Nashville
Camer Ia
Tme
Murder at Birchwooll as boy is stabbed to death
At Birchwooll airfield near Chattanooga a 20 year old boy was stabbed through the heart and killed by Nathan Dixon. A crowd nearby witnessed the act as Dixon struck a match and then stabbed the victim after being warned not to repeat the performance. Dixon lit another match which was promptly blown out and the knife plunged into the victim’s heart. Prominent families are on the trail of the murderer.
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Chittanooga Tonn
Birchwooll
Nathan Dixon
Bovn
Dixon Strick
Ilaxon
Steve Adams Mistrial Declared in Idaho Murder Case
The Rathdrum Idaho murder trial of Steve Adams ended in a mistrial after the jury failed to reach a verdict. Eight jurors favored acquittal and four favored conviction, with the panel unable to agree on the murder charge involving Fred Tyrer in the Muricle Creek district during August 1904.
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Rathdrum
Steve Adams
Connoilan
J i Hauges
Chiris
Muricle Creek
Idsho
Ten Thousand Dollar Fire Destroys Lavonia Brick Building
A three story brick block on Lavonia's square burned on November 24 with both Hedwarda & Cochran and T N Shirley stores sustaining heavy losses. Fire officials say the blaze likely started from a stove. Insurance covered most of the brick structure and stock losses. Affected buildings damaged include adjacent one story shop and stock.
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Brich
Taxonia
Hedwarda & Cochran
Tia
T W McAlister
T N “Shirley
Shirleys
Remarkable Case School clock claims near perfect accuracy
A new clock installed in the Case School of Applied Science observatory in Cleveland is praised by the Smithsonian for its precision. Tests show it varies no more than fifteen one thousandths of a second from exact time in twenty four hours, rivaled only by a Berlin timepiece. The clock is protected by a partly vacuum glass jar and winded by electricity to avoid disturbances.
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Lork
Cleveland
Ohio
Case School of Applied Science
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
Berlin
Condition of Frank P Sargent Improves After Overwork Claim
Frank P Sargent, commissioner general of immigration and naturalization, shows marked improvement. Officials had said a blood clot on the brain caused his illness, but his physician tonight attributed it to overexertion from official duties. Wealthy Apalachicola lumber baron dead after operation for appendicitis.
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Frank P. Sargent
Washington
Frank P Sargent
Commissioner General of Immigration and Naturalization
Cotton Seed Products Sought by Foreign Buyers
Washington November 24 Colonel John M Carson reports that U S manufactures exports totaled 1 086 900 000 for the year ended June 30 up 58 percent with cotton seed products rising to more than 40 500 000 an increase of 9 800 000 over 1906 The report highlights the growing value of the cotton seed industry and notes efforts to improve transit for foreign shipments and to extend parcel post to abroad to expand American markets.
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Washington, D. C
United States
John M Carson
Bureau of Manufactures
Imade
Bureau
China
Orient
Boy Awakes on Train Separated From Father
A five year old boy named Henry Cook Sosboing is held in the juvenile ward as police search for his father. He was found asleep on a Seaboard train near Athens after conductor Laney discovered him and the agent W C Tink brought him in. The boy said his father left him in Atlanta promising to return briefly.
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Noward Cook
Police Barracks
Polles
Henry Cook
Barracka
W C Tink
Seaboard Road
Athens
Laney
Atlanta
Southern Bell Hearing Shows Detailed Company Exposition
The Georgia railroad commission heard an exhaustive presentation by Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company on its affairs. Officials led by Col. W T Gentry outlined policy, growth, finances, and future plans, with assurances no rebates or front-end policy after January 1, 1908.
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Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Georgia Railroad Commission
Georgia
Southern Bell Company
Telephone Company
Southern Bell
Gentry
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
American Bell Company
Territer
Montague
Atlanta
J M B Hloxsey
Hoxsey
Savannah
Nho
J Eppa
Brown
Fairfax FE
The
Terrell
Sunday saloon closings urged by Chicago Law and Order League
About two hundred volunteer detectives from the Chicago Law and Order League inspected saloons to show Illinois Sunday closing laws are violated. They plan to present findings to Cook County grand jury to press bills against saloonkeepers in all thirty five wards, seeking penalties up to 200 dollars and jail. Mayor Busse has not acted, despite apathy from saloon and restaurant associations.
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Chicago
The
Chicago Law and Order League
Illinois
Cook County
Busse
Saloon Keepers Association
Restaurant Keepers Association
United Societies For Self-Government
Funeral notices and obituaries from Adairville and surrounding area
A list of obituaries and funeral notices: J Frank Owen of 21 Capitol Avenue aged 29. Mrs Nettle Hall Stewart of Adairville aged ~61. Mrs Eliza Montgomery of Preston. Mrs E Sapp and Mrs T C Tullis of Webster County. Tonie and Toney Craig deaths. two year old James T Dempsey. Mrs Elizabeth Denton. student Dasta of Atlanta Dental College. Services set at home or local churches, interments at East View and Macedonia, or to Tennessee.
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J. Frank Owen
J Frank Owen
Capitol Avenue
Davison Paxon Brokey Co
Mr Owen
Bie
Owen
Mette Mamie Sanger
Hildred
Mra Dlow. Stewart
Adatraville
Adairile
rMra Nettle Hall Stewart
Dow Stewart
Presbyterian Church
East View
Eliza Montgomery
Preston
Preston Ga
iMra Eliza Montgomery
Tullis
Webster County
Missionary Baptist Church
Macedonia Church
George W Montgomery
Plains Sumter County
Montgomery
E Sapp
Mra
T C Tullis
Griffith Kills Ayers in Dairy Owner Shooting
In Beasemer Alabama on November 24 John Ayers owner of the Glen Springs dairy was shot and killed by employee W B Griffith after a quarrel over a telephone conversation with a young woman. Both men each took a pistol from a bed and Griffith fired then surrendered to authorities.
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Ayers
Birmingham
Ala
John Ayers
Glen Springs
Beasemer
W. BR. Griffith
Griffith
Funeral of Anton Kontz Held at Judge Kontz Home
Funeral services for Anton Kontz were conducted at the residence of his brother Judge Ernest Kontz on Kimball Street yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Afterward the body was laid to rest in Oaklang cemetery vault. Pallbearers included J W Austin John Heinz Henry Durand Dr A W Calhoun Chase Curler and B T Thompson. A large number of friends attended.
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Ernest Konts
Anton Kontz
Hig
Ernest Kontz
Kimball Street
Oaklang Cemetery
J W Austin John Heinz Henry Durand
A W. Calhoun Chase Curler
B T Thormpson
A Raincoat and Overcoat Combined For Any Look
A raincoat and overcoat are merged into one versatile garment. It works for business or dress occasions and notably lacks the typical raincoat appearance.
Made by Alfred Benja min and Co tailors
An advertisement notes Alfred Benja min and Co as leading American tailors offering tailored garments. The copy highlights craftsmanship and prominence in the tailoring trade. The brief item emphasizes quality and national reputation.
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Alfred Benjamin & Co
America
Funeral today for Walker P Inman of Atlanta
The funeral services for Walker P Inman who died Saturday will be held today at 11 o’clock at 478 Peachtree street. Ray W Lingle and Richard Orme Finn will lead the rites with pallbearers named including John A Hynda Henry A Inman and Henry D Hynds. Interment follows at Oakland cemetery.
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Walker P Ucman
Atlanta
Peachtree Street
Ray W L. Lingle
First Presbyterian Church
Richard Orme Fiinn
Norta Avenue Presbyterian Church
John A Hynda
Inmen Gray
Henry A. Inman
Henry D Hynds
Richard Gray
Frank Or. Inman
Thomas M Brumby
B.D Pearce
Otklang Cemetery
Teachers for Philippines Begin Next School Year
The Bureau of Insular Affairs reports the Philippine governor general expects about 300 teachers needed at the start of the next school year in June. Candidates come from the semi annual teacher and assistant examinations by the U S Civil Service Commission. Special exams during Christmas will be open to wives and close relatives of current staff. Ages 20 to 40, with entrance salary around 1200 dollars.
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Washington
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Philippine Island
United States Civil Service Commission
Saloon Men Weigh Challenge to Alabama Dry Law
Reports say Girard Alabama saloon operators may test the Alabama dry law by delaying actions until Columbus Georgia goes dry, potentially extending business for a year. They have about decided to make no contest.
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Columbus Ga
Girard Ala
Alabama
Columbus
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