Canal not injured by the earthquake declares Panama officials
Panama canal officials led by Colonel George W. Goethals announced no damage to the canal from last night’s quake. Lieutenant Colonel Sibert verified Gatun locks remained undamaged as Panamanian president Belisario Porras inspected the works. Local tremors mainly impacted Los Santos with estimated province damage at about 100000 and one fright-related death.
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Panama
George W.goethals
Dathmian Canal Commission
Sibert
Gatun
Soethuls
Belisario Porras
Los Santos
Pana
Costa’ Rica
Costa Rica
Ganal
Consulting Board of Engineers
Plana
Republic
NABBED BY UNCLE SAM ON LEAVING CHAINGANG
Harry Osborne and Richard McGovern left a two year burglary sentence when federal officers arrested them for robbing a post office in Silver Creek. They allegedly took stamps and money from the post office safe. They could not post bond and are jailed awaiting federal court in November.
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Harry Osborne
Richard McGovern
J. B. Porter & Son
Silver Creek
New Chase
Bloody Knife Duel in Dark Wounds Two Men
Rome Georgia reports a late night knife duel between Dandela Elrod and Andrew Williams. Elrod is seriously wounded in the head and face while Williams fled, wounded, and sought by a warrant. The dispute arose over a mill work quarrel ending in stabbing.
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Rome
Dandela Elrod
Andrew Williams
Convict Dickens Hangs Self After Severe Flogging
Lawrenceville Ga October 2 Special Ad Dickens a white life ter rier hanged himself in a camp tent near Shiloh church three miles from Loganville He had escaped the gang a week earlier and was recaptured then flogged He was found dead his neck broken by the rope used for a lantern Dickens had been sent up for murder after killing a man and wounding another at Social Circle four years ago Also reports of a convict named Dajeh Ford escaping by killing a hound and a mule theft near Loganville with Ford possibly fleeing toward Atlanta Descriptions and local summaries follow including other camp incidents and escape attempts
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Lawrenceville
Dickens
Shiloh Church
Loganville
Dajeh” Ford
C. G. Weaver
W. P. Peavy
Ford
Atlanta
Walton
General Boyce
Jim Thompson
91 Horses and Mules Die in Columbus Fire
A Columbus Georgia fire destroyed the Palace Stables early in the morning, killing 91 horses and mules and damaging two adjoining buildings. The loss is estimated between 75 000 and 100 000 dollars with most stock owned by outsiders. Firefighters Hagan Davis and Samawrey were briefly buried but survived.
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Columbus
Escay
Ballding
ruff-Gutewood
Joe Hagan
Tom Davis
Intel
Samawrey
Henry L. Woodruff
I. B. Banks
Henry Floss
Palace Stable
Richard Howard
Palace Stable Company
Novellie Bowden
Bankers Health and Life Exonerated in Inquiry
The state insurance commission found no basis for charges against Bankers Health and Life Insurance of Macon and BL Hay. Governor Slaton Attorney General Felder and Insurance Commissioner Wright chaired the inquiry, resulting in a verdict of absolute exoneration after Otis Cardell accused officers of rebate practices and reviving expired policies without proper premiums.
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Felder
ANTI-SALOON BATTLE STILL RAGES IN MACON
Macon Ga October 2 Special Three more Macon saloons closed today under a blanket injunction plan by the Law Enforcement league bringing total closures to forty three since the campaign began. About twenty six saloons remain open and most are expected to shut soon under the blind tiger act which declares a saloon a nuisance. The league reports whisky sales at several city saloons with two or three exceptions. Three restraining orders were issued by Judge Mathews against the Lanier Hotel Buffet M Heimer Bridge Row and C B Handall Cotton avenue.
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Macon
Law Enforcement League
Mathews
Bible Superior Court
Lanier Hotel Buffet
M. Heimer
Bridge Row
C. B. Handall
Cotton Avenue
Mystery of Lucile Singleton stabbing case unfolds
New York October 2 Hu om y investigation into Herman Oelrichs Columbia law student and Lucile Singleton arises after a car crash and chest wounds The hospital says injuries may stem from windshield glass or a knife The case features a third passenger and conflicting statements from witnesses and officials Lucile Singleton father Edwin Singleton Dallas Texas denies study reports and confirms she sent telegram about injuries as he rushes to New York
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New York
Herman Oelrichs
Columbia University
Lucille Singleton
Oelrichs
Gakhén
IV Kergar
Knickerbocker Hospital
Miss Singleton
Dallas
Texas
Edwin Singleton
Los Angeles
Dean Stone
Columbia
Doughert
Misa Singleton
Smith
Harlem
Mary Chambers
Darlington
Westchester
Singleton
Lucile Singleton
Dullay
Singletin
Wood Street
Creighton
Min
Yaes
Slexies
Mob spirit ruled in trial of Frank says Rabbi Solomon
In Savannah on New Years morning Rabbi George Solomon denounced the Frank trial as governed by mob spirit and warned that lawless influence has entered portals of justice. He cited the Schmidt Godbee and other cages and referred to the Sulzer trial in New York.
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MOB Spirit
Frank
Solomon
Savannah
George Solomon
Atlanta
Schmidt
Godbee
Sulzer
New York
California Syrup of Figs Advised for Sick Children
A vintage health ad cautions mothers about st omach pains and fevers in children and promotes California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative. It urges buying only the genuine bottle from the California Fig Syrup Company and warns against counterfeit products.
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California
California Fig Syrup .Company
Husband of Five Wives Stumped by Marriage Tangle
Kansas City, Oct. details of a puzzling marriage tangle unfolded in district court. A. O. Jacobs, a horse dealer, faced bigamy charges amid claims of four living wives and disputed prior marriages. Jacobs admitted inability to recall the legal intricacies of his multiple unions and divorces while the state argued the marriages stood despite alleged timing issues.
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Kansas City
Jacobs
Mary Paul Jacobs
Cora Andrew Jacobs
Kansas
Woman shoots self after return from visit in Brunswick
Mrs. H. W. Perry, wife of a Yaryan Naval Stores executive, returned to Brunswick from Ohio and shortly after 1 PM fired a pistol into her breast. The bullet missed the heart and she remained between life and death with little hope of recovery. No motive was given and she left no note.
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Brunswick
Ohio
H. W. Perry
Yaryan Naval Stores Company
Perry
Neval Stores
Ante-Bellum Society Meets At Windsor Street Residence
The Dixie-Refers-The-War society nicknamed the pot likker society will meet at 63 Windsor street to plan a state wide organization with chapters in towns to preserve old south customs. W. B. McNeal, elected corresponding and financial secretary, will travel the state to promote the effort. The group aims to erect a memorial building in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Three Men in Race for Mayor Pro Tem
The 1914 city council faces a vote to choose the next mayor pro tem. Three candidates are named Alderman I N Ragsdale Alderman John A Harwell and Alderman James R Nutting. Ragsdale supporters tout his prestige and generosity as reasons he will win.
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I. N. Ragsdale
Feneral Council
Yound
John A. Harwell
James R. Nutting
Ragsdale
Summers arraigned over intoxicants charge with wife missing
Summers and his wife were not at home at the time of arrests for drunken and disorderly conduct. Summers says to the Constitution that Mrs Stonmers were not at home the night Allen and Shields boys were arrested by drain clothes no ticemen and charged with drunken dis orderly conduct. The couple did not return until midnight after arrests were made.
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Cc. Summers
Min-Ford
Burns Club Farewell Barbecue At Burns Cottage
The Burns club will hold its annual farewell barbecue at the Burns cottage opposite the Soldiers' home this Saturday afternoon. This is the club's last barbecue of the year and many friends of the members are invited.
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Burns Club
Burns Cottage
Soldiers
The
Scott Must Answer Charge of Bigamy
Scott of Aithonia Georgia faced a preliminary hearing in Danville Virginia on a bigamy charge. He pleaded guilty and was bound over for the December term of the corporation court in a sum unknown, after confessing while jailed and exonerating Lula Bell Chandler, the second wife of a wealthy man.
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Danville
TS. Scott
Aithonia
Corporation Court
Scott
Lula Bell
Chandler
Hia
Wyatt Foster Named Deputy in Rome Superior Court
Rome Georgia October 2 Wyatt Foster a well known young real estate man has been appointed as a deputy in the office of D W Simmons clerk of the superior court He succeeds Paul J Morrin who resigns to go into business.
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Wyatt Foster
Rome
Bosciel
Wryatt
Foster
D.W. Simmons
Superior Court
Paul J. Morrin
The True Value of Moral Security in Clothes
An ad urging readers to consider underlying security in purchases. It argues that clothing carries reputational security through makers like Schaffner & Marx, promising that paying $25 for a suit or overcoat is a solid investment. The message equates moral security with material goods and encourages buying trusted brands.
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Goethals
Uncle Sam
Chaingang
Wern
Columbia Shirt Co., Inc
Eiseman. Bros
Tions
Madras
Geo. Muse Clothing. Co
Walton County
Bloodhound
State Exonerates Insurance Company
Bankers’ Health and Life
P. L. Hay
S . Bosom
Cobs
Mrav Merle Maher Jacobs
Fort Scott
Irans
Ilegal
Katie D. Lancaster Jacobs
Jonesboro
Ark
Asaler
Harwell and Nutting
ESSIG
Silk
Essig Bros. Co
Whitehall St
Sherrer
West Side
Green Mountain
Stollwerk
J. G. Sherrer
Gordon St
West
Art Schaffner & Marx Good Clothes Makers
Daniel Bros. Co
Gault
Broad Street
Atlantac
Bible Bernscee
Bend
A. K. Hawes
Whiteball
Terry
Shackley
Ben Davis
Arkansas Black
Herschel
Cox
B. Alto
Cornwall & Brazey Fruit Growers
Alto, GA
Montgomery
Alabama State Exposition
West Point
Fourth National Bank
Statios
Umane
Pryor
Hunter
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