Protest Against Sweeping Cars Aboard Trains in Georgia
Traveling salesman F E King submits a protest to the Georgia State Board of Health asking that railroads stop sweeping occupied passenger cars. He argues sweeping stirs dust and spreads tuberculosis and fevers, urging officials to protect riders and prevent harm by dust from floors.
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State Board of Health
Integro Porthra
Pabs Nora
Georata Tluita
Ras
Trane
Georgia
Albin
Home of Ex-Governor Sprague Burned in Rhode Island
Fire swept the estate of former Governor William Sprague in Narragansett Ker on October 11 destroying the home and its contents estimated at about 1 million dollars. Both the former governor and Ira Sprague escaped unharmed while asleep in the house and no insurance coverage was reported.
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Narragansett Ker
Tanonehet
Williim Sprague
Rhode Island
Fermer Covernor
Ira Sprague
Fish Killing Creosote Debate at Lakewood Site
Lakewood lessee Juling Billett told city committee creosote from Southern Wood Preserving facility killed about 700 pounds of fish in South River into Lakewood. Company president White argued minimal impact and warned mosquito problem if fish died. committee chose no action.
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Juling Billett
Lessee
Lakewood
Southern Wood Preserving Company
Hillett
Fort McPherson
South River
Billett
White
Southern Wedd Preserving Company
Plaster Casts Of Napoleon Mask Returned To New Orleans
New Orleans on October 11 reports five plaster casts of the bronze Antom Marchi mask of Napoleon completed by Italian sculptor Pietro Chiloni. Casts will be given to Mrs Ouvin Blanchard, who helped return the mask to the city. The medical attendant Antommarchi created two casts from Napoleon’s deathface impression. one was donated to New Orleans in 1834. The mask had vanished from City Hall and was recently restored from Atlanta carrier Captain Won Raoult.
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New Orleans
Antommarchi
Napoleon
Pietro [Chiloni
Ouvin Blanchard
Ky Antommarchi
New Orleana
Won Raoult
Atlanta
League to Enforce Laws at Nashville
A mass meeting at the Ryman auditorium organized a law enforcement league in Nashville to push for strict enforcement of all laws locally and statewide. Mayor E B Stahlman spoke supporting enforcement amid reports of widespread liquor violations and more than 200 dealers displaying liquor. The police docket from the prior night to the following night was described as the heaviest since prohibition began.
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Nashville
Tenn
Ryman
Thla
EB Stahlman
Lumber Plant Destroyed in Jonesboro Fire
The Barton Lumber and Brick Co plant in Jonesboro Arkansas, valued at 199000 dollars, was totally destroyed by fire today. Insurance covered the loss part of the building and contents.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Barton Lumber & Brick Co
Special Primary for Sixth Ward Nominated After Resignation
A special primary is likely to be held to nominate a successor to Martin F. Amorous, who resigned from the sixth ward council seat. Citizens push for an early primary. the city council may organize a committee and election of officers. Potential candidates include Winner Winn, James L Key, Thomas H Goodwin, I F Styron and Steve Glass, with Winn favored due to a strong Fifth Ward record.
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Martin F. Amorous
Sixth Ward
Tiia
Counell
Winn
Couneil
E Council
Pert
James L Key
Thomas H Goodwin
I F. Styron
Steve Glass
General Floyd King Attacked by Three Men
Washington October 11 General Floyd King aged 67 and former Louisiana congressman and Confederate veteran said he was attacked by three men on Saturday night. He used a pocket knife to defend himself and was badly beaten about the head and body. One assailant is reported in the hospital in doubtful condition. King was arrested and released on bond. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of the two other suspects who remain at large.
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Washinton
Hfe
Floyd King
Congress
Louisiana
Georgia
King
Beware of Catarrh and Eclipse Cure Promise
A vintage advertisement extols Eclipse Catarrh Cure, claiming it relieves catarrh symptoms and improves sleep and hearing. It offers a 25-cent trial sample by mail and quotes a New Jersey resident endorsing the remedy, noting a 66 year old commenter and urging others to order. The notice cites prices of 26-cent trial stamps and a $1 regular package.
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Eclipse Medicine Co
Gentemen
A Kennedy
Hallville
Texas
Mall
Eclipse Medicine & Manufacturing CO
Atlanta
McClelland Takes Oath as Supervisor for Census
L F McClelland was sworn in as supervisor of the thirteenth national census yesterday with Hon Arnold Broyles watching. He plans to appoint enumerators and set office locations, coordinating with E D Furand in Washington for instructions.
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McClelland
Arnold Broyles
Fulton Superior Court
Bandas
E D Furand
Washington
Deacons Discuss New Atlanta Baptist Association
The Brotherhood of Baptist Deacons meets at First Baptist Church to plan a new Atlanta area Baptist association. Rev John F E White and B F Burdett lead discussion. Dr Charles W Daniel speaks on The Texas Deacon. Deacons vote for officers next year.
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Brotherhood of Baptist
First Baptist Church
New Baptist Association
Atlanta
John FE White
B F Burdett
Brotherhood
Charles W Daniel
Texas
Lewis Would Be Governor Candidate From Wisconsin
New York October 1 Captain William Mitchell Lewis of Racine Wisconsin has begun homeward travel to launch his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor of Wisconsin He is known as the football candidate for his Yale center rush record in 1890 when his team beat Harvard
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Lewis
New York
William Mitchell Lewis
Racine
Wis
Badger
Yale Center
Harvard
Divorce Court Busy Undoing Cupid's Work
A busy Atlanta divorce session yields nineteen verdicts with eleven second decrees. Cases list Upshaw, Snyder, Westbrook, Nichols, Baswell, Wright, Russell, Landers, Williams, Woodlee, and Hayes among others, with judge Belle’s continued high output shaping the city’s domestic landscape.
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Atlanta
Judge
Jissis B Upshaw
M P Upshaw
Louis Marcus
Adelaide Marcus Hobert L Snyder
Allee F Snyder
Judla Bannell
Virgil Bannell
Ida Thomas
Willi Thomas
Mary CG Westbrook
T P Westbrook
Fannie E Snyder
Oscar Bh.snyder
Bessie
Little
Ed H Little
Suffragettes Sentenced in Newcastle Demonstration
Lady Constance Lytton and Mrs R N Braisford were arrested after a suffragette protest against David Lloyd George. Both women were sentenced to one month in prison. Mrs Braisford is married to a former Daily News writer who quit his job in protest of the government's treatment of suffragette prisoners.
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Newcastle
England
Constance Lytton
R N Braisford
David Lloyd- George
Exchequer
Bradsford
The
Daily News
Handcuffed Negro Leaps From Train in Tivol NY
Edward Davis King a negro convict escaped from a New York Central express train near Tivol New York while being transported to a North Carolina prison. Though handcuffed he jumped from a sleeping car platform and disappeared in fog. The warden pursued but was severely injured. King had earlier escaped Raleigh North Carolina prison and was remanded to Dannemora after a Brooklyn arrest for murder.
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Tivol
N. Y
Edward Davis Allas King
New York Central
Dannemora
North Carolina
King
Raleigh
N Catx
Brooklyn
Anti Gambling Law to Be Attacked in Court Challenges
Albany October 11 An attack on the constitutionality of the Agnew Hart anti race track gambling law is to be made. Formal notification was served on the court of appeals where oral betting and bookmaking questions were argued. Indicted defendants reserved objections to the law's validity and pledged further litigation to reach the court of appeals. New Orleans October 11 A highwayman robbery left Orlando Keller’s residence burgled, valuables stolen. Keller of 743 Magazine Street returned home to find the break in.
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Albany N
Agnew-Hart
Court of Appeals
John B Stanchfield
Joseph Auer
Bush
Orlando Jones
Sol Lichtenstein
Kentucky General Indicted by Jury
Louisville October 11 The blind jury returned an indictment against Adjutant General Philip J Johnston of the Kentucky National Guard for malfeasance in the wake of a city affray Edistor Tenny Goode of a weekly paper was lampooned as Peacock Johnston in editorial remarks Heavily implies conflict between the general and the journalist in Louisville.
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Louissille
Philip J. Johnston
Kentucky
Malleus
Johnston Canled
Edstor
Tenny Goode
General Kimball Dies After Forty Years in Service
General Amos and Kimball U S A veteran of forty years in the army died at his home after a long illness. Retired at his own request in 1902, he had recently been made a brigadier general. He is believed to be buried at Arlington Cemetery with military honors.
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Wasumgmy Seins
Armel
Amos & Kimball U
Sesterdas
Heart Farm
Arlington Cemetery
Cotton Movement at Jackson on October 11
Cotton movement at Jackson shows over a hundred bales turned out at local ginneries in recent days. About 45 cotton bales are picked and ginned and brought to town for sale. Prices are satisfactory and around 400 bales have been sold this season.
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Jackson
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United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
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Cal
USA
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New York, N. Y
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Ent
I White
Model Heating Company
North 10Th St
Philadelphia
Bell—Walnut
Keystome
Atlanta Steam Heating CO
Marietta Street
Boller
Amorous
L. F. McClelland
Baptist Association
University
American Furniture CO
Edgewood Ave
Cupid
Rison
Hughes
Oxrard Keller
Magasine Street
Philip P. Johnston
General Kimball
National Lead Co
National Lead Company
Broadway
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