Endowment Campaign Advances Amid Perdue Trial News
In Macon Georgia a vigorous campaign supports Wesleyan College endowment with nearly $5900 added in morning reports. Campaign leaders include King and Baker, with ongoing daily updates as funds target beyond $1,000. In Zebulon on October 18 special jury in the Perdue case declares a mistrial after jurors report two acquittals and ten for manslaughter, with a fourth Monday trial date set.
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Macon Ga
Won Ainswearth
Wencyan College
Ewan Town
Umen
Everybods Company UK
Job Cut
Touke
Amipeunt Company
King
Sturghard
Washington J Bories
Cobb
Zebulon
Heagan
Teagan
Does Life Insurance Cover Hangings in Policy Claims
Washington October 18 The United States circuit court decision on life insurance coverage for hangings is debated in a case involving Me for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. The issue centers on whether a standard life policy pays out after a hanging murder charge against Mayor McCue of a Washington town. The federal court ruled for the insurer, the fourth circuit reversed, and the Supreme Court will settle the question.
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Premp Court Today
Northwestern
Mealy Nangl
McCue
Sis
Crs
United States
Wanternatricaf
Suginia
Court of Appeala
Elreurt
Merlis
Doctor Cook Advocates Amber Glasses For Arctic Travel
Dr Frederick A Cook states amber colored glasses banish one of his greatest Arctic torments and urges trying them for sun and coast. Walter Ballard Uplical Co Teachtree street advertises many styles with noted success.
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Frederick A. Cook
Walter Ballard
Uplical Co
Teachtree Atreet
$100,000 Life Policy Ordered to be Paid
Washington October 18 The Supreme Court did not uphold Mutual Insurance Company's claim that the $100,000 life policy of Lucilla Ho Perkins of Kansas should not be paid. Perkins was charged with poisoning himself in a personal crisis and dying, dragging his boy in the house, a scene that suggested a fatal fall. The court gave no stated reason for its action.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Mutual Insurance Company
Lucilla Ho Perkins
Kansas
Perkins
Walter Ballard Optical Co. advertises carefully selected goggles
Caution about cheap auto goggles causing headaches is followed by an offer to visit Walter Ballard Optical Co. at 7th Peach Tree Street to obtain properly chosen eyewear. The ad promotes relief from glare and wind by using quality goggles and emphasizes stock selection.
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Walter Ballard Optical Co
Richmond woman calls for women suffrage and church laity rights
Miss Belle Bennett of Richmond Kentucky, president of the Women's Board of Home Missions of the Methodist Episcopal church south, urged granting women full suffrage and laity rights. Delegates visited Tybee Island as memorials on rights were prepared for the church's next general conference. The day closed with devotional services and the mission board discussed expanding women's roles.
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Misa Belle Bennett
Richmond
Women's Board of Home Missions
Episcopal Church
South
Miss Bennett
Methodist
Mission Board
Tybee Island
Committee On Memorials
Purity Congress In Burlington Draws Nation’s Reformers
The National Purity Congress convenes in Burlington Iowa October 19 for four days bringing together leading reformers sociologists and philanthropists from across the United States. Prominent speaker Ben Bo Lindsey of Denver will address reforming young offenders under his parole system. Officers include Bob Meadwell La Crosse Wis president Dr Howard A Ketly Baltimore vice president Julia Fo Morrow Cambridge Ohio secretary and Charles A Mitchell Cherkev Ohio treasurer.
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National Purity Congress
Burlington
Iowa
United States
Dadgre Ben Bo Lindsey
Denver
Association
B Ob Meadwell
Lacrosse
Wis
Presint
Howard A Ketly
Baltimore
Lineae
Julia Fo Morrow
Cambridge
Ohio
Secre Tary
Charlies A Mitchell
Cherekev
Fair and Cooler Weather Forecast in Atlanta
The weather man predicts Tuesday will be fair and cooler for Atlanta with mainly dry conditions. Officials urge residents to carry light layers and monitor any local advisories as temperatures ease and skies clear.
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Atlanta
Gopher horse exhibition promises thrills amid careful weather note
A lively preview outlines a big horse show with upbeat promises and careful weather, mentioning the gopher and billed exhibitions. A separate local item reports the accidental shooting death of L R Mayfield, 21, of Boone County NC, in Bristol Tennessee with no arrest.
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Bristol
Tenn
L R. Mayfield
Boone County
North Carolina
Wal Bemer
Johnson County
Well Dressed Men Suits Ahead at Local Clothiers
OGERS, Peet & Co. and Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes promise instant refinement for any man. See the quality and value, and shop for economy in a suit. The Horse Show begins tonight and the store stays open until six thirty to meet every dress need in clothes hats and furnishings.
Treat Holds That Private Banks Can Run Currency System
October 18 New York address by Charles H Treat, U S treasurer, urges central national clearing house and rediscounting loans while opposing large scale postal savings banks. He champions government backed currency and warns against expanding administrative burdens. Lady Cook, suffrage donor, plans to push Taft and Lincoln era reforms, pledging up to a million dollars to win ballot for women.
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Central Bank
Treat
Tam
Central Bank of National Clearing House Bank
China Post Refused by Stuyvesant Fish
New York October 18 Stuyvesant Fish says he declined the offer to become minister to China after being asked to pay for a report from Shanghahi He states the Chinese mission offered him the post but he refused immediately The remarks follow persistent rumors of age or other conditions surrounding the potential appointment.
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China Post
Stuyvesant Fish
New York
Stuyvesan Fish
Shanghana
China
Europe
Sewer pipe bursts disrupt Cain Street homes
Residents along Cain Street report a burst sewer pipe last Friday that flooded streets near Mrs Joxs home at the corner of Cain and vy streets. The sanitary department was notified but no repairs have begun yet, causing considerable neighborhood annoyance.
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Cain
Time Mone Time Mone Y Dont Miss The Mail Order Fix
A witty notice urges customers to switch from busy Saturday fittings to a quick mail order service. It warns of unsold stock and lost prestige from unfilled orders and promises relief by using the mail order house next week.
Death toll rises among veterans as pensions grow
Washington October 18 Death’s invasion of thinning veteran ranks drops 48 32 names from the pension rolls last year among Civil War survivors 53 96 on the rolls. Government pensions paid in the year ending June 30 1909 reach 161 373 703 the largest single yearly total. Commissioner Ves pasian Warner notes increases due to 12 16 and 20 payments for Civil War and Mexican War survivors and boosts for widows and minor dependents under 1907 1908 acts.
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Washington
Ivasion
United States
Cvil
Vespasian Warner
Warner
Mexico
Prices for meat will remain high
Chicago October delegates to the fourth annual convention of the American Packers Association forecast meat prices staying high. President Michael Ryan said only a brief drop might occur if cattle numbers rise, but long term relief requires many more cattle to be grown to prevent prices from rising again.
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Chicago
American Packers’ Association
Michael Ryan
Amerca
American Cotton Oil Push in Canada Market
Washington reports efforts to open Canada for American cotton seed oil and cotton seed meal. Commerce and Labor asks U S consuls to study prospects with early reports arriving. Canada imports about 5 million dollars of u s cotton seed oil annually, while per capita imports remain low. In Georgia Macon Urubelle notes golf fall journey qualifications at Log Cabin links with many entrants and improving scores as preliminaries near completion.
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Canada
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Dominion
Dominions
Macon
Log Cabin Links
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