Georgia and Southern City News Highlights
Georgia reports include mayoral actions on Nelson Street Bridge and viaduct plans, convicts auctioned to bidders, and a fatal shooting tied to a warrant. City officials address street wreck delays as national news covers trials, labor strikes, and political candidacies. Local weather and agricultural issues appear with broader national economic and crime notes.
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Presty
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Atlanta
Prevbyterian University
J oFood
Bob Knowles
Knowles
Hearst
New York
Gues
Walter Ormond
Grand Ey
Venable
Pricon Commission
Durham
Weachtree
Bankers Debate Money Orders And Bank Reform
The twenty-ninth annual American Bankers Association opened in San Francisco with remarks by President Caldwell Hardy on prosperity and speculative risks. Officials discussed bank statements publicity, money orders, and a proposed guaranty plan, noting membership at 7605 and expenses from crime protection. The currency committee reported findings and the session continued, continuing on to page eight.
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Lew Mixon
Xixons
Schaabrin
Ernest Augulu¢ Hamlyn
Jseph Chamberlain
Studs
Samuel Eo Mors
Eracor
Imanipels Sentinel
Sentinel
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Pacific
Federal National Bank of
Pittsburg
Assashiion Wilhoy Trkyns
Yale
American Funkers Association
San Francisco
American Bankers
California
Caldwell Hardy
Swinney
Counrcil
Protection Committee
Executive Council
L P Hillyer
Atte American National Bank of
Macon
Hig Eubjert
Bankers’ Association
American Bankers’ Association
New Orleans
United States
Deaths After Gas Leak In Boston Home
Boston report states Charlies A. Rollins a 43 year old retired merchant was found dead in a room on Massachusetts avenue with a gas tube by him. The caretaker Thomas Ryan 26 notified a friend by telephone then died as well. Coroner's verdict: first death suicide, second accidental. Ryan returned to the room and was overcome by fumes.
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Boston
Charlies A. Rollins
Hove
Massachusetts Avenue
Nia House
Thomas Ryan
Axe
Suiccide
Ryan
Payne ousts four post office officials in Bristow report fallout
Washington action targets Michael W. Louis supreme of supplies, Louis Kempner registry chief, and C R Terry supplies clerk, plus Otto Welsh in New York. Bristow report findings cite inflated contracts, wasteful spending, petty smuggling, false affidavits, and attempts to influence promotions. Postmaster General Payne says dismissals stem from the Bristow inquiry and hints at possible further action.
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Washington
Payne
Michael W. Louis
Postoffice Department
Louis Kempner
C. R. Terry
New York
Otto Wels
Bristow
Mikes Strtement
Michael W. Lauis
Division of Supplies
Lews Kempner
C B Terry
Otto Welsh
George W. Heagern
New York Post Office
Terry
Indiana
Post Office Department
Hhis
John M Marien
Paatm
Interior Department investigators probe land speculation plots
In Washington October 21 officials from the Interior Department disclose that several special agents operate along the Pacific coast to counter schemes to seize vast public lands for speculation. Indications point to conspiracies using forest liens and timber and stone act entries, but no solid case has yet been made.
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Washington
Interior Department
Pacificggoast
Foul Girl Babies Come At One Birth In Ohio
Zanesville Ohio October 21 Mrs William Tate 23 years old has given birth to four girl babies all normal sized and weighing slightly more than 6 1 2 pounds each The event reported as a remarkable multiple birth highlights a single birth delivery of quadruplets with healthy weights and no complications noted.
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Zanesville
Ohio
William Tate
Poison Worms Plague Northeast Georgia Cabbage
A poisonous worm or snake like creature found in cabbage across White Forsyth and adjoining counties shocks farmers near Gainesville. State chemist confirms poison enough to kill fifteen, prompting widespread fear and a temporary cabbage ban as deaths from mysterious causes spark concern.
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Gainesville
Georgia
Toynt
Dawson
Forsyth
White County
Cabbage Belt
Dyer
Galneeville Baturlayins
Latimer floats highway aid plan for federal funds
Burlington Iowa October 2 United States Senator Ascury C Latimer of South Carolina urged the Southeast ern Iowa Good Roads Association to back road improvements. He opposed loaning treasury surplus to banks and proposed using 100 million dollars annually for five years to build roads boosting land values across 600 million acres.
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Burlington
Iowa
United States
Ascury C Latimer
South Carolina
Southeastern
Good Raads Association
Treasury
Union
Bryan Figures In Will Contest
New Haven Conn October 21 testimony centered on the will of Philo S Bennett with William Bryan disputing a $60,000 bequest in his favor. Judge Stoddard signaled Mrs Bennett would contest if Bryan sought the funds, while Bryan argued he would not let his family receive anything unless Bennett agreed to distribute it to education and charity.
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Conn
Todas
Philo S Bennett
William Reyan
Stoddard
Bennett
Bryan
Mr. Bennett
Lincoln
Nebr
Bryan Dought
Archbishop Kain Requiem Held In St Louis
Funeral services were held in St Louis for Archbishop Kain of this diocese who died in Baltimore last week Cardinal Gibbons celebrated the pontifical high requiem and Archbishop Keane of Dubuque delivered the sermon Burial was at Calvary beside Archbishop Kendrick who headed the archdiocese for years and preceded Archbishop Kain The ceremonies were attended by many
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Kain
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Ron
Keane
Dubuche
Iowa
Calvary
Kendrick
Mamfred
Dowie Crowds Cause Chaos at Madison Square Garden
Thirty thousand people gathered to see John Alexander Dowie in New York as doors closed amid a wild crush. Police and health inspectors battled disorder, arrests were made for disturbances, and reports described injuries, evacuations, and a public outcry over Dowie’s influence and conduct.
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Dowie
Merchant Princes
New York
Madison Lane Garden
John Alexander Dowie
Bo Cloak
Tmany
Inspector Walsh
Grace George
Theacher
Polses
William J Buykley
Newark
William A Brady
Lorensa Winter
Channing Puttack
Zion
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