Germany Yields on Submarines and Reparations
Washington reports a German shift ending sinking of liners without warning. Count von Bernstorff writes Lansing that German submarines will not sink liners without warning, with safety of noncombatants. Officials see this as progress toward a full understanding on freedom of the seas and possible reparations for American lives lost in Lusitania and Arabic incidents.
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United States
Germany
Count von Bernstorff
Lanning
Count von Bernstorf
State Department
Lansing
Berlin
Lanalug
White House
White
McAdoo
Tilman
South Carolina
Lusitania
London
Germaany
Bernstorff
Dugif Ja
Divorce Dilemma Looped Around Bigamy Case
In Solomon Role, Recorder Johnson hears Lucy Puckett and J W Mims facing bigamy charges after Puckett remarried following a holy wedlock with Mims’s desertion. The recorder urges divorces for both to remarry anew, stressing the child’s best interests and hinting at superior court action for clarity and mercy.
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Webb Hnd Wiley
J. W. Mims
Atlanta
Lucy Bwent
King
Thomas Puckett
Packett
Vsunshire
Mime Biazzies
Mims
Myra Jordan
Lucy Fuckett
No. 14
Circle Street
Recorder
Johnson
Solmilon
Jone
Vunagua Wyace
Solomon
Iti
Ohio Capitalists Plan to Construct New Trolley Line
Proposals to resume work on the Atlanta Carolina Electric railway linking Atlanta Athens and Augusta by trolley line were submitted to Judge John T Pendleton in Fulton superior Court. Attorneys for bondholders and the receiver agreed to option the franchise right of way and assets for 150000 dollars. Formal option to be signed, with Receiver R E Church turning the option over to Adams and Sturn of Columbus Ohio to finance the line.
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Atlanta
Athens
Augusta
John T. Pendleton
Fulton Superior Gourt
Sis
Qghip
Jaake Pendleton
R. E. Church
Adams & Sturn
Columbus
Ohio
Official Day for Fall Hats and High Shoes
The article notes September 15th as the universally recognized day for discarding straw hats and summer shoes. It mentions past varied dates and cites Atlanta merchants and The Constitution’s Wednesday issue proposing September 15th as the fall style designation.
Armistead Opens Fight to Abolish Office of Duke
Atlanta council eyes a clash as Armistead seeks to abolish the office of principal of four high schools. The school committee recommended no funding for the post and proposed consolidating four schools under University high. A Friday meeting will hear the board’s views before council action.
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Council
University High School For
Atlanta
Board of Education
Jesse W. Armistead
Cownell School Committee
Badanchahed
W. F. Dykes
Hig Central University High School
Armistead
Central High School
Armisteadad
General Council
J. J. McCard
Farlinger
Bonrad of Education
L. M. Landrum
Green
Dan W. Green
Aldine
Fain
Mr. Armsatead
Hoys
Tech High
Culver
Annie Wise
Ingtish Commercial School
Miss Muse
Girls’ High School
Georgia Seeks State Wide Expo and Carnival in Atlanta
Georgia leaders form the Presidents club to stage a huge statewide exposition in Atlanta, November 16 to 19, with Beaumont Davison as president and Edward Young Clarke as general manager. The event aims to unite counties, feature parades, livestock and agricultural displays, a fashion show, auto exhibits, masquerades, and pageants, drawing vast support from civic and commercial bodies across the state. Clarke recalls a 20,000-strong Brooksville parade as proof of Georgia’s readiness for a major celebration.
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Atlanta
South
New Orleans
Presidents’ Club
Chamber of ‘Commerce
Bred Paxon
Southeastern Fair Association
Lakewood
Georgia
Paxon
Atlante
J. P. Allen
Julian Boshm
Lloyd B. Parks
Beaumont Davison
Lindsey Hopking
W.W. Grr
Ivan Allen
Brooka County
Wmder
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Quttman
Clarke
Charles J. Linden
Constitution
Brooks County
Unntil
Lucian York
Ex-Gov Patterson Enters Tennessee Senate Race
Memphis Tenn September 1 M A Patterson former Governor of Tennessee tonight formally announced his candidacy for the United States senate to succeed Luke Lea another candidate Thetus W Sims and K D McKellar are present congressmen While governor Patterson pardoned Colonel D B Cooper and his son Robin after they were convicted of killing former U S Senator Carmact
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Memphis. Tenn
M. A. Patterson
Tennessee
United States Senate
Heseeka
Luke Lea
Thetus W. Sims
K. D. McKellar
Wile
Patterson
D. B. Cooper
Robin
U.S
Carmact
Deputy Shot Dead in Selma Train Wrecker Case
Selma Alabama September 1 Deputy Sheriff Josep Stevens of Dallas County was shot and killed by Chief Deputy W F Aycock who mistook him for a train wrecker. Stevens stepped from bushes onto the railroad track. An earlier attempt to wreck a Southern railway passenger train occurred nearby. Stevens was formerly a Texas Ranger.
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Selma
Ala
Josep Stevens
Dallas ‘County
W. F. Aycock
Aycock
Stevens
Southern Railway
Texas Ranger
Atlanta Plans for Statewide Carnival Parallel to Southeastern Fair
A proposal from the Presidents' club of Atlanta outlines a fall statewide carnival to run alongside the Southeastern Fair. The plan includes educational programs by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, nightly balls, daily parades featuring agriculture merchants and manufacturers, and a city parade with schools. Other events include animal industry displays, decorated automobile parades with queens, street dances, fireworks at multiple parks, and a competitive automobile tour spanning Georgia.
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Auane
Presidents’ Club of
Atlanta
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Georgia
Seeay
The
Com Club
Piedmont Park
Ball Park
Grant Park
Burwell Defends Rules Committee On Prohibition Bills
Augusta Ga September 1 special. Speaker William I Fagwell defends the rules committee for not assigning prohibition bills in the last days of the session and says Governor Harris should not include prohibition in any extra session call. He notes motions for early sessions failed and argues the committee prioritized essential bills despite criticism.
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Tules
House
Harris
William I. Fagwell
New York
Sparta
Senate
Termperance Committee
Rules Committee
Tempe Ange
Comraltes
Georgia
Burwell
Children sue city over swing injury claim
D E B Arnold of Fair and Crew streets seeks 9500 for two children who fell from a city swing at Paby park. He asserts their earning capacity is 2 and 1.50 dollars weekly, while neighbors question the work value of the two youngsters who sometimes pick up a handkerchief for their mother. Council committee previously dismissed a similar case claiming no record of damage.
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Grant Park
D. EB. Arnold
Fair and
Crew Streets
Paby
Fair Street
Crew Street
Arnold
Claude Ashley
Actin
Nanakerchief
Prospects Good for Fall Trade Across U S
Federal reserve reports from twelve districts show little change in business, with slight improvements and prospects of large crops. Atlanta notes iron industry revival near Birmingham and labor demand. Dallas cites drought impacting cotton but potential fall crop if frost avoids. Boston reports rising emergency orders while retail remains below normal. New York sees activity in iron, steel, machinery, wool and leather with strong foreign orders. Philadelphia stagnant. Cleveland and St Louis districts show progress and confidence. Minneapolis notes big grain harvest and active wholesale and retail. Kansas City slight money demand. San Francisco cites unsettled exchange and shipping limits. Oranges priced well while lemons lag.
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Washington
United States
Federal Reserve
Federal ‘Reserve Board
Atlanta
Birmingham
Atlanta Reserve Bank
Hichména
Dallas
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
General Business Alliance
Cieagh
St. Louis
Northwest
Minneapolis
Kansas City
San Francisco
Ex-Governor Slaton at the Hearst Ranch
Ex Governor and Mrs John M Slaton have been resting with William Randolph Hearst at their San Louis Obispo ranch in southern California for a week or ten days. The party plans visits to Los Angeles the San Diego exposition and other southern California points.
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San Francisco
Cal
John M. Slaton
Willam Randolph Hearsts
San Louis Obispo Mach
California
San Francisto
Hearsts
Los Angeles
San Diego Exposition
Contracts for Steamers Signed by Crowell and Thurlow
Contracts for two freight steamships to cost 699000 each and to be completed within eighteen months were signed by the Crowell and Thurlow Steamship company of Boston and the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company. Both ships will be 335 feet 6 inches long and 55 feet beam.
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Newport News
Crowell and Thurlow Steamship Company
Boston
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Lutsk fortress fallen to Austrians in Galicia
London reports the minor Lutsk fortress, part of a Russian defensive triangle north of Galicia, captured by Austrian forces as Austro German offensives push west. Russians hold some front sectors, with heavy losses on both sides and potential strategic shifts as autumn nears.
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Galicia
London
Lutsk
Dubno
Hovno
Vienna
Pripet
Gaz Hela
Germany
Dvina
Friedrienstadt
Gulf of Higa
Kovna
Vilna
Wrodno
Grodno Forttress
Sevlin
Oate
Thraster
Kamerun
Weather Prophecy Forecast for Georgia and Washington
Forecast predicts generally fair weather in Georgia on Thursday and Friday with occasional showers in the south. Washington region shows generally fair conditions with no significant weather events expected.
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Washington
Georgia
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