Atlanta Skyscraper Convention Praises City Leaders
Chicago editor c A Patterson and Detroit owner E H Doyle hailed Atlanta as the best venue at the eighth national convention of Building Owners and Managers in session at the Piedmont hotel. Delegates and locals planned tours, speeches by Asa G Candler and E M Potter highlighted the day as the group studied skyscraper management and fire protection.
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C. A. Patterson
Chicago
E. H. Doyle
Detroit
Mich
Fledmont
Atlanta
Mr. Patterson
Atlanta Association of Building Owners and Managers
Mr. Doyle
Ty Cobb
Georgia
Forsyth Theater
East Lake Country Club
Charles E. Doty
Cleveland
J. B. Randell
E. 8. Sewell
Omaha
Neb
Aven Candler
Charles E
Candler
Kerthin Mora
E. M. Potter
Douglas Robinson
Charles 8. Brown Company
New York City
Randell
Potter
Piedmont Hotel
Hockaday Company
St. Louis
Wright
Atlanta Women to Know the Names of Godchildren Soon
Dr. May announces to Atlanta ladies who agreed to be godmothers to homeless French soldiers that the names of their proteges will be posted next Monday. A Paris cable confirms the names as soon to reach Atlanta, with thanks from Parisian women in the godmother movement. Ambulances funded by Georgian physicians will be shipped to New York in October and dispatched to France with aid from Countess de Tavara.
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Di.f. E. May
Georgia War Reicf Committee
France
Elliés
Atlanta
May
Georgia War Relief Committee
New York
Countess de Tavara
Trial of Mrs Haskins Continued in Douglas Court
In Douglas Georgia September 15 the superior court continued the case of Mrs Maggie Haskins charged with killing her husband a Lebaton preacher. The delay was granted upon written notice that she is in a delicate condition.
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Douglas
Maggie Haskins
Lebaton
Dodson's Liver Tone Featured as Harmless Calomel Alternative
An advertisement promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, gentle liver remedy to replace calomel. It claims relief from biliousness and sluggishness with a single nightly spoonful and asserts the product is harmless and non salivating, suitable for children.
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Guarante
Duggist
Dodson
One Gallon of Liquor Allowed Per Month Referendum Result
South Carolina voters favored state-wide prohibition by about 20,000, with totals around 55,000. Final tallies: 35,243 for prohibition and 14,907 against. Dispensaries to end by December 31, and shipments limited to one gallon per person per month after January 1, 2016. Charleston tallied 51 percent against prohibition in Dorchester County.
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Columbia
South Carolina
United States
I B. R. Tillman
Lander
Charleston
S. C
Dorchester
Charleston County Depensary Board
Grossman to wind up Flag League affairs
Leonard J. Grossman, attorney for the Florida Georgia League of professional baseball clans, travels from Atlanta to Waycross Americus Brunswick and other towns to straighten out league tangles after a hard season. In Brunswick he will meet Mayor J H Hopkins who urges Brunswick to fund the guarantee money overdue before the season, else the league faces lasting harm and the sport’s doom in the region.
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Leonard J. Grossman
Atlanta
Waycross
Americus
Brunswick
J. H Hopkins
Brunswick Baseball’ Corporation
Hopkins
Dick Jemison
Jemison
Little Prospect Seen for European Peace
President Wilson was told by Dr. Aletta Jacobs of Amsterdam that there is little prospect of peace in Europe. Jacobs, delegate to The Hague Women's Peace conference, discussed women peace advocates uniting for action through the United States and neutral nations. she did not expect immediate steps from the president.
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Washington
Wilsoh
Aletta H. Jacobs
Amsterdam
Holland
Jacobs
Hague
Afo
United Action For
United States
Rockefeller Gives Fund for Drug Habit Hospital
New York on September 15 John D Rockefeller Jr through the Rockefeller Bureau of Hygiene sent a fifteen thousand dollar check to Katherine B Dans commissioner of corrections toward the cost of a hospital for drug habitues on risks assan This and a ten thousand dollar donation by Mrs W S Vanderbilt enable the commissioner to proceed with the work The hospital will accommodate 122 patients to care for the influx of thug users due to new laws banning habit forming drugs.
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New York
John D. Rocketeer, Jr
Rockefeller Bureau of Sia Hygiens
Katherine B Dans
Mectins
Rikes
Assan
W. SC Vanderbilt
Neutral Vessel Sunk by German Submarine
London September 15 A Reuters Copenhagen dispatch reports the destruction of a neutral motor schooner Norte of Chrishamia near Rio Novo off the Norwegian coast in the North Sea. The crew was saved. The only vessel named in records is a small steamer flying the Brazilian flag, registry Para, Taal.
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London
Reuter
Copenhagen
Norte
Chrishamia
Rio Novo
North Sea
Nérie
Christiania
Para
Taal
More Colonial Troops for the French Army
Paris reports Gaston Doumergue informs Associated Press that French colonial troops, aided by British allies, have held Africa front lines across 4000 miles since last September. He aims to raise more native troops for spring operations, noting natives’ devotion and crossovers to the French side amid Kamerun and West Africa campaigns.
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Paris
Africa
Gaston Doumergue
M Doumeigue
France
Moroche
Kameruns
Kamerins
Germany
Columbus City Court Officers Named Today
Columbus Ga September 15 Special Today marked the close of a spirited campaign to form the new municipal court with tomorrow’s primary to select the judge clerk and marshal. Eleven candidates campaigned energetically amid good humor and pleasantries. The judge nominees are John H. Lewis William deL Worsley and S T Pinkston. Clerk nominees are Henry K. Gammon J H B Germany and W H Speer. Marshal nominees are JR Beahn C A Gibson BG Martin J M Huling and M D Corner.
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Columbus
Marshal
John H. Lewis
Wiliam del. Worsley
5. T. Pinkston
Henry K. Gammon
J. HB. Germany
W. H. Speer
Margial
JR. Beahn
C.A. Gibson
BG. Martin
J. M. Huling
M.D. Corner
Lester German Leads Field In Big Shoot At Atlantic City
Lester German of Aberdeen Maryland led the Westy Hogan shoot in Atlantic City with 176 straight, finishing ahead of Walter Henderson of Lexington Kentucky. Amateurs Woolfolk Henderson Bruns Hentown Ride posted strong scores as New York State team won the interstate match with 483 breaks, tying Pennsylvania for high team.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Jetes S. German
Aberdeen
M. D
Westy Hogan
Waoltole Henderson
Lexinngton, Ky
Woolfolk Henderson
RH. Bruns
Brookville
Ind
Allen Hentown
Willi St
Ride
Whatcher
New York State
Pennsylvania
R.A. Hall
Wisherville
F. S. Wright
South Wales
Frank B. Stevenson
Brooklin
Players Drafted Not Announced at National Meeting
Cincinnati, Sept 15 The annual draft time for minor league players into major league clubs was held today by the National Baseball commission. Drafts were not made public though copies were given to major league representatives. Attending for the National League were Herrmann, Bohets, Baker, Thomas, Hempstead, Foster, Britton and more. American League attendees included Hedges Huston Grabiner McCairmin and Joe Helly.
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Cincinnati
WBP
Baker
Philadelphia
C. H Thomas
Chicago
Great Britain Makes Large Sugar Purchases
New York reports refined sugar exports as the British commission buys about 10 000 tons. Prices are under 4 1 2 for granulated sugar, and about five points below the previously named price. Domestic business remains quiet as raw sugar markets stay unsettled.
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New York
Britlish Commission
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the Majestic Hotel
Majestic
America
J. Lee Barnes
Legg
Legg Brick Company
Calhoun, Georgia
B. Mifflin Hood Brick Company Selling Agents
Candler Bldg
Mrs. Haskins
Grossman
Flag League
Rockefeller
FGR
Dobbster
Lester German
Great Britain
Marion Hotel
N. Pryor St
Marion
Gate City Hotel
Forsyth Street
Trinity Ave
Terminal Station
W. E. Kingston
J. W. Burke
Reliance
East Dad St
Overland
AD Overland
Overland Southern Auto CO. Distributors
Peachtree St
Ivy
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