Automatic gun bill killed in the Georgia senate
A heated debate in the Georgia Senate ends with the automatic gun bill defeated by a 23 to 10 vote. The discussion featured strong opposition to hunting birds with automatic firearms and calls to remove Krag-Jorgensen rifles from the state. The session adjourned after continued talks on the Pure Election Bill and other proposed measures.
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Marion County
Boijer
Taylor County
Georgia
Senate
Westbrook
Bunn
Wright
Richmond
House
Candler
Underpass Project Set to Start After Delay
After more than three months delay the Boulevard underpass will begin work on Tuesday. At Monday’s meeting the council reviewed bids with Gude Contracting and others. final price settled near $20,000 to $30,000 range. The Louisville railroad contract and machinery status were noted, with work to commence soon.
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Spaniors
Gude
Orl
Jean
Council
Mane
Louisville Ae Railroad
Ion
Ae Contracting Company
Girl kills self at parents grave in Loudoun Park
Miss Lily Poske aged 33, yesterday took carbolic acid at the grave of her mother in Loudoun Park, Baltimore. She had travelled from her sister Mrs Feldman’s home despite warnings not to go. the act appears to be a suicide.
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Baltimore
Society women witness prize fight of sailors
Several thousand officers and seamen at Admiral Evans' battleship naval training station watched Beaman Tag of the Alabama and Begman Condon of the Kearsarge fight for a $60 purse from the North Atlantic Fleet Athletic Club. Tag won as aggressor in the first four rounds with stronger overall work.
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New York
Admiral Evans
Beaman Tag
Alabama
Begman Condon
Kearsarge
North Atlantic Fleet Athletic Club
Tag
Socialists Push Uniform Clothes and Free School Meals
Platform adopted by Socialista in Wyandotte county urges uniforms for all schoolchildren and for the public to pay for noon dinners. The speaker said children of the common people are ashamed to attend school due to unequal clothing compared with well to do peers.
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Kansas City
Socialista
Wyandotte
Kans
Vanderbilt to wed Boston socialite Mina Sears
New York reports say Harold Vanderbilt the wealthiest young bachelor and Mina Eleanora Sears a leading Boston socialite are engaged. Vanderbilt stays with Harold Tweed at Beverly Farms and has been seen with Sears, with no denial from either family. formal announcement expected before summer’s end.
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New York
Harold Vanderbit
Mina Eleanora Sears
Boston
Chien
Bostom
Newport
Harold Vanderbilt
Harold Tweed
Beverly Farms
Miss Sears
Laundry Price Rise Hits Atlanta Garment Firms
The laundry trust in Atlanta raises prices across all twenty seven local shops with a 1 to 2 cent increase for collar cleaning and similar hikes on other clothing services. Citizens report little explanation from shop owners as to the motive or source of the raise.
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Laundry Trust
Atlanta
Orom Ding Dong
Hing Hong
Oxford Couple Weds At Kis Residence
Shelley Ivey of Oxford and Miss Adamline Guard of Elizabeth Street wed Sunday at Kis residence 27 West Fourth Street with Dr C E Dowman officiating. The ceremony was held at the couple’s home in the presence of friends and relatives. Ivey runs the students’ emporium and soda shop on campus.
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West Fourth Street
C. E. Dowman
Adamline Guard
Eitznbeth Street
Shelley Ivey
Oxford
Mize Guard
Ivey
Dowmar
Emory College
Dr. Man
Groo Shelleyer
Residence Partially Destroyed in Georgian Fire
Special to The Georgian Dublin Ga August 6 Saturday afternoon part of the residence and household furniture of H M Kirke was destroyed by fire which originated in the fireplace near the work in sav This fragmentary notice reports a house fire damaging the Kirke property with no injuries noted and authorities investigating the blaze.
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Ees
H. M. Kirke
Turbulent Russia Uprisings Highlight Strikes and Arrests
Across Finland and Russia unrest grows as socialist and democratic groups clash with authorities. Arrests occur on street cars and peasant uprisings loom, while Finnish police resign and calls to disrupt rail traffic intensify amid revolutionary sentiment.
Head Hunters Kill Off Officers and Men
The report from Manila dated August 6 details renewed activity by the Pulajanes and Igorotes in Leyte. An armed group attacked the village of Abulog, killing its chief and injuring constabulary men and policemen, while Major Crawford's U S detachment on Canygan Island was ambushed on the Abulog river with several soldiers wounded by arrows.
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Manila
Beni
Leyte
Abulog
Canygan Island
Crawford
United States
Railroads to pay about 160000 more in taxes this year
Des Moines Iowa August 6 The Iowa executive council fixed railway valuations lifting taxable value by 4099686 bringing total to 962289775 Railroads will pay about 160000 more taxes this year than last The railroads opposed Cummins renomination and accuse him of using influence for retaliation in the council decision prior to the election
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Des Moines
Iowa Executive Council
Cummins
Council
Williams Case Delayed by Alabama High Court Tangle
Special to The Georgian Birmingham August proceedings in the habeas corpus petition for John Williams condemned to die for the murder of State Senator Robert L Hipp were suspended by order of Justice D Weakley of the Alabama supreme court. Attorneys for the prosecution served notice for a rule list against Judge Weaver and will file briefs within ten days to determine if a rule is required and whether a supreme court justice may entertain a prohibition during vacation. If the rule issues the case returns to the supreme court. if not, Weaver may proceed with the habeas corpus.
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Birmingham
Ala
Atttorneys
Willams
Supreme Court
Unidentified Person Missing After City Visit
Report notes Bara's disappearance after a trip to a city last week. Cossacks guard the governor's residence and government buildings while the ich consul is instructed to shelter all Qafenees regardless of nationality if trouble arises.
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Bara
Eneradall
Ich
Emigrants in peril as ship sinks off Cape Palos
Harrowing accounts detail a sinking off Cape Palos with passengers drowning and clinging to rigging. Survivors, including women and children, are rescued by boats and a local relief camp forms in the town square. The Austrian consul aided a mother and child before perishing.
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Bishop Barros
Santos
Brazil
London
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Para
Rio de Janeiro
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Nhe Palos
Cape Palos
Ami
Cate
Bena
Women in Panic as Ferry Collides at Hoboken Slip
A crowd of men women and children returning from Coney Island were thrown into panic when the Hoboken ferry boat Binghampton crashed into the Entra at the Hoboken slip on the riverfront.
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New York
Coney Island
Hoboken
Binghampton
Pure Food Bill Dominates Morning Georgia House Session
The Georgia House debates a Pure Food bill delaying passage until the session’s end. Opponents object to wording while supporting provisions for inspection, adulteration penalties, and federal state cooperation. A substitute bill mirrors national law, seeks funding, and aims to curb misbranding and deception in foods and drugs.
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Seinen Mats
Wright
Floyd
Hoon
Joe Hill Hall
Bibb
Aiken
Bartown
Georgia
State Department of Agriculture
Commissioner of Agriculture
United States
Slaton
House
Berrien
Felder
Hall
Senate
Wiley
Washington
Atlanta
Collision damages ship gates and cabins in harbor incident
The force of the collision stove in the paw of the Binghamton and smashed the gates while the starboard cabin of the Zimba was torn away from the forward end to the astern. The impact brought a loud crash of splintering timbers and a violent jolt that threw people from their seats. Several were bruised in the scramble as chaos unfolded.
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Binghamton
Zimba
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