King Edward Wins Big in Wall Street Stock Surge
Aug 17 New York A sudden rally in Union Pacific and Southern Pacific sent prices soaring. King Edward of England, via his New York agent, joined a group of top financiers in substantial profits as dividends of 10 percent on Union Pacific and a percent on Southern Pacific sparked frantic buying. The market surged with shorts covering and notable gainers included Harriman, Gates, Keene, Rockefeller, Stillman, Guggenheim, Weil, Field, Levy, and others. King Edward reportedly cleared about 256 a share on Southern Pacific and 30 a share on Union Pacific.
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Ledset Wie
New York
Union Pa
Edward
England
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Financial
Union Pacife
Shorts
Tou
E. H. Harriman
Southern
King Edward
Ernest Cassell
Union Pacific Tock
John W. Gates
James R. Keene
John 9. Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
H. A
James Stillman
Daniel Gugenheim
Harry Weill
Jacob Field
William Oliver
Jefferson M. Levy
Weather Froth and Coal Rain Missing in City
Weather forecast notes daily showers for Atlanta, yet business district sees little rain. Ice man jokes about shoppers needing coal and hot chocolate in winter as forecasts predict thunder showers Friday night and Saturday. Temperatures rise from morning 78 to afternoon near 88 degrees.
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Jett
Atlanta
Street babes pray for mayor amid threats and resistance
Read as a dramatic entry in a city paper, the piece reports street youths compelled to pray for the mayor while tensions rise and an order to resist is mentioned. The line invokes admonition that “the Lord’ll strike him dead” toward Mayor Woodward, signaling danger and instability.
Civil Engineers Begin Terminal Plan Work
Civil engineers and draughtsmen fill the second floor preparing the Gate City Terminal under the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad. Lane Bros. of Lynchburg handles grading and excavating in a contract worth over $500,000. R. T. McDonald arrives as chief engineer to lead the terminal project.
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Empire
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
Worl
Gate City Terminal Company
Lane Broa, & Company
Lynchburg
R. T. McDonald
Jelief
Atlanta
Birmingham
Atlantic and
Seaboard Air Line
Atlanta Terminal
Magnolia
Nelson Streets
Mayor opposes street exposure of Memorial Orphanage children
Mayor Woodward denounces public street appearances by Memorial Orphanage children to raise funds. He favors private fund raising and custody by the institution, while directing police to break up such meetings. Rev John K R Gonn offers to take care of the child wards.
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Woodward
Prac
Recorder
Pee Tan
John KR. Gonn
Iee Indust
Macon
Orphanage Run Under Fire As Mayor Orders Street Meetings
Mrs. J R Harwell and husband operate Memorial Orphanage at 52 and 54 McDaniel street. She defies mayoral orders to stop street prayers by children, claiming divine call to the work. City reports allege lax care and that children are dragged into the streets. Harwell says he will continue prayers at 6 pm with the children, while police may remove them to the home.
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Woodward
Memorial Orphanage
J. R. Harwell
Memorial
McDaniel Street
Harwell
Jour UN
Aeials
Thomas Evans
Joseph Logan
Associated Charities of Georgia
Harwel
Oakland City
Ford
T. R. Sawwtell
J. H. Bullock & Company
Wood & Singleton
Nathan
Hundreds mob bank in Chelsea amid Chelsea Bank scare
In Chelsea hundreds of depositors mostly poor and some Hebrews gathered around the First National Bank of Chelsea as authorities moved to close the institution. Deposits totaled nearly seven million dollars as Bank Examiner and officials worked through the night. Patrolmen restrained a woman crying to reach the bank door while crowds discussed officials and their savings, and United States authorities departed for the city.
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Chelsea
Trivate Seanad Wheeles
Firstral Bank of
Dank Examiner
Eck Che Examiner
Ank
GiWaehley
Harrison
United States
Chelten
Deaths and local obituaries in Haralson and Abbeville
Continued on Page Three. Mrs Avrilla Connally an aged lady living near Carmel died yesterday morning. She was the aunt of Mrs Mary Callahan of this place Thomas Sawyer city marshal died at his home in Abbeville on Wednesday night.
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Avrilla Connally
Haralson
Carmel
Thomas Sawyer
Abbeville
James Loftess Dies at 29 in Means Street Home
James Loftess aged 29 died Wednesday at his residence 95 Means street. Funeral services were held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the home and the interment followed at Caseve Cemetery.
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James Loftess
Means Street
Caseve Cemetery
Baseball double header at Piedmont Park workers game report
Montgomery pitcher Maxwell faces Atlanta in first game of twin bill at Piedmont Park on August 17. Below is a compact inning by inning account with hits, outs, runs, and key plays including singles by McCann and Smith, errors by Jordan, and varied fates for pitchers Childs and Maxwell. The summary notes nine hits total and zero runs after nine frames with multiple fanned batters and a late walk by Winters.
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Piedmont Park
Maxwell
Montgomery
Doc” Childs
Atlanta
Rhrss
Hansen
Crozier
Hoffman
Winters
Smith
Shee Tae
Houtz
Hausen
McCann
Morse
Mullaney
Perry
Busch
Dreitenstein
Jordan
Evera
Archer
Childs
Houts
Croxier
Ppersons
Araes
Opas Geetees
BSS
Bunch
Breitenstein
Finat
Apperions
Smith Med
Race results from Saratoga and Fort Erie cards
Horse races report results from Saratoga Fort Erie and Latonia with winners and placings. Tip Toe won Saratoga first race with Shot Gun second and Fire Brand third while Time recorded 1 12 2 6. Fort Erie results list Ballot Zelinda Merilene and Mary Cuatts Crip Alegra Exclamation Gilpin with times noted. Latonia details include Don Trent Jay Ward Miss Kitty Phlorla Labor and Pirate's among others.
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Saratoga
Tip Toe
Shot Gun
Fire Brand
Occan Spray
Graceful
Memories
Inferno
Yorkshire Lad
Little Scout
Loring
Bemay
Montfort
Fort Erie
Ont
Zelinda
Merilene
Mary Cuatts
Alegra
Foxmeade
Gilpin
Latonia
Don Trent
Jay Ward
Miss Kitty
Phlorla
Labor
Pirate's
Weekend Pro games listed across cities
Readable lines show venues in Montgomery Atlanta Nashville Birmingham Shreveport Little Rock Memphis and New Orleans with teams set to play today. The note highlights multiple road sites and hosting sequence across the southern cities.
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Montgomery
Atlanta
Nashville
Birmingham
Shreveport
Little Rock
Memphis
New Orleans
Life Imprisonment For Murder In First Degree
Huntsville Alabama August 17 Bully Hereford a Ponto convicted of murder in first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment Hereford shot and killed John Davis an inoffensive Negro Some time earlier the jury stood 11 to 1 for his conviction before final verdict
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Huntsville
Ala
Hereford
John Davis
Saloons Face Defeat in Madison County Race
Spectator notes in The Georgian report that Madison county voters will decide on saloon status in less than two weeks. Early estimates suggest saloons will lose by 500 to 1,000 votes, with under 4,000 women contending the issue.
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Madison County
Thaw's Health Failing in Tombs Prison
In New York on August 17 Harry K Thaw learned he was ten thousand dollars richer through the coke trust estate. The orphan's court in Pittsburg found a balance of 114571.32 from which Thaw receives one tenth. He refused to discuss his arrest last September for attempting to lure Ida Fitch to a resort. Thaw suffers from imprisonment and presses his lawyers to pursue evidence about Stanford White.
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Wise
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Orphan’s Court
Pittsburg
William Thaw
Coke Trust
Harry ‘Thaw
Thaw
Pitteburg
Ida Fitch
Wilkinsburg
Stanford White
False alarm at Atlanta Paper Company building
An automatic fire alarm activated early today at the Atlanta Paper Company building. The fire signal occurred without provocation and investigators found no fire or threat. No injuries were reported and no further action was noted.
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Atlanta Paper Company
Valparaiso Hit By Massive Chilean Earthquake
A late August report from Valparaiso, Chile, describes widespread fires and collapsed buildings with hundreds feared buried. Cable links to the city were disrupted, and operators warned the disaster might mirror San Francisco. Additional notes mention tremors in the Cordillera de los Andes and disrupted South American communications.
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New York
Valparaiso
San Francisco
Newa Ore
Chile
South America
Iquique
Bennos Ayres
London
Cordillera de Sos
Andes
Arggentine
Kingston
Shifts in Southern Industrial Dept and Earthquake News
Reports indicate a major reorganization at the Southern Railway with Guy L. Stewart moving to Washington and W. Gee reassigned to Atlanta, eliminating the Mobile office. Simultaneously, a sequence of earthquakes disrupts the region from St Lucia to Valparaiso, with reports of heavy shocks, fires, and uncertain damage. communications between Chile and Argentina interrupted. Washington notes no confirmation of the Chile quake, while Consul Winslow is on leave.
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Guy L. Stewart
The
Southern Railway
Atlanta
Nee
Washington
Mobile
Ala
General Southern Mon
St. Lucia
Valparaiso
Andes
Beunos Ayres
Chile
Argentina
Alig
Senor Vega
San Francisco
State Department
Arsa
Alfred A. Winslow
Hammond
Ind
G A R Indorses Plan for Atlanta Park
Walter G. Cooper reports the Grand Army of the Republic national encampment adopted a resolution to support creating national parks around Atlanta if land prices are reasonable. Atlanta delegates, including Col. S. A. Darnell and Councilman E. W. Martin, urged approval for three battle grounds Ezra Church, Atlanta, and Peachtree Creek, joined by boulevards. Local officials and veterans seek G A R backing.
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Walter G. Cooper
Minneapolis
Minn
Grand Army of the Republic
Congress
Atlanta
A. Darnell
E. W. Martin
Tanner
Ezra Church
Peachtree Creek
Coi
Chamber of Commerce
Grand Army of the State
Confederate Veterans
Uflon
Ate
Grand Army
Hebrews Flee Russia for Romanian Refugee Route
Dispatch from Bucharest notes hundreds of Hebrews fleeing the southern provinces of Russia with smugglers charging 10 to 54 roubles to assist crossing. Refugees report tense conditions in Warsaw and widespread fear as they seek escape.
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Russia
Warsaw
Girl Beaten by Russians Not American Soldier’s Relative
In Rochester on August 17 a cable from Mrs Herbert Wadsworth, sister of Miss Nilka DeSmernoff, reports a Finnish girl allegedly assaulted by Russians. The message says the girl is not an American soldier’s kin and that the victim, Miss Sus Hoff, is connected to Russian circles. Local anxiety centers on whether she may be related to a prominent Usd family member.
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Rochester
Herbert Wadsworth
Mise Nilka DeSmernoff
Finland
Susihoff
Russia
Bie
Man Usd
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Harriman
ICE Man
Mrs. Harwell
Will
S. Smith
SuUuto
Tigers
Osi
Eseewan
PO Outz
Tombs Prison
Andean
St. Vincent
Lucila
Goxiya
G.A.R. Indorses
Atlanta Park
Mander
Brown
van Sant
Chozens
Bucharest
Roumania
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