Governor offers reward in assault cases near Cope nhill
Governor Terrell authorized a 250 dollar state reward for the arrest of the negro assailants who attacked Misses Ethel and Mabel Lawrence at Cope nhill. Arthur Reed, described by Mabel Lawrence, was seen near the jail but she insists he is not the attacker. Residents still fear the assailant remains at large as search continues in surrounding areas.
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Joseph B. Terrell
Ethel
Mabel Law
Fulton
Arthur Reed
Mabel Lawrence
Ethel Lawrence
Mabel
Reed
Lise Lawrence
Copenhill
Ston County
DeKalb County
Detective Pursues Harry Handy Across States
Detective Lockhart left Atlanta for Evanaville Indiana to seize Marty Handy wanted in Atlanta for assault and bond skipping. A printing stand in front of the Bijou theater in Atlanta led to a quarrel where Handy allegedly struck several people. Police issued a warrant and Handy was captured later with his wife, connected to a card printing business.
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Lockhart
Atlanta
Evanaville
Ind
Marty Handy
Bijou
Ihe
Ingo
Marshal and deputy wounded in Sparks confrontation
Special to The Georgian Sparks Ga Aug 2 John Whitehurst seriously cut city marshal T L Shannon and stabbed deputy W H Dikes in the back while attempting to arrest Jack Whitehurst who was said to be drunk and ranting. Dikes wound was described as serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparks
John Whitehurst
T. L. Shannon
Whitehurst
W. H. Dikes
Jack Whitehurst
Peewee
Dikes
Injunction Limiting Telephone Work Near East Point Plant
W R Polk Jr owner of the East Point electric light plant won a temporary injunction against Atlanta Telephone and Telegraph Company to stop work that risks crossing lines and causing dangerous 2000 volt faults. Judge TL Roan granted the order and set a hearing for September 8 before Judge J T Pendleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Telephone and Telegraph Company
East Point
W. R. Polk, Jr
Kia Bill
Polk
Alon
TL. Roan
J. T. Pendleton
Senator Allison Not Very Ill Says Aide Dispatch
A Hearst News Service dispatch from Washington quotes Lee Ely, private secretary to Senator Allison of Iowa, stating the senator is improving and not seriously ill. Ely says Allison took a walk and is "taking a good rent," correcting alarming reports of his condition.
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Washington, D. C
Alison
Iowa
Washington
Hearst News Service
Buque
Lee Ely
Allison
Washington patrons to lose sixty thousand in bucket shop collapse
Private Leased Wire reports Washington gamblers in the stock market face heavy losses from the collapse of M. J. Bage & Co. The firm’s three correspondents in Washington and extensive local business are implicated. losses are estimated in the tens of thousands with clients in the city. Offices are listed at Elventh and G streets, northwest, and at 1235 and 1423 F streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
M. J. Bage & Co
M. J. Sagee Co
Ice King Morse in Saratoga Dining Room Altercation
Charles W. Morse known as the ice king faced Captain Dodge at a Grand Union dining table in Saratoga on a Saturday. Eyewitnesses report a heated exchange as both men stood and moved locations, while Dodge, once hotel manager in Atlanta, earned the nickname Pop Dodge among locals.
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Saratoga
Charles W. Morse
Apa
Grand Union
Morse
Dodge
Atlanta
Pop” Dodge
Special coffin built for 600 pound woman
The body of Mrs. Jaquelin A. Johnson, 65, weighing 600 pounds, was interred at Falls Church cemetery. Funeral services were held on her veranda with Rev. J. F. Kents officiating. The coffin measured 6 feet long 34 inches wide and 20 inches deep, the largest in the city, with large floral tributes and long black curtains at the veranda.
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Washgton
Jaquelin A. Johnson
Falls Church
J. F. Kents
United Brethren Church
Culberson Aide Set For County Treasurer Race
Hubert L. Culberson's election as county treasurer triggers a special election to fill the board of roads and revenue chairmanship vacancy before year end. Three names loom Er nest C. Kents Dr. George Y. Pierce and Tom Poole with others likely to join the field.
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Hubert L. Culberson
Col. Culberson
Fulton County Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue
Ernest C. Kents
George Y. Pierce
Tom Poole
Lakewood
The
Deaths and Funerals Mentioned in Local Notices
Obituaries note the deaths of Miss Beulah McDonald at Poole's chapel and Mrs. Thomas E. Green at a private sanitarium with respective interments in Westview and Spring Place. Anna E. Enloe dies at 23 and is sent to Dillard for funeral services. Jacob D. Bloom dies at Grady Hospital with services at Swift Hall and burial at Westview. A new charter for Merchants and Farmers' Bank Rutledge is recorded with $25,000 capital. counties show property returns reflecting gains and projected increases for 1906.
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Beulah McDonald
Poole's Chapel
Westview
Thomas E. Green
Spring Place
Anna E. Enloe
Park Street
Dillard, Ga
Jacob D. Bloom
Grady Hospital
Swift & Hall
Weathview
Stewart
Murray
Houston
CANDIDATES TIE FOR LONG TERM IN GEORGIA RACE
Special to The Georgian Savannah August 23 reports a tie for the long term in congress with Sheppard carrying six counties and 18 votes and Hrannen also 18. Short term results show Everstreet 20 Saussy six Clifton four. Rabun County tallies Estill Howell Russell Hoke Smith James Smith. Brannen claims Effingham victory with a safe majority.
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Savannah
Congress
Sheppard
Bryan
Chatham
Effingham
Liberty
McIntosh
Tattnall
Hrannen
Bulloch
Burke
Emanuel
Foombs
Jenkins
Screven
Everstreet Will
Saussy
Clifton
Rabun County
Clayton
Estill
Howell
Russell
Hoke Smith
James Smith
Brannen
Hrannen I
Clerk at Capital Cuts Own Throat in Washington
Special to The Georgian reports Claudius A. Ashmore a 30 year old clerk in the department of agriculture attempted suicide in his room at 8 H street Northwest. He cut his throat and left wrist citing ill health as a reason. Physicians say he will recover.
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Washington
Claudius A. Ashmore
Department of Agriculture
H Street
Northwest
Macon Atlanta Line Chartered By Secretary of State
A charter for the inter urban line, the Atlanta Griffin and Macon Electric Railway Company, was granted for 101 years. It will be about 96 miles long linking Atlanta and Macon by electricity via several towns and counties with capital stock of 100,000 dollars. Incorporators include Wimbish Anderson Ansley Minter Wimberly Kincaid Brawner Grantland Drewery.
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Atanta, Griffin and Macon Electric Railway Company
Phil Cook
Atlanta
Macon
Forrest
Jonesboro
Lovejoy
Hampton
Sunnyside
Griffin
For
Syth
Fulton
Clayton
Henry
Spalda
Pike
Monroe
Bibb
Capitol Avenue
Little
Fraser
Rawson
Trinity Avenue
Washington Street
Gilmer
Ivy
Exchange
Pisce
Pryor Street
N. P. Pratt
W. A Wimbish
Clifford L. Anderson
Edwin P. Ansley
W. J. Massee
J. T. Moore
Minter Wimberly
W. J. Kincaid
James M. Brawner
Seaton Grantland
N. B. Drewery
Three Convicted for Stealing Land
Washington reports three men convicted in Portland for illegally fencing land and stealing property. The case details outline the illegal acts and the court outcomes with local officials confirming the verdicts.
Boys Reformatory to Open October Milledgeville Plan
The prison commission will meet Friday to finalize the Milledgeville juvenile reformatory on the state prison farm. They exceeded the $10,000 appropriation by 1500 to finish furnishing and finishing the building. funds include $3, set aside by the legislature. The reformatory is slated to open for inmates by October 1, with discussion on a youths uniform. General Evans opposes peasant stripes or shackles and urges removing convict stigma from the boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Evans
Woman's collarbone broken after Washington step fall
Mrs Elizabeth Doyle, a member of a Philadelphia family visiting Washington on a sight seeing tour, slipped at the top of a long marble stair on the east side of the state and war building this afternoon and rolled to the bottom breaking her collarbone and possibly several other injuries.
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Washington
Elizabeth Doyle
Philadelphia
War, State and Navy
General Smith Heads for Manila After Shipground Delay
General James F. Smith new governor general of the Philippines was stranded in Honolulu due to the Manchuria grounding. He wrote the War Department he would proceed to Manila on the Logan once his baggage is moved from the grounded liner. Travis Arrested for Grand Larceny in Tuscaloosa after two months eluding officers.
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Washington
James F. Smith
The
Philippines
Honolulu
Manchuria
War Department
Manila
Logan
Iti
Travis
Allax
J. C. Hunnicutt
Zach Rowan
Pigetern Union
Telegra
Alabama
Hannicutt
Tuscaloosa
Fight to Be Made on Condemnation of City Property
In the equity division of the superior court Thursday Louis Rosenfeld's attorney challenged the Georgia law for property condemnation. The Gate City Terminal Company seeks Rosenfeld’s land on East See Street urging private use not public need. The petition argues due process and questions the state power to condemn private property without just compensation. The case seeks a permanent injunction and medical testimony raises questions of the plaintiff’s capacity.
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Superior Court
W. W. Wisanski
Louis Rosenfeld
Georgia
Gate City Terminal Company
Howenfeld
See
Organisa
Atlanta
Hirmingham
Pelle Jon
Clini
Corporatoo
Unitel
Leornin
Prithoas
Questia
Gate City
Tor
T.ieton
Pendleton
Big Naval Review to Cost Extra 690 Dollars
Washington reports Labor Day naval review off Oyster Bay costs total only 609 dollars beyond usual fleet maintenance for one day. Extra expense covers saluting with small six pounders and old powder, with 60 cents per shot for wear and tear on guns and ships.
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Washington
Oyster Bay
Labor Day
Uncle Sam
Je Navy
Bureau of Ordnance
Ballots Shortage Denies Oak Grove Voters
In Oak Grove district, election day left many would-be voters unable to cast ballots due to an insufficient supply. Registration stood at 148, but only 100 ballots were sent, with several spoiled, leaving late comers disfranchised by the shortage.
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Oak Grove
Government deposits $3,000,000 in about 150 U S banks
Secretary Bhaw announced that $3,000,000 in government funds was placed on deposit in about 150 United States banks. The move replaces funds withdrawn for Panama expenditures and raises bank deposits to at least fifteen million. Corporations reporting include Atlanta Gas Light Company, with others required to file by November 1.
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Washington
Bhaw
United States
Panama
Atlanta
Atlanta, Gas Light Company
Army of Hello Girls Strike Over Back Door Entry
About 300 telephone operators in Chicago struck refusing to use a rear entry to the central switchboard building. They demanded access through the front door, halting service across 14,500 phones in the loop and downtown districts.
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Army OF Hello Girls
Chicago
Essary
Arrow Alley
Census Finds Manufacturing Capital Tops Twelve Trillion
Washington Aug 28 The census bureau reports total capital invested in the nations manufacturing industries at 12 886 165 474 an increase of 41 8 percent from five years earlier The 1905 wages total 2 611 540 633 up 29 8 percent while workers numbered only 15 9 percent more than in 1900 implying higher average wages per worker.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Little Negro Rescues Stolen Horse From Thief
A young black boy named Will Hampton reportedly recovered a horse and buggy stolen while I. B. Shropshire attended courthouse business Wednesday afternoon. The event occurred near Traviston with minor details recorded about the youngster’s actions and the alleged thief.
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Little Negro
Big
Shropshire
Court House
Will Hampton
Sir
Bhropstree
Peek a Boo shirt waists may be regulated
A New York World report discusses debates over peek-a-boo shirt waists and modern fashion, noting Purity groups view risky designs as a threat to modesty. It contrasts bathing dresses with open-work and eyelet patterns, arguing fashion trends influence public standards and morality.
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New York World
Congress
George M. A. Schoerner
Rochester
Cecilia
Aera
Schoerner
Pate
Rena
Negro Soldier Row Reaches White House Tradeoff
Oyster Bay August 23 Brigadier General Bell U S Army chief of staff says he seeks direct word from President Roosevelt over the Brownsville Texas racial disturbance. White troops replace the black company and the unit is sent to Reno amid local tensions and mixed messages from the residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Brownville
Texas
Roosevelt
Bell
United States Army
Reno
Oyster
Sagamore Ener Bell
Rebels Capture a Cuban Town Without Fight
News from Havana reports Guerra seized San Juan de Martinez, the western rail line terminus, with no resistance. A separate incident notes Willie Barksdale, a Black newsboy, chased by a mob after striking a white peer with a rock. he sought an officer at Whitehall and Alabama streets.
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Havana
Guerra
San Juan de Martinez
Western
Negro Nowadoy
Willie Barksdale
Newsies
Whitehall
Alabama
Willie
Livingston to Meet Bryan at New York Reception
Congressman Leonidas F. Livingston is invited to attend a reception for William J. Ryan upon his return to the United States. Colonel Livingston departs for New York next Wednesday at noon for the banquet on August 30. he is expected to refrain from speaking as a representative of the Southern Democracy.
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Livingston
Bryan
Leonidas F. Livingston
William J.ryan
United States
New York
The Spur of Necessity and a Literary Pursuit
The excerpt reflects on Julian Maiphe’s prolific writings and his attempt to satisfy critics. It notes a quest for meaning in the pursuit of knowledge and art, illustrating the tension between duty and creative exploration within a literary career.
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Harry Handy
Telephone Company
Sen. Allison
Ice King
Pop
Ately
Culberson
Joe
Ernest Koutz
Dr. G. Y. Pierce
Rutledge
New Ias
Bay Rutledge
Capital
Tys Tas
Portland Wa Sen
General Smith
U.S
Hempton
Bennie
Tyre
Pete
Roomen
Saracen N.Y
Army Chief of Staff
Mr. Roosevelt
San Juan
de Martinez
Apariean
Ian
Peter
Hari
Harlanida
Gulag
Connie Aly
Ana Sige Hanks
Sam Grant
Ware
Pete Tee Rieke
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