Riot at Milwaukee Ave. Blute Bank drives $900000 payout
Chicago August 24 creditors gathered as police crowded the Stensland building for the bank opening. About $900000 was distributed to depositors amid disorder with many turned away for missing blanks. The first depositor to receive 20 percent was a elderly woman who got 370.50 of 1875.53.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Mr. Logram
O' Carshott
Jimmy Carshott
England
Mr. Carshott
Aged veteran sentenced for assault on 13 year old girl
Richard Fowler, a 73 year old Civil War veteran, was convicted of criminal assault on Marie Vernon, 13, and ordered to eleven months and twenty nine days in jail. The report notes the sentencing occurred this morning in Washington.
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Washington
Marie Vernon
Richard Fowler
Memphis visitor dies at Asheville skating rink
R. W. Bilis of Memphis Tennessee was killed at the Asheville roller skating rink when he tried to climb over the railing from the skating floor to the spectators section. He fell striking his head and breaking his neck in view of his wife who signaled him. The body was shipped to Memphis for burial.
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Mr. Logram
Newcastle
Jimmy Carshott
Sheffield
Young Man Severely Injured at Cook's Saw Mill
The Georgian Calhoun Ga August 24 reports Williams of Forsyth County lost a leg and several fingers when he fell onto a buzzing saw at Cook's saw mill near Wedday. He had only recently started work and may recover.
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Calhoun, Ga
Willams
Forsyth County
Cook’s
Train Wreck Scalds Engineer Near St Thomas Ontario
A Canadian Pacific passenger train bound for Toronto and a Wabash special collided at a crossing near St Thomas Ontario. Engineer John McKay of the Canal Pacific engine was scalded to death in the wreck caused by a misaligned signal.
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Tip
St Thomas
Ont
Canadian Pacific
Toronto
Here
John McKay
Canal Pacific
Favored Treatment Granted by Spain
The United States minister at Madrid signed with the Spanish minister of state on August 1 an agreement granting the United States the minimum tariff rate of Spain and most favored nation treatment. The president's Proclamation and the Spanish decree will soon issue this agreement into effect.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Madrid
Spain
Marine Lawyer Thomas Evans Dies in Washington
Special to The Georgian reports the death of Thomas Evans a renowned marine lawyer in the South. He died in Washington at age eighty five. The obituary notes his prominence and includes surrounding local notices of residents and visitors from Abbeville, Eastman, Savannah and McRae with brief references to family and friends.
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Washington, D. C
Thomas Evans
South
Abbeville
J. D. Girardeau
Elizabeth
Eastman
Blue
W. R
J. Russell
Columbus
Russell
B.C. Iverson
Bank of
Edna Haupt
L. P Wimberly
Savannah
M. C. Paxsn
McRae
Sapent
A. C. Passon
Culberson Resigns From County Board in Letter
Hubert L. Culberbon submits resignation from the county board. In a dated note to Atlanta leaders on August 23 1906 he declines the nomination for county commissioner and accepts the nomination for county treasurer, citing party procedures and the joint executive committee claim.
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Hubert L. Culberson
T. B. Felder
J. EB. Maddox
Atlanta
Democratic Party
H, Ll
Culberbon
Buzzards Roost On Capitol Dome Puzzle for Officials
Jackson Mississippi August 24 A flock of buzzards roosts on the dome of the new capitol each evening. The capitol commission cannot remove them though it deems the dome inappropriate. Killing a buzzard carries a 25 dollar fine in Mississippi.
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Jackson
Miss
Capitol Commission
New Capitol
Capitol
Mississippi
Hat Thief Case Involving Georgia Legislator
Representative I. N. Maxwell of Twiggs reported his Panama hat stolen after the legislature closed. W. H. White, a white youth, was arraigned on the theft charge but the case was dismissed for lack of prosecution. White claimed Maxwell allowed him to wear the hat as a sign of esteem.
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I. N. Maxwell
Twiggs
W. H. White
Taylor
Maxwell
Atlanta
Panama
Ivy
White
Professor Pound to Lecture in Atlanta Sunday Evening
Professor Edward Aldine Pound superintendent of Waycross schools will spend two weeks in Atlanta and deliver a talk on The Splendors of the Bible at Park Street Methodist Church Booth Sunday at 8 oclock under Park Street Epworth Leagues auspices. Conductor Hutchinson Hurt of Avanta was severely injured in Greenville S C while coupling freight cars and cannot communicate with relatives in Atlanta. Governor Terrell tours Thomaston for an educational rally Friday and returns Saturday. Secretary Phil Cook prints October election precinct blanks for three constitutional amendments authorizing more superior court judges a new court of appeals and a new Ben Hill county.
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Pound
Edward Aldine Pound
Waye Ga
Park Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Booth
Park Street
Epworth League
Hutchinson Hurt
D. Hutchinson
Avanta
Southern Railway
Greenville
8. C
Atlanta
Thomaston
Terrell
Upson County
Tip" Harrison
Cedartown
Phil Cook
Superior Court
Court of Appeals
Ben Hill
Teachers Assigned for Meridian Public Schools
Meridian Mississippi August 24 Superintendent J C Frittxlay announced openings for six city schools on September 24 and released the teachers' assignments for the new term.
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Meridian
Miss
J.C. Frit Txlay
Shotgun in Hand Officer Defies Brash Suspect
In Albany Georgia Simmle Brass a colored brick mason attacked stock dealer Samuel Farkas over a contract dispute. Brass armed himself with a double barrel gun and refused to surrender until Deputy Sheriff Godwin and J D Mosely forced his arrest.
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Albany
Simmle Brass
Samuel Farkas
Farkas
Brass
J. D. Mosely
Godwin
Coolin Panes
Jal
Molasses Barrel Explodes Outside Police Headquarters
A large molasses barrel from the G. F. Grocery Company exploded in front of police HQ on Decatur Street Friday morning, spilling about fifteen gallons into the gutter and causing crowding and sticky mischief as workers struggled to contain the mess.
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G. 8. & F. Grocery Company
Deentur Street
Grudge Fight Ends in Stabbing at Pleasant Hill Church
Milton Wofford slashed Smiley Blalock sixteen times at Pleasant Hill Church near Red Bud in Calhoun Georgia. Blalock wounded in the lungs with a grave prognosis. Wofford fled and remains at large. The long standing feud between the men is cited as the cause.
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Calhoun
Pleasant Hill Church
Red Bud
Milton Wofford
Smiley Blalock
Wofford
Blatock Ia
Whooping Cough Microbes Reported in Belgium
Antwerp August 24 Dr Gengou of the Belgian Royal Medical College reports the discovery of whooping cough microbes. They are said to resemble Pfeffer a in influenza microbes, indicating a notable microbiological finding in the Belgian medical community.
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Antwerp
Gengou
Belgian Royal Medical Col‘Idee
Death and property notices from a local statistics column
The column lists multiple deaths including Mrs Mary J Uniper 63 from apoplexy at Stonewall street and Miss Mary K Knuloe 23 from tuberculosis at Park avenue plus Lorina Hatley 5 Typhoid at Grady hospital Thelma White 22 months at South Melmales Street Susie Denny 40 at Steinhart street John Donaldson 30 meningitis at Grady hospital and others. It then details property transfers and new deeds including several lot sales and waivers with addresses on Orlenne street Auburn avenue Fort street Bedford street Ashby street East Hunter street and Cleveland avenue with amounts up to 46 000 dollars.
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Mary J. Uniper
Stonewall Street
Mary K. Knuloe
Park Avenue
Lorina Hatley
Grady Hospital
Thelma White
South
Melmales Street
Susie Denny
Steinhart Street
John Donaldson
Jones
T &. Ragsdale
Wee
C. W
Ashby Street
Tt. Hopkins
A. G. Ithod
Hunter Street
South Street
Penn
G. Chetan
Chas
Hearry Street
Piedmont
H. Allumy
Hel Chomsky
Artin
Kaw- Iwon
Wirranty
W. C. Sparks
Martha Simmons
P Pines Atreet
Clarke Ee Loan
C. J. Perkinas
K. G. Headen
Cleveland Avenue
Reward Offered for Capture of Assailant
Mrs. Georgia Hembree of Battle Hill asks Governor Terrell to authorize a reward for her attacker a negro ruffian who brutalized her about ten days ago. She can identify him. The governor, away from the city, directed Colonel Shropshire to obtain the sheriff’s information to offer the reward upon his return to the capitol.
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Terrell
Georgia Hembree
Battle Hill
Upson
Wesley
Shropshire
Borrowed Plumes and the Trainboarded Bluff
On a nearly empty corridor car a smug Hon. Peter Logram admires a wig and small hand mirror while a clumsy intruder Jimmy Carshott reappears seeking disguises. Carshott mocks Logram’s public image as Logram fears detection from Scotland Yard and a looming Newcastle wife rumor.
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Mr. Logram
Jimmy Carshott
Peter
Mr. Carshott
Scotland Yard
Washington notes on dual command in army structure
General George Bellairs criticises the army system that places division and department commanders over the same territory. His San Francisco observations are seen as a veiled rebuke of policy, drawing mixed reactions in military circles. The piece also includes local notices and social tidbits from Jefferson and nearby towns.
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Washington
Greece
San Francisco
Generalston
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Decatur Street
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Belgium
Bam Weyman
Byanby
A. J. Jones
Orlenne Street
M. Stephens
Bell Street
Charles Ornatain
Uriek Balting
Auburn Avenue
Fort Street
Ean Kant
Mre
Wr .Vddins
Bedford Price
Peter Logram
Gad
Ted
Funston
Ira
Efron
Ackle White
C. G. Smithe
Ste
Cornwell
Alona
Eel
Je Kuert
Jefferson
Annabel Brock
Maysville
Edna Boyd
Arthur Durham
Miss Nowell
Monroe
Laurene Brock
Rogers
Reshoee
Dowdy Matews
Gordon Bell
Commerce
Mac Appleby
Athens
A. C. Appleby
Carrie McGarity
Misa Radford
Allen M. Flanigan
Olonel J. S. Ayers
Winder
H. W. Bell, Jr
Clifford Daniel
Gainesville
Paul B. Matthewss
E. M. Matthews
Florence
Thelma A. White
South McDaniel Street
Virgil Norcross
Wearview
Fies
Liverpool
Slim Jim
Mr. Leprant
Ilson
Mr. m
Wilson
Peter Logrm
Irving
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