Wissengale Seeks Railroad Commissioner Post at State Convention
Warren County mass meeting reports T B Massengale intends to run for railroad commissioner, backing Hoke Smith ally Governor-to-be. Fitzgerald’s Jesse Mercer also tied to the bid while Brown’s current post may not be renewed. Contests loom for the convention amid talks of state chairmanship and possible nominations.
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T. BE. Massengate
Warren Bounty
Capiro
Massengate
Hoke Smith
Jesse Mercer
Fitzgerald
Ope Brown
James Hines
Iton
Emerson George
Morgan
W. A. Covington
Colmitt
Hooper Alexander
Kalb
McDuffie
Tapia
Mrs M'Donald Sues Street Railway Co for Damages
Mrs Howe Methwnald alleges she and her infant were soaked and exposed to rain after boarding a River Fue car to Holton on August 3. She claims a conductor refused shelter, forcing her to wait an hour with her child near a shelter three miles from home, leading to nervous distress and delay in reaching Marietta and Broad streets by 7 p.m.
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Howe Methwnald
Amd
Cocatvud
Nda
Wf Corporation
Holton
Abe
Pansen
Atlanta
Ole Aut
Holt Weet Ceretery
Marietta
Bolton
Investments Highlight Rent Prices on Summit and Nearby Streets
Listing lists rental prices for several properties on Summit Avenue Best Section RRIL Street Peachtree area Houston Street Doray Street Granger Street Rhodes Street with monthly rents ranging from 9 to 47.50 dollars and totals including one 9000 dollar figure.
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Summit Avenue
Peachtree
Agents of Standard Oil Granted Passes by New Law
Chicago aug 25 despite the watchfulness of the administration joker appears to have crept into the new interstate commerce law in the form of a provision that makes it legal for any railroad to give free transportation to the officers agents and employees of the Standard Oil Company and to the members of their families the law classifies the company as a common carrier and allows free transport from other common carriers for its agents and their families similar to railroad pass exchanges
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Chicago
Standard Oil Conner
Apeeanae
Roosevelt appeals for Valparaiso earthquake relief funds
President Roosevelt issues a proclamation urging U S residents to donate to aid earthquake victims in Valparaiso Chile. He notes San Francisco's recovery and cites aid from Europe and the Americas, urging generosity via the National Red Cross Association which has begun collecting subscriptions.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
United States
Valparaiso
Chile
San Francisco
Europe
Americas
National Red Cross Association
Theodore Roosevelt
Foreclosure and Seizures Highlight Georgia News
Mortgage foreclosed on Godwin Furniture Company in Valdosta with debts around 8600 to 9000 dollars, assets likely insufficient to satisfy unsecured creditors. Distillery seizure in Phoenix City due to reporting inaccuracies. Delegates discussed for state convention in Macon on Sept 4 with alternates named. Three mules killed in Columbus during electric storm. Valdosta messenger boy Walter Williams targeted by robbers amid rising burglaries. M J Norman narrowly defeats Livingston Kenan for Atlantic Streals solicitor general post. Mrs. M M Knight of Valdosta buried. police chief Garfunkle response to charges read in secret.
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Valdosta
Godwin Furniture Company
Tirst National Bank
Western Union Telegraph Company
Walter Williams
Deaths and Funerals Notice Mix of Local Obituaries
Multiple brief notices report deaths and funeral arrangements in various Georgia and nearby towns. Entries include Mrs. G. H. Street 51 at 169 Milton Street with services at home, Miss Musette Gauedy 26 at Grady Hospital with services at Swift Chapel, infant Alma May Ledbetter at Culver Street with Wearview interment, and others for Mayberry Ledbetter Barnes Thompson Pirkle Hammond Sullivan Joiner with funeral plans and interment sites named.
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Musette Gauedy
Ahe Grady Hospital
Swift ‘ “Chapel
Hollywood
Alma May Ledbetter
Alma May
W. L. Ledbetter
Culver Street
Wearview
D. Mayberry
Grady Hospital
Swift & Hall Co
Mrs Hunter Cooper Expected Sunday
Mrs Hunior AV Cooper, en route from Europe to her dying husband, reached New York Friday and left for Atlanta. She is due to teach here at 5 o clock Monday morning. Funeral arrangements will be set upon her arrival.
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Elizabeth Thompson
Hendrix Avenue
Bishop, Ga
Mra. Hunior AV. Cooper
Europe
New York
Atlanta
Jealous husband fatally harms man and injures wife in street attack
Arthur Ragsdale confronts Lovey Ragsdale and Will Gresham near Mangum and Foundry streets after warning his wife to stay away. He strikes them with a public safety item, gravely injuring Gresham and wounding Ragsdale. Gresham dies at a nearby location. Ragsdale remains at large.
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Lovey Ragsdale
Will Gresham
Arthur Ragsdale
Lovey
Will
Mangum
Foundry Streets
Gresham
Militia Called Out After Midnight Rumor at Decatur
Militia officers summoned their commands after rumors of a mob at Decatur Friday night. Several companies reported to armories and, after a brief, pleasant evening of seven up, were released after midnight without firing a shot. Saturday many militiamen complained of being kept awake for nothing.
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Decatur
Night assembly draws large attendance
A largely attended gathering filled the night as speakers discussed urgent local concerns. Organizers reported strong turnout from residents and community groups, signaling broad interest in the issues presented and potential future actions.
City lodge meeting highlights and presidential remark
Members of the Home lodge and other city lodges held a meeting with substantial business transacted. Numerous talks were given, drawing attention to the fact that the next president of the lodge is to be selected.
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Home Lodge
Piedmont Odd Fellows and Eureka Council Report
Piedmont lodge of Odd Fellows met Friday night with good attendance. The relief committee notes sickness down from months past. Eureka council No 7 met Monday night handling usual business. A local notable, called a fighter from your heart and a fire fighter, known as Big Joe Anderson, was mentioned.
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Piedmont Lodge of Odd Fellows
Relief Committee
Brothera
Marietta Street
Eureka Council
Init
Big Joe’ Anderson
One Hundred Beavers to Be Initiated at Beaverdam
Atlanta dam No 3 Independent Order of Beavers plans to initiate a class of 100 into Beaverdam soon. President Eb T Williams and Secretary Dr John E White lead the group, which aims to host a full dress hall at a leading hotel as a landmark secret order event in Atlanta.
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Atlanta Dam
Order of Beavers
Atlanta
Eb T. Williams
John E White
May Arrest Adams for Sage Failure
New York Aug 25 Notwithstanding Al Adams Jr says his father the ex convict policy king was not backer of My Sage Co which failed owing a large amount to patrons It is believed criminal proceedings will be instituted against Adams.
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New York
Young
al” Adams, Jr
Olicy King
My Sage & Co
Adams
England Set Up A Howl At Our New Spelling
London August 26 England is to the front today with a howl against President Roosevelt s radical spelling reform Protests focus on the proposed mother tongue changes and the clash with cherished English traditions while supporters praise the reform as modernizing English usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Roosevelt
Manhunt Ends as Suspect Hid Among Mattresses
Police arrest Tom Renfroe after a Saturday morning stakeout at 1 Oak Street. Officers Whatley Smith and Belcher entered the home on notice, finding a suspect described as portly and hiding between two mattresses with a woman present. The seizure followed a search of the residence amid tense pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Renfroe
Whatley
Smith and Belcher
Oak Street
Nero
Aaleen
Wither
Uiack
Happy Pair Fail to Return Mule
A serialized tale follows a newly married couple seeking a mule and buggy in Holbrook Georgia. J C Pritchard and Atlanta police become involved as chapters recount Sam Poole meeting Fannie Stowe at a Holbrook campmeeting and the couple fleeing toward Atlanta with the wedding carriage.
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J. C. Pritchard
Holbrook, Ga
Mr. Holbrook
Atlanta
Boarc
Sam Poole
Cheroee County
Holbrook
Fannie Stowe
J. C. Pritch
Unknown negro flees home near Mason and Turner's ferry
A negro believed to have been involved in crimes fled Friday afternoon from the home of an elderly basket maker on the Sim Dodd place near Mason and Turner's ferry, along the Chatta hoochee river. Details are sparse as the man, possibly known locally, disappeared amid scattered clues and unsettled police attention.
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Sim Dodd
Mason and Turner's Ferry
Chattahoochee
H. UG. Mubbard
Lawrence
Rumor of Assault Was Unfounded
Investigation into an alleged assault on Miss Waites of Adamaville found the report greatly exaggerated. County Police man Frank Golden confirmed the daughter had not been assaulted and no attempt had been made. The matter arose from a frightened state of mind and a witness in the woods.
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Miss Waites
Adamaville
Miss Walton
Frank Golden
Lites Waites Anyney
Sunday Concerts Arranged At Grant Park And Ponce De Leon
The program lists Fred Wedemeyer’s band at Grant Park 3:30 to 5:30 p m with selections from Martha The Last Chord Uomerel Macbeth La Paloma and more Intermission then two Ponce De Leon concerts 3:30 pm and 8:30 pm with marches waltzes operatic selections and solos featuring titles such as Dame Love Indiana William Tell Last Love La Paloma Seventy Fourth Regiment Tannhauser and Keep on the Sunny Side plus a Torchlight Dance finale.
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Grant Park
Poncé DeLeon
Fred Wedemeyer
Chicago Tribune
Martha
Flotow
Sullivan
Umerel
Schuman
Mediey
Dewitt
van Weber
Rollinson
M. Conway
Gate City
Ponce DeLeon
William Tell
Levi
Mars
Sousa
G. Czardas
Braham
J. Medley
Morse
Yradier
Seventy-fourth Regiment
Losey
Big Foot Lou
Gearen
Heine
Tannhauser
Wagner
Medley
Commutes Sentences of Savannah Chinooks and Atlanta Man
Governor Terrell commuted the sentences of two Chinamen in Savannah and a Black man in Atlanta. Charlie Ling and Henry Ling, convicted in 1906 for operating a hop joint, faced fines of 600 dollars and six months to twelve months in the chain gang. Clemency cited ignorance of law and poverty, reducing to 500 dollars or chain gang service. Madison Davis, convicted of two larceny counts in 1906, had his ten month sentences commuted to present service.
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Terrell
Savannah
Atlanta
Chariie Ling
Henry Ling
Chatham Superior Court
Chaingang
Madison Davis
City Criminal Court of
Births and deaths in the city amid mixed details
Fragmented OCR lists births at several addresses including a daughter named Bereta and a mention of a six year old. Death notices reference illnesses and ages, including meningitis and typhoid, with scattered names and streets such as Culver, Haynes, and Spring. The text is garbled but shows local birth and death notices.
Twins Born to Taylor Couple After Fifteen Years Married
Mrs. William Richards of Taylor has given birth to her fourth and fifth children, a pair of twins. Mr. and Mrs. Richards, about 40, have been married fifteen years. Leased Wire report from Pennsylvania dated August 25.
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Et Ee
William ‘Richards
Taylor
Rich Oards
Bogus Baron Wins and Deserted Wife in Manila Wedding
A man posing as a baron, later identified as Conrad, is under arrest in Hamburg for deserting his American wife whom he married in Manila on May 4. He allegedly stole her jewelry worth 8000 dollars and money. police seized most of the pieces, while the wife’s identity remains secret.
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Sease
Paris
Hamburg
Manila
Baron von Donnersmark
Conrad
Names May Be Omitted From Election Tickets
Secretary of State Phil Wook and chief clerk Goode Price fear missing names of successful primary candidates for election blanks sent to counties. Law requires blanks 30 days before the general election. Printing must start Monday. four to five days for printing and packing before distribution to ordinaries. Late primaries prevent obtaining all nominating names, especially judges and solicitors, with Cook’s names incomplete in Floyd County.
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Phil Wook
Goode Price
Net
Tvo
Hom
State Democratic Executive Committee
Cook
Floyd
Alabama Campaign Comes 10 A Close
Birmingham August 25 This is the last day of the Alabama campaign the results will be known after the battle of ballots across the state Monday August 27 Politicians seeking state and county offices will rest Sunday then be at the polls Bright and early Monday morning The Alabama primary is essentially an election Nominees chosen Monday are expected to win in November in the general election
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Georgia
Two Damage Suits Filed Saturday
Two suits filed Saturday allege injury from a transit transfer dispute on Luckie Street and property damage from a dam blocking water on 225 Boulevard. Plaintiffs name Railway and Sledale Company, Atlanta officials, Bryan Grant, and John Boseman in separate actions seeking damages and injunctions.
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C. Taylor
Atlanta
Bryan M. Grant
John Boseman
Houlevard
Bozeman
Third Ward Sanitary Inspector
Public Works Comulasiuiers
Board of Health
Formul
Howell Mill Bridge Work Starts as Contractors Move In
Work has commenced on the Howell Mill road crossing over the Southern Railway. Foy-Hays will build the concrete abutments and machinery is on the ground. The Southern Railway will erect steel structures. County commissioners raise grating to improve vehicle passage, addressing dangers near the road.
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Howell Mill Road
Southern Railway
Foy-Hays
Souther Railways
W. D
Trueti
Ville Fallroad
Seven Lumber Cars Derailment Wrecks Train Near Moselle
In Me Miss on August 26, the New Orleans Wend Northeastern extra No 254 derailed seven lumber cars near Moselle. Conductor Crook was aboard. no fatalities reported. Cause not yet determined.
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New and Orleans
Moselle
Crook
School Book Exchange Ad Offers Secondhand Volumes
A fragmentary plea appears for a school book exchange in a city area near High Street. Readers are invited to swap or donate used books at a doorstep near a corner, with unclear directions and several garbled words.
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Wissengale
Brown
P. R. Commission
New Richmond
Field For
S Court of Appeals
M'Donald Sues
Tye
Wiley BT
Houston ST
Doray ST
Granger ST
Rhodes ST
Hendrick & Company
Whitehall ST
Davis ST
Georgia News
Paragraps
Columbus
United States Revenue
James Summersgill
Phénix City
M. R. Ousley
O. K. Jones
B. F. Strickland
Albert Pridgen
Macon
E. W. Edwards
J. R. Walker
E. P. Phillipa & Sone
Bible City
Kenan
Tay
Weorgen
M. J. Norman
Liberty County
Livingston Kenan
Atlantic Strealt
Police
Bavannah
Garfunkle
Police Committee
G. H. Street
Milton Street
Caseya
Pauline Barnes
Pauline
W. O. Barnes
Dillon Street
Cartersville
Emmett C. Pirkle
J. 8. Pirkle
Duluth
Howard Hammond
Rome
Arizona
L. P. Hammond
Mes
J. Sullivan
Emma Joiner
Abbeville
Thomas Mitchell
Vienna
Hunter Cooper
Negro
Wife
JOHN _ HENDERSON
P. O. Box
Nashville, Tenn
John E. White
Atlanta Dam Beavers
Piedmont
P. H. Orr
Atlanta Beavers
Sal M. J. Sage & Ca
la Poole
Bride
Amon
Court of
Daniel B. Sanford
Opensledgeville
W. H. Stemridge
Knights and Daughters
Standard Oil Company
Grand Temple and Tabernacle
Knights and Daughters of Tabor International Order of the Twelve
Fulton County Superior Court
Cotton Stalk Company
Wouthern Cotton Stalk Pulp and Paper Company
W. H. Croll
Rabun County
C. W. Croll
Butler County
Ohio
Malvern Hill
Fulton County
Adamsville
Whitne
Manana
Missud
St. Louis
Barner & Seymour
Feramors
Rubenstein
Mouse
Statistics
Jorris
Davis
Roya
John A. Mlunkett
Haynes Street
Bereta
Ta Aaline
Barnes
Sherhan
Kerhonke
N.Y
Bogus Baron
Girl
H.C. Maddox
Thern Iron and Equipment Company
Ft Railway and Sledtele Company
Howell Mill Bridge
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