City Gas Probe Stalled by Quorum Gap and Talks of Municipal Plant
Atlanta Aldermen Key and others failed to form a quorum for a special gas investigation session on Wednesday. Key warned the city may own the gas plant if the gas company does not act. The report aims to propose meters inspected by a city official, a bureau for complaints, and terms for a fair franchise. The gas company seeks a clear written plan before proceeding.
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James L. Key
Special Gas Investigating Committee
T. A. Hammond
Atlanta Gas Lighting Company
Key
Iret
Alderman Key
Draper and
Curtis
Bureau of Complaint
Mr. Hammond
Masybe
Hammond
Mob Attacks Mobile Jail to Burn Alleged Child Abuser
A mob of over 3 000 people tries to storm Mobile county jail to execute Will Thompson a self confessed child assailant. Deputies fire from inside the jail as leaders urge a breach but Thompson is secretly removed by authorities before harm.
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Mobile
Ala
Jalil
Will Thompson
Chilren
Thompson
Saratoga and Windsor racing results compiled for August 30
At Saratoga and Windsor races on August 30, multiple races produced winners with odds and times. Notable winners included Sally M at 30 to 1, Dandelion at 4 to 5, and Paumonok at 2 to 5 in their events, with second and third places listed. Windsor results show Minnie J. winning with Redondo runner-up, while Joe Levy won at 4 to 1 with Cambridge second.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Sally M
Miss Stroms
Issaner
Allegiance
Sandalwood
Ligero
Givanni Baleério
Bertha EB
Calabash
Dandelion
Entree
Ravenna
Columbia Girl
Cadi
Cadichon
Paumonok
Fish Hawk
Joe Miller
Latont Nye
Avendon
Grandita
Orlandwick
Athena
Morendo
Belleview
Esther
Major T. J. Carson
Dondom
Rabe B
Uncle Henry
the Thrall
Savoir Faire
Lady Charade
Coruscate
Windsor
Ont
Minnie J
Redondo
Doc Wallace
Emidola
Laura A
Sara Resicas
Tittle Wally
Preach the Mer
Fox Meade
Secret
Thistle Doe
Tanbark
Attention
Joe Levy
Cambridge
George Vivian
Two Small Fights Reported in Cuba Skirmishes
In Havana on August 30 two minor clashes between loyalists and insurgents are reported. Fifteen rural guards checking a march encountered insurgents with one man wounded. A second skirmish occurred at Artemisa in Pinar del Rio province with no further details available.
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Cuba
Havana
Artemies
Pinar del Rio
Deadlock in First District Congress Race
Statesboro Ga Aug 30 After elev en ballots the tie for congress from the First district is unbroken and the convention has adjourned until 8 o clock tomorrow.
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Congress
Statesboro
Atlanta Athletes Resting Thursday in New Orleans
The Atlanta team had no game Thursday and planned rest in New Orleans before a Friday start likely against Phillips. The report covers multiple scorelines and lineups across minor and major league matchups, noting pitchers and batteries in games at Shreveport Little Rock Savannah Jacksonville Philadelphia New York Boston Brooklyn Cincinnati Chicago Washington.
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Atlanta
New Orleans
Harley
Phillips
Philadelphia
Mathewson
Bowerman
Sparks
Donovan
Peorne Sperinx
New York
Disainnity
Duggleby
Boston
Brooklyn
Linderman
O'Neil
Scanlon
Bergen
Cincinnati
Chicago
Frazer and Schlel
Taylor and Moran
Perturbed Packers Seek Secy Wilson Where Are We At
Washington Aug 20 Secretary of Agriculture Wilson held another seance with perturbed packers and food distributing agents to learn their stance as the meat inspection law takes effect. Packers from across the meat country gathered with Chief Chemist Wiley and Dr Melvin to discuss label requirements and time to comply by October 1. They seek guidance or sympathy, but the department adheres to the law despite concerns.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Wiley
Melvin
Bureau of Animal Industry
Deal Jackson Told Blacks to Work Hard at Negro League Meeting
At a National Negro Business League session in Alabama Mississippi delegates heard Deal Jackson of Albany Georgia deliver a speech praising self-help and farm labor. He touted his own rise from mule money to land ownership and urged men to recruit laborers while declaring the value of cotton and schooling.
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Booker T. Washington
League
Charles Banks
Mound Bayou
Mississippi
H. H. Broetor
Isaiah T. Montgomery
Ind Bayou
Deal Jackson
Deal Jack’son
Albany
Jackson
Doug County
Wgtrs
Ares Sues For Divorce By His Wife
Mrs May Nelson Gress files total divorce and fifty thousand dollars alimony against G Y Gress prominent Georgia lumber dealer and former Atlanta citizen. She seeks injunction to stop thirty six thousand dollars being withdrawn from Fourth National Bank. Judge Pendleton granted the injunction set hearing for November 10.
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May Nelson Gress
G. Y. Gress
South Georgia
Atlanta
Spain Adopts Reciprocal Tariff Concessions With U S
Spain and the United States enter reciprocal tariff agreements as Spain applies its second tariff schedule to American goods and the United States reduces duties on Spanish wines and other imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Spain
United States
State Department
Milner on Trial for Killing of B. H. Dorsey
Jonesboro Georgia August 30 milner faces superior court charged with fatally shooting B H Dorsey brother of Atlanta judge R T Dorsey jury selection underway with seven men reported for impaneling The shooting occurred December 75 and Dorsey died the next day Milner had spent time in the county jail awaiting the trial Local officials and counsel named in court proceedings
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Jonesboro
Clayton
Leon T. Milner
B. H. Dorsey
R. T. Dorsey
Atlanta
Milner
Dorsey
Jall
Charlie Day
O. J. Cooper
Coeing Boitcher Hawa
Atlanta to sea wireless test proves new station ready
A test of the DeForest wireless teastation in the Candler Building linked Atlanta with the City of Columbus and Charleston, with messages extended to New Orleans. Captain K S Finch reports the test a success and predicts commercial aerograms within a month as soil and altitude aided rapid setup.
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Savannah Line
City of Columbus
Atlantic
Charleston
Atlanta
New Orleans
Candler
K. 8
Finch
Sharp advance in price of iron stoves
Owing to sharp advances in pig iron prices and higher wages, iron stoves rose 5 percent Thursday. A second 5 percent rise is likely soon, affecting all iron based manufactured goods. Sam D. Jones of Atlanta Stove Works backs the move, noting pig iron up nearly four dollars per ton to sixteen dollars and widespread labor shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam D. Jones
Atlanta Stove Works
Southern Association of Stove Manufacturers
Chattanooga
Jones
Georgia Delegation Meeting Led by Graves in New York
John Temple Graves editor of The Georgian and head of Georgia's Bryan reception delegation arrived with his party and after a noon meeting at the Waldorf Astoria reading room invited all Georgians in New York. A call was then made upon Mr Hearst.
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New York
John Temple Graves
Atlanta
Georgia
Bryan
Waldorf-Astoria
Hearst
Failure to Indict Attributed to Jerome
Private Leased Wire from New York reports Aug 20 that grand jury decisions in the Ire trust probe leave indictments to the district attorney. The presentment says evidence was insufficient to indict trust officials accused of conspiracy, noting deteriorating labor and suggesting a verdict soon.
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New York
Grand Jury
Ire Trust
Bryan Says He Is Not Yet a Candidate
William J. Bryan arrived in Manhattan amid cheering crowds and a robust welcome. He declined to confirm candidacy, saying he had not announced and would discuss politics only briefly, as reception events and a Madison Square Garden appearance dominated his day. The procession included officials and old Nebraskan supporters, with police and reception committees guiding the crowds.
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New York
Nebraska
Wiliam J. Bryan
Manhattan
Broadway
Cew
Inspector Schmittberger
Bryan
E. F. Goltra
Goltray Lewis Nixon
Hotel Victoria
New
Nixon
Staten Island
Madison Garden
Oll
Roger Foster
Foster
Mr. Bryan
Nell
Jacksonville
Joe
O'Brien
Tion
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