Fight for Control of Three Insurance Companies
New York December 18 voters in special company quarters began ballots in the New York Life Mutual Life and Mutual Reserve Life fights between policyholders and McCall Perkins and McCurdy successors. Administration forces brought proxies. inspectors led by Otto Kelsey examined them while Samuel Untemeyer presented other proxies. Balloting proceeded rapidly amid tense scene and public interest.
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New York
New York Life
Mutual Life
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Companies
McCall
Perkins
McCurdys
Administration
Otto Kelsey
Samuel Untemeyer
Kelsey
State Department of Insurance
Isaac Field
Mr. Untemeyer
Abolition of Atlanta General Agent Post Reported
The Seaboard Air Line Railway issues an official circular from Portsmouth announcing the abolition of the Atlanta general agent’s office. The death of Colonel E Berkeley ends the position in the Gate City, per the first formal notice from the company.
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Portsmouth
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Atlanta
Berkeley
Gate City
Firnet
Reading options for long winter evenings
The advertisement promotes a year’s subscription deal for The Delineator McClure's Magazine The World's Work and The Georgian at 650 in advance. It notes individual magazine prices and offers a combined rate with The Jeffersonian for 450 per year.
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Delineator
McClure
Jeffersonian
Watson's
Outing
Eens Leslie’s
Judge
the Commoner
Judge’s Quarterly
American Magazine
Golden Age
American Boy
The
Watson’s New
Good Housekeeping
McCall’s Magazine
Scribner’s
Ainslee’s
Smith's Magazine
Popular Magazine
Country Life In America
Southern Cultivator
Woman's Home Companion
Woman's Work
Garden Magazine
Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan and World
Udouay
Harpers
Cosmopolitan and Review of
Review of Reviews
Woman's Home
Sepa
McClure’s Magazine
World’s Work
Death Follows Drink at City Drug Store
W B Wilson a Gotham Laundry employee dies within two hours after drinking a beverage at a drug store soda fountain at North Forsyth and Marietta streets. Acute indigestion listed as the cause though witnesses suspect the drink triggered it. Wilson, a washer wagon driver, had stopped for a drink en route to the Hotel Traywick. He died at his home 136 West Mitchell Street. Funeral Tuesday at 136 West Mitchell. interment Oakland Cemetery.
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Forsyth
Marietta
W. B. Wilson
Gotham
William T. Jones
Walton
Wilson
Traywick
Marietta Street
West Mitchell Street
Atlanta
Macon
F.C. Brady
Subscriptions Require Full List Price for Agents or Clubs
A notice states that single subscriptions must be purchased by any agent or added to any club at the full listed price. The policy emphasizes no discounts or reduced rates for such arrangements.
Lord Dunmore Talks With Mrs Eddy at Pleasant View
Lord Dunmore, a leader in England’s Christian Science church, spent an hour with Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy at Pleasant View in Concord New Hampshire. He noted her vigorous mind, improved health, and her keen interest in Christian Science lectures across Europe.
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Concord
N. H
Lord Dunmore
Christian Science Church
England
Mary Baker Eddy
Pleasant View
Europe
Trial of Captain Cole Opens in Manila
The trial of Captain Frederick W. Cole of the quartermaster department begins in Manila. Prosecution claims evidence was obtained through threats and offers of employment, and money from Inspector-general Lieutenant Wood to military employees. Records of Captain Cole related to furniture for quinaster shops were seized and not yet returned despite demands.
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Manila
Frederick W. Cole
Quartermaster Department
Wood
Captain Cole
Leonara Wood
Officials Plan Longer Schedules for Southern Railroads
Nineteen prominent railroad men attend a Washington meeting to extend schedules from one to three hours across several Southern lines. Attendees include Ci A Wickerham of Atlanta and West Point chairman C H Ackert J N Seale B H Hardwick W H Taylor G W Taylor of the Southern G E Evans C L Stone Louisville and Nashville R V Taylor H V Clark Mobile and Ohio Co C Harvey D D Curran G Smith New Orleans and Northeastern and three from the North and West and three from the Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific.
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Washington
Ci A
Wickersham
Atlanta
West Point
C. H. Ackert
H. Hardwick
W. H. ‘Taylor
G. W. Taylor
The
Southern
G.E. Evans
C. L. Stone
Louisville
Nashville
R. V. Taylor
H. V. Clark
Mobile
Ohio
Co. C. Harvey
D. D. Curran
G. Smith
New Orleans
Northeastern
North
Cincinnati
Texas
Shah of Persia Gains Strength in Teheran Dispatch
London December 18 dispatch from Teheran reports the shah passed a good day and showed greatly increased strength. He discussed state affairs with his ministers and aides as Persia faces mounting pressures and internal issues.
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London
Teheran
Persia
Georgia Friends Send Him Roses in New York
Secretary Straus, at the Department of Commerce and Labor, found on his desk a bouquet of American beauty roses with a silk ribbon and Georgia arms. The card bore best wishes from Georgia friends in New York and listed George Foster Peabody, David Mayer, John W. Weed, M. J. Breitenback, J. C. Graybill, Joseph Fried, and David Robinson.
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Washington
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
State of Georgia
Commerce
Georgia
New York
Newark
George Foster Peabody
David Mayer
John W. Weed
M. J. Breitenback
J. C. Graybill
Joseph Fried
David Robinson
Vessel Sinks After Collision Off Dungeness
London reports a heavy fog on the British Channel as the British steamer Arlington collided with and sank the Belgian steamer Captain Juby from Antwerp bound for Newport off Dungeness. Twelve of the Captain Juby's crew were drowned.
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London
Arlington
Juby
Antwerp
Newport
Dungeness
The Best Magazines at the Best Rates
An advertisement extols daily newspapers and magazines, urging readers to keep up with events. It promotes The Georgian delivery every day except Sunday and claims magazines offer prominent reading value for about 450 per year.
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America
Harmony Bell Fund Volunteers Rally in Atlanta
Harmony Bell committee members plan a 4 PM meeting at W M Scott 210 Gould Building as Atlanta reports strong subscriptions from governor elect supreme court justices bank presidents and Confederate groups. A street program repurposes old asphalt from Peachtree for side streets and raises street crew wages.
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Harmony Bell Fund
Harmony Bell Committee
W. M. Scott
Gould Building
Atlanta
Supreme Court
Grand Army
Peachtree Street
Streets Committee of Council
Commissioner of Public Works
Pointed Paragraphs and Street Signs of Moral Struggle
A fragmentary, stylized critique describes a street without a beer sign and vinegar faced figures. Washerwomen fight for existence while self centered individuals are deemed moral failures. The text contrasts crooked behavior with a supposed straight path.
Spinning flax wheel for sale from an antique original
An old Max spinning flax wheel over ninety seven years old is offered in perfect, usable condition. A rare curiosity for collectors, available at No 1496 Fourth Nat Panis Bide City.
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Fragmentary OCR Finds Readable Names and Phrases
The text provides partial readable fragments including names and phrases but lacks a coherent event. It preserves scarce identifiers such as person names and scattered words, offering little substantive news or context from the original article.
Georgian offers subscription bundle with magazines and daily news
The Georgian promotes a $4.50 yearly subscription including afternoon delivery on all days except Sunday and one free magazine choice from ten publications such as Judge's Quarterly and American Magazine. The piece also contains a series of aphorisms and humorous lines about liberty, religion, and social behavior.
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Judge's Quarterly
American Magazine
American Boy
Good Housekeeping
McCall's Magazine
Popular Magazine
Southern Cultivator
Woman's Home Companion
Garden
March On, My Soul by Henry Van Dyke
A fragmentary reflective piece on faith and guidance. It references following the path of past saints and the marks they set, urging perseverance along a narrow road toward wisdom and better understanding. The language suggests a devotional tone with themes of hope and moral steadiness.
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Tamal
Supreme Court Georgia Judgments Affirmed Dockets
Supreme Court of Georgia affirms judgments on cases from multiple counties including Butts Morgan Johnson Bartow Troup and Tift. Noted attorneys for plaintiffs in error and defendants appear across the civil and criminal dockets with several cases submitted argued or to be argued.
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Mays
Harkness
Butts Superior Court
Reagan
Ray & Ray
H. M. Fletcher
Thompson
Borer
Orsa
Moregan Superior
Earrie
Lewis
George
Wiltonge & Middlebrook
Constra
Webb
W. C. Davis
A FB. Teks
James K. Hines
Age of Invention and the Faith in Knowledge
A reflective piece from 1996 celebrating the age of invention. It contrasts marvelous technological progress with enduring faith, urging knowledge over superstition and envisioning future marvels driven by science and reason.
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OX Nminer
Laurie
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