Three Savannah firemen perish in factory explosion
A Buenos Aires style? Three Savannah firemen were killed and others injured when an explosion at a 631 Anderson Street fireworks factory lit by Italian proprietors Joseph Carbo and John Niva. The blast sparked a fire, caused mob tension, and prompted arrests. Carbo and Niva survived but with serious injuries.
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Carbo
Niva
Relebhar
George Moore
Eady
O'Leary
Daley
Fred Chitty
Chitty
Moore
Park View Sanitarium
Explosion Toll in Savannah Fire Disaster Claims Several Lives
The Savannah blast killed Fireman Harry Eddy and Fireman Edward Daley who died this morning. Fire Chief George Mooro died after being fatally burned in the blaze last night. Fireman Jerry O Leary is seriously injured while Joseph Carbo John Niva and Lambert Patten are slightly injured.
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Savannah
Joseph Carbo
John Niva
Anderson Street
Harry J. Eady
George Moore
Edward Daly
Carbo
Moore
Daley
Harry Eddy
Edward Daley
Hi Dariatant
George Mooro
Jerry O'Leary
Lambert Patten
Jon Cook joins Smith & Higgins at Peters Street
Mr John Cook formerly with Beld Dry Goods Co has accepted a position with Smith & Higgins at 254 Peters Street He is well known to Peters Street department store customers and invites former customers to visit him at his new location.
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John Cook
Beld Dry Goods Co
Smith & Higgins
Peters Street
Cook
Four Grades Unite In Fair Street School Program
Pupils from fifth through eighth grades at Fair Street school will present a Christmas program Friday. Performances include Christmas Bells sung by eighth and seventh grades, A Christmas Greeting by Tommie Starnes, concert recitation of Psalm XXIII, The First Christmas Tree in New England by Ryan Robinson, Snow Bells music by Emma MacDonald and Rennie Coleman, and multiple readings and songs by other students.
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Fair Street
Tommie Starnes
New England
Ryan Robinson
Emma MacDonald
Rennie Coleman
aCrooks
Annie Whiteford Hill
George Allen
Automobile, engineers and motorman line in Atlanta show
The note highlights an extensive automobile and engineering display in Atlanta with a strong lineup of speakers including T. J. Treadaway Ike Big Tage ley Gordon Thomas Fahy and H E Kelley. It mentions Waiter Ballard Optical Company and a banking house expansion as notable outcomes.
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Atlanta
Ballard
Optical Company
Impany
Peachtree Street
Iabers
T. J. Treadaway
Ike
Big Tageley Gordon
Thomas Fahy
H. E. Kelley
D. Pollock
Ceves
Hill City
Government officials faced over land withdrawal from five tribes
Secretary Hitchcock and Secretary Wilson admitted no legal authority to remove nearly 4,000,000 acres from allotment in the Indian Territory. They argued it served Indian interests and aimed to create a forest reserve, but Senate investigators rebuked them, with Senator Teller insisting no authority exists to suspend a US statute.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Department of the Interior
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Indian Territory
Senate
Veraraens
Teller
United States
Texas veterans condemn action of Grand Army
Gainesville Georgia December 20 Mrs C C Sanders Gainesville treasurer of the Wirt monument fund receives 20 sent by Albert Sidney Johnston Camp No 654 U C V of Baird Texas as the camp’s contribution The camp endorses the Daughters of the Confederacy resolution and deplores G A R action urging the monument to expose truths of history at a site in Wille where alleged falsehoods are portrayed, to honor the martyr and posterity will see truth prevail.
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Gainesville
C. C. Sanders
Wirt Monument Fund
Albert Sidney Johnston
Baird
Texas
Daughters of the Confederacy
Futhermore
Roosevelt Accused of Inciting Race Hatred in Boston
In Boston a meeting of the Colored Suffrage League denounced President Roosevelts official reply to the Foraker resolutions. They condemn his message as incendiary, likening it to tyrants and Nero and allege it incites mob violence against 10,000,000 colored citizens and misrepresents law abiding native born Americans.
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Boston
Mass
Colored Suffrage League
Roosevelt
Brownsville
Foraker
Nero
Duke of
Alva
Buried Alive Thirteen Days Miner Hicks Near Rescue
Bakersfield Cal December 20 The six men rescuers digging to free Miner Hicks entombed for thirteen days reached within two feet of the victim and hope to bring him to the surface before sundown The earth around the shaft remains unstable raising the risk of a collapse but the news from above has a cheering effect on Hicks anxious to see daylight.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Hicks
Edison Company
Wage increase demanded for brakemen and conductors
Chicago December 20. A 15 percent wage rise and eight hour day for all through freight train crews is demanded in petitions filed by managers of 40,000 workers across seven railroad systems in the West. The proposal, backed by the brotherhood of Italianmen and the Railway doctors’ union, would cost about eight million dollars yearly. Railways included span from Chicago to Duluth and all roads west of that line.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Italianmen
Owlet of Railway Doctors
Uilness Central
Duluth
Higher Salaries and Larger Force for Water Works
The water works department seeks more staff and a pay raise. General Manager Park Woodward plans to recommend adding an inspector, two more meter readers, two clerks, and a 10 percent salary increase to match other city departments. Currently eight readers cover about 16 000 meters, averaging about 2 000 meters per reader in ten days, risking mistakes and dissatisfaction.
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Water Works Department
Park Woodward
Water Board
Council
Colonel Woodward
Woodward
Queer suit filed against phone co
M C Kiser and A B Green doing business as M C Kiser Brokerage and Commission Company sue Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph for 1000 damages in city court alleging failure to list their name in the telephone book Information could not notify them of a rival car load of apples, causing market flood losses. They also lost money on a cabbage car load due to the same failure.
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Southern Bell Telephone, and Telegraph Company
M. C. Kiser
A. B. Green
M. C
Captain Is Elected For Spalding Grays
Special to The Georgian Griffin Ga December 20 First Lieutenant James Nutt was unanimously elected captain to succeed Captain W H Beck who becomes solicitor for the city court Beck will seek a place on the mental staff not conflicting with his duties Ernest Travis was elected first lieutenant and Jewell Bell second lieutenant The company is in excellent condition
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Griffin
Spalding Grays
Armory
James ©. Nutt
W. H. Beck
Beck
Mmental
Serit Ernest Travis
Jewell Bell
Condl ‘Ton
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