East Atlanta Merchants Demand More Police Protection
East Atlanta merchants report six burglaries at Waggoner and Waldrop stores since Christmas with a $30 safe blow. They accuse insufficient police coverage for the district, citing a deadly earlier break and urging two dedicated officers for East Atlanta, Reynoldstown, Edgewood and Druid Hills.
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Atlanta
Waggoner & Waldrop
Waggoner & Waldrop Frm
Atlanta and West Point
Rglar
East Atanta
Pru'g
F. A. Minor
Marbut & Minor
Beavers
East Atlanta
Whitehall
Grand Jury Exposes Convict Camp Horrors in Fulton County
The Fulton County Grand Jury urged immediate removal of Captain T. J. Donaldson and all Donaldson influence from county affairs after substantiating brutal conditions in convict camps. It recommends splitting Public Works and Warden roles, firing Donaldson allies, and appointing new staff to oversee convicts. Judge Hill commended the thorough probe.
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Fulton County Grand Jury
Ben Hill
T. J. Donaldson
Donaldson
Alfred C. Newell
Hill
Public Works Department
Board of County Commissioners
Grand Jury
Public Works
S. H. Donaldson
W. B. Summers
Hypocrites in Fight for Temperance Rapped by Jackson
Members of the Christian Endeavor League of the First Congregational Church discussed Marion Jackson's temperance lecture. He condemned citizens who talk for the Lord yet vote for the brewer and urged true Christian citizenship and the duties it entails.
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Christian Endeavor League of the First Congregational Church
Marion Jackson
Atlanta
Jesus of Nazareth
Parcel Post Cuts Adams Express Dividend Signals Profit Dip
New York February 16 Directors of the Adams Express Company cut the quarterly dividend to 1.50 a share due to parcel post losses. The firm had paid 12 percent annually since 1900, with adjustments in prior years including 8.5 percent in 1908 and 10 percent from 1903 to 1907.
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New York
Parcel Post
Adams Express Company
Here's How to Avoid Suit for Heart Balm
New York report notes a maxim for avoidance of breach of promise suits. District Attorney Marshall counsels to do right and fear no man and not to write or fear any woman. The remark is offered as sound legal guidance in a brief anecdote.
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New York
United States
Marshall
Fortune in Notes Burned by Negroes
Valdosta reports notes worth a fortune lost by W. P. Corbett, a local capitalist, found and burned by two black teamsters. The notes were in a large pocketbook. Corbett offered a $200 reward for return of the papers.
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Valdosta
W. P. Corbett
Corbett
Male Angels Have No Wings Says Dreamer Vision Remark
In Forest Hill Pennsylvania on February 16 Miss Mabel Reitenbach reports a trance vision of a “Beautiful City” where she asserts male angels are wingless. She says she saw the angels in the dream. The report frames the vision as a personal belief.
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Dreamer
Forest Hill
Mabel Reitenbach
Microscopic Business News in Classified Columns
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Gore Testifies in $50,000 Suit Over Alleged Advances
Oklahoma Senator Thomas P. Gore testified in a West District of Oklahoma assault suit brought by Minnie E. Bond. Gore, blind since 11, denied making advances to Bond and said he advised against her husband's bid for a federal post. The crowded courtroom heard his account of meetings at hotels and his Washington office.
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Minnie E. Bond
Senator Gore
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Bond
Skirving Hotel
Internal Revenue
Washington
Earp
Jacobs
Gore
Stolen Gems Found In Negro's Pockets
Detective Starnes arrested Sam Green on suspicion of diamond theft from Mrs. Mary A. Hamilton. In Green's pockets were gems worth 450 dollars. he claimed Ginger Green gave them to him. Recorder Broyles set bond at 1000 dollars.
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Picion
Mary A. Hamilton
East Fair Street
Ginger Green
Broyles
Green
Mayor Seeks Small Denomination Bonds for Plaza Project
Mayor Woodward announced plans to arrange for work on a plaza over the railroad tracks by early next year. He urged the General Assembly to authorize construction this summer during the Western and Atlantic lease and proposed bonds in small denominations, potentially as low as ten dollars, to be sold locally to keep interest in the city.
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Woodward
General Assembly
Western
Atlantic
Hundreds of Connecticut Schools Closed by Blizzard
Hundreds of schools across Connecticut were closed as deep snow drifts blocked pedestrians and hindered street and railroad traffic. Horses and sleighs faced drift barriers while more snow continued to fall in New Haven and surrounding areas.
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New Haven
Conn
Connecticut
Holy Rollers Pelted With 25 Dozen Eggs
Waycross dispatch reports an attack on the Holy Rollers a group living aboard a sloop at St Marys after a night meeting. A party of young men and boys pelted them with twenty five dozen eggs. no charges have been filed.
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Waycross
St. Marys
Sues for Damages Over Jailed Woman Visited by Stork
Grace Young files $5,000 suit against Camden Commissioners claiming damages for eight days in St. Marys jail. Case dismissed at August City Court term after the inmate was reportedly visited by a stork during confinement.
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Waycross
St. Marys
Grace Young
Camden Commissioners
Wilson Still Ill Again Cancels Engagements
President Wilson cancels all public engagements today except his meeting with newspaper men as his lingering cold keeps him from work. His physician advises rest and no-activity.
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Wilson
Washington
Burnett Opens Campaign in Gadsden Alabama
Congressman John L. Burnett arrived from Washington to launch his bid for re election in Gadsden Alabama on February 16. He is opposed by Captain L B Rainey.
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Gadsden
Ala
John L. Burnett
Washington
L. B. Rainey
Doctor narrowly escapes death after train strikes horse
Dr J L Wells of Hapeville was uninjured but shaken when Central train No 11 hit his horse at a railroad crossing. The horse died instantly and Wells was knocked from his buggy while searching for the Dixie Limited. He said the scare would linger, but he was grateful to be alive.
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J. L. Wells
Hapeville
Central
Dr. Wells
Dixie Limited
One Dead After North Georgia Creek Feud Escalates
In Dahlonega Georgia on February 16 after a fatal shooting of Coon Lee yesterday Joe Edmanson fled with Tate and Will Seign in pursuit. Edmanson was found dead in a creek near the scene this morning while Lee is expected to die.
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Dahlonega
Coon Lee
Joe Edmanson
Tate
Will Seign
Edmanson
Argentine Warship Sets Wireless Record
The Argentine battleship Rivadavia announced from Boston that she broke the world wireless communication record at sea by keeping contact with the Colon Panama government station while off Narragansett Bay near Nar tucket.
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Boston
Rivadavia
Colon
Panama
Nartucket
Vanderbilt Racer Hurt In Cup Crash at Sawtelle
In Santa Monica the Fiat driver David Lewis was seriously injured when his racing car skidded off the road and crashed into a crowd in front of the Sawtelle Soldiers Home. Lewis and four others, including three women, were badly hurt and Lewis G. Smith. an old soldier, may die. Mechanician Eddie Arnold was also seriously injured.
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Santa Monica
Cal
David Lewis
Fiat
Lewis G. Smith
Lewis
Sawtelle
Eddie Arnold
Premier Defiant in Home Rule Battle
London February 16 Premier As quith defied Unionist MPs to reveal his stance in the home rule fight. He refused to say if he would amend the bill to exclude Ulster from the measure in response to an interpellation.
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London
Asquith
Ulster
Active Work Begins on Rural Credits Bill
Washington reports active work on rural credits legislation starting with a Senate and House subcommittee meeting. Senator Fletcher, presenting for the United States rural credits commission, outlined the measure intended to ease farmers access to loans and finance.
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Washington
Senate
House
Fletcher
United States Rural Credits Commission
Startling Expose On Fulton County Convict Care
Alfred C. Newell leads the Grand Jury in a pres entment urging scrutiny of how convicts are treated by guards. The report warns of harsh abuses and calls for a factual, photographic record to face the court, while cautioning against sensationalism and excessive leniency.
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Alfred C. Newell
Fulton County
Grand Jury
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