Mystery of Nelms sisters deepens in Atlanta and Biloxi
The Georgian details new leads in the Nelms case with Eloise Dennis linked to real estate sales and a San Francisco trip. Marshall Nelms pursues clues while police and detectives search Biloxi for Beatrice and Eloise. Victor Innes' alleged role is questioned as authorities consider warrants and interviews.
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New Orleans
Lehon
Nelms
Beatrice
Eloisa
Reuben Arnold
J. W. Nelms
Victor E. Innes
Portland
Eloise
Innes
Reno
Mra
New York
Eloise Nelms Dennis
Atlanta and Birmingham Offer Big Sums for Methodist University
Atlanta proposes 2.55 million and a 75 acre campus from FE Ansley plus 1.25 million from Preston Arkwright and 550 thousand from Major Guinn, totaling 3.55 million, to back a Methodist University. Birmingham pledges 600 thousand including 210 thousand value buildings and 140 thousand subscriptions, with plans to raise more. The effort moves to a larger committee amid secret recommendations and ongoing city by city bids.
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Atlanta
Southeastern University
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Piedmont Hotel
Mell R. Wilkinson
Chamber of Commerce
Preston S. Arkwright
Methodists
Georgia
R. J. Guinn
Wesley Memorial Enterprises
Chamber
FE. P. Ansley
Robert F. Maddox
John S. Owens
Ed. T. Williams
Walter G. Cooper
Victor H. Kriegshaber
J. R. A. Hobson
van E. Allen
J. Lee Barnes
Methodist
General Committee
Piedmont
Birmingham
Birmingham College
New Methodist University
Hendersonville
N. C
Columbia
S. C
Candler
W. G. M. Thomas
Chattanooga
Widow of bandit Craven held in New Orleans
Mrs. Charles W. Prater the 19 year old widow of Charles Prater alias Charles Craven notorious bandit and train robber arrested in New Orleans Tuesday after police of ten cities failed to force her to reveal the buried treasure near Solee Station outside Savannah She refused to divulge location of nearly 60000 in money and jewels and cried You can kill me if you wish but I won’t tell She claimed to have learned of her husband’s robberies after marrying him in Norfolk Va and boasted of jewelry valued at about 35000 She is a daughter of the late West Virginia ex governor McCorkle and recently visited Dallas with her husband’s parents before his death in a Florida train wreck Three weeks ago she told The Georgian about the robberies and hid in Savannah where she sought the buried fortune prompting a search near Solee Station An iron box was dug up near Solee Station the same night she left Atlanta
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Charles C. Craven
Wildwood
Fla
New Orleans
Solee Station
Savannah
Crescent City
Seval
Rosa
Atlanta
Prater
Norfolk
McC
Florida
Auburn Avenue
Poison Plot Aimed At Mrs Carman Sparks Death Probe
Nassau County Sheriff opened a murder inquiry after a letter with white powder alleged to be strychnine was sent to Mrs. Florence Carman at Mineola jail. The letter urged her to take a dose. Carman’s husband Dr Edwin Carman handed the note to officials as the Bailey murder case went to the Grand Jury.
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New York
Pettit
Nassau County
Florence Carman
Mineola
Louise Bailey
Peace Hope Grows In Home Rule Crisis
In Belfast on July 14 amid tensions between Ulster Unionists and Irish Nationalists, quiet celebration of Boyne anniversary reduces fears of civil war. Special police deployed for order are sent home as optimism grows for government led pacific settlement of the Ulster question.
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Belfast
Ireland
Battle of the Boyne
Shingle Roof Law Sure To Be Fought
Considerable opposition is expected at a Tuesday ordinance committee meeting as Atlanta debates a sweeping measure by the Georgia Fire Prevention Society to ban shingle roofs. Several other ordinances are on the agenda, but none as far reaching in impact.
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Ordinance Committee
City Council
Atlanta
Georgia Fire Prevention Society
Lions' Roar Triggers Runaway Injury in Indiana
HAMMOND Ind July 14 The Rev Arthur Dicks his wife and daughter from New Richmond were badly injured when a team of horses driven by the minister were frightened by a lion’s roar heard from a car on the Monon Railroad The carriage struck a telephone pole and the three were thrown clear Their condition was listed as critical by physicians and the incident is under investigation
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Hammond
Ind
Arthur Dicks
New Richmond
Monon
Georgian Refuses to Pay Taxi Bill Held
CHICAGO July 14 A man claiming to be J W Brittingham of Guyton Ga and vice president of Effingham County Bank was locked up for refusing to pay a taxi bill of 10 50 A revolver was found on Brittingham and he was charged with carrying concealed weapons in addition to the taxi debt.
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Chicago
J. W. Brittingham
Guyton, Ga
Effingham County Bank
K Brittingham
New Daily Paper By Women Dems Planned in California
A new daily newspaper to serve Democratic party interests in California will be owned managed and circulated by women and is expected to appear in San Francisco within a few days.
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San Francisco
Democratic Party
California
Large Buncombe docket opens with 124 cases
Asheville July 14 Superior Court convened for criminal trials with 124 cases on the docket. Three defendants face murder charges. It is described as one of the largest dockets ever before Buncombe County court.
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Asheville
N. C
Superior Court For
Buncombe County
Water bill collection from crematory company advances
Mayor Woodward announced the city has recovered most of a 1600 dollar water bill dating to last August from the New York Destructor Company. Deductions for cremation charges reduced the water bill, and the July cremation charge would further offset the amount. No new developments in the crematory dispute were reported. The mayor said no time extension would be granted beyond August 1, 1914.
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Woodward
New York Destructor Company
Banks of Atlanta Deposits Reported At 23 Million
The national banks of Atlanta Ga report June 3 condition to the Comptroller of the Currency. Average reserve 19.90 percent. Loans and discounts total 25,345,170. Gold coin 224,287. Legal money reserve 2,614,701. Individual deposits for all Atlanta banks 23,179,055.
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Washington
National Banks of
Atlanta
Colonel Roosevelt to Confer With Women Chiefs on Moose Campaign
Theodore Roosevelt plans a first time conference with women leaders of the Progressive party in Oyster Bay. He will attend a Wednesday luncheon at the Colony Club in New York and may be urged to run for Governor. Kermit Roosevelt and his bride are expected, with a Sagamore Hill reception on arrival.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Progressives
New York
National Progressive Headquarters
Progressive Party
Colony Club
Kermit Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Russia Endures Severe Heat Wave and Forest Fires
ST PETERSBURG July 14 Russia faces a historic heat wave with forest fires spreading across the empire. Smoke nears the city as peat moors burn and villages are wiped out. Crops suffer enormous damage while five thousand soldiers fight the blazes. Midnight readings hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit with midday temps between 110 and 125 across the empire.
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Atlanta
ST. Petersburg
Russia
Empire
Man Nearly Dead of Fall Saves Own Life By Blow With Fist
Chicago July 14 Surgeon discusses Dr Arthur Morrow a dentist who nearly died after a fall and paralysis. He revived himself by striking his head with his uninjured left fist and after a single jolt regained movement and speech. He resumed his practice today claiming full recovery.
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Chicago
Arthur Morrow
Morrow
Georgia Leads Southeast in Livestock Among States
Georgia shows the strongest livestock presence in the Southeast due to climate healthfulness and cheap feed. The article notes the profitable nature of the industry and directs readers to the Poultry Pet and Live Stock classification in the Want Ad section of The Georgian American for sources on superior breeding stock.
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Eorgia
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Burns’ Detective Agency
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L. C. Branscomb
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W. H. Kessler
Frank P. Glass
J. B. Keeling
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