Rain and cool Georgia forecast boosts farmer hopes
A Thursday rainfall across Georgia spurs optimism among farmers as the State Department of Agriculture notes the gentle, soaking rain should improve irrigation and crop prospects. Officials say widespread rain, including drought-affected North Georgia, could be worth millions to farmers while temperatures drop to 65 degrees and cooler weather persists for days.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Ihursday
State Department of Agriculture
Dan Hughes
Hughes
Mr. Hughes
North Georgia
Georgia Postmaster Sued for Breach of Promise
Miss Dinnie S Harlan of Lawton Oklahoma sues P B Sandifer Collins postmaster and prominent local businessman for 10000 dollars claiming breach of promise to marry. She says long courting and letters of love led to an engagement before his marriage in March to a Mississippi woman and that she bought 300 dollars worth of trousseau. First breach of promise suit in Tattnall County.
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Reidsville
Dennie S. Harlan
Lawton
Okla
Tattnall County
P. B. Sandifer
Collins
Harlan
Sandifer
Mississippi
President Wilson to mark 29th wedding anniversary
Washington June 18. The President and Mrs Wilson will celebrate their twenty ninth marriage anniversary at the White House on June 24. Guests at dinner will include Mrs Sayre and Mrs McAdoo and their husbands, Miss Margaret Wilson, and members of the Cousins Club.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Sayre
McAdoo
Margaret Wilson
Cousins Club
Farrar Plans Return to Metropolitan Opera Next Season
Paris dispatch reports soprano Geraldine Farrar, after recovery in Paris, has left for Salso Maggiore and asked reporters to deny rumors she will skip the Metropolitan Opera House next season. She emphasized she will return to perform with the Metropolitan.
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Paris
Geraldine Farrar
Salso Maggiore
Metropolitan Opera House
Atlanta bids for eastern Methodist college in 1910s
Asa G. Candler of Atlanta said the city would bid for the eastern Methodist University to be built east of the Mississippi. Offers open until July 15, with a minimum $1,000,000 land and cash offer expected. The selection panel includes Bishop Warren A. Candler and others, Dallas chosen for the western site.
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Candler
Atlanta
Educational Commission of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Methodists
Mississippi River
Eastern University
Wilson
The
Educational Commission
Vanderbilt University
Warren A. Candler
J. H. McCoy
Birmingham
A. J. Lamar
Nashville
P. T. Durham
Charlotte
W. G. M. Thomas
Chattanooga
Western School
Dallas
Texas
New Methodist University
Mississippi
Nicaraguan Treaty Faces Setback After Stormy Session
In Washington on June 18 the Senate Foreign Relations Committee adjourned with the Nicaraguan treaty draft unfinished. Secretary Bryan and Judge Charles A. Douglas explained the State Department and Nicaraguan Government wishes, while members pressed on fees projected to run into the millions.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Bryan
Charles A. Douglas
State Department
Douglas
Contest to Fix Way To Eat Spaghetti
Chicago report notes the National Association of Spaghetti Manufacturers adopted plans for spaghetti eating contests to set a standard method for consuming their products. The move aims to create uniform eating practices and promote spaghetti consumption nationwide.
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Chicago
National Association of Spaghetti Manufacturers
Court Adjourns to Let Everybody Laugh
In Chicago on June 18 J D Kaiser a witness told a droll tale about a new business trick during court proceedings. The judge adjourned as laughter spread through the courtroom amid the humorous retelling.
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Chicago
J. D. Kaiser
Jurors Robbed While Sleeping in Courthouse
Four former Hillsborough Grand Jury members sleeping in Tampa courthouse were robbed of clothes. J. F. McDonald Magdalen C. M. Pollard Thanotosassa A. Evers Alafia and T. J. Clemons from Seffner reported losses including a coat hat shirt g stickpin and gold cuff buttons. J. T. Allen and P Hiers from Bloomingdale hid their clothes under pillows.
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Tampa
Fla
Hillsborough Grand Jury
J. F. McDonald
Magdalene
C. M. Pollard
Thanotosassa
A. Evers
Alafia
T. J. Clemons
Seffner
McDonald
J.T. Allen
Hiers
Bloomingdale
Speer Probe Report Delayed To Next Tuesday
Washington report states the subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee on Judge Emory Speer’s impeachment charges will not present its report today. Chairman Yates Webb said it will likely be next Tuesday before the panel delivers its findings, as the subcommittee continues review of the charges.
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Washington
House
Judiciary Committee
Emory Speer
Georgia
Yates Webb
Burke Indicted in Probe Over Perjury Attempt
Fu ton County Grand Jury found a true bill against Captain C. W. Burke detective in the Frank case for attempt ed subornation of perjury. Helen Ferguson testified that Jimmy Wren asked her to marry him to influence her testimony and that Burke aided Wren. She also claimed Wren paid attention to her and that Burke tried to secure altered testimony at Attorney Rosser’s offices. Burke furnished a $2,500 bond.
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Futon County Grand Jury
C. W. Burke
Frank
Helen Ferguson
Grand Jury
Jimmy Wren
Burke
Wren
Ferguson
Ve Phagan
Mary Phagan
Rosser
Slaton Refuses to Stay Executions in Wrens Case
An informal clemency request was presented to Governor Slaton for a stay of execution for three men, John Paschal, Robert Hart, and Will Hart, sentenced for the murder of Mrs. Jefferson Irby in Wrens, Georgia. The governor did not grant a delay, following an inquiry by Attorney Hugh Howell.
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Slaton
John Paschal
Robert Hart
Will Hart
Fulton County
Jefferson Irby
Wrens
Hugh Howell
Physician indicted in child death case at Capitol Ave clinic
Dr L C Roughlin is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of two year old Hugh Murray Jr after an operation at Roughlin's office on April 20. Nurses and two other doctors testified before the Grand Jury about the anesthetic procedure and alleged negligence. Bond set at 500 dollars and furnished by Dr J Cheston King.
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L. C. Roughlin
Capitol Ave
Candler
Grand Jury
Hugh E. Murray, Jr
Hugh E. Murray
J. L. Campbell
W. S. Kendrick
W. E. Person
Roughlin
J. Cheston King
Eredlyn Steinbach
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