Deadly Salem Fire Rages Leaving 20 000 Homeless
Salem Massachusetts endured a 15 hour blaze that killed four, left 50 injured and 20 000 homeless. Water famine, martial law, and looter shootings frame relief efforts led by Governor Walsh. One thousand tents and cots, rations for 10 000, and widespread destruction of the waterfront and factories, including Naumkeag Cotton Company.
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Highland Avenue
Militia Commissary Department
Salem Common
Walsh
Peabody
Beverly
Marblehead
Lynn
Korn Leather Company
Lawmakers Target Liquor Rules and Marriage Rules
Bills in the House seek election of the State Tax Commissioner, limit liquor to 12 percent alcohol, and publish marriage intentions to curb elopements. Proposals set Tax Commissioner salary at 2500 yearly with aides. A separate measure promotes delaying marriages to reduce divorces. The Atlanta Kennel Club prepares a prize show on Peachtree Road with future national events planned across the South as proceeds fund a major fall show.
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Sioner
House of Representative
Representative Beck
Carroll County
Representative Fullbright
Burke County
Representative Parker
Liberty County
Beck
Parker
Atlanta Kennel Club
Winship Nunnally
Peachtree Road
American Kennel Club
Sheppard Leads Fight for Stronger Child Labor Reform
Representative J E Sheppard of Sumter County moves to substitute for the existing calendar bill with a stronger measure formed with The Georgian and the National Child Labor Commission. Blackburn backs Sheppard, Speaker support is solid, and reform is expected to win passage in the House and Senate, with Governor’s signature within about 30 days. The lawmaker is a veteran force in Georgia politics and seeks broad newspaper backing to press genuine reform.
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J. E. Sheppard
Sumter County
National Child Labor Commission
Sumter
House
Blackburn
Sheppard
Robert Blackburn
Fulton
Senate
Atlanta
Georgia
Fire Threatens East Point Block as Two Homes Burned
A Friday fire on Church street in East Point destroyed two houses owned by Policeman Thomas Oliver. Loss estimated at 2500 dollars. Fire department and volunteers prevented spread to adjoining dwellings. Sorrough residence ignited first. Oliver and neighbors assisted, awakening Mrs. Oliver and saving some furniture.
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East Point
Thomas Oliver
Church Street
S. W. Sorrough
Oliver
North Georgia Urges M E University Here
The North Georgia Methodist Conference endorses Atlanta as the site for a proposed Southeastern university. District Conference in Rome adopted resolutions unanimously from 85 churches totaling over 8,000 members. Delegates were chosen for the State conference in Marietta in November: John W. Baland Hugh McCrary of Rome I. F. Mundy of Rockmart and Judge James Beall of Carrollton.
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Atlanta
Southeastern University of the Methodist Church
Rome
North Georgia
Marietta
John W. Bal
Hugh McCrary
I. F. Mundy
Rockmart
James Beall
Carrollton
Steelworkers Return to Work at U.S. Pen in Ravenworth
Frank M. Ryan former leader of the Structural Iron Workers Union and eleven colleagues denied pardons by President Wilson are back at the U.S. penitentiary in Ravenworth to resume construction on the prison addition. They arrived last night and were greeted by Warden Morgan with the remark Here we are back home again as they begin serving remaining sentence portions.
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I Ravenworth
Kans
Frank M. Ryan
Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Wilson
Federal
Ryan
Morgan
Suffragette Found Guilty After London Explosives Incident
Nel le Hall, a militant suffragette, was found guilty of carrying a satchel full of explosives through central London. Her outburst caused such chaos that judges postponed sentencing, returning her to a cell for later decision at the Old Bailey.
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Atlanta
London
Old Bailey Court
Nelle Hall
Miss Hall
Earthquake Strikes Sumatra Killing Many in South Island
A strong quake in southern Sumatra today caused numerous deaths, with a dispatch from Batavia reporting the casualties to the Dutch Government. The damage locale and exact toll remain under verification.
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Amsterdam
Sumatra
Batavia
Venezuelan Minister Rojas Dies in Atlantic City
Senor Rojas, Venezuelan Minister to the United States, died in Atlantic City this morning from liver complications and old age. He had just reached his eighty fourth birthday.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Senor Rojas
United States
Nashville Man Heads World Sunday School
CHICAGO June 26 The Rev. N Hamill of Nashville Tenn was chosen president of the International Sunday School Convention for the ensuing year He succeeded the Rev W N Hartshorn of Boston The delegates offered prayers for Salem Mass in their sore affliction by yesterday s conflagration.
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Chicago
N. Hamill
Nashville
Tenn
W. N. Hartshorn
Boston
Salem
Mass
Record Heat Continues As Atlanta Hits 100.1 Degrees
Friday's temperatures ran about a degree cooler than Thursday with 99.1 at 2 30 pm and 96 5 at noon while Thursday saw a 100 1 record. The forecast warned of unsettled skies and possible Saturday thunder showers though winds from the Empire Building offered some relief.
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Weather Bureau
Empire Building
Grant Park
Atlanta
Columbus
Macon
Americus
Athens
Dublin
Waycross
Jacksonville
Doctor in Court for Thrilling Fist Fight at Five Points
Dr J L Head of Capitol avenue and R Shumate of South Pryor street face Recorder's Court Friday after a pugilistic clash in Five Points near 6 PM Thursday. Head said he ordered Shumate not to speak to him. Shumate ignored the injunction and a crowd witnessed a battle royal style exchange.
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J. L. Head
Capitol Avenue
R. Shumate
South Pryor Street
Recorder's Court
Head
Shumate
Naval Bill Finished To Sell Battleships
The House approved the conference report on the naval appropriation bill. The Senate dropped its $3,000,000 Norfolk dry dock amendment and accepted a House substitute allowing the sale of battleships Idaho and Mississippi to Greece. Proceeds will fund a new dreadnought.
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Washington
House Today
House
Senate
Norfolk
Idaho
Mississippi
Greece
Mrs Plennie Miner Burns Eye With Lye
Mrs Plennie Miner wife of the Deputy Sheriff injured Friday when opening a can of lye. The top flew off splashing the chemical into her eyes causing blindness and extreme pain. She phoned the Sheriff's office for help and received prompt medical care, but eye recovery is uncertain.
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Plennie Miner
Sheriff's Office
Illinois Governor Here to Unveil Shaft
Governor Dunne and staff will arrive in Atlanta Friday evening and travel to Marietta Saturday for the unveiling of a 26 by 19 foot monument in the National Cemetery honoring Illinois troops at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. The $20,000 monument was funded by the Illinois Legislature.
House Denies Autos to Clark and Marshall
Washington reports the House rejected the Senate amendment to the legislative appropriation bill by 130 to 126. The measure would authorize buying automobiles for Vice President Marshall and Speaker Clark, a contingency opposed by the House.
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House
Clark
Marshall
Washington
Senate
Georgian American Want Ad for home canning surplus
Advertises using a Georgian American want ad to connect with buyers for home made kitchen products. Encourages putting up abundant fruits and vegetables for winter use and to sell surplus to housewives seeking purchases.
Arbitral Move Over Anniston Streets War
A board of mediators was appointed by Anniston City Council to arbitrate a dispute between Mayor J. L. Wikie and Alderman Burgess following a heated exchange over control of the Anniston Streets Committee operations. The action was announced in the June 26 report continuing on page 6 column 1.
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Anniston
Ala
J. L. Wikie
Burgess
Three Negroes Face Disorderly Conduct After Heaven Riot
Police stop a trio of African men amid a frenzied crowd of about one thousand residents on Larkin and Roach streets as they chant and lapse into trances, claiming they would ascend to heaven at 11 o clock Friday. The incident, blamed by authorities on heat and religious frenzy, ends with the three taken to the station.
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Larkin Street
Roach Street
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Hurley
Naumkeag Cotton Company
Salem Hospital
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Point
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George Foley
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Memphis
Augusta
W. M. Stephenson
John Hill
W. C. Mahoney
Lawa
M.E. University
U.S
Rojas
Venezuela
Man Heads World Sunday School
Illinois
Larkin
Roac
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