Pertinent Queries From Judge Bateman on City Politics
The piece lists pointed questions for city candidates on taxation street utilities primaries and public oversight. It urges clear stances on ad valorem tax changes, utility regulation public commissions term limits nepotism and water works sale fears plus salaries and free passes from corporations. Dated June 26 1906.
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Thent
Avanta
Atlanta
Dror St Capabaellinetine
Railwand Civil Service Commission
Ween Garae
United States
Vaudeville acts wow at Casino this week in Ponce DeLeon
The Casino at Ponce DeLeon presents a fine vaudeville bill headlined by Mme Renz and her trained horses with the Waterbury Brothers and Tenny on the wire and a clever lineup overall promising strong entertainment for patrons.
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Ponce DeLeon
Mme
Renz
Waterbury Bros
Tenny
Vaudeville Headliners At Casino All Next Week
Hoffmans company of over thirty vaudeville performers brings top musical comedy acts to the Casino for a full week. The New York Hippodrome star headlines with a baseball travesty and a burlesque on The Dip of Death. Also noted is a judge’s ruling in a separate case against a driver who killed a child.
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America
Crank Offers to Teach Rockefeller French in Paris
In Paris a lone Englishman told J D Rockefeller he could teach him French in two weeks. Rockefeller, returning to his hotel, declined politely saying he preferred English and would not take lessons. The incident shows Rockefeller already using an easy method to learn conversational French.
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William Hoster
Cable
Competgne
France
J D. Rockefeller
Paris
Rockefeller
Spenceeter
Rockefellers
Hott
Graft Claims Fly At National Soldiers Home
Special dispatch from Chattanooga reports sensational federal court arguments over the Johnson City soldiers home case. prosecutors allege a 104000 raise misused and that costs exceeded budgets by tens of thousands with architects and workers cited for inflated charges and repeated shoddy work across renovations.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
National Soldiers
Johnson City
A. B. Parrish
Charles A. Foreman
C. P. Holtzclaw
J. D. Weaver
Reverend John H Graves Dies at West End Methodist Church
The obituary note honors Rev John H Graves longtime pastor of West End Methodist Church and Vanderbilt student, with a June date reference marking his service and legacy in Newberry Georgia.
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Newberry
John H. Graves
West End
New Trial Denied in O'Rear Small Pox Peat House Suit
Chattanooga, June 28. Judge Co. D. Clark denied C. J. Martin a new trial in the O'Rear small pox peat house case. The state seeks 410,000 damages for a peat house built near his property.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Co. D. Clark
C. J. Martin
O'Rear
Ates
Will Reappoint Judson Clements
The president plans to reappoint Judson Clements and appoint three new Interstate Commerce Commission members after the railroad rate bill passes. Harlan of Alabama, Clark of Iowa, and Lane of California are named to join four current commissioners in a seven member body, with four Republicans and three Democrats.
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Washington
Dunes
Interstate Commerce Commission
James 8. Harlan
Alinola
BE. EL Clark
Iowa
Pranklin Lane
California
Martin A. Knapp
New York
Charles A. Prouty
Vermont
Terre Haute Mayor Removed by Council
Terre Haute Ind June 21 under impeachment proceedings the city council has found Mayor Bondmen guilty and removed him from office He was charged with willfully neglecting to enforce laws against saloons and gambling.
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Terre Haute
Ind
The Jungle Revelations Of Crimes Of Beef Packers
Excerpts depict the suffering of a dying man named Antanas Rudkus and his family as they confront the brutal realities of labor conditions in a meat packing setting. The text portrays a grim sequence of illness, poverty, and a funeral arranged under financial strain, reflecting systemic hardship within the industry.
Cold, starved workers endure brutal winter in meatpacking era bleakness
A vivid dramatisation follows Jurgis and family amid a brutal Illinois stockyards winter. Starving men pour into the packing houses while blizzards, frost, and freezing rooms push workers to breaking points. Saloons offer warmth only at a price, and home life under a leaky stove compounds fear, hunger, and morbidity as TB, cold, and poverty gnaw at every edge.
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Jurgis
Antanas Rudkus
Iisa
Reno
New Minton China Imports Featured in Catalog
New Minton China invites art lovers to view its latest English-made imports. The Minton line is described as especially attractive, with odd designs and unusual coloring, showcased for prospective buyers.
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China
Minton
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Will
Judson Clements
Upton Sinclair
Durham
Stock Fire District
Owen Butt Gay
Stanislovas
Stanialovas
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Sossen
Ashland Avenue
Whisky Row
Onaea
Ona
Brunislovac
Jurgin
Jonas
Upton Sinclai Author of
the Jungle
New Minton China
Gate City Printing Company
Bell Phone
Mitchell Street
Pryor
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