Atlanta expert urges war on dirt and disease
Dr Oscar Dowling president of Louisiana state health board arrives in Atlanta with educational cars and motion picture reels to show dirt dangers and remedies. He warns officials hinder reform while praising city’s climate and cleanliness, recounting New Orleans cleanup and urging bakers dairies and abattoirs be cleaned.
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Oscar Dowling
Louisiana State Board of Health
New Orleans
Atlanta
Dr. Dowling
Dirt in Restaurant Stoves and Dr Dowling’s Tours
The piece notes that restaurant stoves harbor unseen dirt and germ breeding spots, often hidden by paint, and describes Louisiana officials scraping paint to reveal cleanliness. It highlights Dr Dowling’s reform work in New Orleans French Market and his earth train tour, which reached 214 000 people in six months and prompted demonstrations on modern organization. The train's Louisiana Cauplioatoe unit tours, now at a station, preps for a Washington health convention.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
Dowling
Caupliotae
Ter
Washington
Blind of Macon Farm Club forms for the sightless
A Macon Georgia club for men absolutely sightless was organized with nineteen members and plans to grow. Led by Professor Cheatham and Judge Burnett the group aims to combat blind street begging and discuss topics of interest to the sightless plus mutual aid. It’s described as the first such club in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blind of Macon Farm Club
Macon
Cheatham
Burnett
South
Clash in Court Over Bribery Charge in Macon Council
In Macon Georgia on September 17 a bankruptcy referee charged council members with bribery by the Macon Railway and Light Company to cross Mulberry Street park. Alderman Dasher protested. Judge Harris warned restraint as the court halted after ruling the company may lay a track across the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Superior Court
Macon Railway and Light Company
Mulberry Street
Alexander Proudfit
United States Court For
Southern District of Georgia
A. L. Dasher
Proudfit
Harris
Italy and Turkey Near Peace Pact Reaches Draft
Vienna report says Rome and Constantinople will shortly announce a peace treaty ending hostilities. Geneva talks produced an eight article draft covering Turkish troop withdrawal from Tripoli, Turkey retaining a port near Tunis, Italian tribute to Arab chiefs, Ottoman spiritual lordship in Tripoli, an annuity from Italy for Libya, and a Red Sea port for Turkey.
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Vienna
Rome
Constantinople
Italy
Turkey
Paris
Geneva
Switzerland
Tripoli
Tunis
Libya
Red Sea
Explosion Injures Frank Hagan at Hagan & Dodd Lab
Frank Hagan of 67 Irwin Street suffered severe burns to hands and face from a barrel of flavoring explode at Hagan and Dodd's laboratory on 212 Auburn Avenue. The incident occurred shortly before noon with heavy smoke prompting a fire department call. He was treated at Grady Hospital and sent home. The barrel contained ingredients for soft drinks.
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Frank Hagan
Irwin Street
Hagan & Dodd's
Auburn Avenue
Hagan
Grady Hospital
More Appointments of Oil and Fertilizer Inspectors Expected
Announcement of additional oil and fertilizer inspector appointments was anticipated from the office of the commissioner of agriculture. Visitors crowded the capitol to inquire. Commissioner Connor spent yesterday at Obe Stevens home in Augusta consulting on prospective appointees and may remain until tomorrow afternoon. new appointments are unlikely during his absence.
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Capitol
Connor
Obe
O. B.) Stevens
Stevens
Connor J
Augusta
Moose Lodge and Bull Moose Lock Horns Over Emblem
Chicago story reports a clash between Moose Lodge members and Bull Moose partisans over insignia. Aggressors quote confusion greeting a man with a moose head badge and no response, prompting the supreme lodge to require the Bull Moose badge show the full moose form.
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Moose Lodge
Bull Moose
Chicago
Order of Moose
Supreme Lodge Nias
Bull Moose Party
Mayor Fights Move to Abolish His Smoke Board
City leaders clash over the smoke commission as council plans a stricter ordinance. Mayor Winn opposes abolishing the board and would veto any move to dissolve it. The ordinance committee will meet October 1 for a public hearing, with the matter unresolved.
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Council
Ordinance Committee
Winh
Harwell
Smoke Commission
Winn
Charles W. Smith
Claude C. Mason
John S. Candler
James E. Warren
Clarence Haverty
Sion
Detectives Close On Trail Of Escaped Convict Quawles
Detectives pursue George Quawles the slayer who escaped from a Dahlonega convict camp two months ago. Seen yesterday at his mother's East Fair street home, he has evaded officers in Atlanta repeatedly while claiming to return home to see his folks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Quawles
John Williams
Dahlonega
East Fair Street
Quawles
Atlanta
Heiress in San Jose Hangs After Parents Refuse Union
Miss Zanoni Nafford, 27, heiress tied to a San Francisco estate, hanged herself in San Jose after her parents objected to her marriage to James Stanfield of Los Gatos. She was sister-in-law of R. Tibbetts, a local millionaire. The tragedy unfolds as a love thwarted by parental opposition.
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San Jose
Calif
Zanoni Nafford
R. Tibbetts
San Francisco
James Stanfield
Los Gatos
Grave of Gov Gilmer to Have Better Care
The grave of Governor George R. Gilmer in Lexington Georgia has been cleared of undergrowth and is now neat and well kept. The Oglethorpe School of Lexington announces the grave will receive careful attention in the future.
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Gov. Gilmer
George R. Gilmer
Lexington
Oglethorpe Scho
Morgan Voters Seek New Primary Over Vote Buying
In Morgan County Georgia a movement grows from grand jury probes into alleged vote buying and fraud in the May primary. Petitions circulated in sixteen militia districts seek an official investigation by the county Democratic executive committee and call for another primary before October 2. About 300 signatures are sought, with expected rapid collection. The committee may order a new primary in response.
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Madison
Morgan County
Grand Jury
Democratic Executive Committee
Legation Secretary Discharged in Abduction Case
Harry Nolan of Chicago, newly named secretary to the U S legation at Panama, was discharged by Magistrate Murphy in Tombs court for lack of evidence in an alleged abduction of Marian McVickar, innkeeper’s daughter from Glasgow. The case hinged on the girl's age, once stated as 16, later 18 or 19. Nolan and the girl had traveled from Virginia on a boat prior to arrest.
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New York
Harry Nolan
Chicago
United States
Panama
Marian McVickar
Glasgow
Scotland
Murphy
Tombs
Nolan
Reynolds
Virginia
Ivy Street Repair Moves Forward on Schedule
A city committee voted Ivy Street will be regraded and repaved after work at the Peachtree and Baker junction. A conference committee adopted the plan and council action followed. Merchants protested slow Peachtree progress. funds are short, delaying work for about ten days as county forces are sought. Construction Chief Clayton said efforts are aimed at speeding progress, with trolley dirt removal cited as a point of contention.
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Ivy Street
Peachtrees
Baker Street
Peachtree Street
Clayton
Hungary Deputies Fight as Parliament Opens in tumult
Vienna Sept 17 An open scene in the Hungarian lower house as deputies fought with fists and hurled books during the opening of parliament. Soldiers were feared to be needed to clear the halls. Count Tisza presided and Count Andreissy helped restrain the disorder amid renewed outbursts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Chamber of Deputies
Count Tisza
Count Andreissy
Refugees Reach U S From El Tigre As Starvation Spreads
Sixty women and children from El Tigre and Nacozari crossed into Douglas, reporting Generals Rojas and Salazar marching toward Nacozari to unite for an attack. From Sonora messengers warn thousands face starvation due to rebel raids. crops burned and livestock seized by insurgents. American trio Haymore, Haymore, and Naegle arrive after rebels fired on them. A crippled man, Michael Mateeson, fell behind and was captured.
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Douglas
Ariz
el Tigre
J. A. Haymore
Lynn Haymore
Marion Naegle
Michael Mateeson
Martha Jim Arnold’s Wanderlust Draws Family On The Road
Thirteen month old Martha Jim Arnold shows constant travel cravings as her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Arnold tour toward Ardmore Oklahoma. The child laughs with moving cars, roars with trains, and insists on exploring every neighborhood, prompting continued family travel to keep her content.
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Martha Jim Arnold
J. W. Arnold
Martha Jim
Ardmore
Okla
Boy Whittler's Eye Put Out by Flying Splinter
Augusta Georgia September 17 report says Guy Lansdell fifteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Eulie Lansdell of Harlem was brought to an Augusta eye specialist after a whittling mishap. A splinter pierced the pupil blinding one eye and doctors fear the other eye may be affected.
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Augusta
Guy Lansdell
Eulie Lansdell
Harlem
Lansdell
Rich Denver mining man freezes to death on Argentine Pass
Georgetown Colo Sept 17 The first death by freezing in the Colorado mountains this season occurred Sunday night when Franklin M Eiser a wealthy Denver resident perished in a blizzard on Argentine Pass Matson a prospector was found today with feet and hands frozen after he and Eiser had gone to inspect a mining claim rich ore had been uncovered
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Georgetown
Colo
Colorado
Franklin M. Eiser
Denver
Argentine Pass
Eiser
John Matson
Matson
Poisoned milk case ends with fine for dairy owner
In Atlanta court Gus Castle of Castle Bicycle Company alleges his child fell gravely ill from impure milk. Dairyman H Beuchler is fined 50 dollars plus costs. Beuchler vows appeal. Health officials vow strict enforcement. Beuchler blamed purchases from others after exhausting his supply.
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Gus Castle
Dairyman
Girl
Castle Bicycle Company
West Peachtree Street
H. Beuchler
Piedmont Park
Beuchler
Lillian Augustus
W. A. Wisanska
Castle
Preston
Claude Smith
Health Board
Atlanta
Smith
Board of Health
Flyer Falls Three Hundred Feet In French Flight
Paris September 17 Lieutenant Breucher of the aviation corps of the French army was seriously injured when his aeroplane crashed during a flight at Chatellerault eighteen miles from Poitiers. The machine fell about 300 feet and was smashed.
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Paris
Breucher
Aviation
Chatelleralut
Poitiers
Three Bandits Rob Memphis Special Mail Train
Three bandits robbed the New York and Memphis eastbound express known as the Memphis Special at Stevenson Alabama 30 miles southwest of Chattanooga at 1:30 this morning. They seized four mail clerks bound and gagged them and escaped with all registered mail worth about 300000 dollars. The train paused for coal, bandits warned conductor McMahon and fled after loading three sacks of registered mail. A posse with bloodhounds chased them toward Huntsville Alabama. Powell the mail clerk declined to give details.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
New York and
Memphis
Southern Railway
Stevenson
Ala
Here
McMahon
James Flynn
Flynn
Frank Hamil
John Bruce
L. EB. Powell
Huntsville
Baltimore Leader George C Morrison Dies by Gas In Club
George C Morrison a Baltimore Democratic leader and prominent financier died this morning by inhaling gas at the Baltimore Athletic Club. The death follows Governor Goldsboroughs accusations that Morrison and other Harford county business and social leaders misrepresented the racing bill, influencing the governors decision to sign the measure allowing racing in Harford county.
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Baltimore
George C. Morrison
Baltimore Athletic Club
Morrison
Goldsborough
Harford County
Goldsboro
Merchants Demand Probe Into Macon Police Chief
Three Macon merchants filed a request with the police committee to investigate Chief W. B. Chapman for refusing to arrest two men who swindled merchants out of hundreds of dollars with forged checks.
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Macon
Police Committee of
City Council
W. B. Chapman
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Sien
Morgan
Democratic County Committee
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Hungary
U. S
Oklahoma
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Uable
Powell
Post Office
A. J. Welch
Southern
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