Louisville and Nashville seeks own line into Atlanta
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad plans to buy rights of way and build a new line from Cartersville and Marietta into Atlanta to gain independence from Georgia if the Western and Atlantic lease ends. A charter for the North Georgia Mineral Railroad to run Atlanta to Bartow County signals L N preparation, with capital $1.25 million, potentially doubling to $2.5 million, and aims to connect with other lines. The move aligns with debates on State road leasing and rental terms due to a 1913 lease expiry and commission recommendations.
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Atlanta
Cartersville
Marietta
Knoxville
North
State of Georgia
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
Louisville and Nashville
Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis
Nashville
Chattanooga
Louisville
North Georgia Mineral Railroad
Bartow County
G. Gunby Jordan
Lumbus Capitalist
Western and Atlantic Commission
North Georgia
Jordan
Charter
Warthens Crossing
State Road
Wathens Crossing
General Assembly
Tragic death linked to generosity debts note reveals motive
Fulton A. Colville, nephew of a well known writer, died by his own hand after debts and loan pressure. In a Piedmont Hotel note he wrote my heart is bigger than my purse and that he died to help friends. Insurance officials say the financial strain and illness drove the act, with a love affair likely unrelated.
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Fulton A. Colville
Young Colville
Atlanta
Walter D. Waitt
Royal Insurance Company
Colville
Donehoe
Piedmont
Joseph K. Muse
Muse
Waitt
Marie
General Pau Leaves Front to Form Auxiliary Corps
Berlin dispatch says the front in France shows little change with progress where offensives are underway. Geneva reports General Pau has gone to the South of France to organize auxiliary forces for the French armies.
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Atlanta
Berlin
Amsterdam
France
Geneva
Pau
Germany Not Seeking Peace, to Fight It Out
Berlin dispatch states Germany will not seek peace proposals and will continue to fight to finish the war, asserting honor in pursuing the conflict as the only course open to her.
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Germany
Atlanta
London
Berlin
Kaiser's Third Son Reported Dead in Brussels
London dispatch says Prince Adalbert, third son of the Kaiser, has died in Brussels per Morning Post Copenhagen report. German Legation in Copenhagen denies knowledge of the report.
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London
Morning Post
Copenhagen
Adalbert
Brussels
Meat $1 a Pound In Berlin Says Paris
Paris dispatch reports The Figure noting meat in Berlin near a dollar per pound. Highlights include bread with potatoes and bakeries in the city, indicating urban scarcity and rising food costs amid postwar conditions.
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Berlin
Paris
Sinking of Three British Cruisers Shocks Britain
News from London reports the loss of the Aboukir Cressy and Hogue after German torpedo attacks in the North Sea. Only about 511 survivors are accounted for among roughly 2 100 sailors and 185 officers, with fears the death toll could exceed 1 600. Reports from Ymuiden claim German submarines were sunk, not confirmed officially.
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Atlanta
London
North Sea
Aboukir
Cressy
Hogue
England
Britain
Ymuiden
Holland
Admiralty
Patti Wires Nephew of Safe Arrival Home
Alfred Barili received a cablegram from his aunt Madame Adelina Patti announcing her safe arrival at Craig y-nos Castle in Wales. Earlier reports said she was in Carlsbad and believed safe, while news through the press stated she and her husband and servants had been prisoners in Austria. Baron and Baroness Cedarsrom escaped. their trunks were seized and their staff remain imprisoned in Austria.
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Alfred Barili
Madame Adelina Patti
Craigy-nos
Wales
Barilis
Madame Patti
Carlsbad
Austria
Baron
Baroness Cendarstrom
German Art Works To Be Barred in Paris
Paris reports that the Societe des Beaux Arts and the Artists Francaise Societe Salon Antoine join a nationwide boycott of German paintings sculptures and engravings from future exhibitions French academies prepare to strike German intellectuals from foreign correspondent lists
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Paris
Societe Des Beaux Arts
Artists’ Francaise Societe Salon Antoine
France
Allies Claim Ten Mile Advance Near Oise Front
Paris dispatch reports the left wing of the Allied army advanced about 17 kilometers near the Oise, with unconfirmed indications of progress between St. Quentin and Peronne. Violent fighting continues along the battle line from the Oise to the Meuse as British and French forces push to force a German retreat from strong positions since the Aisne battle began ten days ago.
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Oise
St. Quentin
Peronne
Paris
Meuse
the Aisne
French War Office Update On WWI Fronts At Oise And Meuse
The French War Office reports no major change on the left bank of the Oise and north of the Aisne. Violent attacks by the enemy near Mouilly and Dompierre were repulsed. On the right wing Germany evacuated Nomeny and Arracourt with little activity near Domestre.
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Paris
French War Office
Oise
Lassigny
Aisne
von Kluk
Rheims
Meuse
Woevre
Verdun
Mouilly and Dompierre
Richecourt-Seicheprey-Lironville
Lorraine
Vosges
Germany
Nomeny
Arracourt
Domestre
Germans Towns Shelled From Sky
A Reuters dispatch from Antwerp cites Han delsblad reporting five British aviators bombarded Cologne Bickendorf Aerodrome from 1500 feet. The Zeppelin shed allegedly caught fire before four crew returned. one was aided by an automobile after an accident in Belgium. Duesseldorf report adds a hostile airship dropped two bombs near a large hangar with slight damage.
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Atlanta
London
Reuter
Antwerp
Handelsblad
Bickendorf
Cologne
Germany
Avi
Amsterdam
Duesseldorf
Two German Troop Trains Shelled
Paris reports two German troop trains rushing reinforcements toward Von Kluk’s front were shelled and wrecked after a French gunner tapped a German army telephone and relayed coordinates. Heavy siege guns moved forward to the line, aiding attacks near Maubeuge Amiens and the Oise region with prisoners reported.
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Atlanta
Paris
von Kluk
St. Quentin
Peronne
Maubeuge
Amiens
Oise
Wale An
Allies Admit Heavy Losses In War Dispatch
Paris dispatch from General Joffre reports Allied forces suffering severe losses. The official note confirms heavy casualties and ongoing attrition as French and allied troops face intense combat fronts. Details remain sparse amid strategic disruptions and shifting positions on the front.
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Atlanta
Paris
Geld
Gene
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Frederick Werner
Lin
Sayville
Tannenburg
East Prussia
von Hindenburg
Kovno
Wirballen
Russia
Red Cross
Michael Schwab
Bandwehr
Kaiser
Oeay I
Aboukiri
Patti Wires
Safe Arrival Home
Rome
Antivari
Sarajevo
Cettine
Montenegrin War Office
Rogitiga
Saraisvo
Bosnia
Franklin P. Merrick
Atlanta Georgian
Ators
Belgium
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