Regular Army Company to Camp With Georgia Troops at St Simons
Governor Brown orders one regular army company to accompany the Second Georgia regiment during ten days of encampment on St Simons Island from July 24 to July 31. Adjutant General A. J. Scott will join the camp, arranged as one of the largest regimental camps yet.
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St. Simons
Second
Georgia
Joe Brown
A. J. Scott
Second Georgia
St. Sinous
Chickamaugaa
Uncle Sam
Fifth Georgia Regiment
Stark County votes wet despite low female turnout
Stark County Ohio, with Canton as the county seat, voted in favor of keeping alcohol legal by a margin exceeding 4,000. Women stayed away from polls and instead prayed in churches for the dry cause during the day.
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Canton
Stark County
Bristol Dries to Contest Local Election Result
Bristol Virginia July 10 The drys prepare to contest the local option election held Thursday which gave a wet majority of 22. Judge Price's resignation blocks licenses until August as his successor cannot qualify. Prohibition forces begin a segregation and regulation fight to bar saloons on State street near the Tennessee line. An excise commission likely to be appointed by Judge Kelley to process licenses.
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Bristol
Price
Sesterday
State Street
Tennessee
Kelley
Effort Afoot to Revise Georgia Tax System
A joint resolution from Senator Matthews proposes a committee of three senators and seven representatives to study fairer tax returns in Georgia. Bills to the committee require approval by a majority in both chambers, a clause seen as potentially blocking reports. The measure was referred to the finance committee.
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Georgia
Senate
Matthews
House
General Assembly
Committee On Finance
Perry Creek Overflows Flooding Sioux City
At 2 o'clock this morning Perry creek overflowed its banks separating the east and west sides of Sioux City. Inhabitants were moved to safety as floodwaters surrounded many homes. Merrill, fifteen miles east, reports a heavy cloudburst with substantial property and crop damage.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Merrill
Breaker of Hearts Identified by Six Wives in Chicago
In Chicago on July 10, the famed "breaker of hearts" Johnston was identified by six women as spouses he had married. He voiced hope they send him to the penitentiary soon. Johnston did not deny the marriages and was moved to San Jose, California.
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Chicago
Johnston
San Jose
Cal
Tariff Fight Seen Over Cheaper Cotton Woolen Goods
Washington July 10 The conferees face a tariff clash as cheaper cotton and woolen goods and cheaper hosiery and women's gloves become major stumbling blocks. House and senate members expect concessions, with Payne and McCall the only reliable tariff revision allies for President Taft. Democrats in both houses await the bill amid a scramble for favorable terms.
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Washington
House
Senate
Payne and
McCall
Taft
Georgia Life Insurance firm to start operations in Brunswick
Messrs W B Stewart and J R Lawrence of Macon say Georgia Life Insurance Company is on a strong footing with $100 000 bond plans and ample treasury. They will keep subscriptions open to build capital stock and begin business once policy forms are printed. The move aims to create the largest resident insurer in the South and keep southern insurance money local.
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Messrs
W. B. Stewart
J. R. Lawrence
Macon
Brunswick
Georgia Life Insurance Company
Georgia
South
Savannah Seaman Fatally Shot on Frederick
George W. Foster of Baltimore, quartermaster aboard the steamer Frederick, Merchants and Miners, was shot late and died this morning. The assailant, Samuel B. Thebaut, pantryman on the Frederick, reportedly had been drinking and is linked to the fatal incident in Savannah Georgia on July 10.
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Savannah
George W. Foster
Baltimore
Frederick
Merchants and Miners Transportation Company
Samuel B. Thebaut
Thebaut
Close Race for Automible Gift Delights Brunswick Voters
With only days left in the contest for the car Dr. E C Bruce will give to a Brunswick boy, Dillon Haffo leads with 17 983 votes, closely followed by Harry Haym with 17 087. Frank Wilburn sits third with 12 990 votes as the race tightens.
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E. C. Bruce
Brunswick
Dillon Haffo
Harry Haym
Frank Wilburn
German Reichstag approves new tax levy and vetoes chancellor
Berlin July 10 The reichstag final vote on the finance bill imposes 86.25 million dollars as a new tax on consumers with remainder from trade coupons and checks. The bill’s passage signals Chancellor von Buelow’s downfall as he declines to sign the measure.
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Berlin
Reichstag
von Buelow
Trolley Line Track-Laying To Resume As Freight Arrives
The schooner Frederick W. Day delivered railroad iron for the City and Suburban Railway and for the Georgia and Florida Railroad. Track laying will be resumed this week on the line, with grading already underway, and cars expected to run by October 1 if weather permits.
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Frederick W. Day
City and Suburban
Raiway Company
Georgia and Florida Railroad
Trolley Company
Gloucester Street
Cochran Avenue
Newcastle
Brunswick
Brunswick Georgia Gets Four Daily Mail Deliveries
Brunswick’s post office expands service to four deliveries and collections daily across business sections with three in residential areas. Schedule includes 6.30 am, 8.45 am, 12.49 pm, and 6.15 pm rounds, boosting downtown mail dispatch for early night trains and reducing box rents as demand rises.
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Brunswick
Georgia
Atlanta
Savannah
Smith
Royal Position To Be Filled In Queen's Household
London July 10 Society wonders if Countess Granard will win an official place in the queen's household as two bedchamber ladies resign. Her husband serves in the king's household and the countess would be the first American woman in the queen's service, bringing her close to royal duties and daily life. The Granards arrived from Knebworth to see her sail for New York.
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London
D. Ogden Mills
New York
Knebworth
Lord Lytton
Ogden Mills
Cruises for Manila The Instruction Period for Officers
During Atlantic maneuvers on the New England coast next month 1,556 naval militia officers and men will be aboard battleships for eight day instruction periods. A company of four officers and sixty men will be assigned to each ship with Maine sending one company and several states supplying additional units.
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Washington, D. C
Atlantic
Ratflesa P
New England
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhoda
Wall Street Market Prices Rise Slightly Amid Dull Dealings
New York July 19 Prices of stocks were generally higher yet deal ings remained dull with small changes. Illinois Central gained about a point as the standout move. Other issues showed fractional gains while Reading slipped about a point and Harriman Pacific and Amalgamated Copper fell from yesterday’s close amid weak sentiment.
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New York
Ilinois Central
Harriman Pacific
Harriman Pacific’s
Amalgamated Copper
Fine race horses killed in a railroad collision
Plana Illinois July 10 One fine race horse was killed another fatally hurt and several others were badly injured in a wreck this afternoon on the Burlington and Quincy railroad The freight trains had a head on collision.
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Plana
Ills
Burlington and Quincy
Castro Predicts Gomez Downfall in Venezuela
Santander Spain July 10 General Castro former Venezuelan president issued a statement predicting the downfall of the Gomez government. He says sovereignty and independence of Venezuela is weakened by the treaty with the United States and is now in a position to take possession of the Venezuelan republic in the name of the Monroe doctrine.
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Santander
Spain
Castro
Venezuela
Gomez
United States
Venezuelan Republic
Aides Camp Remembered as Civil War War Hero Dies
New York July 10 Marcellus Pointer of Oxford Mississippi longtime aide de camp to General Joe Wheeler died of a broken heart after being found in a Broadway hotel with just 49 cents on his person Pointer fought in over a hundred battles during the Civil War and his death is reported as the result of a broken heart.
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New York
Marcellus Pointer
Oxford
Miss
Joe Wheeler
Broadway
Cadet Shot At Annapolis
Washington reports the shooting of Lieutenant Sutton on the Annapolis academy campus after a fight with cadets. Evidence ties Lieutenant Ravan to restraining Sutton. the pistol taken by Private Dehart remains missing. The incident centers on a quarrel over Miss May Stewart of Pittsburgh with Senate investigations planned.
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Washington
Lieutenant Sutton
Annapolis
The
Military Academy
House
Senate
Ravan
Senator Rayner
Maryland
Sutton
May Stewart
Pittsburg
Dehart
Senator Bourne
Oregon
Parker-Hensell lands major railroad shop contract
Parker-Hensell Engineering secured a large contract to supply steel and iron work for the Georgia and Florida railroad shops under construction at Douglas. Augusta Construction Co. is building the shops, with the Brunswick firm winning the bid for all steel and iron work, likely making Brunswick a key local supplier.
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Parker-Hensell Engineering Company
Georgia & Florida Railroad
Douglas
Augusta Construction Co
Brunswick
Brunswick Concern
Russell brothers join regimental band at Fort DuPont
Raymond Russell leaves tonight for Delaware City to join the band class of Director W F Safranek in the U S regiment band. He will reunite with his brother Arthur Russell, formerly with Brunswick post office and Fort DuPont band, who has advanced as alto cornet player since enlistment. The Delaware City Star notes the group received a fine sendoff at Farnhurst lawn concert and lists Arthur among the players.
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Raymond Russell
Delaware City
Del
W. F. Safranek
U. S
Raymond
Arthur Russell
Brunswick Post Office
Fort DuPont
Russell
Delaware City Star
State Hospital
Farnhurst
Banana trade nearly demoralized with weak demand
New Orleans July 10. John B. Cefato president of the Central American Steamship company reports the banana trade is practically demoralized as far as prices are concerned and the market is almost without demand for the fruit. He notes the fruit is produced along the coast of Spanish Honduras and shipped by his firm.
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New Orleans
John B. Cefato
Central American Steamship Company
Honduras
Petition Circulating for City Charter Amendments
A petition endorsing all charter amendments decided at city hall was circulated among local businessmen yesterday. A large number of signatures were affixed as copies will be sent to Senator Akin and Representative Reosa.
Alligators Leave Only Bones of Victim at Lake
Pensacola Florida July 10 With the bones stripped by alligators the body of Herman Wilcox of Chicago was found in Good Time Lake two miles from Camp Walton a summer resort where he had lived with his mother for two months He had been missing four days after swimming in the lake unaware of the hundreds of alligators nearby
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Pensacola
Fla
Herman Wilcox
Chicago
Camp Walton
Wilcox
Lehigh Valley Dividend Declared on Rail Stocks
New York July 10 The Lehigh Valley Railroad company paid the regular semi annual dividend of per cent an extra dividend of 1 per cent on its common stock and the usual semi annual dividend of 5 per cent on its preferred stock.
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New York
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Frenchmen Battle Ends in Bloodless Duet Holiday in Paris
Paris reports a bloodless encounter between Becalux and Charles Ba with the Anti-Duelling league noting officials present. Parisians celebrate the episode as a holiday, highlighting sentiment against duelling.
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Paris
Duell'ng
Survey Started on Goat Canal Project Aids Intercoastal Route
Boston reports a planned 25 to 12 foot depth intercoastal waterway from Boston to New Orleans and Beaufort to Key West. Lieut. Col. Edward Burr leads the survey with six field crews and Lt. U. Grant in charge. cost estimates vary from 25 to 50 million dollars. The route aims to bypass Cape Hatteras and boost northern south commercial ties.
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Boston
New Orleans
Edward Burr
U. S. Grant
U. S. Engineering Corps
Taunton
Burr
Beaufort
United States
James C. Sanford
New York
William Black
Wilmington
Lewis H. Rand
Willington
Norfolk
Joseph Kuhn
Massachusetts Harbor and Land Commission
Colonel Burr
Congress
Board of Engineers
Cape Hatteras
Grant
Special Midweek Sale at Zelmenovitz Store
Zelmenovitz announces a two day sale Monday and Tuesday with a rock bottom reduction on the entire summer dry goods stock. Weather kept customers away last week and several harrahns are offered to draw trade. no circular advertising. Public invited to see the great price reductions firsthand.
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Zelmenovitz
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Local Concern Lands Contract
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Florida and
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Cape Cod
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