Roosevelt vows to remove General Miles soon
Washington reports President Roosevelt telling Lodge and Wood he will "throw him out" of the army. The remark, overheard by bystanders, centers on Lieutenant General Miles amid Senate scrutiny of War Secretary Root's bill. Analysts note cabinet tensions and Miles's public utterances as factors.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Governor Wood
Cuba
Miles
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Root
Wwose
White House
War Department
General Miles
Parrot
Corbin
Hair loss robs Rockefeller. called Hair Less Rockefeller
Lakewood New Jersey March 25 John D Rockefeller the Standard Oil magnate is rapidly losing hair and may be known as the hairless multi millionaire Doctors from New York failed to diagnose or stop the malady Rockefeller has lost hair eyebrows and eyelashes while maintaining good health and humor He refuses a wig and jokes about tiny hairs found by doctors.
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Lakewood
N. J
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
New York
Rockefeller
Armistead Kills Woman Then Takes Own Life in Montgomery
Armistead, eight years Montgomery county tax collector, shot and killed Mary Hanson after years of intimate relation and then killed himself. Once a powerful political operator in Democratic primaries, he left a widow and ten children amid a fall from wealth.
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Montgomery
Ala
Marea
Armistead
Montgomery County
Mary Hanson
Murdered for His Money in West Virginia
Joseph Wilson a wealthy Wayne county farmer and stock raiser was murdered and robbed near Thacker Tug River. His body was found on the highway with his head crushed and throat cut. Wilson reportedly carried more than $1000. robbery is suspected.
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Kenova
W. Va
Joseph Wilson
Wayne County
Thacker
Tug River
Wilson
Prisoners Brought Back From Jacksonville
Deputy Sheriff R S Pyles returned from Jacksonville with five Black men wanted in Glynn County on charges including burglary larceny and gaming One man Richard Gadson shot a white man named Fundy two or three years ago and has not been seen since Pyles plans another trip to Jacksonville to seize more Glynn County criminals
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Pyles
Jacksonville
Richard Gadson
Fundy
Dr. Smith Preached at Presbyterian Services
Special services at the Presbyterian church drew good attendance yesterday afternoon and last night. Dr. Smith delivered a strong, forcible sermon with spirited music. services will continue daily at 3 20 p.m. and 7 45 p.m. All are invited.
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Presbyterian Church
Wade Uses the Whip on Cedartown Paper Box Manager
Cedartown Ga March 25 The city’s biggest sensation in years has been the public whipping of George Wade a prominent merchant by Cedartown Paper Box Co manager Custer. Wade used a heavy horsewhip after alleged anonymous letters. Custer injured seriously denies the accusations and vows to prosecute. Friends seek to keep the affair out of court though legal action looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedartown
Custer
Cedartown Paper Box Company
George Wade
Wade
Private Allen's Hatchery Near Tupelo Planned
Jackson Mississippi March 25 Commissioner Bowers travels to Tupelo to decide the location of Private Joan Allen's fish hatchery. The plant aims to open in autumn with bass and white perch as the first species. Public input floods in with many suggesting varieties and management, some assuming the hatchery may remain Allen's private property.
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Jackson
Miss
Joan Allen
Tupelo
Bowers
Mississippi
Allen
Trio Makes Daring Hold-Up Near Gainesville Georgia
A unusual hold-up occurred one mile north of Gainesville led by Lem Hulsey Jim Staton and George Haynes who forced wagoner Cripple to cook a meal then men robbed his wagon of tobacco shoes and goods. Cripple alerted neighbors and the robbers were captured with stolen items recovered. Citizens demand punishment for the trio.
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Hall County
Gainesville
Newt Moore
Havenville
N. G
Lem Hulsey
Jim Staton
George Haynes
Cabinet Chief Refutes Resignation Rumor After Brother's Death
Secretary Hitchcock returned from St. Louis where his brother’s serious illness and death prompted questions about resignation. He denies any plan to leave his cabinet post and says no such contemplation occurred.
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Wahington
Hitehcock
St. Louis
Havana Embezzlement Trial Sentences In Cuba Case
In Havana on March 25 the audiencia court sentenced Cu ban postal funds embezzlement case defendants. Estes G. Rathbone W H Reeves and Co F W Neely each received ten years imprisonment and heavy fines. Rathbone formerly Cuba post director, Neely and Reeves aided him in a conspiracy to defraud.
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Havana
Audiencia Court
Co. F. W. Neely
W. H. Reeves
Estes G. Rathbone
Rathbone
Neely
Reeves
Cuba
United States
Charles Smory Smith
Ohio
Senate
Indiana
Marietta Couple Marks Seventieth Wedding Anniversary
In Upshaw Cobb county Georgia Mr and Mrs A P Griggs celebrated seventy years of marriage at the home of their son A A Griggs Both born in 1812 they are nearing their ninety birthday The Griggs family traces roots to Charlotte North Carolina and Irish lineage Their life together spans Cobb Morgan and earlier Georgia settlements with fourteen children born eleven reaching adulthood and six generations now living.
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Marietta
A. P. Griggs
A. A. Griggs
Upshaw
Hawaiian Band Tonight at Opera House
The genuine Hawaiian band returns to the opera house tonight to delight music lovers who praised them as the best ever heard in the city. Tickets cost 25 and 50 cents and the performance is highly recommended for all who enjoy music.
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Opera House
Cotillion Club Plans Final German Evening Next Tuesday
The Cotillion club held a business meeting in the Oglethorpe parlors with many members present and decided to host the last German of the season next Tuesday night. The Hawaiian band will be in the city and engaged to provide the music.
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Cotillion Club
Oglethorpe
Killed by Holiness arson Rev Lamar shoots VanWinkle
In Ordinore Indiana Rev Ensley Lamar a Holiness preacher shot and killed Calvin VanWinkle 24 a Cumberland resident after a religious dispute outside the church Lamar followed the elder VanWinkle and a quarrel ensued with several shots exchanged before Lamar was arrested Calvin VanWinkle father is a Baptist and witnessed the fatal encounter
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Ensley Lamar
VanWinkle
Ordinore
Ind. T
Insley Lamar
Calvin VanWinkle
Cumberland
Lamar
Wilam VanWinkle
Double murder and death by own action in Chicago
Chicago March 25 James Towns his wife and their daughter were found dead in bed asphyxiated by gas from the kitchen range a plug removed from the range and the man's arm over the child apparently holding her down police cite evidence of a murder suicide pact
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Chicago
James Towns
Range
US and Boer War Debates Prompt Neutrality Push
Representative Randell of Texas filed resolutions urging sympathy for the two republics and urging Britain to seek peace while the United States maintain strict neutrality. Representative Cochran of Missouri introduced requests to the secretary of state to confirm if US charitable groups can aid noncombatants and whether safe conduct to concentration camps for medical aid can be arranged.
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Washington
Randell
Texas
South Africa
House Democrats
United States
Mr. Cochran
Missouri
Secretary of State
End of Suffrage Matter Foreshadowed in Richmond Convention
In Richmond Virginia on March 25 the constitutional convention adopted resolutions setting a vote for tomorrow at 11 o clock and barring debate on later amendments. The session featured a sharp exchange between Mr Meredith opposing the understanding clause and Mr Goode replying as convention president.
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Richmond
Meredith
Goode
New Southwestern District Court Proposed in Georgia
A South Georgia gentleman reports politics heating up as Congress considers a bill to create a Southwestern division of the Southern District of Georgia. The plan places Decatur, Thomas, Brooks, Ware, Echols, Coffee, Berrien, Lowndes, Pierce, Clinch and nearby counties under a new Valdosta headquarters, moving Early and Miller from the Western division.
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South Georgia
Federal Court
Congress
Brantley
Brunswick
Decatur
Thomas
Brooks
Ware
Echols
Coffee
Berrien
Lowndes
Pierce
Clinch
Southwest
Southern District
Georgia
Valdosta
Early
Miller Counties
Fire at the Roff Home in Macon destroys barn and stock
A small fire at the Roff Home for the Destitute in Macon Georgia destroyed the barn four mules wagons and harnesses. The origin of the blaze is unknown and no injuries are reported.
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Macon
Roff
Big suit filed against B and B and Seaboard over Randolph killing
Mrs. Horace B. Randolph sues Brunswick and Birmingham, and Seaboard Air Line for 25000 in a wrong death action filed by attorney Burton Smith of Atlanta. The suit claims damages from the February 8 killing of her husband near the four mile crossing between Brunswick and Savannah. The case names two railroads as a joined defendant in a single accident claim.
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Horace B. Randolf
Burton B. Smith
Atlanta
Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad
Seaboard Air Line
Randolph
Reading
Brunswick
Birmingham
Savannah
Air Line
Seaboard
Brunswick and Birmingham
Cravatt & Whitfield
F. FE. Twitty
Atkinson & Dunwody
Mr. Randolph
Body pulled from Oconee River after riverbank incident
In Dublin Georgia Wish Jenkins 25 years old drowned after attempting to reach a steamship from the Louisa Steamboat Company wharf. He and a companion left a rowboat as swift water carried them downstream. Jenkins sank after losing grip on a Cypress stump. his body recovered roughly near the original dive point after days of fishing.
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Dublin
Marea
Wish Jenkins
Oconee
Jenkins
Louisa Steamboat Company
Minu
Serving His Lord He Lived and Died
The remains of Rev. W. J. Flanders, of Lyons Georgia, were moved to Cochran for interment after dying in his pulpit hours earlier. He expressed a wish to die in the pulpit and spent his last conscious moments there. Loved and respected by many, his widow will join her son in Cochran, with community sympathy extended.
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Cochran
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Lodge
Wood
Hairless Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Negress
West Virginia
Pyles
Dr. Smith
Mr. Wade
Trio
Crippe
McChcock
HE and
Cobb County
Holiness Rarson
B&b
H. B. Randolph
Ing
Sues
Burton Smith
Mrs. Randolph
W. J. Flanders
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