City Assessor Reports 1909 Valuation Near Nine Million
The Brunswick city council heard the board of assessors read their 1909 report showing total city property valued at 8 908 980 dollars with land 3 091 680, improvements 3 215 425, and personal property 2 601 125, a 451 770 increase from the prior year. The report highlights a thorough appraisal across all city sections and signals strong growth despite the panic year.
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Board of Assessors
Brunswick
Near Beer Limits May Be Set By Council
Bruns wick council revisited near beer controls last night proposing two ordinances. One would apply oil liquor limits to near beer, the other would narrow restrictions to the western business section. Both measures seek tougher curb on pool rooms with near beer and on minor access, with uncertain fate and potential impact on dealers.
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Brunswick
Taylor
Leo
City Council Agrees to Drain Expansion Fund
In a regular session the council voted to use 3,500 from bond issue surplus for extending the city sewerage system after a tied vote. Mayor cast deciding vote for drainage, while other measures included street widening and near beer ordinances. Several petitions on lights, sewer extensions, and building permits were referred to committees.
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Wolf and
Q Streets
B. Pinebad
Old Town Lot No
New Town
K Street
London Street
Southern Pine Company
Council
Ludwig-Taylor
Committee On Taxes and Revenue
W. A. Finney
Grand Opera House
Calnan
Norwich Street
Taylor
Viquor
Ludwig
Baker
McGarvey
Goldsmith
Cox
Leo
Fire at Duval Hotel and Taylor block in Jacksonville
Eyewitness accounts describe a fierce blaze that gutted the Taylor block on Forsyth near Hogan and the nearby Duval hotel. The fire, aided by a heavy rainstorm, caused about 300000 in losses including the Drew printing office machinery and stock, with guests recounting a tense night as flames spread.
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Duval Hotel
Taylor Block
Duval
Drew
Francis KE Taylor
Georgia teachers to hold forty third Cumberland Island session
The Georgia Educational Association plans its forty third annual meeting on Cumberland Island June 23 25 under a three year contract with Cumberland Island Company. President Chapman and officers list speakers and department heads as planning proceeds with hotel rates at 1.50 per diem for teachers and a seaside program expected to draw wide attendance.
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Cumberland Island
Georgia
Cumberland
Chapman
The
Georgia Educational Association
Cumberland Island Company
Augusta
Macon
Hotel Cumberland
Diamond Dressed Mrs Lorillard Found Dead in Her Room
Mrs Pierre Lorillard Jr, 49, was found dead in her Dupont Circle room after turning on gas following a night out. The wealthy socialite wore diamonds and a dressing gown, with two sons surviving, one abroad and one in New York college.
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Washington, D. C
Pierre Lorillard, Jr
Dupont Circle
Austria pressures Servia as war prep accelerates
Vienna March 25. Foreign Minister Alhrenthral pushes to make Servia a vassal amid threats of outside interference. War preparations accelerate as Austrian troops immobilize and reservists are mobilized in hours. No European power is thought ready to back Servia, and the situation remains acute.
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Alhrenthral
Servia
Austria
Helen Boyle Linked to Hartje Case Heads to Trial
Sharon Pa March 25 Mrs Helen Boyle charged in the Whitla kidnapping was brought here today Ohio and Pennsylvania dispute jurisdiction to try her Detectives say Boyle is the "Alma Ross" tied to the Hartje case as the woman Hartje hosted at his home while his wife was away Sensational features are promised.
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Sharon
Helen Boyle
Whitla
Ohio
Pennsylvania
One Habit Spreads Brunswick Smoker Ad Across State
A Brunswick traveling man reports a new Brunswick habit of recognizing fellow locals by the phrase Brunswick Smoker. He recounts entering a Savannah drug store and hearing a man at the cigar stand say the slogan, confirming the spread of Brunswick advertising statewide.
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New Brunswick
Savannah
Thello
Brunswick
Petrosini assassination plot traced to Boston
Secret Service and police identified a Boston house as the meeting place for the plot to kill New York detective M. O. Petrosini who was gunned down in Naples. Arrests are expected imminently as authorities confirm the scheme was formed here and the residence has been under close surveillance.
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Boston
Secret Service
New York
M. O. Petrosini
Naples
Italy
Ludwig-Taylor Report Ends Case
Brunswick Ga March 25 1909 The city council adopted a special committee report ending a weeks long dispute over Alderman Taylor and Alderman Ludwig The findings say the resignation language was not meant to reflect on Taylors integrity and that purchases under his chairmanship were made to the best advantage
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Brunswick
Calnan
Taylor
Ludwig
Council
Alderman Taylor
Governor Brown visits Dawson in upbeat county tour
Governor elect Joseph M. Brown arrived from Columbus this morning and spent the day in Dawson meeting scores of residents and citizens. The warm reception highlighted his continued statewide outreach during the campaign trail.
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Dawson
Columbus
Joseph M. Brown
Steel Trust Cuts Prices on Bars and Structural Metal
The steel trust reduced steel bars from 24 to 22 dollars per ton in New York on March 25. Structural metal steel bars also saw price cuts. Independents declined to match the $1 per hundred pounds reduction, with claims the trust aims to keep mills operating even at a loss.
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New York
Steel Trust
Uppercut Wins Four Mile Race at Daytona
J M Uppercut in a Cadillac won the four mile race at Daytona in 5.95 minutes. De Palma in a Fiat pushed the winner hard with a large handicap.
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Daytona
Fla
J. M. Uppercut
Cadillac
de Palma
Fiat
Head Lott-Lewis Co Dies Suddenly
J. J. Lewis head of the Lott-Lewis Co. dies suddenly in Savannah after attending to business. Funeral is today. He leaves a wife two daughters and a son. He had many friends in the city and was in town only briefly in the past year.
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Savannah
J. J. Lott
J. J. Lewis
Lott-Lewis Co
South
Georgia
Mr. Lott
Lewis
Gotch Defeats French Champion in Two Falls
Frank Gotch, the American wrestler, defeated de Rouen the French champion in Kansas City tonight. Gotch won two straight falls to clinch the bout.
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Kansas City
Frank Gotch
Tonight
de Rouen
Gotch
Juarez Racing Meet Opens in November
San Francisco march 25 The 96 days racing meeting at Juarez will open about the middle of November. California clubs have secured a government concession and will operate four tracks in Mexico.
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Juarez
Mexico
San Francisco
California
First Steps in Amalgamation Bureau Taken
Washington March 25 In a move toward uniting agencies the amalgamation of the bureau of commerce and labor with the department of justice begins with the nomination of Ormsby M Chargz as assistant secretary of commerce and labor He will serve as chief lieutenant to Secretary Nagel coordinating trust prosecutions and interstate commerce act administration
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Washington, D. C
Ormsby M. Chargz
Police raid nets stolen goods in Dixville
Police raided a Dixville house last night and recovered two loads of stolen goods from the McClure store. An old woman was locked up as a suspect.
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Dixville
McClure
Cortelyou Elected President of Consolidated Gas Company
New York March 25 former Secretary of the Treasury George B Cortelyou was elected president of the Consolidated Gas Company of New York. Cortelyou has risen from private secretary to President McKinley to a cabinet role under Roosevelt and now assumes leadership at the gas firm.
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New York
Secretary of the Treasury
George B. Cortelyou
McKinley
Roosevelt
Consolidated Gas Company
Six-Year Sentence For Manslaughter In Georgia
Abbeville Georgia March 25 C O Sutton who killed Tom Butler in May 1908 near Rochelle received a six year term after a manslaughter verdict. The jury had a mistrial at the first trial last fall.
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Abbeville
C. O. Sutton
Tom Butler
Rochelle
Kusterman Claims Oil Brewers Plot to Elect Speaker
Congressman Kusterman of Wisconsin charges a pact between Standard Oil and the brewers to elect Speaker Cannon. He cites the Payne bill joker moving 12 million dollars annually to Standard Oil and notes European oil prices at 5.8 cents versus 9.87 cents in the United States.
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Kusterman
Standard Oil
Washington
Wisconsin Republican
Speaker Cannon
Payne
Standard
Europe
United States
Flying Special Wins Death Race to Cleveland
George W. Perkins of Pierpont Morgan & Co. arrived in Cleveland on his special at 9 am after a record Florida to Cleveland run. The train, from Stuart Florida, completed the trip in twenty five hours as orders kept the track clear for a rapid race against death due to his wife’s mother’s illness.
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Cleveland, O
George W. Perkins
Pierpont Morgan & Co
Florida
Cleveland
Stuart
Fla
White Convict Problem Before the Commission
Atlanta March 25 The prison commission faces securing quarters for 300 white men. If a state farm is not ready by April 1 they may place the prisoners on road work for the summer until buildings and housing are prepared at a farm facility.
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Atlanta
Federal agents seize oats for pure food law violation
Federal officers seized two cars of oats shipped to an Atlanta broker from the west. The load was found to contain 22 percent barley, constituting a violation of the pure food law.
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Atlanta
Local Canton Growing Makes Fine Showing
The Patriarchs Militant, the uniformed Odd Fellows body, recently organized in the local canton shows a strong start with over thirty members initiated and uniforms issued for the whole group. Brungwich Odd Fellowship plans to attend the grand lodge meeting as escorts for Brunswick lodge delegates.
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Patriarchs
Order of the Odd Fellows
Brungwich Odd Fellowship
Brunswick
Railroad failure to publish schedules rattles Atlanta
Atlanta march 25 railroad commission asked heads of several roads why schedules are not published. The roads have not responded to the inquiries.
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Atlanta
Railroad Commission
T. P. A. IN CONVENTION
The Georgia division of the T. P. A. holds its annual convention in Atlanta with several hundred visitors in town. Friday's banquet will feature 200 covers as a highlight of the program.
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Atlanta
Georgia
The
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