Freight Train Disaster At Beaver Creek Bridge
Last night at 9 30 west bound freight train number 33 plunged through the trestle across Beaver Creek three miles east of Reynolds. Engineer O D Touchstone and Marcelus Calvert died or were killed in the wreck. Fireman injured, others escaped. Between 100 and 150 feet of the bridge burned. Lightning suspected as cause. Wreck routes trains via Americus. full service may take days to resume Macon to Columbus.
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Beaver Creek
Reynolds
O. D. Touchstone
Macon
Marcelus Calvert
Americus
Columbus
Georgia coming into her own under college speak
Chairman Walter E Steed of the Third District Agricultural and Mechanical College urges graduates that Georgia is awakening to self-reliance and home living. He praises state colleges for advancing scientific farming and national progress, signaling a hopeful dawn for the South. Foley Kidney Pills are advertised for kidney and bladder ailments with a general health claim.
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Macon Evening News
Walter E Steed
Third District Agricultural and Mechanical College
Tritely
Georgia
Steed
Mr. Steed
Election of Teachers For Oglethorpe School
From Macon County Citizen the Board of Education in session Tuesday elected Emma Flint Mae Nelson Osee Belle Gardner and Irma Belle Murray as teachers for the Oglethorpe public school for the ensuing year The principal W H Martin was elected a few weeks ago.
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Macon County
Board of Education
Oglethorpe Public School
Emma Flint
Mae Nelson
Osee Belle Gardner
Irma Belle Murray
W. H. Martin
This Interests Every Woman and Kidney Health
A family doctor notes many women seek help for female trouble but improve when treated for kidneys and bladder. Foley Kidney Pills are promoted as the best and safest remedy, a tonic with quick results, sold by dealers. O M Methvin invites President Wilson to speak at the Georgia Weekly Press Association meeting in La Grange, promising a warm reception from newspaper boys.
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O.M. Methvin
Georgia Weekly Press Association
Wilson
la Grange
Lila
Through Car Service To Talulah Falls Summer Travel
Atlanta announces a through coach car between Atlanta and Franklin via Talulah Falls Railway for summer travel. Through car departs Atlanta at 6:55 am arriving Cornelia 10:40, Talulah Falls 12:10, Franklin 2:30 pm. Return leaves Franklin 2:50 pm, Talulah Falls 4:36 pm, Atlanta 8:30 pm. Also summer connections with trains 29 and 40 for later routes via Talulah Falls.
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Atlanta
Talulah Falls
Franklin
N. C
Southern Railway
Talulah Falls Railway
Cornelia
Lune
J.L. Meek
Georgia
North Carolina
Dobkins Quip on Currency Policy and Grocery Prices
A quote about Dobkins remarks on his ability to explain adopting a national currency system to pay the debt, while failing to raise the price of his grocery bill. The exchange characterizes him as clever on finance but weak on costs.
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Dobkins
Dobking
State Capital Notes items from Georgia press
State Capital Notes from Atlanta on May 29 report a June 10 board meeting for the Blind Academy in Macon and other items. The railroad commission declines to reopen the Mathis Wiley fight on Tallulah Falls line and grants Blakely Southern railroad’s request to discontinue a daily mixed train between Blakely and Jakin. Fuller Callaway visits Atlanta, health returning. Hartford T. Green named second lieutenant and quartermaster. Hartford Fire Insurance reinsured Teutonia of New Orleans, boosting Atlanta premiums. Auto registrations reach 20,800 with growth slowing. Ralph Newton named to university board replacing Otis Ashmore. Governor orders an election in Chatham to fill Rep P. A. Stovall's seat. Georgia normal schools graduates gain teaching certificates. inspectors to issue credentials. List of immoral places not yet ready. Beavers and Hutchcheson exchange remarks amid ongoing dispute.
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Atlanta
Board of Visitors To the Blind Academy
Joe Hill Hall
Macon
Railroad Commission
Mathis
Wiley
Tallulah Falls
Blakely Southern Railroad
Blakely
Jakin
Fuller Callaway
India
Africa
Commission
Callaway
Adjutant General
Hartford T. Green
Griffin
Beck
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Teutonia of
New Orleans
Georgia
Newton
Ralph Newton
Fort Valley
State University
Otis Ashmore
Chatham County
P. A. Stovall
Negro Conley Reveals Detailed Phagan Case Confession
James Conley, the Black worker in the Leo Frank case, led detectives and reporters on a tour of the National Pencil plant in Atlanta. He reenacted removing Mary Phagan's body, showing the exact movements used to hide the crime and describing the memo pad and desk notes Frank allegedly used. The demonstration drew strong reactions as observers debated its realism and implications.
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Atlanta
James Conley
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
National Pencil Company
Conley
Frank
Mary Pagan
Beehive bookkeeper indicted for larceny after trust
Columus grand jury indicts H. M. Mooty former bookkeeper for the Beehive on larceny after trust and Leo Leewenherz his employer on perjury. Leewenherz posted $1000 bond. Perjury relates to Mooty’s alleged shortage and irregularities in the accounts. Mooty resides in Atlanta. warrant not yet served.
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Columbus
Muscogee Grand Jury
H. M. Mooty
The
Beehive
Leo Leewenherz
Loewenherz
Hooty
Bucklen Arnica Salve Vanishes Chapped Conditions
Polar winds lash far north causing red rough chapped hands and lips. Bucklen's Arnica Salve heals rough skin and softens it. Also unrivaled for cold sores burns boils sores ulcers cuts bruises and piles. Only 25 cents at City Drug Store. Adv
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City Drug Store
Negro Desperado’s Body Hangs in Court House Yard
Augusta Ga May 29 What is left of Richard Henry Austin a South Carolina negro desperado hangs to a tree in the Hampton court house square. The body shows mutilation with head arm fingers and toes chopped off. Austin died last night while being moved from Savannah to Hampton after being fatally wounded by his Espters near Newington Tuesday night. He had assaulted a white woman before his escape weeks ago.
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Augusta
Gai
Richard Henry Austin
South Carolina
Court House Square
Hampton
Austin
Savannah
Newington
Reward for Mrs. Stevens Slayers Authorized
Governor Brown authorized a $200 reward for the killer or killers of Mrs. S C Stevens and her 15 year old daughter Nellie on the McDonough road. The move followed a request from Solicitor General C S Reid. News describes the family shock, a missing son, and a Mexican farmer being sought as a suspect amid Atlanta’s tragedy.
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Atlanta
Brown
S. C. Stevens
Nellie
McDonough Road
C. S. Reid
Stone Mountain Circuit
William Stevens
Chattanooga
Stevens
Wade
Cincinnati
Escape After Fifteen Years With Foley Kidney Pills
W. P. Broyles credits Foley Kidney Pills with curing fifteen years of kidney and bladder troubles. He reports relief from a severe backache and painful bladder irregularities. The ad urges the direct road to health via Foley Kidney Pills for kidney and bladder ailments, sold by City Drug Store.
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W. P. Broyles
Foley
City Drug Store
J Ady
Dr Andrew M Soule Becomes American Citizen After 20 Years
In Athens federal court Judge W T Newman presided as Dr Andrew M Soule former head of the State College of Agriculture took the oath of allegiance to the United States and relinquished English citizenship. The report notes his long residence and leadership role in agriculture. Mrs A R Tabor of Crider Mo. is cited regarding relief from sick headaches after taking Chamberlains Tablets, with the claim of successful results after two bottles.
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Andrew McNair Sogile
State Collegg of Agriculture
Samangi
King of England
Federal Court
Athens
Udge W. T. Newman
Restabou
Ter
A. R. Tabor
Crider
Vall Dealers
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Sal Cathon
A Sena Fuera
Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta, GA
Beaver Creek Bridge
Touchstone
Oglethorpe School
Omaha
Ohio
I Poole
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All Dears
State Capital Notes
Chief Beavers
Carl Hutchcheson
Thomas B. Felder
Police Department
Hutchesen
Hutches
Aie Velraios
Negro Conley
Phagan
Leewenherz
Court House Yard
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