Brownsville Affair Test Lawfulness of Roosevelt Discharges
A petition in the U S district court challenges President Roosevelt s summary discharge of Companies B C and D of the Twenty fifth Infantry colored for the 1906 Brownsville Texas riot. The suit, brought for Oscar W Reid a former private in Company C, is backed by Ward Mellin Woodbridge with behind the scenes support from unnamed New England gentlemen. The case seeks to test legality and political significance of the action.
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New York City
United States
Roosevelt
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Texas
Oscar W. Reid
Twenty-fifth
Ward
Nassau Street
New England
Railroad Building Less in 1907 Across the U S
Statistics from the Beltway Age show U S rail road construction in 1907 nearly matched 1906. Total new track 6730 miles with Louisiana 422, Florida 341, South Dakota 3865, Texas 314, Washington 311. Canada 723 miles and Mexico 449 miles.
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Chicago
Beltway Age
United States
Louisiana
Florida
South Dakota
Texas
Washington
Canada
Mexico
Jose Bevan
Vast Riches in Farms and Railway Foreclosures 1907
The 1907 farm value report lists principal crops with sugar leading at about 1.35 billion dollars and dairy, poultry, eggs, and live animals adding hundreds of millions. Rail news notes new track, mileage shifts, and rising costs, plus nine roads foreclosed totaling 349 miles, led by Chattanooga Southern, with Toledo foreclosures highlighting Toledo Terminal integration.
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Boon
Department of Agriculture
Railroad Gazette
Alaska
Louisiana
Texas
South Dakota
Washington
Canada
Mexico
United States
Owas
Chattanooga Southern
Chattanooga
Tenn
Gadsden
Ala
Toledo
Peoria and
Pekin
Toledo Terminal Railroad
Lawsuit Seeks Pay Over Brownsville Dismissal Rights
A group of high minded lawyers pursue pay for a discharged Twenty fifth Infantry member from November 16, 1906, to July 18, 1907 under the Tucker act. They challenge the Presidents right to dismiss the battalion over Brownsville disturbances. Francis Woodbridge declines to discuss the clients.
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Reid
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Court of Claims
United States
New England
New
Business Outlook Fine Across Industries Says Symposia
New York City reports a remarkable unanimity among U S manufacturers that business conditions are sound and improving. Crops have been good and farm prices steady. experts from metal, machinery, textiles, paper, leather, lumber and more anticipate a forthcoming revival. A piano maker notes revival of early 1907 strength as demand recovers. Ernest Griffin Stedman, 60, lawyer and scion of a notable family, died after leaping in front of a subway train, struck down instantly.
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New York City
National Association of Manufacturers
Ernest Griffin Stedman
Anti-Chinatown Riot Hits Lethbridge Stores
In Lethbridge Alberta a riot against Chinese residents caused injuries and property damage. Dozens were hurt as several Chinese shops were wrecked amid the unrest attracting local authorities and onlookers.
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Canada
Lethbridge
Alberta
Royal Society asks burial at Westminster Abbey
The Royal Society of London urged burying Lord Kelvin in Westminster Abbey. A new cabinet formed in Persia, Teheran now comparatively quiet. Roosevelt ordered withdrawal of US troops from Goldfield New. Vladivostok dispatch cites Jews ordered to leave the city. A New York movement seeks criminalizing art forgery. An association of short railroads under 200 miles forms for mutual protection. The battleship New Hampshire reportedly reached 18 765 knots in a standardization trial. Baltimore reports a cure for dementia praecox by Dr N M Owenaby. Beattle begins a campaign scale plague against rats as San Francisco fights bubonic spread.
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Royal Society of London
Lord Kelvin
Westminster Abbey
Persia
Teheran
Roosevelt
United States
Goldfield
New
Vladivostok
New York City
New Hampshire
Baltimore
N. M. Owenaby
Bayview Insane Asylum
Beattle
San Francisco
Son shoots father in Buffalo saloon dispute
Charles Schroff, 44, proprietor of International Hall in Buffalo, was shot and killed by his 20-year-old son during a dispute over his wife. The son was arrested, claiming self defense after defending his mother from an attack by his father who had been drinking heavily.
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Charles Schroff
International Hall
Buffalo
Charles
Anid
Man shoots sleeping child in mistaken burglary claim
In San Jose California Bertram Somers fired at what he believed to be a burglar, mortally wounding his five year old son who was believed to be sleepwalking. The parents woke to a noise and saw a figure near the window before the fatal shot. Rival philanthropists totals Carnegie 136000000 and Rockefeller 106000000 in public benevolences to date.
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San Jose
Cal
Bertram Somers
Somers
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Field of Sport and Society Notes From the Era
Columbia defeats Princeton 29 to 16 in basketball. Jockey Jack Martin retires from racing. Dr E F Gleason wins American amateur trap shooting championship. Automobile Club of America offers a trophy for an international Florida race. Columbia plans a full Columbia men team next season. Cornelius Vanderbilt reelected commodore of the New York Yacht Club. George Davis of the White Sox touts Billy Bullivan as top catcher. Lipton offers $1000 cup for an ocean race to Brooklyn Yacht Club. Willie Shaw, riding in Germany in 1907, will stay in the U S and ride here.
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Columbia
Princeton
Jack Martin
E. F. Gleason
Boston A. A
Automobile Club of America
Han
Florida
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York Yacht Club
George Davis
White Sox
Billy Bullivan
Klatedm
America
Thomas Lipton
Brooklyn Yacht Club
Willie Shaw
Germany
Europe
Grip Epidemic Sweeps Major U S Cities
Reports show widespread grip with about one in ten Chicago residents affected. Philadelphia records 601 deaths that week from respiratory illnesses, while Boston and Baltimore report rising case counts and several fatalities. Health officials urge vitality, fresh air, and open bedroom windows to combat the outbreak.
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Grip
Health Department
Pittsburg
New York
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Boston
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Walden Happel
Evans
Booth
Cleveland Health Departhica
Grip epidemic grips Washington reports warn of danger
In Washington DC twenty thousand cases of grip spread through homes and institutions. Local physicians call it the most dangerous outbreak since its first appearance sixteen years ago. Stores offices and departments suffer as sick workers rise. Dr M M Moffitt notes after effects including weakness exhaustion and mental symptoms.
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Washington
D. C
Weshington
M. M. Moffitt
Major Mercer resigns from Carlisle Indian School post
Major William A. Mercer of the Second United States Cavalry, head of the Carlisle Indian School, has asked federal authorities to accept his resignation. Commissioner Leupp notified that the War Secretary will end his detailing at Carlisle. Mercer cites the daily burdens as the reason and suggests a short leave of absence may help.
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Carlisle
William A. Mercer
United States Cavalry
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Leupp
Secretary of War
Mercer
American Bishop Appointed
Monsignor Kennedy, rector of the American College at Rome, was ordained Titular Bishop of Adrianople in Italy.
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Monsignor Kennedy
American College At
Rome
Adrianapolis
Italy
Farmer kills mother in law and dies after stand off
In Barton Vermont Edward Butterfield, a 50 year old Sutton farmer, shot and killed his mother in law Lydia M. Durkee then drove his wife and children from the home. Surrounded by a sheriff s posse all night he was found dead in bed from a self inflicted rifle shot, possibly crazed by liquor.
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Barton, Vt
Mrney Lydia M. Durkee
Edward Butterfield
Sutton
Butterfeld
Nquor
Raleigh Voters Close Capital Liquor Dispensary
Raleigh North Carolina the capital with 15 000 residents voted to close the liquor dispensary immediately ending four year operation. Sales totaled 260 000 annually with 76 000 profit kept for school and road funds and city expenses. Prohibition carried 928 votes to 361 for dispensary and two for licensing saloons.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Ars Raleigh
Princess Hanged for Bomb Attempt on Governor
Reports from Moscow say Princess Meschisherski, wife of an impoverished felon, was hanged for throwing a bomb at Governor Herschelman on December 14. The execution occurred in Moscow after a hasty trial.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Moscow
Herschelman
Meschisherski
Jetties Near Completion Open Deep Water Channel at Southwest Pass
New Orleans reports the Southwest Pass jetties on the Mississippi near completion after four years of work. The structure aims to funnel currents, deepen a 1000 foot channel to at least 35 feet, and connect a dozen Mississippi tributaries to major steamship routes. About $6 million is spent by the U.S. Government, with willow beds and concrete caps forming a vast, slowly sinking sea wall poised to redefine Gulf entrances.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
South
Mississippi
Ohio
Missouri
Arkansas
Red Rivers
United States
South Pass
Gulf of Mexico
Malo River
Gulf
Southwest Pass
Western School Offers First Formal Course in Courtship
Greenville Illinois Professor HH G Russell superintendent of the High School introduces instruction in love and courtship becoming the first class in the world to receive formal training in wooing. Twenty three pupils six girls learn from literature and fiction to master manners proposals and engagement etiquette.
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Greenville
HH. G. Russell
Russell
Miles Standish
Papi
British government orders discouragement of immigration
The Canadian government has adopted a policy to discourage immigration during the winter season due to large influx in October and November. Agents have been instructed to halt efforts to induce immigration and an extensive advertising campaign promoting Canada has been stopped.
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Halifax
Canada
Notable Women in News From Around the World
Duchess of Marlborough visited Ellis Island while women in Finland push for suffrage and prohibition gains. A Paris reform society advertises civility to women. Miss Margherita Arling Hamann, a writer, died of pneumonia at Woman’s Hospital in New York. Mrs Russell Sage tires of money advice. Mrs Theodora Weld Birney, founder of the National Congress of Mothers, dies near Washington.
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Duchess of Marlborough
Ellis Island
Finland
Paris
Russell Sage
Margherita
Arling Haman
Woman's Hospital
New York City
Misa Hamm
Quackenbos
United States
Alexander Gilmour
Henry Watterson
Norton Infirmary
Louiaville
Mary V. Price
Theodora Weld Birney
The
National Congress of Mother
Clivvy Chase
Washington, D. C
Norfolk Druggists Sell Large Quantities of Dope
Dr. A la. McMurran of Portsmouth cites Norfolk examples in a Seaboard Medical Association talk on the harmful drug habit. He describes a local druggist dispensing fifteen gallons of laudanum daily and another with cocaine sales averaging ninety dollars daily. A crusade to suppress the evil will be launched.
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Norfolk
Ala. McMurran
Portsmouth
Senate row and policy notes on fiscal measures
Mr Frye named as president pro tempore with a push to revisit ship subsidy questions. Cortelyou to provide figures on financial stringency. Aldrich promises a currency bill after the holiday recess. A memorial seeks 20 million dollars yearly for waterway improvement. The Honey bills 50 thousand for seeds for free distribution. Timman introduced resolutions on auto corporations and liquor traffic. Rumors hint at a reconciliation between Williams and DeArmond after a fisticuffs incident. A postal facilities investigation panel backs a new post office building in New York City.
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Frye
Senate
Congress
Cortelyou
Aldrich
Fairbanks
Cannon
TiMman
Mquor
John Sharp Willams
DeArmond
Special Commission
New York City
President creates Arkansas National Forest
Washington reports the President signed a proclamation setting aside Arkansas National Forest of 1,000,000 acres in central Arkansas. Other items include bills for vice admiral rank, retirement of Colonel Benjamin C. Lockwood after 43 years, Navy Department budget about 125 million dollars, and various foreign and domestic matters.
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Washington
Arkansas National Forest
Arkansas
Senate
House
Benjamin C. Lockwood
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Navy Department
Louisiana
Georgia
Foreign Troop Landing Threat at Unprotected Bays
Colonel Woodbury warns the Pacific fleet must stop 15 000 foreign troops landing at unprotected bays or the Pacific z while Currier alleges bank property sequestration at North Attleboro. Mine owners of Goldfield seek court injunctions against miners unions disrupting operations.
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T. C. Woodbury
Department of the Pacific
Harry ©. Currier
Jewelers’ National Bank
North Attleboro
Mayu
Goldfield
United States
Oklahoma
United States Treasury
State Treasury
An & Permanent School Fund
Stephen J. Sharpe
Caleb Powers
Georgetown
Goebel
Frankfort
John W. Strieder
German Veteran Association In America
Carney Hospital
Boston
Mississippi River
South
American Tire Company
Akron
Ohio
Paris
Mississippi
Hattiesbarg
New York Overrun With Homeless Men
A New York City conference of charity groups assesses a surge of 125000 unemployed men, mostly from nearby towns, flooding the city. Labor leaders urge government relief and open warehouses to feed and clothe the poor, while socialists push for more work programs and questions about Rockefeller's 2 year forecast.
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New York City
New York
Central Federated Union
Navy
Call for armies of workmen
Washington reports emergence from the currency scare with Powderly stating hundreds of thousands of workers are again in demand nationwide. Renewals and new applications indicate a spring revival as employers seek ample labor to meet renewed prosperity across states and territories.
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Washington, D. C
Terence V. Powderly
Immisgration Bureau
Powderly
Divisia
Paris dressmaker Paquin dies and other varied notes
The item recalls Paquin the Paris dressmaker’s death. It notes Speaker Cannon’s habit of smoking and a Hungary Hungary dual between Premier Wekerle and ex Minister Polony. Admiral Evans is praised for embroidery. The King of Spain has not seen Carmen, considered taboo. Admiral Dewey marks his seventieth birthday in Washington. Rev Dr George N Webber former philosophy professor dies in Springfield Massachusetts. Lord Fairfax returns to New York after going to England to accept baronial title. Generals Porter and Choate noted for peace conference impact.
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Paquin
Paris
Cannon
Wekerte
Hungary
Polony
Admiral Evans
Spain
Admiral Dewey
Washington
Lily
George N. Webber
Middlebury
Smith Colleges
Springfield
Mase
Lord Fairfax
England
Baron Fairfax
New York
Genergl Jorica Porter
Joseph H. Choate
RINIDAD SHOWERS HONORS ON THE AMERICAN FLEET
The American fleet under Rear-Admiral Evans visits Port of Spain Trinidad on a 14 000 mile Pacific voyage arrival heralded by formal calls and holiday displays. Crews join in a regatta and public festivities with 6000 to 7000 sailors ashore as cheers, parades, and dinners mark the celebration.
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Trinidad
Evans
Emory
Thomas
Admarl Sperry
Government House
H. M. Jackson
Pacific
Paria
Admiral Evans
Connecticut
Para
Admiral Brownson Resigns Navy Bureau Chief Post
President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of Rear Admiral Willard Wi Brownson retired as chief of the Bureau of Navigation. Commander Cameron McC Winslow was named acting chief. The move follows Reuterdahl criticisms of the navy, though officials deny connection to Brownson’s action.
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Hansbrough
Congress
Dewey
Navy
Washington
Roosevelt
Brownson
Washington, D. C
Willard Wi. Brownson
Bureau of Navigation
Atlantic
Pacific
Cameron McC. Winslow
Metcalf
Admiral Brownson
Doctor Kills Wife in Mass Christmas Dinner
Dr Walter R Amesbury of Milford shoots and instantly kills his wife Anna a music teacher at Roanoke College during a Christmas gathering at Mrs Jennie Rees home Hyde Park Mass Police say two shots struck Anna Amesbury in the right side and she dies instantly The husband claims the shooting was accidental Domestic tragedy involves Virginia visit and local family relatives
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Hyde Park
Mass
Walter R. Amesbury
Milford
Anna
Roanoke College
Danville
Jennie Rees
Amesbury
Tragedy in Sharon as Husband Kills Wife Then Self
In Sharon Pennsylvania William Van Bush aged forty killed his wife by cutting her throat and then took his own life. He was a machinist and the couple had frequent quarrels. Former residence noted in New King Oscar's Body interred. The text also mentions King Oscar of Sweden and a separate note about Indians on the warpath and funeral disruptions in Los Angeles as undertakers and clergy unite to curb Sunday funerals.
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Sharon, Pa
William van Bush
Bush
New York City
Labor movements and union actions across cities
TheLondon Cangga Labor party backs old age pensions. Santa Cruz musicians form a union. A Commons select committee probes London sweating. Seattle Organized Labor pursues a coal mine plan. Bay View mills hire 500 as Steel Trust resumes. San Francisco trades seek a three year wage scale. Springfield Canada miners press for another weighing board. Seattle labor agents recruit to Tanana mines. Springfield Missouri Federation of Labor plans to enter politics next year with its president as candidate.
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London
Cangga
Santa Cruz
Cal
House of Commons
Seattle
Wash
Steel Trust
Bay View
Wis
San Francisco
Springfield
Canada
Tanana
Alaska
Federation of Labor
Imo
General. Assembly
Drowning Tragedy In Lake Hopatcong Leaves Two Boys Dead
Daniel and Michael Dunn, thirteen and ten, respectively, drowned near Raccoon Island on Lake Hopatcong after leaving home Christmas Day to check traps. Their bodies were found under ice, close together. A separate incident saw a fox terrier chase a thief who stole a gold-mounted umbrella from Harry L. Parker of Glen Ridge, ending with the dog retrieving the umbrella. Other brief items note a poster controversy over Olga Nethersole’s play Sapho and the death of Uriah Vosler, a New York policeman, after a fall at a railroad station. John F. Moore, longtime New Brunswick resident and engineer, died of pneumonia at eighty five.
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Michael Dunn
Hopatsong
Raccoon Island
Joseph Dunn
Aarmor
Neld- Wager
Harry L. Parker
Glen Ridge
Mr. Parker
Uriah Vosler
New York
Washington
John F. Moore
New Brunswick
New Jersey
Mr. Moore
Camden & Amboy
Union Lodge
Free and Accepted Masons
Minister Dies on Train in Chattanooga
The Rev. J. T. Tucker a prominent Asbury Park minister died suddenly of heart disease aboard a Southern train near Chattanooga Tennessee. He had been in ill health for some time and had retired from active work. He left Cincinnati with his son in law Frank T Ellis to spend the winter in Florida.
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J. T. Tucker
Asbury Park
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tucker
Cincinnati
Frank T. Ellis
Florida
Kindness to Aged Nets Large Inheritance
John Caywood of Lewistown Pennsylvania left a will giving one heir to his estate, Lewie H. Austin of Mays Landing a $160,000 share for kindness to the aged man. The Caywood estate valued around $300,000 is to be divided equally between Austin and Caywood's daughter Miss Sarah Caywood of Lewistown.
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John Caywood
Lewistown
Penn
Lewie H. Austin
Mays Landing
Caywood
Austin
Sarah Caywood
Teacher Weds His Pupil in Belvidere
Miss Grace Emery daughter of Mr and Mrs R Emery married Van Cleve Brugler vice principal of Hackettstown High School at Belvidere. The bride had been a pupil of Mr Brugler. Rev J de Hart Bruen conducted the ceremony. The couple plan to reside in Hackettstown.
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Grace Emery
Colonel E. L. Cole Dead
Colonel Edmund Lewis Cole died of apoplexy at his home in Westfield. Born in North Greenbush, New York in June 1843, he practiced law in New York since the Civil War. He leaves a widow, a brother and three sisters.
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E. L. Cole
Edmund Lewis Cole
Westfield
North Greenbush
N. Y
New York
State notes raise salaries and sales at public sale report
The Gloucester County Clerk’s office shows a county surplus under the new salary system. At the Samuel Barton public sale in Mullica Hill ten horses sold for 1700 dollars and cows up to 83 dollars each. Gloucester saloonkeepers observe the Bishops law with full view of bars on Sundays. Tax collector Flowers reports improving tax payments. William H. Skillman, ex president of the New Jersey State Horticultural Society, was sentenced in New Brunswick to five years for forging a signature. Jarvis Ayres of Newark, a retired harness maker, died of heart disease at seventy eight. John Knight, amateur weather forecaster, died in Bayonne at sixty, leaving three children. The Episcopalian rite marked the fiftieth anniversary of Rev. J. Isador Mombert’s ordination at St Paul’s Paterson. Grace E P Church Haddonfield dedicated an oak litany stool as a bank offering by Mrs Virginian Doelk Taylor, in a service led by Rev. Henry Fittey OGuinmoy.
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Samuel Barton
Mullica
Gloucester
Flowers
Paulsboro
William H. Skillman
New Jersey
New Brunswick
Jarvis, Ayres
Newark
John Knight
Bayonne
J. Isador Mombert
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Paterson
Uniform Dress For School Pupils
Miss Ellen T. Wetherill seeks Lynn Massachusetts school committee seat on a city furnished uniform dress plan for pupils. Her platform proposes separate costumes for boys and girls and distinct make and style for different ages.
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Ellen T. Wetherill
Lynn
Mags
Crime to Serve Punch at Society Events Warned by Judge
In Americus Georgia Judge Little-John instructed the Grand Jury to indict anyone who serves punch at society events deeming it a crime. He warned officials that distributing punch could invite legal action and punishment.
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Americus, Ga
Little- John
Grand Jury
Ict
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