Antisaloon detective lynched by Ohio mob
Newark Ohio reports a mob hangs Carl Etherington 92 a State Anti Saloon League raider after he killed William Howard a saloon keeper and former police chief during raids. Doors of Licking county jail battered down deputies outpaced as crowd drags Etherington to block hangs him a hour. Sheriff seeks troops to guard other raiders.
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Newark
Ohio
Carl Etherington
State Anti-Saloon League
Licking County
Etherington
Atherington
William Howard
Howard
W P Brownlow Dies After Seven Terms in Congress
Walter Preston Brownlow a Tennessee representative for seven consecutive terms died in Johnson City at 60 from Brights disease. Born in Abingdon Virginia he started as a tinsmith and railway locomotive engineer then became a newspaper man owning The Jonesboro Herald and Tribune. He was twice a Republican Senate nominee and served on the national congressional committee.
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Tennessee
Johnson City
Tenn
Walter Preston Brownlow
Kright
Mr. Brownlow
South
Brownlow
Evans
William G. Brownlow
Jonesboro Herald and Tribune
United States
National Congressional Committee
Sully Fined for Contempt in Cotton King Case
Dan Sully, once dubbed the cotton king, was found in contempt by Justice Mills in White Plains New York and ordered to pay a $3800 fine plus $10 costs. The judgment arose from Sully paying $4600 to his wife after a restraining order tied to William Marmon Black's suit.
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White Plains
N. Y
Daniel Sully
Justice Mills
State Supreme Court
Sully
William Marmon Black
Black
Unprecedented Vacancy Looms on Supreme Bench
The death of the chief justice creates three vacancies by October if Justice Moody retires. Gov. Hughes is named to succeed Justice Brewer, with hearings on major antitrust and tax cases postponed until a new chief justice is confirmed. The event holds political significance as Chief Justice Fuller, a lifelong Democrat, dies.
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Washington, D. C
Standard Oil Company
Tobacco Corporations
Standard Oil
Tobacco
Senate
Justice Moody
Congress
Gov. Hughes
New York
Justice Brewer
Fuller
New Christianity Emerges From Chicago Divinity Faculty
Chicago University divinity school faculty define a new Christianity arguing for scientific study and historical methods. An anonymous editorial, approved by university authorities, frames the faith as scientific ethical practical and altruistic. It supports geology over Genesis and historical research over traditional creed.
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Chicago, Ill
University of Chicago Divinity School
Macon Seeks Roosevelt Visit for Georgia Fair
Macon leaders including Dunnedy Stetson Massee and Postmaster Edwards flew to New York at Col Theodore Roosevelt’s invitation to discuss a potential fall trip to Macon during the Georgia state fair. Roosevelt expressed interest in meeting Macon citizens before any conference.
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Macon
EB. Dunnedy
Eugene W. Stetson
W. Jordan Massee
Harry .S. Edwards
New York City
Theodore Roosevelt
Diaz Re-elected Mexico's President for Six-Year Term
Mexico City general Profirio Diaz, who will be 80 years old on September 18, was re-elected as president for a six year term marking the seventh time he has been chosen. Ramon Corrall was elected vice president.
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House of Representatives
Littleton
Richmond
Warships to Be Sold in Navy Disposal
Secretary of the Navy Meyer signed an order authorizing the sale of the third class cruisers Detroit and Boston, the gunboat Concord and the torpedo boat Winslow. The vessels have outlived usefulness and are beyond repair.
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Washington, D. C
Meyer
Detroit
Boston
Concord
Winslow
Georgia Senate Debates Tax Law and Chattanooga Inquiry
The Senate debated an income tax amendment and set July 19 to consider repeal of the registration law. A joint committee was formed to inspect property purchases for the Western and Atlantic railroad in Chattanooga. The House approved $186,600 for Milledgeville state sanitarium improvements and a $100,000 monument fund. Local bills passed and others were introduced, with debates on education and public property corruption ongoing.
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Senate
House
Chattanooga
Tenn
Western and Atlantic
Thomas J. Watson
Milledgeville
House Committee On Appropriations
Evans
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Gordy
Appropriations Committee
House of Representatives
McMahan
Clarke
Henderson
Turner
Worth
Wight
Grady
Cairo
Messrs. Wohlwender and Slade
Muscogee
Johnson
Towns
Towns County
Turnipseed
Clay
Fort Gaines
Messrs. Smith and Kennedy
Tattnall
Hagan
Messrs. Adams and Carter
Hall
Board of County Commissioners
Williams
Madison
Ila
Miller
Ware
Field
DeKalb
Lithonia
Bleckley
Pulaski
Congress
United States
Georgia
H. A. Rucker
Internal Revenue
Georgia Cotton Industry School In Session At College
The Georgia College of Agriculture hosts a summer course by its cotton industry department. The program targets buyers, warehousemen, and graders and marks the first complete statewide class in cotton grading. It benefits teachers and young men entering cotton business, with Georgia’s cotton industry highlighted.
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Department of Cotton Industry
Georgia College of Agriculture
Georgia
Ways and Means Committee
Greater Georgia Association
Atlanta
Dawson
Terrell County
Bureau of Commerce and Labor
Terrell
Walton County
Butts County
Jackson
Railroad Line Aims at Douglasville Connection
Douglasville may gain a new rail link as Carrollton Railway Company officials survey the town. The plan calls for a Carrollton to Seaboard line that would pass through Douglasville, aligning with the shortest route and rallying local interest.
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Douglasville
Carrollton
Local Store Ad Lists Shoes and Groceries Offerings
A regional store highlights its shoe dry goods and groceries selection with a price guarantee that undercuts competitors. It promises to match or beat any lower advertised price and notes exclusive items carried by the store.
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Dan Sully
John W. Kern
Indiana
Supreme Bench
NEW Christianity
Roosevelt
the Legislature
House Committee On
Lee Barron
Barron
Adams
Hall County
Candler
Boyd
Spalding
Griffin
Spalding and
Butts
Turner County
Georgia News Notes
Georgia News
B. R. Meaders & Sons
Sweet-Orr
M. 'Born
Queen of
International Stock Food Co
Ballas
Nrlen Eae Tratley Ie ‘Ibe
Pinmonds
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