Taft Inauguration Blues Rally In Washington City
Taft takes oath as president in the Senate chamber as Roosevelt looks on. A vast parade follows with 30 thousand marchers including soldiers sailors cadets and Confederate veterans. The inaugural ball at the pension building ends a day of pomp and fireworks.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
William Howard Taft
United States
Washington
King Blizzard
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Military Academy
West Point
Hampton Roads
Pennsylvania Avenue
Taft
Sherman
National Guard
Na‘oul
Pennsylvania
White House
Grover Cleveland
Monument
Many Pardons Granted by Atlanta Prison Commission
The Georgia Prison Commission completed its March pardon docket recommending parole or commutations for numerous inmates under the new law. Names include Artemus Bully Fulton murder life parole, Elijah Barnes Polk murder life commutation, Mary Dillard Fannin voluntary manslaughter ten years pardon, and many others from Cobb to Chatham counties. The commission also declined clemency in about twice as many cases as it approved.
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Atlanta
Prison Commission
Jin
John Blasingame
Fred Hawkins
Gainsville
Henry Cagle
John Harper
Murray County
Gordon Bailey
Macon
Harper
Supreme Court of the United States
Artemus Bully
Fulton County
Elijah Barnes Polk
Sam Bradley
Paulding
Felix Bell
Oglethorpe
Mary Dillard
Fannin
Willis Clayton
Washington
Matt Crawford
Greene County
Harold Collins
Fulton
Rich Farguson
Morgan
George Gardner
Cobb
Andy Hollingsworth
Liberty
J. W. Hart
Chatham
Dan Lyon
Newton
Arthur Richardson
Hall
Joe Reeves
Haralson
Will Richardson
Floyd
Sally Stokes
Dougherty
W. G. Thompson
Will Tinsley
Terrell
Oliver Wilcox Telfair
Mary Washington
Henry Paschal
Columbia
Georgia's income and expenses in 1908 report
The Georgia Comptroller General's annual 1908 report shows total receipts of 5,388,273.16 and disbursements of 5,570,295.51. It notes the 1908 legislature cost the state a record amount, automobile taxes rose, and public schools and pensions remain the major expenses with 1908 school payments at 2,206,386.92 and agricultural schools at 139,000.
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Atlanta
W. A. Wright
Georgia
General Assembly
Augusta
Treasury
Locker Club
Savanah
State Gleanings Chronicle Urban and Rail News
Three veterinarians are called by the Georgia department of agriculture to investigate recent suspicious cases. April 1 sunrise is set for sending state's convicts to counties under new road-work laws. Rail earnings for year to June 30, 1908 show net profits down. several lines listed with deficits. Governor-elect Brown advocates state oyster industry with canneries modeled after Maryland Virginia. Emory’s Dickey reports $150000 of $500000 endowment raised. more needed. Daughters of Confederacy clarify stance on Wirt monument location. Atlanta may gain if a bid arises. Gainesville Electric Railway sold for 80000 to Atlanta interests. bonds collateral valued 250000. Brown donates park land in Marietta. Brown named Cobb board chair. Georgia railroad commission to study water in stocks under 1909 law. Columbus police report double January to February drunkenness. Savannah liquor fines unpaid. jail commitment pending for delinquents.
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Department of Agriculture
Prison Commission
Georgia
George F. Montgomery
Railroad Commission
Chattanooga Southern
Garbutt and
Donovan
Lawrenceville
Lexington Terminal
Macon
Birmingham
Tallulah Falls
Union Point
White Plains
Brown
Darien
Maryland
Virginia
Savannah
Florida
John F. Dickey
Emory College
BE. G. McCabe
Atlanta
The
Daughters of the Confederacy
Wirt Monument
Council
Gainesville Electric Railway Company
R. L. West
West
Joseph M. Brown
Marietta
Cobb County Board of Education
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Recorder’s Court
Recorder Schwarz
Supreme Court
Inaugural Day Echoes and Roosevelt Farewell Parade
The article recalls the 1833 and 1865 inaugurations and details Taft and Roosevelt scenes. It notes the weather marred the second Cleveland era-like day, the grand inaugural ball with Mrs Taft in goldrod gown, and a royal crowd with Mrs. Roosevelt departing Oyster Bay amid a snowy farewell. Two deaths from exposure and many hospitalizations mark the harsh conditions.
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Andrew Jackson
Senate
Jackson
Capitol
Washington
Cleveland
Jim
Taft
Helen Taft
Katherine Wiins
Miss Elkins
Miss Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Philander €, Knox
Sherrill Sherman
Joseph Leiter
Bourke Cochran
Nicholas Longworth
J. Franklin Bell
Quesada
Rebecca Collier
William B. Lamar
Representative Lamar
Florida
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt
National Capitol
Oyster Bay
Has
Teddy
Secret Service
Mr. Roosevelt
Fish Salad as a Light Supper Dish
A New York Sun excerpt describes a fish salad recipe using canned Yarmouth bloaters celery and oil or mayonnaise. Some cooks add minced salt anchovies after dressing. The note also mentions H Green's Sons of Atlanta as noted dropsy specialists and a Paris rail electrification proposal by steam road managers.
Baby Burned By Boiling Grease Heals With Cuticura
A mother describes a scald on her baby's face and head from a frying pan spill. She credits three boxes of Cuticura Ointment with healing in about five weeks, leaving no scar and velvet skin. Mrs. Hare of South Shields notes the improvement and cites Potter Drug & Chem as Cuticura's sole U.S. distributor.
Light From Flash of Powder
Judge D W Bond of Middlesere Superior Criminal Court cited an old English case when discussing whether a witness had enough light to identify the defendant by a powder flash. A passerby saw the shot, identified the man by that blaze, and the prisoner later confessed, confirming the testimony.
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D. W. Bond
Middlesere Superior Criminal Court
England
Boston Herald
What Hunters Teach Animals
A Pall Mall Gazette observation notes that birds learn dangers from hunters and tools of sport. It argues that fatalities fail to deter birds from telegraph wires and lighthouses, while larks adapt by nesting higher to avoid scythes and sickles. The piece praises sport as challenging and educational.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Grape-Nuts Breakfast Boosts Living Energy and Work
A Washington girl credits Grape-Nuts with transforming her mornings and enabling better performance at a busy railroad stenographer job. After switching from a heavy breakfast to Grape-Nuts and milk, she reports clearer energy, quicker walking pace, and renewed vigor for congenial work. The notice promotes Postum Co. and the book The Road to Wellville as background.
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Washington
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Minnesota
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Taft Club
Republican County Committee
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Glee Club
Uncle Sam Club
Buffalo
Bug House Hose Company
Long Island
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Virtula
H. Tarr
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Hawkins, Harper and
Blasingame
H. Green
Sona
Paris
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