Brown Named State Treasurer After Park Death
Gau Honorable J Pope Brown of Hawkinsville was appointed by Governor Smith as state treasurer to replace the late Captain Robert B Park. Brown, a prominent Georgia farmer from Pulaski County with prior public service, accepted after a conference with the governor. He will serve the remainder of the current term and likely the two-year term.
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Gau
J. Pope Brown
Hawkinsville
Smith
Robert BR. Park
Pulaski County
Railroad Commission
Captain Park
Atlanta
Georgia
Desoto
Sumter County
Milledgeville
Baldwin County
Smithville
Lee County
Brookfield
E. H. Halsten
J. 8. Palmer
Cedartown
G. M. Ayers
F. L. Ayers
Augusta Chronicle
S. W. Arrowwood
W. H. Harrison
State Comptroller General's Office
R. B. Park
Treasury
Georgia Farmers Plan Union Warehouse at Macon
Bibb Baldwin Jones Wilkinson Twiggs Monroe Houston and Crawford counties meet in Macon to finalize business details for a union warehouse project. The meeting yields decisions as plans move toward form. W M Potts recalls the Cobb brigade company from the Civil War with a 36 percent surviving rate. An proposed exchange may link Monroe and Butts counties for road work using convicts. Albany tests cost savings by paving in house versus contract. R G Peters buys land near Rome to build a railroad and a charcoal smelter.
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Bibb
Baldwin
Jones
Wilkinson
Twiggs
Monroe
Houston
Crawford Counties
Macon
W. M. Potts
Rome
Georgia
Cobb
Mossy Creek
Floyd County
Butts
Monroe County
City of
Albany
R. G. Peters
Manistee
Mich
NEXT TREASURER OF GEORGIA ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT HAZARD
The discussion centers on who will become Georgia state treasurer after the governor elect Joseph M. Brown is inaugurated. Appointment is seen as likely to cover the term and two more years, with bond of $200000. A looming $15000 election cost is questioned. The post also carries bank examiner duties with $2500 salary and $700 bond fee.
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Joseph M. Brown
Brown
Armored intervention in Cuba looms, say army and navy men
Washington reports indicate a possible third U S invasion of Cuba as plans for landing troops at Havana and Cienfuegos circulate among high ranking officers. Cuba’s government faces heavy debt and new offices, while Taft and officials avoid acknowledging the crisis. Congressmen note the risk of renewed intervention and debate past policy.
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Washington, D. C
Cuba
United States
Havana
Cienfuegos
Army
War Department
Cuba Libre
Taft
Champ Clark
Missouri
Austin
Tennessee
Turpentine Men Sentenced Under Sherman Act
Five men found guilty of Sherman anti trust law violations were sentenced by Judge William B. Sheppard in Savannah Georgia. Two defendants received three month jail terms alongside fines of 5000 and 2500 dollars while others were fined 2000 or 5000 dollars with jail for two defendants in the case to be appealed to the United States Court of Appeals.
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Savannah
William B. Sheppard
Spencer P. Shotter
American Naval Stores Company
Edmund
Nash
John Cooper Myers
American Company
National Transportation and Terminal Company
George Mead Boardman
New York
Carl Moller
Jacksonville
Fla
American
United States Court of Appeals
Tornado Series Ravages Three States Devastates Town
A chain of tornadoes struck Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma killing at least five injuring 55 and wiping out Hollis Kansas. The storms damaged trains damaged property and left many homeless as Mount Washington and Fairmount Park near Kansas City reported twenty five injuries.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Mount Washington
Fairmount Park
Hollis
Kan
Population and land breakdown in the United States
The United States hosts about 88 million people with one third in the original thirteen states and one third in ceded territory while the rest reside in newly added areas. In 1908 unappropriated land totaled 754,898,000 acres, half in Alaska, and swamps and overflow lands comprised about 75,000,000 acres, Florida leading with 18,500,000 acres.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Alaska
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
New Mexico
Arizona
Florida
Louisiana
High Hats Raised by Chicago Council for Women
Chicago's judiciary committee drafts an ordinance removing hat height limits and allowing three story headwear. The measure aims to raise awnings to 6 feet 6 inches above the sidewalk, citing safety for pedestrians and benefits for tall wearers. Alderman Lipps notes the need to avoid ducking under awnings and to defend Magna Charta rights.
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Chicago
Elgin
Alderman Lipps
Gfe
Straw paving a success in Endicott Washington
Endicott demonstrates straw paving on two miles of streets to bind mud and curb dust. A foot of fresh straw laid curb to curb and packed after rain keeps streets neat with no dust under heavy ranch traffic. The method, used on rural roads in Washington for years, may be adopted by other communities until permanent pavements are built.
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Endicott
Washington
Liquor Tax Proposal Aims to Double Rates Nationwide
A bill introduced by Representative Kendall of Iowa would double the tax on brewers and liquor dealers. It also proposes that no tax be collected in areas where state laws prohibit manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors. The measure follows earlier efforts by the Ways and Means Committee during tariff bill preparations.
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Washington, D. C
Kendall
Iowa
Ways and Means Committee
Captain Hains Guilty of Manslaughter in Bay Side Kill
In Flushing New York Captain Peter C Hains Jr United States Army was found guilty of first degree manslaughter for the killing of William E B Annis at the Bay side Yacht Club last August The jury rejected the unwritten law defense and he faces a prison term of one to twenty years
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Flushing
N. Y
Peter C. Hains, Jr
United States Army
William EB. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Famine in Kieff Province Strikes Hard
Serious famine in Kieff province leaves peasants starving. In Odessa Russia reports say food is unavailable and suffering is intense. In one village three fourths of residents are dying of starvation.
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Odessa
Russia
Kieff
Will leaves $5,000 to Hungerford Normal School
S Mills Ely who died last week bequeaths $5,000 to the Hungerford Normal School of Cottonville Florida through probate in the surrogate's court.
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Binghampton
S. Mills Ely
Hungerford Normal School
Cottonville
Fla
Bishop Charles Galloway dies famed Methodist leader in Mississippi
Jackson Miss Bishop Charles Galloway longtime Mission Bishop of Methodism and noted publicist dies after days of pneumonia and heart trouble in his sixtieth year Born Kosciusko Miss September 1 1849 he led churches in Mississippi edited the New Orleans Christian Advocate and wrote widely including works on Prohibition and letters to Jefferson Davis His death ends a decades long career in preaching and religious public life.
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Jackson, Miss
Charles G. Galloway
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Mississippi
America
Galdway
Charles Betts Galloway
Kosciusko
Miss
University of Mississippi
Northwestern University
Tulane University
Mississippi Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
New Orleans Christian Advocate
Galloway
Jefferson Davis
Campaign to exterminate pests against house flies
Chicago health officials urge a city wide campaign against house flies. The plan details a poison formula using bichromate or potash, plus sanitation rules such as screen tents and windows, proper garbage handling, drain care, and daily cleaning to prevent breeding sites.
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Chicago
Ill
Evans
Automobiles Slaughter Children in New York City
In New York City a twelve year old boy, Walter Purdy, was run down on Ninety-fourth Street by a car driven by broker Minthorne Woolsey. Woolsey is held on $500 bail on a homicide charge. Police report twenty seven children killed by automobiles in Manhattan since April 1.
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New York City
Walter Purdy
Ninety-fourth Street
Minthorne Woolsey
Woolsey
Manhattan
Alcohol in Bread Sparks Temperance Warning
Chicago reports bread containing alcohol, with London and Chicago tests finding 7.2 grains per bun and 0.3 to 0.4 percent alcohol in 5-cent loaves. Temperance advocates urge quit eating bread to avoid alcohol exposure.
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Chicago
Late News Notes Global Spending Comparisons and Miscellany
The British naval estimates total 175 million 713 thousand 500 dollars for the next year, nearly 40 million more than the U S and close to twice Germany’s planned expenditure. Notable items include Green Bay uncle of Taft eloping with a Green Bay dressmaker, Abdul Hamid’s fortune moved to the Young Turks, and a monument to Adam erected near Baltimore. A moonshining outfit will be shown at Seattle’s Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition.
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United States
Germany
Charles Whitney
Taft
Green Bay
Mich
Eva Gerardin
Abdul Hamid
Young Turks
John P. Brady
Baltimore
Adam
Kentucky
Seattle
Emil G. Hirsch
Chicago
Prince Chun
Yuan Shi Kai
Violence at Panama Canal zone dispatches and early wireless code change
Reported clash near the dividing line leaves C. M. Abbott an electrician at Cristobal dead as Panama Canal police attempt to arrest an escaped prisoner. The article also notes the shift from C Q D to S O S as the distress signal and mentions Goethals’ update on canal progress, along with nominations for U S district judge Henry Groves Connor and a White House visit by Sac and Fox Indians led by Push E Ta Nequa. Additionally, freight-rate complaints impact Memphis region trade.
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Panama
Canal Zone
C. M. Abbott
Cristobal
S. O
United States
North Carolina
Henry Groves Connor
Connor
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Ohio
White House
Taft
Push-E-Tanequa
Tesson
Memphis Freight Bureau
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Railroad
San Francisco
Mobile and Kansas City Railways
Pontotoc, Miss
Memphis
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Georgia News
Albania
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Grady Foster
Park Heath
Ilmer County
Charles Lo Fan
Jee Davis County
Daniel Hickox
Charlton County
Nancy Morris
Newton
Joe Jacobs
Richmond
Babe Green
Fulton
Charles Waters
David Jefferson
Greene
Dock Leonard
Pike
U.S
U. S
Hains
McNeil
Ark
Texas
Jefferson City
Missouri State Senate
House
Bishop Galloway
Great Southern Methodist
Methodist Church South
Gary
Ind
House of Commons
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