Policy holders organize to form Georgia protective society
Georgia policy holders of New York Life and Mutual Life Insurance resolve to create a permanent organization for their interests. A five member committee will plan a February meeting to perfect the new Policy Holders' Protective Society of Georgia. Thomas W. Lawson is excluded from the resolutions though the anti Lawson issue remains to be decided at the February gathering.
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Atlanta
New York Life and Mutual Life Insurance Companies
Fey
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Powder House Explosion Kills Five Workers
A powder mill at the Du Pont works near Boyles eight miles north of Birmingham exploded at 11:30 AM killing five men instantly. Victims identified as David Coghill Bud Wright John Dixon Nat Knox. four white workers and one Black man. The blast hurled bodies into tree tops and was heard for miles. Details at noon were limited.
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Birmingham
Ala
Dupont Powder Company
Boyles
David Coghill
Bud Wright
John Dixon
Nat Knox
Knox
McDougal Accepts Post as Director of Botanical Research
Dr Daniel Trembly McDougal of New York has accepted the appointment as director of the newly created department of botanical researches at the Carnegie Institute in Washington. He resigns as assistant director of the New York Botanical Gardens to take the position.
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Washington
Daniel Trembly McDougal
New York
Department of Botanical Researches
Carnegie Institute
This City
McDougal
New York Botanical Gardens
Quarantine Declared Against Kobe Over Bubonic Plague
In Victoria on December 23 Far Eastern ports announce a quarantine against Kobe due to rising bubonic plague. General Danieloff supervising the embarkation of Russian prisoners in Japan requests no more darkened transit at Kobe because of the plague.
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Victoria
Far Eastern
porta @re
Kobe
Danieloff
Japan
Swann Day & Co. sue over timber contracts for $110000
Winchester Ky Dec 26 TI Swann Day Co lumber firm sues Asher and Hensley of Pineville for $110000 damages alleged from disputed timber contracts.
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Winchester
Assault on Legislator’s Son Leaves Student Critically Hurt
Byron Scott, 18, son of West Virginia legislator C. B. Scott, is in critical condition after an assault by John and Charles Whitesett in Bethany. The brothers were arrested on felonious assault and carrying concealed weapons charges and are held on 500 bond after a waived hearing.
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West Virginia
Bethany
W. Va
Byron Scott
C. B. Scott
John
Charles Whitesett
John Whitesett
Bethany College
Whitesett Brothers
Charles
Double lynching shocks Barnwell South Carolina
Columbia report wires a brutal double lynching in Barnwell County. Prisoners were killed in daylight after being seized by the constable. Sheriff Creech and Governor Heyward prepared for arrests and defense of the sheriff.
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Columbia
8. C
Barnwell
Creech
Heyward
Craddock
Frank
John Deloache
Uncle Sam to Protect Americans in Europe Rivers
Washington reports Secretary Root asks Navy to safeguard U S citizens in St Petersburg as Russia’s crisis unfolds. No European vessel can reach St Petersburg before navigation ceases, but a ship may be sent to Riga where distance reduces effectiveness. If needed, Root may seek aid from Sweden or France.
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Chicago
Trbune
Washington, D. C
Russia
Root
Navy Department
St. Petersburg
State Department
Secretary of the Navy
5. Petersburg
Europe
Riga
Foul play suspected in Thomaston farm death
John Will Howard, 30, found dead in bed on M D Womble farm near Thomaston. Coroner and Sheriff arrest wife Mrs Howard and Emily Wynn on suspicion amid post mortem indicating opium poisoning via whisky. Wife, Wynn deny involvement. Howard had been separated from his wife prior to returning home.
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Thomaston
John Will Howard
M. D. Womble
McRae
Howell
Howard
Pmily Wynn
Wynn
K.S. Williams
Walter Hill at Death's Door in Athens
Hon. Walter B. Hill chancellor of the state university lies critically ill with pneumonia in Athens. He was stricken after grip, with one lung involved, and doctors Cooper and Benedict report grave prospects as he remains conscious of his condition.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Jjohn McCarthy
Grover Eveland
William Jennings Ryan
Walter Hill
Death's Door
Georgia State University
Athens, Ga
Walter B. Hill
The
State University
Chancellor Hill
Hunter P. Cooper
Atlanta
C. Benedict
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