Fort Parry Emerges as Key Coast Artillery Post
At Point Bonita Fort Parry grows into a defined army post for the coast artillery. Five major heavy gun batteries will guard the northern Golden Gate entrance. Bow batteries nearly complete and ready in 24 hours. Government appropriation stands at 225000, with total cost near 300000.
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Sen Francisco
Fort Parry
Point Bonita
Coast Artillery
Golden Gate
Bow
Reddy
Child Stealers Caught in Nashville Kidnap Case
Nashville Tenn August 31 After Ming away from Nashville four years Wick and Minnie Singleton gypsies were placed under arrest on the charge of kidnaping little Sidney Leonard then four years old The child's parents had searched for him four years The geopsies say they kidnapped the boy but Sidney was later stolen from them and they lost all trace of him
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Nashville
Tenn
Ming
Wick
Minnie Singleton
Sidney Leonard
Geopsies
Sidney
Phipps Boys Acquitted By High Court Jury
The trial of four Phipps descendants from Pittsburg before the High Court ended with a unanimous not guilty verdict. They faced charges of shooting and wounding three Simony fishers on July 5 at Beaufort Castle estate Invernesshire, leased by Henry Phipps Sr from Lord Loval. Medical witnesses noted the defendants’ condition during the proceedings.
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Ellinbure
J.C. Phipps
Henry Phipps
Pittsburg
High Court
Beauforte Castle
Invernesshire
Mr Phipps
Lova
Biock System Planned for Southern Railway Routes
A modern block system will be installed on the Southern Railway between Atlanta and Macon and Atlanta and Chattanooga within weeks. The system mirrors the Pennsylvania railroad setup and aims to greatly reduce wreck risks. Blocks stretch three to five miles with an operator in each tower and trains forbidden to enter the same block simultaneously.
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Atlanta
Southern
Macon
Chattanooga
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Newberry County Votes Down Dispensary
Return from Newberry County shows the election on dispensary or no dispensary resulted in the dispensary being voted out by 808 to 243. The provisional returns indicate the final outcome will stand and the vote was unusually close.
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Columbia
Newberry County
Paris Bank Clerk Confesses to Embezzlement
Paris bank clerk Galiay who fled with an actress on a chartered steam yacht and was arrested in Brazil confessed to defrauding his employers. He initially claimed Belgian birth and ignorance of the $200,000 embezzlement in Paris, admitting the frauds were caused by falsifying signatures.
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New York
Galiay
Paris
Brazil
Bahia
Gialiay
Begium
Bubonic Plague Reported in Lakoca Panama
A Herald dispatch from Lakoca Panama reports a bubonic plague case in a building where the victim lived. One hundred sixty men in the same sleeping quarters are under observation with light fever. sixty are ill with malaria. No quarantine established yet. exposed men detained.
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New York
Cme
Lakoca
Herald
Panama
The Poor Man's Friend Insurance Plan
Insurance at actual cost offers policies for men and women from sixteen to sixty. A Division must reach one thousand members, with a policy limit of one thousand dollars. Funds are kept in the local bank and paid to the beneficiary upon death after proof reaches the home office. A quarter of the payout can be advanced within 24 hours, the rest within 30 days.
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Focal
Costs and collection for division fire loss meeting
One time membership fees are payable. An advance will be placed with the local Secretary and Treasurer to meet the fire death loss in the division.
Mutual Life Industrial Association ad in Georgia
An advertisement explains annual dues for Class A members, the procedure for paying premiums to the division secretary treasurer, and how funds are held and used to aid neighbors' families. It cites Georgia based Mutual Life Industrial Association figures: $3,204,000 in business in March 1905, average cost $5.49 per thousand, and $64,000 paid to beneficiaries in 1906. It mentions offices in Athens, GA and states presence in several states.
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Mutual Life Industrial Association of Georgia
Hore
Athens
Georgia
Alabama
New Jersey
Pensylvania
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Greene Street
Darktown
Phipps Boys
Biock
Southern Railway
Newberry
Csean
Bard Dolure
Houston County
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Dothan
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Dothan, Ala
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Santee Heise
Ana Battie
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C. O. Daniel
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