New Store Opens with Wide Ranges of Spring Goods
A long promotional notice describes a new Atlanta store with bigger stock, lower prices, and modern conveniences. It touts silk shirt waists from Baltimore, silk skirts, lingerie, and millinery, along with ready to wear hats, dress fabrics, and men’s and boys’ clothing at bargain prices. The spacious building features hot air heating, a dining room, and a maid for customers.
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New Dry Goods Palace
Peters St
Atlanta
South
Ditch
Baltimore
One Year Free Paper With Ten Purchase
A promotion offers one year of the newspaper subscription free with the purchase of ten of the product. The deal targets regular buyers seeking value and longer access to the paper.
Mississippi Senator Backs Court Review of ICC Decisions
Washington report marks Mississippi Senator McLaurin's push for a court review of Interstate Commerce Commission orders and his opposition to Bailey’s temporary-suspension amendment. He argues for nonpolitical legislation and urges action to secure fair rail rates for farmers while warning of railroad magnate influence and a looming socialist backlash.
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Washington
McLaurin
Morgan
Senate
Mississippi
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bailey
Texas
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Buddha Birth Celebrated by Buddhist Followers in New York
Buddhist priests on Seventy-first Street celebrated the birth of Gautama Buddha in strange robes and chanting. Palm Sunday services filled Christian churches across New York with sermons and songs marking Jesus entry into Jerusalem before the crucifixion.
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New York City
New York
Jerusalem
Seventy-first Street
Gautama Buddha
New Chief Quartermaster Named in Atlanta Dispatch
Washington dispatch reports Lieutenant Colonel Frederick G. Hodgson promoted from major and ordered to Atlanta to serve as chief quartermaster of the son is a Georgian.
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Ata
Washington
Frederick G. Hodgson
Atlanta
Hodgson
Department of the Gulf
Hodison
Athens
Military Academy
West Point
Sixth Cavalry
Senator Alger to retire from Senate bid
Announcement from Detroit outlines Senator R A Alger will not seek re election due to ill health. The letter, read in his Detroit office, states he will not be a candidate when the legislature convenes January 1 next.
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Detroit
R. A. Alger
Senate
Mount Vesuvius Devastates Neapolitan Shoreline Panic Scoffs World
Advices from Naples describe Mount Vesuvius as a colossal brazier with lava streams engulfing villages such as Boscotre and Torre Annunziata. Earthquakes, red hot stones, and disrupted railways hinder relief as residents flee toward Naples under a sky of electricity and eruption.
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Naples
Vesuvius
Boscotre Case
Torre Annunziata
Gulf of Naples
Mountain of Fire
Earth
Not Guilty Verdict in Indiana Wife Murder Case
The jury in New Albany Indiana found Rev. A G Sutherlin not guilty of murdering his wife Geneva L Sutherlin after a trial that began Saturday morning. Sutherlin was congratulated by several supporters including hysterical women as the verdict was read Monday.
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Indiana
A. G. Sutherlin
New Albany
Ind
Geneva L. Sutherlin
Sutherlin
Preacher Held for Forgery in Commerce Georgia
Rev Horton a Baptist preacher about 80 years old is jailed in Commerce charged with forgery. He passed a January check for 2 5 drawn on First National Bank Commerce signed by S B Carter of Lula that proved worthless.
Smuggling Scheme Alleged Ties Oregon to $750000 Goods
The San Francisco Evening Post reports a strong belief that dutiable goods valued about 750000 were smuggled in launches from the battleship Oregon before its Bremerton departure. Inspectors were ordered to delay all aboard until a full sift, with customs alerted nationwide to inspect packages. It cites Wells Fargo receipts for 2890 packages and Santa Fe records for 1600 trunks.
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Oregon
San Francisco Evening Post
Bremerton Navy Yards
Bremerton
War Department
Wells-Fargo Company
Santa Fe Railway
Sixteen More Bodies Recovered At Courrieres Mine
Sixteen more bodies were brought up from the Courrieres mine near Lens on Saturday. No additional living workers were found. one more horse was recovered. Public anger toward mine management and engineers grows. In a Saturday clash between troops and strikers a lieutenant was seriously wounded as cavalry dispersed the crowd.
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Nce
Courrieres
Lens
France
Algeciras Farewell Lunch for Delegates Ends Conference
Moroccan convention signed at Algeciras Spain and the conference adjourned sine die. The day closed with felicitations and a farewell lunch for the delegates. Thirty two covers were laid as Algeciras officials, including the alcalde, bid the envoys farewell before their departure home.
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Algeciras
Spain
Georgia Briefs Highlight Carnegie Gift and Public Notices
The Georgia Tech board accepts Andrew Carnegie's $20,000 library gift with a $2,000 annual maintenance condition. Other items include state accounts on convict labor revenue, new postmasters for Georgia, and a Rome April convention for county school commissioners.
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W. B. Merritt
Georgia
Rome
Decayed Starchor Food Problem Claims Relief Through Grape Nuts
An Asheville man recounts long stomach and pancreatic issues blamed on starchy foods. After doctors misdiagnosed an ulcer as appendicitis, he credits Grape Nuts and Postum with weight gain, clearer thinking, and better sleep. The ad cites Postum Co. and promotes The Road to Wellville.
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Asheville
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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