Crescent City Sees Deadly New Year Rampage
New Orleans reports ten deaths and forty one injuries from New Year crimes across Louisiana and Mississippi. In New Orleans thirty five victims arrived at Charity Hospital by 10 PM, including grain broker W A Lipsy stabbed in a saloon. Notable deaths include William Grant and fruit dealer Jacob Fallo amid a crowd disturbance and stray bullets.
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Crescent City
New Year Revoelers
New Orleans
Mississipp
Louisiana
Miselasippi
P Fallo
Fallo
Pierre Cassandrielle
L. A. Bell
Southern Pacific Engine
Edward Jones
Teero
Wealthy Cubans Push Protectorate Petition From Remedios
In Remedios Cuba the wealthiest district a petition for an American protectorate is prepared for Washington with 200 signers all men of means. Cienfuegos follows with several hundred property owners signatures. Other regions report similar petitions in preparation.
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Havana
Washington
Remedios
Cuba
Cienfuegos
Engineer Claud Copper Killed In Dallas Rock Island Crash
Engineer Claud Copper was knocked from the cab of a Rock Island freight train on the Dallas branch Tuesday night when the locomotive struck a bridge pile. The train, at full speed, raced downhill before Copper’s body was found and later taken to Fort Worth for burial.
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Tarrant
Claud Copper
Dallas
Rock Island
Engineer Copper
Fort Worth
Winnsboro Plans Cannery Venture With $15,000 Capital
Winnsboro business men and local farmers met after adjournment to form a canning company for fruits berries and vegetables. The project aims for 15000 capitalization with 1775 in stock subscribed at the meeting. Two committees were named to solicit further stock and report on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnsboro
Tusday
Atlantic Works Expands Salaries Across Lakes Region
The American Ship Building Company Cleveland grants a general 5 to 10 percent salary rise for all employees at all points on the lakes. It will impact all yards and lift payrolls by at least $750,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Ship Building Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Pusl
J. W. Manning
Hunt County
Randell
Greenville
Terrell
State Board of Education
A Great Disaster Leaves Dozens Dead and Wounded
A major catastrophe results in thirty five fatalities and many more injured. Emergency crews report a swift response as survivors recount chaotic scenes and investigators begin to determine the cause. The tragedy prompts officials to review safety measures and disaster readiness.
Train Wreck in Fog Near Washington Kills Dozens
A Baltimore and Ohio collision near Terra Cotta, three miles from Washington, in dense fog killed about 35 and injured over 60 as the Fr ick Special from Frederick collided with a dead- equipment train. Engineer Hildebrand could not see Takoma Park signal due to fog, and the rear train plowed into the Frederick train.
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Washington
Baltimore and Ohio
Terra Cotta
Frederick
Frick
Takoma Park
Hildebrand
Ford Theater
District of Columbia
Ex-Senator Caffrey Dies in Louisiana
Ex United States Senator Donelson Caffrey of Franklin Louisiana died at 10 20 last night in New Orleans He left the Senate nearly penniless and later prospered through oil investments and sugar making He and his son Don Caffrey Jr built a substantial fortune in St Mary Parish and Jen nnes oil ventures
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New Orleans
United States
Donelson Caffrey
Franklin
St. Mary Parish
Lan
Don Caffrey Jr
Jennnes
Caffreys
Dallas Prepares to Take A New City Census
Officials announce plans to conduct a new census of Dallas to update population counts and assess municipal needs. The move aims to improve services, grant allocations, and planning for infrastructure and programs.
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Dallas
Grover Cleveland ill in Princeton home reported convalescent
News from New York says Grover Cleveland's health after indigestion worsened early in the week but has since improved. The illness forced the family to cancel Christmas plans and leave his condition described as serious earlier.
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New York
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
N. 2
Bailey wins Comanche County primary in close vote
Senator Bailey secured about 976 votes to 370 in Comanche County with returns from twenty two of twenty nine boxes. He carried nineteen boxes and lost three. Seven boxes had no election or no report. Celebrations with anvil fire and bonfires followed in Comanche and Gainesville.
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Bailey
Comanche County
Gainesville
French officer group forms to boost colonial cotton
A government engineer led company with 250,000 francs capital aims to develop cotton in French colonies. A boycott on American cotton will be declared due to the high price this year, as crops in the colonies warrant action.
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Paris
M. Esnault -Peliers
Exports to Panama Rise Sharply in Two Years
The Bureau of Statistics reports US exports to Panama surged from about 2.5 million dollars two years ago to over 14 million dollars in the current year. The growth reflects a expanding bilateral trade and stronger commercial ties between Washington and Panama.
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Washington
United States
Panama
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
King Edward May Visit Canada Rumors Outlined
New York reports Captain Kincaid Smith of the Ninth British Lantern claims King Edward may visit Canada and suggests a meeting with President Roosevelt on U S soil. He says outside the King Roosevelt is the most popular man in England and a presidential visit to England would win a warm reception.
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King Edward
Canada
New York
Kincaid Smith
British Lantern
King Edward Wold
Roosevelt
United States
England
Waxahachie Interurban Line to Begin Work in Spring
Dallas Waxahachie Interurban plans start in spring with two surveys completed. Engineers are organizing data from Lisbon and Lancaster to Waxahachie to Ennis about forty miles. Company aims to have line in operation by year end.
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Dallas
Interurban Railroad Plan Ties Dallas and Greenville
J Mercer Carter says the local group in charge of his franchise expects to apply for a charter by January 1 to build an Interurban railroad between Dallas and Greenville. Carter holds twenty three miles of Dallas street railway and five miles in Greenville, totaling eighty eight miles for the interurban link.
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Dallas
J. Mercer Carter
Greenville
Two Killed and Two Injured in Southern Railway Wreck
A freight wreck on the Southern Railway at Chatham near Danville left Grover Franklin and Archie Wratt dead, with Phil White and Stanbury Mays injured after eight cars jumped the track on a southbound through freight. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon near the sharp curve.
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Danville
Southern Railway
Chatham
Here
Grover Franklin
Archie Wratt
Phil White
Stanbury Mays
Mineral Wells line extension advances toward northwest
The extension work on the Mineral Wells line to the northwest is being pushed. Several cars of scrapers and mules have been received and the project will be pushed as rapidly as possible for the first sixteen miles.
Schmitz Seeks Move to Beat Dunne Department
Schmitz files new motion to transfer case out of Judge Dunne’s department citing management concerns and request for reassignment to a different court. The filing argues docket efficiency and impartiality considerations.
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Judge Dunne
Mayor Schmitz Seeks Fast Trial Separate From Ruef
In San Francisco the mayor’s lawyers move to transfer the indictment case from Judge Dunn to another department and argue for a speedy trial to allow the mayor to focus on relief efforts after the 1906 earthquake and fires. They seek severance of all legal ties between Ruef and Schmitz on the five extortion indictments.
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San Francisco
Cal
Schmitz
Superior Court
Dunn
Graham
Ruetf
Ruef and Schmitz
Yaqui Indians Rampage Reported Near El Paso
Reports detail Yaqui outbreaks around Lencho station on the Cananes Yaqui River and Pacific railroad in Sonora Mexico. Mexicans were killed and tent houses burned on Saturday night with no American deaths. Earlier killings occurred Thursday and Friday nights on lonely ranches.
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el Paso
Tex
Lencho
Cananes
Southern Pacific
Sonora
Mex
Millionaire Brewer Adolphus Busch Stricken With Pneumonia
St. Louis reports Adolphus Busch the millionaire brewer is critically ill with pneumonia. Three physicians have attended him since Wednesday night. A doctor commented that a man 67 years old with pneumonia is in a very serious condition.
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St. Louis
Adolphus Busch
Busch
Strikers Take Fireman From Engine on Southern Pacific
In Opelousas Louisiana four masked men boarded a Southern Pacific locomotive 22 miles outside town and dragged locomotive fireman John Goldreaux from the engine after he hid from them. The men seized him during a stop and took him away.
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New Orleans
John Goldreaux
Southern Pacific
Opelousas
Goldreaux
Four Asphyxiated by Escaping Gas in Ontario Home
Niagara Falls Ont James Harris his wife and two children aged thirteen and eleven were asphyxiated by natural gas escaping from a stove in their residence. A thirteen year old daughter died and an eleven year old girl was in precarious condition from inhalation effects.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
James Harris
Fire Destroys Chemical Building in St Louis Skyscraper
A blaze severely damages the Chemical building in St Louis as flames engulf pie top stories of the skyscraper. Fire crews battle the fire amid thick smoke and high heat.
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St. Louis
Chemical
Southern Cotton Growers Seek Fraud Order Against New York Cotton Exchange
A Southern coalition led by Harvie Jordan seeks a post office fraud order to bar the New York Cotton Exchange from using the mails. The move, supported by the Southern Cotton Growers Protective Association and the Cooperative Farmers Educational Union, accuses the exchange of irregularities costing cotton growers millions and claims price discrimination makes New York prices higher than New Orleans.
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Washington, D. C
South
Post Office Department
New York Cotton Exchange
Southern Cotton Growers’ Protective Association
Harvie Jordan
Atlanta
Cooperative Farmers’ Educational Union
Lon Livingston
Georgia
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Cotton Exchange
Livingston
New York
New Orleans
Tragedy in Colored Regiment at Fort Sheridan
Sergeant John Griffin of Troop I shot and killed Corporal William Taylor of the same troop during a Christmas dinner quarrel aboard Fort Sheridan. Taylor died en route to hospital from a chest wound. Maj. Macomb ordered a rigid investigation and said Griffin will be tried for murder in U.S. court.
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Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Ninth Cavalry
John Griffin
William Taylor
Taylor
Maj
Macomb
Maj. Macomb
F Griffins
United States Court
Five Men Killed in Floriston Freight Wreck Near Truckee
Five unidentified men described as tramps died in a freight train wreck at Floriston station just beyond Truckee. A broken truck on a box car caused the collision, sending four cars into the ditch and tearing up forty feet of track.
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Sacramento
Floriston Station
Truckee
Emperor's Fourth Son to Wed Berlin Princess
Berlin princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein Sonderburg Glucksburg is betrothed to Prince Augustus Wilhelm, the emperor William’s fourth son. Alexandra is the second daughter of Duke Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein Sonderburg Glucksburg.
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Berlin
Alexandra Victoria
Schleswig¢-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
Augustus Wilhelm
William
Alexandra
Frederick of
Schleswi-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
Former Paying Teller Sentenced in Bank Embezzlement Case
William C. Anderson, former assistant paying teller at First National Bank of Kansas City, pleaded guilty to embezzling 34 000 of bank funds and was sentenced to four years in the penitentiary.
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Kansas City
William C. Anderson
First National Bank
City
Severe snowstorms claim lives across Austria Hungary
Severe weather brings heavy snow across Vienna and Austria Hungary for three days causing multiple fatalities from freezing conditions.
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Austria-Hungary
Vienna
Austria
Dinner Honoring Whitelaw Reid At Union League Club
New York hosts a dinner at the Union League Club in honor of Whitelaw Reid ambassador to Great Britain. Cornelius N Bliss as toastmaster and United States Senator Chauncey M Depew delivered a brief address.
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New York
N. VY
Whitelaw-Reid
Great Britain
Union League Club
Cornelius N. Bliss
United States
Chauncey M. Depew
Bishop Fined in France After Expulsion Incident
In Nancy France a coronial court fined Bishop Tet Rinaz ten dollars for striking a gentleman during his removal from the episcopal residence.
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France
Nancy
Corri —Ional
Bisho Tetrinaz
Washington Rejects Durand's Successor Choice
An official decision shows Washington has not accepted Durand's chosen successor, prompting alternative selections and ongoing political maneuvering within the administration.
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Washington
Durand
Bryce’s Appointment Held Amid British Hesitation
The United States delay in sending official acceptance for James Bryce as ambassador to Washington causes embarrassment in Britain. Bryce has announced the appointment to his constituents, but the king’s proclamation awaits a cable from Washington. Officials note Bryce may stay with the imperial service rather than join the House of Lords.
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London
United States
James Bryce
Washington
Foreign Office
Bryce
Great Britain
Sir Henry
Imperial Service
Henry 5
House of Lords
Mr. Bryce
America
Mrs. Sage says she will not distribute husband’s money widely
New York statement from Mrs. Russell Sage asserts she does not intend to distribute the funds left by her husband immediately or to everyone. She says she has many nearer claims of need at her own door and that philanthropy should be directed to those closer at hand before aiding people in other states.
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New York
N. Y
Russell Sage
Pay Raise Urged to Retain Post Office Workers
Washington reports failure to raise compensation for postal workers will hurt service efficiency. First Assistant Postmaster Hitchcock urges new legislation to make the postal service more attractive to keep current staff and attract new entrants. He notes resignations are rising and the caliber of entrants has deteriorated with clerks leaving at about one in five.
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Washington, D. C
Post Office
Srvice
Hitchcock
Congress
Testimony on Brownsville Riot Involves Soldiers Crossing Fort Walls
In Brownsville Texas Assist ant Attorney General Purdy heard about forty witnesses in an inquiry into alleged riotous conduct by Twenty-fifth Infantry members. Prominent Brownsville residents testified including Jose Martinez a pharmacist who saw soldiers shoot and enter the town from over the fort walls with Mayor Combs corroborating.
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Brownsville
Texas
Purdy
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Ree“Lerats
Brownsille
Jose Martinez
Combs
Former Senator Caffrey Dies in Louisiana
Former United States Senator Donelson L. Caffrey died Sunday night. His body will be transported on a special train to his Franklin Louisiana home for burial.
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Caffery
New Orleans
United States
Donelson L. Caffrey
Franklin
Escaped Prisoner Recaptured in Cincinnati Hotel
Hugh G. Gast, one of nine Hamilton County jail escapees, was found in a Cincinnati hotel where he said he had been staying since the breakout. Local authorities confirmed the capture and continued manhunt for the remaining escapees.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Hugh G. Gastright
Hamilton County
Fas
Crown Prince George Targeted by Serbian Edict Move
Belgrade reports King plans to issue an edict on January 7 asserting absolute authority over all relatives, including Crown Prince George, signaling a consolidation of power within the royal family.
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Belgrade
Servia
George
Mexican Revolutionist Sentenced in Tombstone Case
In Tombstone Arizona Thomas Espinos a Mexican revolutionist was sentenced by Judge Down to two years in the territorial penitentiary and to pay a $1000 fine. This closes the Arizona cases against the revolutionists.
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Tombstone
Arizona
Thomas Espinos
Territorial Penitentiary
Receiver Appointed for Mobile Jackson and Kansas City Railroad
Financiers of New York City have obtained a receiver for the Mobile Jackson and Kansas City Railroad Company. The action involves a cash investment exceeding $1,000,000 and marks a major reorganizational step for the railroad amid financial scrutiny.
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New York
N. Y
Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad Co
Oklahoma convention to temporari ly fix county seats
A terse telegram notes the Oklahoma convention aims to temporarily fix county seats and leaves questions of permanence to voters. It mentions Missouri taxes, St Louis property owners, and various 1906 financial and political items.
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Oklahoma
Missouri
St. Louis
United States
Joseph W Bailey
Comanche County
Bailey
Senate
Russia
Trepoff
Denmark
Riviera
Raisula
Morocco
George B. Cortelyou
Republican National Committee
Treasury
Harry New
Indiana
Berkeley
Cal
Roosevelt
Vicksburg
Texas
Frisco
Ilinois Central
Memphis
New Orleans
Funston
Wint Bell
Lee
Cuba
Island
Speaker Cannon
Supreme Court
Hitchcock
Leupp
Himals
Springfield
Parkinson
Standard of
Cassatt
Sulberson
It Had to Come Says John D Rockefeller
Rockefeller discusses centralization of business noting progress requires adapting to new conditions. He empathizes with former small operators like coach drivers and innkeepers while affirming no ill will and a grace of God guiding him.
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John
Rockefeller
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Judge Overpowers Insane Assailant in Court Entrance
In Chicago NL A an attempted shooting of Judge Charles $3 by Frank F Ellerbrock ended with the judge subduing the attacker at the courthouse entrance. The assailant, described as insane, was fought off after a fierce struggle and the judge escaped injury.
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Chicago
Charles
Cutting
Frank F. Ellerbrock
Court Martial Postponed in Brownsville Riots
Fort Sam Houston announces Brigadier General McCasker that the court martial for Maj. Penrose and Capt. Macklin in the Brownsville riots is postponed to February 4.
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San Antonio
Tex
McCasker
Fort Sam Houston
Maj
Penrose
Capt
Macklin
Brownsville
Foreman Buried In Belmont Tunnel Collapse
New York foreman Thomas Brown was buried under tons of sand at the Long Island City end of the Belmont East River tunnel. He delayed to ensure the escape of his men.
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New York
N. Y
Thomas Brown
Long Island City
Belmont East River
Wabash Dividend Passed On Debenture Bonds
Directors of the Wabash railroad announce that the semi annual dividend of 2 percent on the A and B debenture bonds has been passed due to insufficient earnings in the last six months.
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New York, N. Y
The
Wabash Railroad
Fire devastates four factories in Philadelphia
Fire in Philadelphia's manufactured goods district destroyed four buildings and lightly damaged four more. The estimated loss stands at 250,009 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
President Stands Pat on Brownsville Incident
President Roosevelt remains firm over his order discharging the Twenty-fifth Infantry's Black soldiers who fired on Brownsville Texas. The move draws impeachment threats from critics, but the president insists on his authority despite nationwide controversy.
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Washington
Jan
White House
Roosevelt
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Texas
Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
Disaster grows in horror after Terra Cotta wreck
Washington reports the Baltimore and Ohio rear end collision of Fredericksburg Md No 66 Sunday night killed 53 at least and injured about 180 with many among the dead and wounded still in hospitals. The scene at the city morgue drew crowds as families searched for relatives among thirty two identified corpses.
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Washington
Baltimore and Ohio
Terra Cotta
Fredericksburg
Noor
Glidden Abandons Car On Boston to City of Mexican Trip
Charles J. Glidden traveling in an iron wheeled machine for fun was forced to abandon his wrecked auto near Mexico City and finish the journey by special train. No injuries reported though the car lay in a ditch fifty miles from the city.
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City of Mexico
Boston
Charles J. Glidden
City of Mexican
Cotton land prospecting across cotton district reported
New Orleans notes England and France seek southern cotton lands to bypass middlemen. J L Knoeffer tours Red River Valley and North Louisiana guiding French spinners. Also reports deaths of Captain Samuel W Hawkins and a fall injuring Mrs Chambers, plus a $3.9 million Rockefeller gift to the University of Chicago bringing total gifts to $19.4 million for endowment.
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New Orleans
England
France
J. L. Knoeffer
Louisiana Department of Agriculture
Red River Valley
Louisiana
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Bailey Investigation Window and Legislature’s Joint Sessions
The federal statute fixes the election date for the U S Senator as the second Tuesday after the Legislature convenes or January 22. The Legislature may meet in joint session daily until the investigation committee reports, per established custom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey
Lelauvely
Austin
United States
London Faces Gastric Influenza During Christmas
The Daily Express notes a newly found disease named gastric influenza spreading in London alongside Christmas celebrations. Ex-State Senator F O Butt of Arkansas receives farewell from Eureka Springs residents before leaving for Little Rock to surrender for a two year bribery sentence.
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The
Daily Express
London
F. O. Butt
Arkansas
Eureka Springs
Dust
Littl Rock
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J. H. Jackson
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Sam D. Cox
Minatre
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Macon
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