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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1901
Page
5
A blaze at the Soldiers' Home in Atlanta destroyed the building within 90 minutes after starting in the garbage plant. The structure valued at $40,000 with $10,000 insurance left 76 inmates evacuated. no lives confirmed lost though personal effects were ruined. Rebuilding planned by subscription.
Circulation in Fernandina claimed a major deal for waterfront property had been arranged. Deeds show the Florida Town Improvement Company transferred to a third party a large tract including creosote works site and center docks, plus water front parcels. Cited figures place the property at about a block of town area with several streets involved.
Robert McWhorter, once a local policeman, was fatally wounded just after midnight in the oil region south of town. Walter Jordan Lee Hurst and Joe Mason alias Washington were named, with Jordan confessing to firing the fatal shot. Ballasted With Gravel. Atlantic and North Carolina railroad to be ballasted along its length. W F Carlisle to head roadway in Oct. conductors ordered to reduce surplus.
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The Sparta Ishmaelite and Newnan News criticize or support a McKinley monument in Atlanta while urging memorials for Confederate and Southern figures. Georgia steamboat wages rise to old levels as business improves. Londaville Manufacturing builds cotton mill and ginning plant. operations expected soon.
Mr Glenn W Legwin returned from Atlanta after a meeting of the Georgia State Oratorical Association to fix a date for the annual contest postponed due to Mercer objections The contest will not occur this year with April the likely time Mercer opposed an Oct 2 date for preparation reasons The association remains healthy but could not rent the Grand Opera House in Atlanta for the usual date
The Confederate Veterans' Home near Atlanta was destroyed by fire. Eighty two inmates escaped unharmed as officials seek funds to reconstruct the building, with Athens urged to join Atlanta News and Atlanta Journal in opening a subscription list.
John Ford a drayman narrowly escaped death when his wagon axle broke on Thomas Street. The heavily laden wagon toppled him with the mules, the wheel nearly crushed his leg, yet he survived without being trampled or crushed.
Mrs Leo M Lyle widow of Rev Leo M Lyle died Sunday night at her son Eugene Lyle's residence in this city. She leaves several children and was a longtime member of the Methodist church. Funeral services were conducted at her son's home by Rev Joel T Daves and Rev E D Stone with burial in Oconee cemetery.
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