Amato to Star as Cyrano in Atlanta Opera Debut
Pasquale Amato the renowned Breath allan baritone will portray Cyrano in the Metropolitan Opera company’s Atlanta production on Wednesday evening. Born in Naples, Amato trained at the Naples conservatory, debuted in La Traviata in 1900, and rose to fame through Milan’s Scala and the Metropolitan Opera. He created roles in Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande and Christoforo Colombo, and has since sung widely in German repertoire, including Amfortas in Parsifal and Kurwenal in Tristan und Isolde.
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Cyrano
Metropolitan Opera Company
Opera Week
Pasquale Amato
Atlanta
Naples
Naples University
Naples Conservatory
Bellini Theater
South America
Arturo Toscanini
Milan
Gatti Casazza
Scala
Gatti
Italy
Goland
Gatti Casazz
Dabussy
Pelleas and
Melisande
The
Christofo Colombo
Gatti- Casazza
Mr Amato
Metropolitan Opera House
Waa
Amfortas
Metropolitan
Kurvenal
Walter Damrosch
Stelzle Declares Atlanta Moral Leader After Crusade Visit
Charles Stelzle of New York, famed as The Square Deaf Preacher, praises Atlanta for moral progress since the Men and Religion Forward Movement. He calls Atlanta a model city, cites prior conditions, and notes forthcoming Social Service gathering and talks by Presbyterian leaders and program committee members.
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Charles Stelzle
New York City
Atlanta
Stelzle
Steigle
Assemblies of the Four
Presbyterian
Moore
Presbyterian Assemblies
Pienard
Underwood Typewriter Offers Stenographers Services
The Underwood Typewriter office can furnish high grade stenographers by contacting Miss Hitt for service inquiries and assignments.
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Underwood Typewriter
DeLoach Elected Director of Georgia State Station
Griffin Georgia April 9 Special R H DeLoach head of the cotton industry department at the Georgia School of Agriculture was elected Director of the state experiment station succeeding Martin V Calvin at a trustees meeting Wednesday DeLoach defeated Ira Williams 8 to 7 and the vote became unanimous The trustees adopted a resolution absolving Calvin from charges of inefficiency and discharged the investigating committee Calvin will remain until July 1 then resign He notes he had already planned to quit two years ago during the recent turmoil
Robbers Elude Posses After Bank Looting Near Summerville
Rome April 26 Special. After a fruitless exhausting day search of the Hills east of Trion a large posse and armed citizens hunted the bandits who looted the Bank of Commerce at Summerville early Tuesday and shot two citizens. They returned home tonight with few officers on their trail. The outlaws were thought surrounded Tuesday night but by dawn Wednesday no trace remained and some believe they escaped at night or down the Chattooga River.
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Rome
Trion
Bank of Commerce
Summerville
Caattooga
Aptte
Home for Old Women Annex Opens Today
The annex to the Home for Old Women will open at 10 o clock today after months of construction and years of effort to fund it. Open house runs 10 to 1 and 2 to 6, inviting visitors to view the new facilities. The addition provides space for thirty more residents, bringing capacity to fifty, in a substantial steam heated, electrically lit building at 61 West Indiana Avenue. Mrs Purtell, founder and president, led the project.
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West
Ind Avenue
Purtell
4th District Schools Meet at Buena Vista
West Point board of education approved sending two data to Buena Vista for the tenth congressional district high school meeting on April 11 and 12. Walter P Thomas, superintendent, presides over the association and aims to ensure a strong showing for West Point High. Columbus Newnan LaGrange West Point Carrollton Buena Vista Talbotton Senoia Greenville and others are expected to compete for multiple prizes. West Point High teachers and students depart Thursday morning.
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West Point
West Point Board of Education
Tenth Congressional District High School Association
Buena Vista
Walter P Thomas
Columbus
Newnan
LaGrange
West Point Carrollton
Talbotton
Senoia
Greenville
Tne
West Point High School
Buena Vista Ithursday
Mrs Brush admits she was in machine in deadly Peachtree crash
Mrs James Brush of Peachtree Inn acknowledged she rode in the car driven by Pen Dell when Dolphus Casey, 8, was killed on Peachtree Road. The boy, son of the late R H Casey, will be buried at 10 o clock from Buckhead Baptist Church. R L Hope School will close to allow classmates to attend.
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Carl H Dell
Dolphus Casey
Peachtree Road
James Brush
Peachtree Inn
Pen Dell
J T Atkinson
E H Carr
R H H Casey
Wesley Avenue
Tad
Tesking
R Ll Hope
Buckhead
Scouts Field Day at Piedmont Park for Atlanta Meet
The Atlante boy scouts plan their first annual field meet at Piedmont park Saturday April 19 at 2380 o'clock with fourteen troops expected to participate. Over 309 scouts in Atlanta are invited to take part in events including 100 yard dash standing broad jump 1 mile run running broad jump 220 yard dash running high jump relay races and more. A trophy will go to the troop earning the most points with Bayne Gibson starter Philip Weltner timekeeper Asan Candler judge among officials.
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Atlante Boy Scouts
Piedmont Park
Boy Scouts
South
Atlanta
St Bayne Gibson
Philip Weltner
Asan Candler
Runaway to attend college in Georgia
Clarence J. Permenter of Macon ran away from home to enroll at Young Harris College in north Georgia. He mailed a letter to his mother saying he is now a student and plans to stay for the rest of the school year, with permission to return next year.
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Macon
Watt
Clarence J. Permenter
J J Permenter
Young Harris Colege
North Georgia
Windy March Records Rainfall Across Georgia
March set rainfall records across Georgia with an average 8.9 inches statewide. Talbotton Butler Woodbury Diamond Con cord Dublin West Point Milledgeville recorded heavy totals. Atlanta logged 9.14 inches while Valona in McIntosh county had the lowest March rainfall at 4.12 inches.
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Talbotton
Butler
Woodbury
Diamond
Concord
Dublin
West Point
Milledgeville
Atlantas
Valona
MclIhtosh
Diamond Ga
Georgia
Corner Stone Laid For New Synagogue In Thomanville
In Thomanville Georgia on April 9 a large crowd witnessed the laying of the corner stone for a new Jewish synagogue. The World Men of the World convention participants joined the procession with the Woodmen, city council members, and Daughters of Zion. Dr George Solomon of Savannah and Dr Rosenthal of Columbus delivered principal addresses. The ceremony featured a solemn plaque placing and was well received by all attendees.
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Thomanville
Daughters of Zion
Wise
George Solomon
Savannah
Rr Rosenthal
Columbus
Crematory Strike Threatens City Crematory Delays
Griffin Construction faces a labor dispute as union and non union workers are used on the crematory project. The Destructor company and salesman Dowd report a potential strike could delay completion beyond June, jeopardizing the first unit for burning garbage. City officials weigh payment and court injunctions amid stalled wages and material delays.
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Dowd
Claude L Ashley
Sanitary Committee of Council
Woodward
Supreme Court
Destructor Company
Ita
Clayton
Negroes to Elect Congress Delegates in Atlanta Meeting
The colored executive committee of the Southern Sociological congress issued a call for a Friday gathering of Atlanta social service workers at 4 o clock in the YMCA rooms Auburn Avenue. Rev F Carter presides. Attendees include J B Watson W T F Thompson R S Stinson W A Rucker J Ross C M Tanner C M Manning A Hustlee Day Mrs C J Bryant Mrs John Hope Mrs Allee Dugged Cary J Downs S F Andrews M L church leaders W J Trent and Matthew W Bullock. Delegates to the Sociological congress to convene April 25 will be chosen at the meeting and organize a social workers club.
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Southern Sociological Congress
F . Carter
D . Woc
Auburn Avenue
Social Service Workers of
Atlanta
Y McA
W .A. Fountain
Morris Brown College
J B Watson International
TF Thompson
Radcliffe Memorial Presbyterian Church
R S Stinson
Atlanta Normal and Industrial Institute
Simmons
Trent
Matthew W Bullock
Colored Social Workers
Social Workers Club
Sociological Congress
34 Divorce Verdicts Granted Wednesday
In superior court the divorce division issued 34 verdicts this week, mostly first decrees. cruelty and desertion dominate claims, with women filing most suits. Mrs C D Hardegree says she supported J P F Hardegree for fourteen years, calling him indolent and idle, and received a first verdict. Mrs Bennie Rusk claims cruelty and mistreatment by her husband’s mother, with a first verdict granted. Several other cases allege neglect and cruel treatment, with abandonments noted. The jury, led by E T Lowe, has favored undefended outcomes as well as denied two final verdicts for lack of demonstrated cruelty and bona fide residence.
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D Hardigree
J PF
Hardegree
Bennie Rusk
George Rusk
TD Lowe
Mary M McNeesse
James HL McNeesee
John Stinnett
Sallie Stinnett
Atlanta
Halts Chase of Yeggs to Arrest Blind Negro
Rome, April 9. Special Detective M S Baughn halted near Rome while en route to Summerville to pursue bank yeggs. He arrested a blind man selling whisky from a jug two miles west of Rome, returned to jail on the charge, and denied the accusation. The detective resumed his journey, saying he was caught in the act though the man denies the charge.
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Rome
M S Baughn
Wham ! Burns
Atlanta
Summerville
Baughn
Darkey
Improvement bonds carry in Rochelle
Rochelle April 9 Special In the election held today for bonds to install waterworks and electric light systems the vote was almost unanimous for bonds only 11 votes against them Two-thirds of the registered voters was necessary The contract will be awarded to the J B McCrory company of Atlanta and an up to date system will be put in
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Rochellera
J B McCrory Company
Atlanta
John Carson Saves Fiddle From Flames
Fiddlin John Carson risked his life to enter a burning cottage in Exposition Mill village and saved his fiddle wrapped in red flannel from damp. The instrument survived the blaze as the family watched furniture and album burn, but the fiddle remained intact, fueling his legend at the Old Fidlers convention.
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John Carson
Dante
Exposition Mill Village
John
Fiddin’ John
Real Estate Want Ads Spark Success For Readers
The Constitution real estate want ads guide buyers and renters to profitable listings. Readers find houses, land, and commercial spaces with clear prices and locations, helping them navigate markets and make informed decisions.
Stockman Promoted to Cuba District Cashier
George D. Stockman of New Orleans, formerly stationed in Atlanta with the Western Union auditing department, has been promoted to district cashier of Cuba with Havana headquarters. He leaves for the island today via Key West and the oversea railroad, drawing regrets from friends but many congratulations on the advancement.
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George D. Stockman
New Orleans
Atlanta
Western Union Telegraph Company
Cuba
Havana
Island
Key West
Oversea
South
Stockman
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