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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1916
Page
12
Yetter's Clothes Shop at 78 North Broad St. touts 35 years of study in the clothing business and claims to deliver better suits than competitors at a $15 price point. The ad urges readers to read The Constitution Want Ads for details.
The Constitution urges readers to act quickly as closing advertisements for Heart Songs flood the paper. Demand has been enormous and stock has diminished daily, with many plan to buy later not realizing the limited supply.
The article notes that subscribers have not yet claimed the chance to cap their coupons immediately. The Constitution will continue to run the coupon period for several more days to allow readers to take advantage of this unusual newspaper offer.
Theodore McCandless aged 14 son of T F McCandless of 55 Summit avenue was hurt Thursday afternoon at the corner of Auburn and North Bryan streets when his bicycle skidded and he was thrown to the pavement. He was badly shaken but able to continue on his way.
Savannah welcomes Milledgeville Boosters led by Mayor Miller S Bell as road enthusiasm spreads along the Dixie highway route. The party, with Georgia Military College band, spoke at Savannah Yacht Club luncheon and toured towns, amid cheers and optimism for good roads and stronger old capital route.
J B Hale was elected bookkeeper for the city stockade by the prison committee of Council on Thursday afternoon. Four votes for Hale and two for J Wesley. T R Wanford had proposed naming his man, but the committee followed the city attorney's ruling that elections be conducted by the committee. The panel approved ten days’ vacation for stockade employees.
Chairman R. King will ask the council to amend the light ordinance so bicycle policemen may ride without lights. Fifty new bicycles await distribution at headquarters, unused due to lack of lights. If approved, they will be issued immediately. Also, Beouwt Jacob Holmes urged Morris Brown University students to value schooling that trains the colored youth for useful citizenship, stressing industrial courses. W. C. Bory of Macon Gaalan gave a brief talk.
L on L on E L Barnes disputes a column praising Ordon Hurtel’s garden. Barnes claims his own crop was superior with vegetables so large neighbors could use pumpkins as wagons. He says he did not sell produce but had enough to feed family and neighbors all summer. Ad men present minstrel show card to Mayor Woodward. A large drawn likeness was offered for hanging, while the mayor joked about the hair. A postal card to Mayor Woodward caused chatter, mailed from Dallas, Ga, during a good roads trip.
The Georgia association of state, municipal and county health boards will hold its annual session at the Muscogee county courthouse in Columbus, Tuesday at 11 o'clock. The program lists addresses on public health topics and ends with election of officers.
J B Gordon manager of J H Latham Company Greensboro NC says cotton plantings in Georgia and Alabama may rise slightly after recent trips across the two states. He cautions that production may not match plantings due to inferior fertilizer grades from potash shortages. Farmers are diversifying crops.
Southern road enthusiasts from Alabama traveled 400 miles along the Forrest Highway route to urge the election of the road between Montgomery and Mobile. Two rival routes compete western and central while eastern support also visited leaders in Birmingham. Comfort and King accompanied delegates at multiple stops.
John C. Lowe, Warren County tax collector, was found dead in his bed in Warrenton, Ga., after a close primary race left Ed N. Pool trailing by eleven votes. A popular church and Mason, Lowe is survived by several children. The notice also advertises a home remedy for catarrh and head noises, urging readers to read The Constitution Want Ads.
Cordele Georgia April 13. Approximately fifteen thousand dollars worth of city property changed hands Tuesday when R J Wilson sold three residences. Wilson also sold about a dozen vacant lots to various parties and several other realty deals occurred in the past several days.
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