South Side Grows Respeedy Rate
A 1912 Atlanta development report highlights rapid south side growth driven by $3 million in bonds for sewers schools waterworks and hospitals. Proctor Creek plant modernization expands sewage handling while Whitehall Street regrading and paving projects aim to boost property values and attract residents and business to the district.
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Atlanta
R M Clayton
Atlante
Georgia Avenue
Lee Street
Grant Park
Central Avenue
Cherokee Avenue
Vienna Avenue
Haygood Avenue
Atlante Avenue
Real Estate Board Forges Unified Atlanta Market Spirit
Charles P. Glover lauds the Atlanta Real Estate Board of Trade for fostering cooperation and integrity in the city’s property market. He notes growth from Ralph Cochran’s organizing push, a new ethics code, and an appraisal board set to standardize values, boosting trust among buyers, agents, and lenders.
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Charles P. Glover
Atlanta Real Estate Board of Trade
Atlanta Real Estate Board
Wonderful
Atlanta
Ralph Cochran
Price & Standard
Futures drive city outreach to build a better community
An organization pledges to extend its efforts beyond self interest to aid the city. It frames outreach as essential to solving major local problems and moving toward an ideal of a perfect, more united urban community.
Engagement and fiancee suffer fatal blow in sudden death
Nell Wilson, deeply distressed by the death of her fiancé D A Quarles, remains at home after his sudden death from a brain pressure operation at a private sanitarium. Quarles funeral arrangements are set for 3 pm at the family residence with West View interment.
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Mias
Nell Wilson
D. A Quarles
Quazies
North Moreland Avenue
Magem
West View
Quarles
Atlanta
W. TL Quarles
Emoi. and
Charles E Quarles
Grandmother arrested in Atlanta kidnaping case
Mrs Clark held on a $500 bond after a grand jury indicted her for kidnaping the 2 year old grandson Augustus Hamilton Clark Jr. The case centers on the grandmother’s arrival with the child from Chicago and a family dispute over custody and the child’s return.
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Mre G . Clark
Hil
Chicago
Augustus Hamilton Clark, Jr
Bela
H.1 Clark
Richardson Street
Clark
Atlanta
Emory Alumni Back Intercollegiate Athletics Move
Emory College students and more than 100 alumni push for intercollegiate athletics, forming a Student Government committee to present the plan to trustees in June. The petition highlights declining enrollment from 313 to about 200 while the endowment and campus facilities grew, arguing athletics could curb attrition. Notable signers include McCormick Neal, class of 1852, and many other longtime Emory graduates.
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Emory College
Emory Colege
Onxford
Methodist
Emory
Emmy
Mc Cormick Neal
Atlanta
Neal
Oxford
L Q C Lamar
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Tong
U S Judge Boarman Under Investigation
Washington April 19 An investigation of United States Judge Alec Boarman of the Western District of Louisiana with headquarters at Shreveport has just been finished by the department of justice. Officials are reticent as to the reason for the investigation but it is learned it originated within the department. The report by A L Ricks special agent is in the hands of Assistant Attorney General Harr and will be referred to Attorney General Mc Reynolds to determine whether to forward it to the house judiciary committee. The inquiry began in February before Attorney General Wickersham's retirement.
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Whitehall Street
Mitchell
Cooper
Sinep
Charles F. Black
Res
Tarmin, Black & Calhoun
Council
Wei
South Side
Whitehall
City Treasury
Lee Street
Minacer Zode Smith
J. Cochran
Park Board
Dan Carey
Houidaties
Sea Side
Atlanta
Georgia Fullway and Power Company
Washington
United States
Alec Boarman
United States Court of the Western District of Louisiana
Shreveport
Department of Justice
Department
A. L. Ricks
Harr
McReynolds
House Judiciary Committee
Clairvoyant Causes Arrest of Bigamist in Dublin Ga
A traveling clairvoyant and palmist led to the arrest of C Nix in Dublin charged with two wives. Nix, in Wrightsville jail awaiting grand jury action, admits two marriages to women in Cornelia and Dublin. He previously married Mrs Keen, a widow, in Wrightsville after meeting her here while selling books. He acknowledged the bigamy, saying he had “played the devil” and expected legal consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
C . Nix
Cornelia
Dubin
Wrightsville
Cornea
C C Jordan
Nix
Corneliand
Jedu
Freeman Keen
Hare
Keen
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Fla
Mnail
Florida
Rix
Kimsey
Dr. Jordan
Johnson County
Coles Calls For Central Reserve For Banks In Real Estate Speech
A. P. Coles vice president of Centre Bank and Trust urged a great central reserve to guard banks against panics at the Real Estate Board meeting in Cafe Durand. He urged realty men to support central banking legislation, to specialize, and to adopt strict lending standards while noting current banking laws are outdated for today’s market.
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A. P. Coles
Centre Bank and Trust Corporation
Cafe Durand
Cole
Central Reserve
Coles
Unite States
United States
England
France
Germany
Mr. Coles
Morgan
Pujo
Mr Coles
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Qeorge W Stevens
Henderson Hillman
Norman C Miller
O D. Thomson
T. M Cheatham
W P Bloodworth
A D Thomson
A G Fort
Lauren ‘Foreman
Thomas W. Connally
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H. Motora
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S. Vernon
Young H Fraser
Jense M Wood
Madison Bell
George
Tigmer
Courtland S
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Joe J. Taylor
Jay L. Mayson
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Alfred Broom
R Fottle
R R Trimble
Howard Pattille
Howard Musa
TW. Moore
W E Holcomb
M. L. Thrower
FR Hoyt
Walter T. Colquitt
L Z Reseer, Jr
Horace Sandiford
EB. Hunnicutt
G. H Tanner
McCormick Neal
John Hurt
W. B. Emery
W A. Haygoon
C. H .Fomnson, Jr
Guy A. Myers
Wm Troy Rivings
G. W. Quillian
B. T. Wiliams
Claude ©. Smith
Jas. L. Kay
T. HL Jet
Fries
E. A. Stephens
Johan W. Moore
Ed. R. Dubose
F. A. Quilitan
Will Stallings
Cochran
Marcus H. Field
Marietta
Henry F. Branheur
Covington
U.S
Boarman
C. P. Nix
Edgewood Realty CO
Francis E. Loft. Offre
Prite
Ane
Coley
Colea
Times
Panama Canal
South
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