Record Opera Week Sets Attendance and Receipts
The 1913 Grand Opera week in Atlanta set new records with receipts around $91,000 and attendance surpassing all prior years. Metro Grand Opera drew 6,420 to see Tosca and other performances, while the total attendance for the week neared 84,000, marking unprecedented popularity and financial gains for the festival.
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Atlanta
Metropolitan Grand Opera Company
Ami Gerber
Metropolitan Grand Opera Troupe
Bios Stars
Posen
Orca
Warloo Caruso
York
Emmy Destinn
Autoaid Scutei
Haritone
Oper
Aritra Testarint
Optra
Ate Tanta Musical Cestival Association
Meen
Utia
Fonda
Pic Ale
Bockaley
Audier
Dally
Afteropera Grutherine
Hetls
P Vale
Sen Dy
Coppleusx
Awanta Music Festival Association
Metropolitan Grand Opera Coompany
Mr. Canpicus
Whitehall Street Lot Sells for 357000 Record Front Foot Price
J H Ewing of J R Smith J J Ewing real estate sold Mee 38 and 41 Whitehall street for 8500 front foot, total 497000, setting a new record. Payne and Haynes bought earlier, with Kress Front Store lease ongoing. property between Alabama and Hunter streets features 42 foot frontage and 175 foot depth.
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Whitehall Street
J. H. Ewing
J. R. Smith & J. J. Ewing Real Estate Agency
Haine
Richardson
J. Carroll Payne
Eugene V. Haynes
George McKenzie
Messrs. Payne and
Thaynes
McBheny
Messrs
Pasa Urd Tiagries
Fran Woo
Ewigy
Alabama
Hhunter Streets
Whitehall
Broad Street
Kress 1 Ront
Jin Hichardson
Atlanta
Bernhardt to Tell Life Story at First Methodist
I J Bernhardt secretary of the Prison association of Tennessee will address the Wesley clan at the First Methodist church Sunday morning at 9 30 oclock in the main auditorium. An ex convict his remarkable history will be introduced by Philip Weltner secretary of the Prison association of the state of Georgia. The Wesley clans have been doing special work in the prison camps.
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I. J. Bernhardt
Prison Association of Tennessee
Wesley Plaas
First Methodist Church
Mr. Bernhardt
Mr. Bernhard
Philip Weltner
Prison Association
Governor Cox to assess martial law in Dayton Ohio
Governor Cox will travel to Dayton tomorrow to confer with Adjutant General Wood about dispensing with martial law. Dayton has been under martial law since last month’s flood, and the move follows ongoing flood relief and security concerns in the region.
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Dayton
Columbus
Ohio
Cox
Wood
Motive of Fight Over Harris Census Director Post
Washington April 26 The motive of those opposing Williams for director of the census became clearer before the census committee of the Senate. The argument favored allowing the present director to serve to July to finish abstracts for the census figures. Durand’s removal and replacements are questioned as political. charges of extravagance against Duval and waste are raised. Durand’s resignation and continued service until June are discussed while the committee held on action.
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John Corrizon
Washington
Williams
Harris
Senae
Speginus
BG Pane Marand
Hscal
Duragd
Linke South
Turard
Durand
Burea
Smith
Duval
Wikins
West Virginia
North
Ww. D. North
Ormsby McHarg
Census Bureau
Frank H. Hitchcock
Civil Service
Sociological Congress Programs of May Meetings
The two May meetings at Atlanta Auditorium feature Gov elect John M Slaton presiding with music and prayers. Readings from President Wilson, talks by Richmond P Hudson Walter Rauschenbusch Owen R Lovejoy Julian Lathrop and Bishop Wilbur B Thirfield outline church social program child labor reform and federal cooperation.
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Sociological Congress
Alanta
John M. Slaton
8. D. Gray
Atlanta
Woodrow Wilson
W. W. Memminger
Atlanta, Ga
Great Destroyer
Richmond P. Hudson
Walter Rauschenbusch
Rochester
Verney Memorial Ghoreb
America
W. R. Hendrix
Owen R. Lovejoy
National Child Labor Committee
New York City
Federal Children’s Bureau
Julian Lathrop
Washington
DD. C
Public Health Delegates Hear Dr Nesbitt At Atlanta Conference
About a thousand sociologists split into conferences in Atlanta for a day of sessions. Dr Charles T Nesbitt of Wilmington NC urged persistent educational publicity, stressing vital statistics and local conditions to overcome conservative opposition and garner public health support.
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Atlanta
Charles T. Nesbitt
Wilmington
N.C
First Baptist Church
Shot Girl and Mother and Then Killed Self
Indianapolis Ind April 26 Charles Goozemann of Barroto Mexico son of a wealthy merchant shot and wounded Nellie Joyner 22 then wounded her mother after arrest he killed himself in the city jail reportedly after drinking poison Goozemann a recent dental college graduate was said to have been infatuated with Miss Joyner who rejected his attentions
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Indianapolis
Ind
Charles 3Oozmann
Barroto
Mexico
Mias
Nellie Joyner
Jall
Goozemann
Miss Joyner
Druggist Shot by Black Bandits in Chattanooga
In Chattanooga on a quiet evening Phineas Rogers a druggist at the Incline In St Elmo was shot by two negro bandits who fled toward Forest Hill Cemetery after grabbing cash from a register. Ted Brown 14 was wounded by a bullet that pierced Rogers and lodged in his shoulder. A manhunt began with a wave of anger and threats of lynching nearby.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Phineas Rogers
St. Elmo
Ted Brown
Forrest Hill
Fred
Rogers
Brown
Gukout
UBERTCLOSIS SERUM SALE BY FRIEDMANN IN AMERICAN RIGHTS
Dr F F Friedmann arranged the sale of American rights in his anti tuberculosis vaccine for 125000 dollars in cash and 1800000 dollars in stock in thirty six Friedmann institutes. A large wholesale drug firm is named as purchaser. Plans for distribution were stated but the contract had not yet been signed.
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New York
FF. Fried
Imana
Friedmann
Times
Judge A L Miller Goes 10 Ecuador
Judge A L Miller of Macon has been named by the state department as arbitrator in a major railroad dispute in Ecuador. The case covers operation plans of a large road and 3606,000 in past due interest on bonds. Miller, backed by Senators Bacon and Hoke Smith, will likely serve six months to a year with about 1000 dollars monthly pay, under a contract between Ecuador and bondholders.
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John Corrigne, Jr
Washington
A. L. Miller
Macon
State Department
Fcuador
Bacon
Hoke Smith
Aix
Ecuador
Guayanul
Quiterailroad
American State Department
Bryan
Als
AU Srnater Bacon
Georgia
Wilson
W. 7. &. Doyle
Erailroad Tin Bay Way
Pars
New York
Dr Atkinson and Fla. Childrens Home Leader Speak Today
Central Congregational church hosts two addresses by visiting Atlanta delegates for the Southern Ecumenical congress. Dr Henry A Atkinson will speak on Social Tasks of the Church of Today at the morning service, followed by Mareung C Flagg of Jacksonville delivering the evening address as a notable and entertaining speaker.
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Central Congregational Church
Atlanta
Southern’ Dociological Congress
Church of Today
Henry A. Atkinson
Florida Children’s Home Society
Mareug C. Flagg
Jacksonville
Acrva Eo Ey
Salary Act Declared Constitutional by Georgia Supreme Court
The salary act, converting Fulton county officials to annual salaries and turning fees into county revenue, was declared constitutional by the Georgia Supreme Court. Three opposing county officials had resisted the change, while others conformed, and a mandamus sought to enforce the act’s terms. The decision was reportedly prepared and to be announced within days.
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Fulton County
Supreme Court of Georgia
John T. Pendleton
Fulton Superior Court
Laset
Fulton
A. P. Stewart
T. M. Armistead
John R. Wilkerson
Wheeler Mangum
Arnold Broyles
Hugh M. Dorsey
Lowry Arnold
L. Z Rosser
Supreme Court
Mr. Kilpatrick
Powell
Hadley and Butler Indorsed for 1916 in Boston
Former Governor Herbert Hadley of Missouri and Nicholas Murray Butler were informally endorsed for president and vice president at a Middlesex club dinner in Boston. The discussion followed by Lang, a former Navy secretary, naming them as possible Republican nominees. Hadley stressed party unity and the need for two strong parties while Butler spoke on the party’s future.
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Boston
Herbert & Hadley
Missoun
United States
Nicholas Murray Butler
Middlesex Club
John D. Lang
Navy
Hadley
Columbia University
Weather Prophecy from Far South Coast Georgia
Local report forecasts a fair Sunday with a clear coast area and Monday fair. Indicates a low temperature around 35 and a high near 64 with mean values noting rainfall of 0.002 inches in the past 24 hours. Deficiencies are shown as 2.7 percent since the first of the month and a shortfall since January 1.
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Georgia
Falr
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Clayton
R. M. Clayton
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Public Works Committee
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Hadley and Butler Indorsed
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