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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1919
Page
1
A photograph by Francisi H. Brice documents a forthcoming department store project. The store will extend 100 to 120 feet along Alabama from Broad Street with a frontage of about 120 feet on Forsyth Street. Construction details include window and door space for a large retail frontage.
Washington dispatch reports Republican resentment over the president’s push to delay recess while addressing the cost of living. Gillett’s letter to the president sparks criticism as lawmakers fault recess handling and seek inquiry into US food exports to Europe, including Germany and Austria, amid war pressures.
A two month inquiry in New York and other cities probes if a coordinated tobacco ban campaign exists as liquor controls fade. The Association Opposed to National Prohibition names the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and anti nicotine forces, funding a nationwide drive with church and school outreach. James Arthur Leavy says the probe aims to reveal whether prohibitionists back tobacco crusade, citing Georgia and other southern moves while WCTU links nicotine to broader moral battles.
Fragmentary OCR mentions payments ranging from 239 to 100 dollars for many young men, some from well-to-do New Yorkers. Context and parties are obscured, but the note implies a financial scheme or coercive arrangement linked to gambling or vice. No clear names, dates, or locations are readable.
Meeting of business men to discuss important improvements as plans include a Statler type hotel and the largest office building for the Trust Company of Georgia. Murphy property purchase at South Broad and Hunter, 196000 dollars, plus other acquisitions and anticipated measures.
Fragmentary notice describes a site on Alabama Broad Forsyth streets for a department store. It mentions a bound building project by Captain and Mrs. Mary F. Rowland and references a large planned establishment south of Philadelphia. Details are incomplete and unclear.
Railway shopmen leaders call for an official strike vote to press wage increases. The action targets American railways with large staff on Southern and Canadian lines, affecting tens of thousands of workers and potentially triggering widespread industrial action.
A labor front in Washington advocates government purchase and joint operation of railroads, urging profits shared with the public and workers. The move, linked to broader calls for nationalizing all utilities, frames a potential strike threat involving 2,200,000 railway workers as a test of Wilson's democracy promises. The notice portrays labor as demanding profit sharing and an end to treating workers as mere commodities.
A damaged weather note reports showers forecast for Washington with uncertain spellings. It mentions high and low temperatures and rainfall data for the past 24 hours and monthly excess figures. Names and dates are unreadable. the item reads like a brief local weather bulletin with garbled terms.
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