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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1919
Page
8
Men and women compete in a large drive to raise funds for the Gray reunion as subscriptions will be announced at 1 O clock and a mass meeting at night will feature the drive. About 100 teams will start Monday from the chamber of commerce hall at 10 o clock, with each captain leading ten team members.
A historical religious essay argues that the Fall cursed both earth and humanity, causing nature’s tribulation and promising future redemption. It links scriptural prophecies from Genesis, Enoch, and Paul to a Mormon view of a dying and quickened earth, a coming millennium, and a renewed creation parallel to resurrection. It cites Doctrine and Covenants and the Book of Mormon, urging readers to obtain the Vitality of Mormonism series from The Gorham Press.
Women and men organize a city wide drive with sixty plus women team captains selecting ten workers each. Luncheon of 409 leaders at Capital City Club to report progress and push subscriptions beyond sixty thousand dollars. Final mass meeting at the Auditorium with speeches and acts from local theaters planned.
Macon Ga August 2 Special blood poisoning from an unidentified insect bite caused the death of Mrs A A Thomas 325 Reid Street at Macon hospital after lingering a week The bite was on the tip of her finger She was 24 and survived by her husband and son Arthur Thomas.
Macon Ga August 2 Special Pastor TD EHis of Mulberry Street Methodist Church sails to Havana Cuba for the Preachers Institute of Cuba to be held August 13 18 He will address the institute daily and visit Cuban sites where Methodist work is active prior to the opening.
Labor day will be the occasion for a large victory celebration in Atlanta on September 1 organized by union groups. A parade at Lakewood park will feature uniforms, floats, and displays of labor achievements while an afternoon athletic program and a $1,500 entertainment show with fireworks are planned. Committees handle marching line, invitations, music, badges, floats, and programs with numerous local names listed.
Americus Georgia August 2 Special Stewart Prather prominent local businessman suffered an involuntary bath in a perfume display at the Americus Drug Co store. He toppled a fragile cage containing valuable extracts, soaking his clothes and causing roughly 500 dollars of perfume to be ruined or damaged according to store manager Nathan Murray. The strong odor could be detected blocks away.
In Barnesville Georgia on August 2 Pierce Owen is summoned to Topeka to be with his wife as she dies at her father J. J. Moore's home, just after he prepared to attend his sister Lea Hunter's funeral. Both women were well known in the community. Mrs Hunter had moved to Griffin last year.
Quitman chamber of commerce plans a publicity drive to attract newcomers and, faced with housing shortages, launches a building campaign to create housing for both white and black residents. Officials say every boarding house has more applicants than it can accommodate as employers seek shelter for newcomers.
Holcomb Ge August 2 Johan Riis, Tate Mountain hotel superintendent, reports his brother Edward Riis, New York city newspaper reporter, has been awarded the Danish War Cross for work in Copenhagen during the war as representative of the American publicity bureau. The Cross is among the oldest European honors. It was previously conferred on Riis' father Jacob A. Riis, making three generations of recipients.
In Moultrie Ga August the new Apalaha circuit reduces the southern circuit to four counties. The split takes Conk Berrien and Cinch from the southern, leaving Colquitt Lownden Brooks and Thomas in the southern circuit. State legislature actions noted amid this reorganization.
Macon, Ga August 2 Special Walter A Harris former brigadier general and American Legion of Georgia chairman will announce the executive committee for the state next week. Harris authorized July 16 to appoint fourteen members from each district and state at large to form the 14 member panel. Committees and invitations from Savannah Atlanta Cartersville Augusta Thomasville Waycross Macon fly to host the October convention as the legion targets 25000 members by fall.
Macon Georgia August 2 Special The mayor and council in special session pass an ordinance regulating weapon sales after reports of firearms and ammunition reaching irresponsible people including a threat to many negroes The ordinance requires daily dealer reports and enforcement details.
Fragmentary text notes a county permit and unrest nationwide prompting council action. Key names and places are unclear in the source, but the excerpt indicates local government response to wider turmoil. The readable material focuses on permit context and subsequent official measures.
Athens Ga August 2 Special An auction sale of pure bred hogs to be held at the Georgia State College of Agriculture Athens next Thursday. Forty boar pigs from Duroc Jersey Poland China Hampshire and Berkshire breeds consigned by Georgia breeders. Some pigs inspected and passed by college representative. Sale part of Farmers week at the college expected to draw farmers from across the state.
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