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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1901
Page
7
Eiseman Bros. highlights value and quality in boys wear with items priced at 29, 39, 59 and 79 cents for shirt waists and megliages, 9 cents for linen crash pants, 23 cents for wash pants, and 25 cents for Crackerjack stockings. Half-price on all children's straw hats. Strong emphasis on madras and percale fabrics in small boys outfits.
Shoes and hats offered with a guaranteed value, emphasizing American-made quality. Tan Shoes by Hess at various grades from $2.69 to $8.50, Vici and Patent-Vici Oxfords at $3.69 to $4.95, plus summer straw hats half price as year-end clearance.
Offers on shirts and undergarments with prices from 69 cents to $2.00. Negligee shirts at $1.00, white stiff half bosom shirts, Scriven drawers, linen handker chiefs, and extra long night shirts. Neckwear, belts, umbrellas, and hosiery also discounted, promoting a cut price event.
Justice department releases Judge Arthur BU's answer denying all charges tied to Nome Alaska administration. He recounts chaotic Nome conditions with about 90,000 residents, widespread land claims forced by armed parties, and efforts to organize court amid coercion. He defends appointing receivers for placer mines, explaining unverified representations and the need to protect unemployed workers, and outlines safeguards placed on receivers' operations and assets.
In Lawton Oklahoma August 9 town lots sell briskly as two national banks bid along the street north of the court house. A corner lot goes to First National Bank for 950 with six hundred fifty average for first five hot plots. Deposits to banks exceed half a million as plans to block walkways and stake claims trigger contests against James F L Woods over the Woods homestead and an oil claim surfaces.
Miss Wstelle Reel, national chairman of the Indian School Association, completes a uniform course of study for the Indian school service. The program covers thirty-one subjects including agriculture baking basketry blacksmithing carpentry cooking dairying engineering gardening harness making housekeeping laundering printing painting sewing shoemaking tailoring and photographing. It aims to train Indians to be self-supporting and is the first such course in book form after three years of development based on field observations and input from Indian workers.
Washington reports a new national labor order organized to unite navy yard and arsenal workers across the country. The Navy Yard Employees Protective Association will include arsenal workers later. Officers include W. A. Craig president and Charles Watermeyer vice president. A strike for a nine hour day was discussed but harmony with the International Association of Machinists was noted.
In August the store reports a strong start with growing customer outreach. The note highlights mid summer savings and the value of forethought to compound interest, reflecting a positive sales trend and customer engagement.
Police link John Winters known as Buck Taylor to the Selby smelter theft at Vallejo. They believe the stolen bolt may be buried near his cabin or sunk in nearby shallow waters. Detectives found evidence tying Winters to the crime, while others including Peter Larsen and Peter Donaldson face scrutiny. Fifty men search Carquines straits bottom for the gold.
Fragmentary OCR notes a remedy claim mentioning Hood's Sarsaparilla as tone nerves and aid digestion and sleep. The garbled lines reference restoring health for widespread ailments and suggest a promotional tone typical of old advertisements. No clear event or date is present.
Hartford session of the Total Abstinence Union of America reelects D. S. MacGillicuddy as president and fills other offices. Next annual convention set for August in Dutique Iowa. Resolutions reaffirm abstinence, urge cooperation with non-Catholic groups, and condemn treating. Cable from Cardinal Rampolla in support. Also mentions Dr King’s New Life Pills advertisement.
David Nation, through his attorney, filed for divorce from Carrie Nation the temperance crusader. He alleges she ridiculed him publicly, neglected the family, and abandoned the home while she is visiting in Therta Ohio. The case was filed in Medicine Lodge Kansas on August 9.
Peacock's School for Boys at 223 Peachtree Street is a select preparatory institution in Georgia. It claims a thorough, individual approach, rapid advancement, and no entrance examinations for college admission. Address D C Feacock, Principal, for catalog and information.
Boston scientist Professor Pickering discusses Encke’s comet speed changes noting its arrival time isn’t constant as its period shortens by about two and a half hours per revolution. He suggests a resisting medium speeds the comet rather than slows it, with glimpses of the object visible to the eye.
The notice lists numerous parcels in Fulton County districts warded across Atlanta for sale at the courthouse door on the first Tuesday in September 1901 to satisfy state and county tax levies for years 1890s into 1900. Properties include numerous city lots fronting Reed, Loyd, Washington, Liberty, and other streets, with house numbers and dimensions, owner names such as Wakte Saylor I H Alexander N H Bullock Emma K Bridges J C Bridger Narcissus Cloud Mra I S Higby and others, and tax totals by year.
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