City Fathers Meet Amid Busy Council Agenda
The Atlanta city council meets in an adjourned session this afternoon to act on Peters street franchise and Boulevard extension issues delayed after a two week hold. Minor items from last week’s meeting will be disposed of, with several committees set to report next Monday.
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Peters Street
Atlanta Rapid Transit Company
Aldermanic Board
Boulevard
Fierce
Fincher
Atlanta
Gradly
Grady
Ordinance
Street Railway
Stight
Atlanta Railway and Power Company
Whitehall Street
Windsor Street
Southern Paving and Construction Company
Chattanooga, Tenn
BE. S. McCandleas
Venabie Bros
Minter Wimberly
Macon
Roland Ellis
Twenty-Second
Kimball
Wimberly
Mount Airy
Emory Speer
Elis
Charles L. Bartlett
Congress
Judge Bartlett
Ells
Ellis
Judge
Millis
Bibb
John F. Reading
Barnesville
Pike
Monroe
Senatorial Executive Committee
Monroe County
Bibb County
Billia
Senate
Bartow Willingham
Worsyth
Dupont Guerry
Querry
Railways Meetouts and New Appointments Signal Shifts
Roadmasters and general division superintendents vow productive talks shaping future system management. Clinton Franklin joins Kansas City Southern in Equitable room 30 as a hustler. routes planned via Kansas City, Port Arthur, and Memphis to attract Northwest and Southwest business. Excursion rates listed for numerous associations. Seaboard Air Line expands board. Santa Fe changes California excursion days. multiple railroad earnings reports show rising gross and net figures across lines.
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General Division
Clinton Franklin
Kansas City Southern
Iis
Equitable
Memphis
Choctaw
Howe
Ind. T
Northwest
Kansas City
Port Arthur
Southeastern Passengers Association
Supreme Circle of Benevolence
Williamsburg
Waomats
Crawford
Miss
Lay Members
Atlanta
African Methodist Fipiscopal Church
Duluth
National Rifle Association of America
Sea Girt
N. J
Grand Idolize Knights of Honor of Mississippi
Jackson
Columbus
Epworth League
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Arcola
South Atlantic Educational Association
Montgomery
Ala
African Methodist Episcopal Zion
Benton
Warmers’ Institute of Agricultural and Mechanical College
Starkville
Mass
National Association of Letter Carriers
Chattanooga
Tenn
Grand Fountain Union
U. T. BR
Richmond
TalMilah Falls
Odd Fellows
Northern Central Railway Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company
Contest of Coupons for Buffalo Expo Draws Statewide Interest
The Constitution sponsors a grand coupon contest for trips to the Buffalo New York exposition. Gov. Allen D. Candler Switzerland indorses the effort and says he will watch the outcome with interest. Contestants in Atlanta and beyond mobilize, collecting thousands of coupons and recruiting leutenants in multiple cities to compete for the valuable prizes as the race tightens toward the finish.
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Allen D. Candler
Atlanta
South
Buffalo
New York City
Death of Valeria Vena Aged 2
Valeria Vena two years old, daughter of Mr and Mrs W M Veno of 256 Mangum street, died at 1 yesterday afternoon. Funeral scheduled for this afternoon at 2:30. Interment at Hollywood.
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Valeria Vena
Valeria Veno
W. M. Veno
Mangum Street
Hollywood
Funeral of E Campbell Waters in Oakland
E Campbell Waters six year old son of Mr and Mrs J C Waters died at home No 1 McAfee Street late Saturday night and was laid to rest yesterday afternoon at Oakland at c o'clock.
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E. Campbell Waters
J. C. Waters
McAfee Street
Oakland
Miller to Join Northern Lines Traffic Structure in August
It is learned that Miller will occupy a role akin to Stubbs on the northern lines and will become traffic director for three roads with the Burlington vice presidency and an office similar to Stubbs. A two traffic board is planned to harmonize policy with other lines, with listed executives from Santa Fe, Rock Island, Alton and others.
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Chiccago Record-Herald
Harriman
Northwest
Middle West
Darius Miller
Great Northern
Chicago
Burlington
Northern Pacific
Miller
Stubbs
Illinois Central
Alton
Three Roads
Paul Morton
Santa Fe
Johnson
Rock Island
Felton
Harathan
Almos Central
McCullough
Northwestern
Bird
St. Paul
The Passing Throng and a Secret Chinese Lodge in Atlanta
A long historical note recounts the 1885–86 Jekyl Island land dispute and the rise of the Jekyl club as a southern rival to Tuxedo. It then describes a Chinese Masonic lodge at 1 East Hunter Street in Atlanta with Yong Lei as Worshipful Master, portraying its secrecy, purpose to aid Chinese residents, and initiation curiosities amid broader city news on Colonel Wimberly and local politics.
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Jeky Island
Brunswick Harbor
Nature
Atlantic Sea
Savannah
Jekyl Island
Pierre Lorillard
Jekyl
Lorillard
New Jersey
John B. du Bignon
New York
Union League Club
Fifth Avenue
DeWolf
Mr. Lorillard
duBignon
Ade
du Bignon
Hunter Street
Yonge Tee
Li Hung Chang
Yong Lea
Elr
Yong Lee
Atlanta
Yong Lei
Camp life at Demorest Georgia YMCA outing report
A Cadet style account by Homer Leigh Hunt describes a YMCA camp at Demorest Georgia with Professor A. G. Willee guiding Bible athletics and outdoor recreation. The narrative covers August activities, mountain views from Mount Yonah, river and waterfall excursions, weather challenges, and camaraderie among campers including names of participants.
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Willee
Richard
Ery
Georgia
Cascades
Soque Falls
Porters Mills
Nacooches Valley
Mount Yonah
Tallulah Falla Amg Canon
Mount Airy
Toovca Fally
Nacoochee Valley
USA
Nacoochee
Blue Ridge Range
North Carolina
Dehorest
Tallulah Falls
Taihuah Falls
Lodare
Tempesta
Hurricane
Oceana
Demorest
A. G. Willee
Messia
Guy Bush
Ernest Waitt
D. O. Daugherty, Jr
Will Taylor
H. L. Hunt
Alex Blackford
Oscar Rauschenberg
Tom
Palm garden opening tops Lyceum theater vaudeville
The Lyceum theater opens with a lavish Palm garden spectacle tonight. Theodore Martin's Chicago orchestra, Mabel Casedy and her chorus, and a strong vaudeville bill promise a memorable show with no price increase. The Columbia theater also plans a fall season with Klimt-Hearn Company as lead attraction.
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Palm Garden
Lyceum Theater
Theodore Martin
Chicago
Mabel Casedy
Anderson
Dut Hag
Ty Gerphde Mansfeld
Carl Wilbur
Fox
Foxie
Clayton
Deshon
Prome Wild
Scott
Judge
Raymond
Caverly
Eald
John
Bertha Gleason
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Grand Army of the Republic
Cleveland
F. Austin
Maine
Kangag City
Seaboard Air Line
J. M. Bart
Portsmouth
F. R. Pemberton
B. B. Addison
George R. Watts
Durham
California
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
Central of Georgia Railway
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Trinily Central Railroad
Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley Railway
Laveacle Rce
SAS
Joverner
Constitution
Homer Leigh Hunt
Co. A. Camps
Demorest, Ga
Union Labor
Ty Stu
Columbia Theater
Klimt-Hearn Company
George Amit
Klimt-earn Company
Clay Clements
The
New Dominion
BETES
RDI Wister
Cctchale S
Washington, D. C
Norfolk
Potomac
Mount Vernon
Old Dominion
Washington
Baltimore
Norfolk and Bay Line
Artelah
Petersburg
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