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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1903
Page
11
A fashion column discusses the rise of long coats over short skirts for walking gowns, the dilemma of the small woman, and the shift toward trained skirts. It notes long stole furs, lighter gray and ermine options, ostrich plumes, oversized hats, continued white ensembles, heavy embroidery, and white buckskin shoes as popular for autumn and winter.
A concert at the Piedmont Driving Club features Two step and selections by Ellis Grey Luders and Tilzer with an intermission and more tunes. Al fresco watermelon cutting hosts and many Atlanta residents attend. Frequent society notices follow, naming visitors, hosts, and travel to nearby resorts and cities.
Miss Morris hosts Ella Pope's party with ten guests for a six handed deadre game. Atlanta visitors include Wood, Holy, Foote, Stills, Marbut, Reardon, and others. Nashville’s Ada Scott Rice visits Austell kinsfolk. Mrs Sickles hosted lunch for Austell and French ladies. Anna and Mattie Taylor return to New York after Virginia trip. Mrs Healey suffers a broken arm from a fall at home.
The latest release features a gold disk shaped cuff link pair set with Torque's Matrix design. The new links showcase modern styling and premium craftsmanship for formal wear.
A permit issued by Building Inspector Pittman allows T A Weedon to spend about 300 dollars on improvements at the old Humphries and Glenn street car barns. Weedon plans a Georgia factory to saw blocks of box wood apple and other species for shabbing spindle and machine parts used in cotton mills. The cedar and other woods will be shipped to finishing plants, with much destined for foreign markets including St Petersburg Glasgow and elsewhere. Weedon has operated southern factories from Richmond through the Carolinas but is moving to Atlanta after surveying Georgia and Alabama.
Southern railway announces an excursion from Atlinta at 8 p m on August 71st visiting Atlantic Beach Jacksonville Brunswick and Cumberland Ireland. See display for details. Enjoy scenic views healthy climate and pleasant society at Tete Spring with healthful waters.
Joseph Hirsch plans to seek the fourth ward council seat this fall. A letter from Hirsch, then in Atlantic City, confirms he will enter the race and announce soon, after recovering from illness. He has previously served as councilman and alderman, with A. C. Bruce also in the race. Colonel George W. Harrison said he will not run for alderman, citing his duties as water board chairman.
Washington Seminary emphasizes small class sections of eight to ten, enabling teachers to give personal attention. The faculty comprises graduates from notable institutions and teachers with European experience. It offers special college preparation and admits on certificate to top northern colleges. Boarding is limited to twenty to preserve a home-like Christian environment. Address principals 36 E North Avenue Atlanta or phone 2047 North.
The street committee and railroad men met in Mayor Howell's office to consider sharing maintenance and painting expenses of elt bridges and viaducts. Railroads cited annual painting costs around $6.20 per bridge and estimated total city railroad cost under half sharing at about $1,500 yearly.
Mr. Montague Foote, formerly of Atlanta and most recently a New York resident for ten years, returns to the city drawn by promising prospects in advertising. An expert ad writer, Foote says Atlanta offers a broad, growing field for a savvy, energetic professional who keeps up to date with industry trends.
Go on the .00 excursion to Jacksonville Brunswick and Cumberland Island and 4.50 Atlantic Beach. Friday August 1st. Tickets good three days.
Tickets on sale for Saturday morning and evening trains. Return valid Tuesday after sale date. Ticket offices at No 16 Wall Street and Union Depot. Howe the Photographer offers best photographs at 7 North Pryor Street.
Congressman Livingston, returning to Atlanta from Washington, secured a pardon for Melvin Harris of Atlanta, a private in the Fifteenth Infantry who twice deserted. Harris was sent to Fort McPherson, then pardoned by orders from Fort McPherson after a court martial sentenced him to two years. General Chaffee cut that to one year. Livingston also secured a civil service agent appointment for Joe Wallace of Conyers at $150 monthly plus expenses, against civil service objections.
Advertisement promotes Hereford's Acid Phosphate as a tonic for loss of appetite and debility especially in women and children. It claims to support nerves and provide strengthening effects as a treatment and tonic.
The Barnum Bailey show plans a two day Atlanta engagement with ninety two cars for equipment and thousands of seats reserved. The article extols the largest canvas ever made and a parade of elephants camels and gilded wagons, promising acts foreign to American stages and a spectacle produced under Monsignor Kiralfy.
County convicts to be employed to raise grades and renew paving near the future Union passenger station. City to provide dirt and supervise under city engineer plans. Widening of Madison avenue by 15 feet planned. railroads donate land worth $80,000. Atlanta Terminal Company may advance funds to avoid delay. Property owners may seek damages in court.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat feature echoes sensational advice against suicide via Electric Bitters, praising its tonic and nervine qualities. The prose segues into romantic verse praising multiple names such as Inga, Eloise, Clementine, and Haut?llo, framed as a lover’s homage to several women and their charms.
A playful verse asks how many changes in nouns yield new words such as bowls to bowlder lambs to llama drams to drama bats to battle rats to rattle folks to focus crooks to crocus quarts to quarter ports to porter fans to phantom banned to bantam aches to acre fakes to fakir wraps to rapture capa to capture sume to summer plume to plumbert nicks to slekes picks to 4 picks capes to caper tapes to tapir tons to tunnel and fungeit
Mayor Howell invites prominent manufacturers educators and businessmen to city hall to discuss a distinct Atlanta exhibit for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis next year. Georgia’s $80 000 appropriation and Atlanta’s 5 000 school pupils plus 14 000 in public schools bolster the push with Secretary Walter G. Cooper aiding.
Bradstreet’s notes improved prospects in the financial center and stronger fall trade in dry goods, clothing, hats, shoes, and millinery across Western, Southern, and Eastern markets. Pig iron sales firm, wheat and flour exports rising, live animal movement up, and westbound freight increasing despite railway congestion.
Dun’s Review notes August earnings gains for railways, heavy merchandise distribution, and steady staple prices. It cites prompt collections, reassuring crop news, and a $1,461 loss in exports versus last year with imports down $2,127.57. Iron and steel hesitations arise from labor disputes. cotton goods show modest demand. men’s wear woolens stay firm. heavy shoe purchases rise. hides remain weak. U S failures total 174 vs 196 last year.
Chicago reports cattle receipts of about 3000 with steers priced from 4.74 to 5.40 and hogs rising to 5.65. St Louis shows 2000 cattle with native and Texan steers from 4.25 to 5.30, hogs to 5.80, and sheep around 3.60 to 5.00. Regional totals include calves, cows, and stockers with varied prices.
A fifty boy New York Symphony Orchestra will headline the bill at the popular play house in the woods next week. The organization has gained high praise, with critics noting its demanding repertoire and strong financial value. The act is expected to be a major highlight of Atlanta's summer opera season, following successes in the north and east.
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