Rickard closes million dollar Coliseum deal in Chicago
Chicago August 15 reports say Tex Rickard New York promoter bought the Coliseum for 1 million dollars. He reportedly plans a large pool installation and a chain of pools with John Ringling, with possible city installations. Coliseum president Charles Hall denies final sale.
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Chicago
Tex Rickard
New York
Rickard
Maaigon Square Garden
John Ringling
Charles R. Hall
Coliseum’ Company
Coliseum
V Richards to defend Southampton title
Southampton, N C August 15 The annual Southampton invitation tennis tournament opened at Meadow club with most prominent players receiving byes for the first round Vincent Richards the present holder Willis E Davis of San Francisco and several British Davis cup players participated William J Clothier former national champion had a tough assignment defeating J M Davies 8 6 3 8 6 1 Os G N Turnbull of Great Britain beat Charles Wood New York 6 0 6 3 Robert Kinsey of San Francisco defeated E T Herndon Princeton 6 4 6 1 and Howard Kinsey outplayed Dr George King New York 7 5 6 0
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Southampton
N. C
the Meadow Club
Vincent Richards
Willis E. Davis
San Francisco
William J. Clothier
J. M. Davies
Los Angeles
Os GN. Turnbell
Great Britain
Charles Wood
New York
Robert Kinsey
E. T. Herndon
Princeton
Howard Kinsey
George King
Karr Defeats Perry in 15-Round Welterweight Bout
Johnny Karr of Cleveland won the decision over Jack Perry of Boston in a fifteen round welterweight contest in Columbus Ohio. Karr dominated with his left and held the edge in most rounds tonight.
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Karr
Perry
Columbus
Ohio
Johnny Karr
Cleveland
Jack Perry
Boston
Lists Close for Candidates in Mountainal Primary
The entry ws for candidates to be voted on at the mountainal primary on August 31, closed Monday at noon with opposing candidates in every ward except the seventh. The eleventh hour entrants included Edgar Watkins for councilman in the eighth ward against James L. Wella and others for wards one through seven. Watkins, a prominent attorney, heads the executive committee of Oglethorpe University and serves as general counsel for the Wholesale Grocers association, active in Key rallies. The list shows qualified candidates for alderman and councilman plus city executive committee across wards.
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the. Muntainal
Pri
Mary
Houk
Edgar Watkins
James L. Wella
George KE. Churchill
A. Wardlaw
George N. Woods
T. F. Callaway
A. O' Meixell
Board of Education
Watkins
Ogiethorpe University
First Presbyterian ‘Church
Key
Candiantes
J -R. Seawright
Alt
W.C. Hendricks
A. Mairs
J. Wi. Hughes
J. E. Corry
Henry F. Garrett
Max Lonsberg
3. Featherstone
Bra
Amelia ‘Alen
A. R. Woodall
Fifth Ward
C. R. Garner
Foster Hunter
George Harris
W. Mullins
Tor
W. Maddox
Joan N. Owens
J.B. Simpson
J. H. Weaver
W. J.johnson
Minnie Hale
George Sims
W. C. Robinson
W. C. Jenkins
John P. Haunson
J .E. Jenkins
D.-M.sanderz
Local Officials and Ward Candidates Named for City Election
Fleming announced Monday he will not seek re election as meetings reveal proposed council candidates and executive committee members across wards. The list includes Norman Poole James Wells and many others with names like Baird Latking Gate and council hopefuls across the Eighth Sixth and Eleventh wards. The piece notes campaign financing from friends and mentions School District candidates in First Third and Fifth districts.
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Noah “Baird
Norman. Poole
Iancllman
Raga Datking
James J. Wells
Rezecuting Committee
Trar
Ivan Alén
Lawton
Nalley
Biggers
B. ML. Blackburn
Suilen Boehm
Elkin
Far Association Report Adopted by City Council
The council adopted the special committee report on the Southeastern Fair Association’s management of Lakewood commending operations. Ward boundaries were updated: Ormewood Park to the eleventh ward, federal prison strip to the third, West End Park to the seventh, and a north side district to the ninth. Ordinances zoning dance halls and pool rooms were approved and parking rules expanded on Ivy and Edgewood avenues.
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Southeastern Fair Association
Lakewood
Ormewood Park
Eleventh Ward
West End Park
Seventh Ward
Ninth Ward
Fred C. Woodall
Auburn Avenue
Edgewood Avenue
Ivy
Courtland Streets
Stinson Urges Better Feeling Between Races In South
Richard D. Stinson preached at St Paul A M church urging greater friendliness, trust, and mutual interest between white and black people as the path to understanding. He said the South can prosper if people align households with practical intelligence and moral intention.
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Richard D. Stinson
St. Paul A. 3
Hadley
Monticolo
Stinson
Crosstie Trade Heats Up in Georgia Wood Markets
Brunswick Ga August 16 Local crosstie dealers report strong activity with many large orders placed and tie cutters back at work in the woods. After a long standstill demand is expected to rise further and tie camps closed for months may resume operations in a few weeks.
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Brunswick
Spetial
Ers
British Champion to Enter U S Amateur Golf Tournament
London reports W J Hunt er British amateur golf champion will travel to the United States on Saturday to compete in the American amateur championship in St Louis in September. Also appears a legal notice naming creditors of Mrs Antes Wilson of Fulton County Georgia and an executor administering the estate with requests for formal creditor claims and debts due.
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London
W. J
Dougurt
Hquil Tarr
Acm
Bunich' Wilsor
Augusta
Proposals Wanted for Augusta Walton Way Paving
Augusta city council invites sealed proposals for paving Walton to Monte Sano plus ballast, excavation and curb work. Bids due noon August 27 and opened publicly. deposit required for proposal sets. Plans available August 11 with a refundable deposit. Council reserves right to reject any or all bids.
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Auguste
Council of
Augusta
Wotil
Eva
Bae
Walton
Milledge Road
Monte Sano
Jarantes
Ity
Greig
J. W. Weatmoreland
Clerk Inci
Anguatns
Frop
Walton’ Way
Monte Bano Avenue
Pete
Eo City Council
Har Jefferson County
Georgia
Atlanta foreman shot amid pneumonia fears in Winchester
F. M. Herndon, Western Union Telegraph foreman in Atlanta, was shot in Winchester Virginia after refusing to transport a lineman, P. V. Owens, back to Atlanta. Herndon, hospitalized with pneumonia, is reported as the shooter pursued Owens, who is jailed in Front Royal on assault with intent to murder charges.
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Atlanta
Western Union Telegraph Company
Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Hig Jeft Lemand
Herndon
P. V. Owens
Owens
Front Royal
Gaya Ago
A. LK. Winn
D. C. Lassiter
Dublin Financier Returns From Europe
Dublin, Ga August 15. Jezie Bashinski a Dublin financier in cotton circles returns from his annual trip to England Holland and Germany and offers financial conditions. He urges Americans to finance producers first and aid farmers especially during the next two months instead of focusing on thres or four.
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Dublin
Jezie Bashinski
England
Holland
Germany
Stolen cars reported. two soldiers escape from Camp Jessup
Two autos were stolen Monday from city center and a garage. D T Paschall of 314 Ashby Street reported his car taken from a central location while Mrs J Q Partain of 984 East North Avenue saw a thief vanish in her auto. Also two soldiers escaped from Camp Jessup detention barracks, described as Dean and Davis, one slim and brown haired, the other heavy and ruddy complexioned. Europe hosts Rotterdam’s vast floating drydock. Mrs J M Thirl? of Millwood, N. C. runs a farm aiding aged and helpless animals.
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D.T. Paschall
Ashby Street
Wera
Muntiny
Camp Jegsup
Dean
Davis
Ustit
Europe
Rotterdam
Appointment of Mary O'Toole as First Female Municipal Judge
Miss Mary O'Toole, a lawyer, has been appointed to the municipal court in Washington. It marks the first time a woman is named to this position, a notable milestone in local judicial history.
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Archig
Mary~ O'Toole
Washington
Hardwick Asked To Seek Apology For Mob Invasion
Augusta Ga August 15 Special Requesting that Governor Hardwick exact of Governor Cooper of South Carolina apology for the invasion by a South Carolina mob of Georgia jail last Thursday morning when over 100 South Carolinaans assaulted Richmond county jail to seize O Fox and Jesse Gappins confessed slayers of William Brazell Judge Henry G Hammona requests the Georgia governor to demand from South Carolina at least one mob member. The note cites interstate insult and urges delivery of offenders. The piece also covers prison transfers and a query about South Carolina’s responsibility for such breaches.
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Hardwick
Cooper
South Carolina
Georgia
Richmond County
O. Fox
Jesse Gappins
Wiliam Brazell
Henry GC. Hammona
Commonwealths
Carolina
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Augustan
Mexico
United States
Canada
Fakers Pose on Berlin People
Berlin reports a thriving but shady trade in fortune telling and hypnotism. About 600 chart readers, handwriting interpreters, and magnetism experts operate for small fees, often preying on the poor and middle class. By exploiting credulity, they promise quick wealth or future certainty, while many practitioners are uneducated or unscrupulous.
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Berlin
Germany
Ber[uum
Denmark
Austria
Hungary
Poland
Man Attacked by Robbers on Gilmer Street
C p Davis age 48 of 82 Houston street says he was held up by eight masked Negro highwaymen on Gilmer Street late Monday night. Davis suffered severe cuts to head and neck after resisting demands to surrender. His companion escaped. another report says a man was robbed on Rawson Street around 10 pm of $20 in cash and jewelry. Police investigating.
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Houston Street
Grady
Gilmer
Davis
C. A. Pepry
Central -Aren
Melton Elected President of Florida Dailies Association
Melton of Loughsonville Sendra manager of the Florida Associated Dailies was elected president at the conclusing session yesterday. Edward Tay? of the Miami Herald was also chosen for a key role as the association names Pugeldene and others in Miami.
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Quimby
Melton
Loughsonville
Sendra
Florida -M Tronchls
Florida
Beasion
Edward. Tayi
Miami Herald
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Elade
Pugeldene
Pnd
Miami
Meaghan Star Vehicle Triumphs In Canaan Premiere
A review notes Paramount’s Meighan star vehicle The Conquest of Canaan plays at Howard theater. Doris Kenyon and Diana Allen earn praise for Ariel and Mamie roles. The picture is hailed as one of the season’s best in the Meidian repertoire and a deluxe feature.
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Roth
Tarkington
Canaan
Paramount
Beach
Ariel Tabor
Doris Kenyon
Ariel
Tomboy
Diana
Alien
Mamie
Stranger Than Fiction and The Devil At Metropolis Strand
Review notes Katherine MacDonald in Stranger Than Fiction at the Metropolitan Theater and George Arliss in The Devil at the Strand. Highlights include an aerial circus climax and strong screen portrayals by Sylvia Breamer Lucy Cotton and Edmund Lowe in a dual program.
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Acme Metropolitan
Katherine eDonald
Metropolitan Theater
Katherine MacDonald
Anake
Strand
Banekr
George Arliss
Strand Theater
Arilas
Sylvia Breamer
Lucy Cotton
Ariisa
Roland . Bottomley
Edmund Lowe
Lavender and Old Lace at Criterion Delights Fans
The Criterion presents Myrtle Reed's Lavender and Old Lace in a refined film version by Renco Film. Stars include Alline MacDonald and a supporting cast as usual with daily showings and announced features at Rialto Strand and other venues.
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Criterion
Myrtle Reed
Theater
Hex Beer
Renco Film Company
Hodkinson
Greeks Resume War on Turks in Asia Minor
Smyrna August 18. The Associated Press reports the Greeks have begun a second offensive against Turkish nationalists. Turkish forces are retreating rapidly toward the Sakaria river with little resistance.
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Asia Minor
Forty Five Seamen Believed Drowned After Shipwreck
Kobe Japan August 15 Forty five seamen are believed to have drowned after the freighter Shoshu Maru was disabled by a typhoon and wrecked on Lodchoo islands. One crewman survived.
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Kobe
Japan
Lodchoo Islands
Oaily
Bids of German Ship Range From One Dollar Apiece to Heavy Sums
Washington August 15 German cargo vessels are valued from one dollar apiece to as high as 109000 according to bids seen by the United States Shipping Board Monday for the sale of the former German cargo ships and passenger vessels. Dan Doheny and S pany of New York valued both the Coosa and Yucca at one dollar, while other bids fell below a hundred thousand with the Casco bidding 130000 by Pace and Company of New York.
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United States Shipping Board
Sateo
Dan Doheny
Spany
New York
Coosa
Yucca
Casco
Pace,’ and Company of
Whitfield Chickens Stolen in County Stir Farmers
Dalton Ga August 15 Special Thefts of hundreds of chickens in Whitfield county have greatly stirred farmers many of whom have lost their entire flocks. Thieves drive chickens into coops on trucks in various sections. Two Murray county boys James Mosteller and Henry Ade have been bound over to the grand jury charged with involvement in the thefts.
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Dalton
Whitfield County
Murray County
James Mosteller
Enry Ade
Blackshear Tobacco Market Leads Georgia Prices
Blackshear Georgia August 15. The local tobacco market leads Georgia and South Carolina in prices received with today’s sales averaging about 25 cents per pound and top leaves selling up to 79 cents. Growers are pleased with current prices as geologists note England’s historic continental ties. A fourteenth century enameled goblet sold in Paris for 105000 francs. Dorothy M Rehfeld of Aterleen is said to be the only woman practicing law in South Dakota.
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Georgia
South Carolina
England
Europe
Paris
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Aterleen
South Dakota
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