Special bargains on two streets tempt home buyers
A sales pitch offers homes on two streets with promises of attractiveness and an inspection invite. The message urges quick interest, claiming the properties are beauties and not disappointing.
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1910
Page
5
A sales pitch offers homes on two streets with promises of attractiveness and an inspection invite. The message urges quick interest, claiming the properties are beauties and not disappointing.
Real estate brief notes a listing strategy offering large homes with nine to ten rooms. Emphasizes full service, valuation, and availability through a property agency. Mentions potential buyers seeking roomy layouts and modern amenities.
The General Assembly proposes amending paragraph second of article seven to strike the clause requiring English education only and to redefine the basis for taxation by counties. The governor orders publication in two newspapers per district, with voting instructions for ratification or rejection at the next general election, and directs the proclamation and publication process for public ratification. The document cites Joseph M. Brown as governor and Petlir Cook as secretary.
In Columbus on August 18 plans tied to Governor Harmon’s effort for peace in the streetcar strike include pressuring the Railway and Light Company to arbitrate. The union agrees to arbitrate, but the company has refused. Adjutant General Weybrecht warned he may eject the detective agency from the state if its actions incite disorder. Attorneys stated employers would curb abuse of powers. Mayor Marshall boosted plainclothes patrols and Sheriff Sartain added 100 volunteer deputies and citizens to curb stone throwing.
In Stanford Kentucky an unknown man and woman stopped a car in front of T P Eads home and demanded Mrs Made s baby of one year old. When she refused the woman threw carbolic acid on the mother and fled. Details are scarce and the location is distant from direct communication. Mrs Enda, formerly Miss Nettle Waller of Louatville, is the mother.
Mrs G A Fortmiller discovered her infant smothered and her mother Dorothy Bartell aged 68 cut with a razor in a locked Chicago home. Bartell later claimed a man attacked her with a rag. No signs of a struggle or robbery. razor found behind a bath tub.
Camp Perry Ohio August 18 heavy rain and wind swamped records as Lt. Clivettes Sturdevant United States Army Corps of Engineers set three range possible scores in the Lead match. Sergeant W A Fragner USMC posted a 383 in the presidents match. Colorado squadron defeated New York in the championship revolver team with 1 083 to 1 072. Major Townsend Colorado won the life members championship with 63 for second place. Lieutenant Hadinger Oklahoma took the trio prize. D A Dixon US Infantry won the rapid fire match. Team captains met to decide pre competition firing order for Friday and Saturday. Arrivals include Florida South Carolina New Jersey New York and Connecticut.
Berlin August 18 Landgrave Alexander Friedrich of Hesse descendant of the Hessian auxiliary who aided British forces in the American Revolution plans a discreet visit to the United States and Canada this autumn to avoid public notice.
Governor Joseph M Brown announces a proposed constitutional amendment to permit Augusta to increase its bonded indebtedness for waterworks and canal projects. The measure ties debt limits to property valuation and requires two thirds voter approval. It outlines valuation caps, ratification steps, and election procedures for the next general election on October 5, 1910.
New York August 18 Nothing has emerged to contradict daily progress toward ward recovery for Mayor Gaynor. Two bulletins by his physicians today were brief and optimistic stating he may sit up tomorrow and that his two youngest daughters Ruth and Marian may see him. Luke H Wright former secretary of war visited the hospital and spoke with Mrs Gaynor.
The Felder campaign committee presents a long record of T. Felder of Bibb County, noting admission to the bar in 1892 and service in the Bibb County House seats beginning 1900. It highlights Felder as a reformer and legislator on child labor, convict road work, franchise taxes, the state reformatories, vagrancy and labor contract laws, and the disfranchisement act. The document declares Felder a senator by 1896 and a candidate for attorney general, urged by the people of Bibb County as a worthy successor to Judge Hart, with A L Miller and George Jones listed as signers.
Frann W. Waterman president of Ramsey County State Bank received a straight thirty day workhouse sentence from Judge Pinahout in police court for speeding his automobile toward the city units.
Washington learns of the August murder of Gustar A. Rist, an American citizen, near Puyepoyo Bolivia. Minister Comb at Lime, Peru, reports Rist was killed by Augustin Hupf on July 12 as the State Department seeks further details.
The twelfth annual meeting of the Southern Nurserymen's Association will be held in Knoxville on Wednesday Thursday and Friday of next week in Chattanooga Tennessee August 18. Addresses by leading fruit growers and nurserymen of the south are planned. Officers include President Robert C. Berckmann Vice President W A Easterly and Secretary-Treasurer L A Smith all from Knoxville Tennessee.
The American Association of Opticians closed its thirteenth annual convention at Cedar Point. M. McDonnel of Columbus was elected president, succeeding H. J. Cooke of Knoxville. E. Arrington of Rochester was named secretary and A. L. Basking of St Johnsbury as treasurer. The 1911 convention will be at Salt Lake City Utah.
Washington August 18 the interstate commerce commission issued an opinion on coal car distribution by railroads among mines along their lines. The ruling enforces equal use of interstate carrier facilities and directs carriers to allocate cars accordingly to prevent favoritism and ensure steady shipment of coal. The decision stresses fair access to equipment for all mines served by the same railroad network.
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