This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 22 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1919
Page
6
Financial brief shows AOC at Mrarvel Quotations and bank clearings figures for Tuesday. Comparisons cite same day last week and year, with totals around 69 million and 7.8 million weekly and daily changes noted.
Market report lists cattle and hog prices in Atlanta with grade based figures. Good steers 650-1000 pounds fetch 60 to 1.0 per hundredweight, medium to good steers 550-750 pounds around 84 to 90, cows 760-350 pounds 7.50 to 8. Medium to good cows 650-750 pounds 7 to 7, and good to choice heifers 650-705 pounds 8.5 to 9.20. Prime hogs 105-225 pounds 18.50 to 30.50, light hogs 180-165 pounds 17 to 19, mixed hogs 200-220 pounds 18.50 to 20. Pigs 80-100 pounds 14 to 15.
Warsaw reports hostilities on the southeastern Silesian frontier as Germans attack Polish lines and occupy two villages. Poles retaliate by driving them out and seizing two German villages. Hoover orders US officers to help seek a cessation of hostilities. Berlin reports planned upper Silesia uprising and Polish troops en route to restore order amid a broad strike that has disrupted industry.
Two more deserters from the army, John Butterworth and Jesse Gravely, were seized in Monday night raids led by Revenue Agent D. J. Gantt and Lt. Ralph J. Bennett with Atlante provost guard. Earlier Sunday, two men were nabbed and 1,400 gallons of liquor were seized Monday night. Authorities say more deserters are hidden in mountains near Canton and Camp Gordon. Internal revenue officers also recovered thousands of pounds of sugar used for distilling.
Congressional and state officials from several wheat growing states plan a conference with Julius H. Barnes, president of the United States grain corporation, in New York next Tuesday to press complaints about U S wheat grades. Representative Young of North Dakota arranged the meeting with Barnes.
New York on August 19 reports a softer cotton seed oil market at the open with Inter firming on short covering. Final bids ranged SL to 41 points lower, with 4,800 barrels traded. Prime crude priced at 24, prime autamer yellow spat at 25, September at 25.25, November 21.45, and March pending.
A man identified as R. A. McCrenton, about 60, of Columbus, Georgia, collapsed on Peachtrees and Ellis streets in Atlanta Tuesday afternoon and died before aid could reach him. Detective Hamby found letters and notes in his pockets to identify him. Grady Hospital surgeons ruled heart failure as the cause. Officers said he had recently been in Atlanta only a short time.
Multiple notices report deaths and survivors across Philadelphia Atlanta McDonough and Gary Indiana. Individuals include Alice Craddock aged 50 of Philadelphia with daughters and siblings named, Lula Sorrow Inta Sorrow and Charles Winford Harris aged 16, plus Mrs H H Schrimsher and Henry G Hay Sr. Funeral details note burial in Kingston and residence services. The section blends bereavement with brief personal notes and a cartoon caption.
Readable fragments describe a community pageant east of Cobb near Marietta featuring maidens representing Physical, Intellectual, and Spiritual Forces. The procession honors Reconstruction era themes with singing, dedication to service, and a hopeful press-forward message led by groups styled as The Blue Crusaders and others.
The Marietta open-air pageant featured a vision of progress across physical social intellectual and spiritual forces. The army of Blue Crusaders showcased recreation for town and country, health training for workers, teaching for foreign children, and spiritual guidance to students. A march of progress titled Onward Christian Soldiers drew cheers as young girls performed, ending a night of hopeful civic spectacle.
Stockholm reports the reinforced British fleet concentrates against Kronstadt with the city said to be burning. Bolshevik submarine depot ship Vistkata reportedly sunk near Kronstadt Tolboukin light. Helsingfors says Bolshevik battleship Andrei Ferresvan and cruiser Patr Pavlovsk lost. British claim Petropavlovsk battleship and Andres Perveavan destroyer sunk. Russian cruiser damaged.
In August heat a fire destroyed Helena Montana's business section and endangered the American Smelting and Refining Company’s smelter. Great Falls reports say Monerch was threatened by forest fires creeping toward the mountainside. Bucket brigades held flames, while Ratticineke Valley residents near Missoula fled advancing fires. about two hundred forest firefighters fought the blazes to prevent further losses.
Baltimore August 19 about 3500 men mainly riveters and helpers at Bethlehem Shipbuilding sparrows point plant walked off the job today. In Dallas Theodore Roosevelt Memorial association delegates from five states fixed state authorities and dates for conferences including 50000 on September 25 and five million dollars for the memorial to be raised October 20 to 27. Two French scientists assert a method to test for chicken hive tuberculosis and other studies appear in the report.
A community event drew 2,008 spectators who joined a sing along led by Camp Gordon’s Charles P Morse before a symbolic drama. The performance featured a diverse chorus, local talent in acting and staging, and Wurm's Orchestra providing the musical backdrop. George Beyette led the choir with hymns while farmers contributed robust bass lines. The production, funded with about $350, showcased quaint foreign dress and a rotating procession as participants circled the set.
Marietta hosts a community pageant with women creating costumes from cheesecloth and dye, ivy wreaths from church gardens, and greco style gowns. Mrs Bessie Thornton Fields designed the cover and a poster for national use, showcasing Marietta as a pioneer in the W C A community event. Moving pictures of pageant scenes will tour U S playhouses.
Jonesboro Georgia August 19 Special Mrs J C Summers of this place has received a citation for bravery awarded her son Lieutenant Davis K Summers of the medical corps killed in action by a bomb dropped from a German airplane on March 4 1918 He served with the eighteenth infantry in the Toul see General orders No 6 dated June 9 1919 Brigadier General Parker issued the citation Summers born in Jonesboro a graduate of Atlanta Medical College practiced medicine in Atlanta and Chattanooga before entering the service
Victoria N J reports Albright of Gallatin Tennessee was elected president of the National Editorial Association. The group also decided to hold its 1920 meeting in Boston Massachusetts.
Telegraphed reports from Chicago announce the body of Floyd C. Rhinehart, a General Electric traveling auditor based in Atlanta, found in Lake Michigan. Rhinehart, about 31, previously of Salt Lake City, had been transferred to Schenectady earlier the season. He was living at 12 Alta Avenue in Atlanta.
A stirring appeal exhorts people to rally for progress and unity across mankind. It invokes rebuilding hearts and homes and calls for a cascade toward a future of true fraternity and shared purpose.
Forrest and George Adair announce two September 2 auctions of Atlanta estates. The Mitchell estate, in receiver sale, includes central business property and residences, with the 2 story brick building at 124 Whitehall fronting 20 feet, plus several other frame properties on Piedmont Avenue Summit Avenue Forrest Avenue and Highland Avenue. The Scoville estate includes two 2 story frame houses at 39 and 41 W Baker Street and a duplex at 230 Linden Street. Both sales occur in front of the Fulton County courthouse.
While playing Indian camp on the Hemphill estate near Bellwood on Tuesday afternoon, George Rakestraw ten was shot in the abdomen by Lawrence Brannon ten son of WT Brannon residing 360 East Fair street. J H Lewis 234 State street saw the accident and officers ruled it accidental with no fatal outcome.
Blondine asks for birthday allowances while Brunetta bets. Bionding references three pairs of delicate stockings in a dated, playful cartoon column from Cartoons Magazine.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.