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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1915
Page
2
The seventh classified aquatic meet will be held at the Y M C A tonight at 3 15 inviting the public. About fifty top swimmers from the association will compete for nine event winners across classes A B C and include diving and obstacle relay.
In Newport R I on August 20 Norris Williams beat Griffin 6 2 6 2 in the tennis semi finals. Maurice E McLaughlin defeated N W Niles 3 6 10 8 6 3 9 7. Williams and McLaughlin meet in the finals tomorrow.
A teacup of lava-like Vitalitas from the Vitalitas mound in Texas is claimed to surpass all other known substances in medicinal power. Supposedly healing rheumatism piles and boosting liver vitality, the product is advertised as a condensed liquid extract with a teaspoonful dose. Display and samples are at Jacobs' Pharmacy, 23 Whitehall St.
Official statement says British submarine B-13 under Lieutenant Commander Layton grounded yesterday in the sound near Saltholm. Fifteen crew saved, fifteen missing. Follow up details to be released at noon. Also an admiralty notice reports British submarine B-23 destroyed during the forenoon of August 15 at the southern outlet of The Sound.
Reports from Petrograd say the German fleet has entered the Gulf of Riga and is engaging Russian warships defending the coast. The eastern front shows limited progress with German offensives at select points, while British troops land on the Gallipoli peninsula facing Turkish reinforcements.
Lingering reports from Petrograd and Berlin describe naval activity near the Gulf of Riga, Russian moves toward Moscow, and a wide set of battles across Poland, the Vosges, and the Bug to Brest-Litovsk. Official signals claim Heavily contested fronts with forts, trenches, and artillery duels.
RW Barsig of Parris and Land reports recent property sales in Atlanta and Decatur including a 3,400 dollar two room lot at 174 Glennwood Avenue and a 1,000 dollar four room house at 241 D'alvigny Street. Fifth Ward Improvement Club backs Maddox Park upgrades with a committee of ladies to cooperate with Park Manager Cochran and seeks increased park funding. Alderman Maddox and Councilman Johnson note ward improvements.
A compact record of warranty deeds loan deeds and building permits listing numerous transfers of land lots in the Fourteenth district including both warranty deeds and mortgage bonds. Names include Annie Netaniel McDaniel Groree Powell Jacob Spielsberger Mary L. D. Smith M. A. Massond Andrew Calvin H. Ware Ella Baer Miriam Pine s and others with parcels on Orme street Rice street Peachtree avenue and other local streets. Dates range 1907 to 1948 with amounts from 500 to 5000 and building permits filed for multiple residences and heating and garage projects.
Past Grand Master George M Napier presided as master of ceremonies at the dedication of the Beal Minor Lodge temple at Flat Shoals and Glenwood avenues. Mrs Rosa Ashby and Edward Lindsay spoke as leaders of the Eastern Star. The event featured a formal banquet for about 200 attendees and a DeKalb County Masonic convention formation. Gate City Lodge No 2 of Atlanta conferred master degrees with Henry Hynds presiding. Officers elected for the convention included T M Connally Cagle Hal Heviere and D Kinsey plus Pytha Burns as secretary treasurer.
St Paul bantamweight contender Ertle shaded Eddie Coulon of New Orleans in a 10 round bout. It was announced before the start that the winner would meet Hid Williams, world bantamweight champion. Williams has signed for a Sept bout, highlighting the looming title contention.
Kansas City August 20 Harris Weinstock of the federal industrial relations commission released a statement from Chairman Frank Walsh defending the main report while accusing the employing class of bribery suppression of free speech and other social crimes. Walsh said the Weinstock revelations will shock employers who denounced the commission and that employer claims about union busting wages hours and child labor fit findings backing the main report.
Douglasville Georgia August 20 Special In a county special election I F Winn Jr nominated over three opponents to succeed his late father J F Winn Jr won by a slim vote of 158 more than the next challenger Winn has served since his father’s death and will assume duties in the near future
Mobile August 20 The schooner Oscar G Mabie to Tunas De Zaza Cuba with lumber was wrecked in the gulf storm. Captain J Scott and all crew were saved at Havana by a salvage crew member unnamed. The Oscar G sailed July 22 for substitute cargo to Cuba. The cargo Denna Christina previously chartered was lost. all hands perished when that vessel capsized near sea. The bark Paolina, thought lost, weathered the storm. She was towing lumber from Pascagoula to Buenos Aires August 3.
Walter Baker & Co Ltd of Dorchester Massachusetts won the grand prize for superiority of cocoa and chocolate preparations at the Panama California exposition in San Diego California. The firm had recently received a grand prize at the Panama Pacific exposition in San Francisco.
Dixie Walker, released to the Cleveland American league club at the close of last season, has been turned back to the New Orleans Southern association club. He will report Sunday, the local management announced today.
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