Root Garden Dance At Capital City Club
The informal dinner dance at the Capital City Club last evening centered on Misa Myra Whit of Montgomery as the attractive guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lovie Carhart. The party included Col and Mrs John J Woodside and R M Harris, with many other guests dancing and socializing. Also Miss Margaret Nelson hosted a small gathering in honor of Miss Margaret Wilkinson ahead of her departure for abroad with Mr. and Mrs. S F McBurney. Mrs Herbert Choate will host a bridge tea at Druid Hills Golf Club for guest Mrs T P Vincent of Athens Georgia and other attendees.
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Capital City Club
Misa
Myra Whit
Montgomery
Ala
Lovie Carhart
John J. Woodside
R._M. Harris
John Toler
J. W. Goldsmith, Jr
A. V. Gude
John Q. DuPres
Mra
Arthur, Clarke
Frank Freaman
Charlotte Meador
Sarah Schoen
Mary Nevin
Grace Goldsmith
Edith Miller
Caroline Shivers
Ernestine Campbell
Alberta Lewis
Sanders Hickey
Kendrck Smith
Baylor Hickman
Walter Stapler
A. J. Poole
Saunders Jones
Forney Wyley
Henry Walker Bagley
Dr. Hodge
Henry Lyon
Miss Wilkinson
Margaret Nelson
Fifteenth Street
Margaret Wilkinson
F. McBurney
Miss Nelson
Vincent
Herbert Choate
Druid Hilly
Golf Club
T. P. Vincent
Athene
Bridal Mourning Follows Train Death at Terminal
Mrs Otto Rehm travels from Atlanta to Brooklyn with her husband’s body after a fatal fall at Terminal station. Read her account of the shock, the wedding only hours before, and fears of foul play despite police and surgeon conclusions. The widow recalls the ceremony at North Avenue Presbyterian church and the sudden reversal from bridal joy to tragedy.
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Atlanta
Otto- Rehm
Brooklyn
Terminal Station
O.r.cott
Grofela
I. A
Providence
Central Avenue
Rehm
Kate Wilan
North Avenue Presbyterian Church
Twin Fig Added to Freak Vegetable Pile in Pageant
The freak vegetable contest reports another twin fig contributed Thursday by Georges Reeves of Jonesboro, his second this year. If fermenting continues, editors fear violations of Prohibition laws as the fig grows into a strong liquor precursor. Reeves raises the figs on his farm and says the editors are struggling to end the contest amid a flood of odd entries and jokes.
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Fic
Wayne B. Wheeler
Georges Reeves
Good Old’ Commonwealth
Jonesboro
Reeves
St Marys Bridge to span St Marys River in Ga
A 900 foot bridge to connect St Marys Georgia with Kingsland and Yulee is planned to ease Dixie Highway travel. The $75,000 span will be built by the St Marys Bridge Company after Camden county granted a franchise. Work could start in November with Georgia oversight.
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St. Marys River
St. Marys
Projet
Ingsland
Yulee A
Kingsland
Yulee
Augusta
Jacksonville
Wilde
Citizens of
War Department
J.5
N. Davis
The
Bridge Company
Atlanta
sNot
Wilde's Landing
Georgia
W. R. Neel
American Association of State Highway Officials
Highway Department of Georgia
Brunswick
Glynn County
Camden County
Folkston
Chariton County
Florida
Gee
Georgia Highway Department
Davis
Tragedy at Terminal as Conductor Dies in Atlanta
A Pullman conductor named Mr. Rehm, traveling from Atlanta to New York with his wife, collapsed at the terminal. Authorities say a head wound and cerebral hemorrhage caused his death, though foul play is not confirmed. The couple planned a wedding trip to Niagara Falls, Atlantic City, and Philadelphia before his sudden death. The wife recalls frantic moments with Travellers Aid and police confirming the fatality.
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Analey
West End
Atlanta
New York
Pullman
New Orleans
Brooklyn
Niagara Falls
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Travellers’ Aid Service
Mr. Rehm
W. 8. Goldamith
Tj Rhem
Census Bureau seeks homeowner data in Atlanta inquiry
The Census Bureau in Washington has appealed to the Atlanta chamber of commerce for help obtaining responses from homeowners about property values and encumbrances. Questionnaires are mailed to those reporting their homes as owned with encumbrances, and replies are kept strictly confidential with no information shared with state assessors or federal authorities, to be used for taxation purposes.
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Census Bureau
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta
Troop Move Rumor Ties Columbus to Virginia Watch
August 25 1921 reports say Norfolk and Western officials prepared three troop cars for southbound transport with possible movement after midnight. Columbus barracks hosted hundreds of troops as staff noted plans though officials denied destination. Pennsylvania officials claimed no movement between Indianapolis and Columbus amid unclear routes. A Huntington news dealer denied any Battle at Blair with deputies and said miners had only fired at an airplane.
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Columbus
Ohio
Norfolk
Western Railroad
Columbus Barracks
Norfolk and Western
Pennsylvania
Fort Benjamin Harris
Indianapolis
Huntington
W. Va
Louis’ Michaelson
Sol Logan
Associated Praga
Blair
Bank deposits rise sharply in state banks
Officials report that total resources of state banks surpassed 286.6 million on June 30 1924 up from 221.0 million in 1919 when Bennett took charge. Overdrafts show sound banking methods with December 2 1919 overdrafts averaging 7.49 million.
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State Banka
Bennett
Banking overdrafts fall as state banks report gains
The latest statement shows overdrafts cut to 1 329 090 dollars while checks and cash items held to prevent overhang drop from 2 953 000 in 1919 to 559 000 in 1921. Officials note state bank capital desks rise from 29 250 000 in 1919 to 34 059 000 in 1921, up 5 150 000.
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Tts
Bennett
Banking ‘Department
Agansea
Escaped Convict Captured in Roswell
Allen Solomon, 21 year old convict, escaped from fuarfis while being returned in a truck to the Bellwood convict camp Tuesday afternoon. He was captured late Wednesday afternoon at Roswell by Chief of Police Holmes of that city. He was turned over to authorities.
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Allen Solomon
Fuarfis
Bellwood
Tues
Roswell
Holmes
Bellwood camp inmate shot during escape attempt
An inmate identified as Wald, a Black man, was shot by guards amid an attempted escape at Bellwood camp. Another prisoner, Solomon, fled but was captured and taken to the infirmary where reports say he is not seriously hurt.
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Lwood
Emory
Solomon
Bellwood
Syheta
Emory plans news bureau run by journalism professor
Emory University plans a student news bureau under Professor Wightman F. Melton to gather and prepare city papers. modeled after the Georgia bureau but with distinct features. Three Atlanta newspaper correspondents enrolled at Emory will direct the operation. Also notes Spain's reputation for grace in Europe.
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Emory
University
NWI
University of Georgia
Georgia News Bureau
Wightman
Atlanta
Emory University
Spain
Europe
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Tim
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Jin West
Virginia
Plan News Bureau
Rich
Tye
Peachtree
Ponce de Leon
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