Great Freight Terminal Planned for Southern
Great Interest has been aroused among railroad men over plans for a half million dollar Southern freight terminal complex. Excavation for the retaining wall is under way as offices and multiple stories rise on Mitchell Street. The project aims to create one of the South’s best equipped freight hubs with a two floor layout for deliveries and a 900 car parking yard below Peters Street. Construction could begin within sixty days per Sunday edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constitution
Southern
J. S B. Thompson
Mitchell Street
Peters Street
Equitable
Louisville and Nashville
Madigan Avenue
Terminal Station
Madison Avenue Street
Terminal Wall
Petera Street
Teanette Street
Thikipoint
Will Postpone Investigation by City Water Works Panel
Councilman T. D. Longino says the waterworks inquiry will not convene until J. Willie Pope, currently in New York, returns in about ten days. The committee, appointed by the mayor, has power to investigate the department, its needs, and report to the city council. Core issues include whether to buy a new Hemphill station pump and delay in filters, amid months of friction and muddy water. Members include Longino as chair, H. M. Beutell, J. Wille Pops, BE Stearate i Vad Winkle, and City Engineer R. M. Clayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. D. Longino
J. Wilie Pope
Hemphill Station
Citizens
Mores
YTC
H. M Beutell
J. Wille Pops
Stearate i Vad Winkle
R. M. Clayton
Man shoots sweetheart then targets self in Chicago tragedy
In Chicago August 26 Louis Sattler shot his sweetheart Hat Tie Matecht in the presence of her mother sister and brother and then turned the revolver on himself. He claimed justifiable shooting as the girl kept courting him for five years before refusing him. He whispered he was not sorry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Louis Sattler
Hat‘tie Matecht
Samler
Artistic China inow department offers imported English wares
The department features the choicest imported Chinese and European items including full dinner sets tea sets dessert ware and decorative pieces. Attractive patterns and moderate prices are emphasized with a broad range of plates baskets and serving ware.
Davis Leaves for Arkansas
State Lecturer G M Davis of the Georgia division leaves for the national Farmers Union convention in Little Rock to address the Alabama state convention in Andalusia and then help fix the cotton price for the next year. Georgia leaders attending include C R Barrett F Duckworth John J Lee L Barron J G Eubanks J M Hart and Z R Taylor. Davis notes 1115 new local unions chartered since the state convention adjourned with about 50 more ready to charter in twenty five days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Davis
Georgia
National Convention of Farmers’ Union
Little Rock
Ark
Davis
Alabama
Andalusia
Georgia Organization
C. R. Barrett
F. Duckworth
John J. Lee
J. L. Barron
J. G. Eubanks
J. M. Hart
Clayton County
Z. R Taylor
Dodge County
Brunswick Man Drowned Crossing Steamer To Dock
The funeral for Olsen was held at 10 o'clock from his George Street home. A widely known Brunswick resident, he died in a drowning incident Sunday morning after slipping from a steamer Evans onto a lighter at Mallory dock, striking his head and sinking. He was 43, survived by a widow and three children. Olsen had lived in Brunswick for twenty years and was a steward with a large circle of friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Specia
Left Olsen
George Street
Mr. Olsen
North Georgia Electric reports city grant extension
North Georgia Electric Company directors filed a report with the city clerk noting a resolution accepting another year for completing conduits in Atlanta. The August 16 directors' meeting in Cincinnati adopted the extension to June 27, 1908, as the franchise expired that day due to failure to lay conduits and furnish lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Georgia Electric Company
Cincinnati
Major Erastus Pomeroy Court Martialled Rioters in City
A city riot roundup is led by Major Erastus Pomeroy in a court martial style. Recruits including Maggie Daniels and Hattie Moore face sentences from 30 days in the stockade to fines or state-court binding. The Major rebukes rioters, cites discipline, and closes with a peace urging poem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magele Daniel
Fraser Street
Summer Hall
Jaya
Shakespeare
Webber
Light Brigade
Erastus Pomeroy
Tornado Strikes Woodsfield and New Castle Area Destroying Homes
In Wheeling on August 26 a tornado hit Woodsfield and nearby New Castle Ohio wrecking several buildings. A two year old child was killed when ripped from its mother and carried about a quarter mile. The same day the comptroller of the currency called for bank condition statements as of August 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Torsnado
Woodsfield
New Castle
Ohio
Samuel Bartemus
National Banka
Washington, D. C
Comptroller of the Currency Today
No Rate Named for State Fair
Georgia State Fair Association officers discuss railroad fare reductions for the Atlanta event October 10 to 26. Railroads have not yet acted on the secretary’s request for a fair rate, though annual reductions have been offered in past years. A meeting of administrative officers in Atlanta may settle the issue, crucial to the fair’s finances as ticket revenue supports exhibits and midway features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia State Fair Association
Georgia
Atlanta
Frank Weldon
Fair
Alanta
Fair Association
Weldon
British Law Legalizes Polygamous Marriages Debate Ends
In Britain the marriage bill to legalize a man taking a deceased wife's sister has passed Parliament by 96 to 54 votes. The measure, debated for years, moves to formal approval and affects family law and succession rules across the country. The historic vote ends long standing restrictions on such unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Will Organize Club for Boys in Atlanta
A mass meeting is set for 4 30 this afternoon in the council chamber to consider a committee report on organizing a boys club. Walter O Foote chairs the committee, George C Dorr is the proposed organizer, and over 1300 invitations have been sent. The plan includes a library gym baths and a nominal fee to ensure broad access. The club is to be located behind Trinity church in a former arsonage recently overhauled for use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter O. Foote
Foote
7. K. Orr
Committee On Organization
Atlanta
George C. Dorr
Trinity Church
Woman Throws Carbolic Acid at Insane Patient
Lincoln August 26 a hospital attendant died in agony after a patient named Irene Nickel, who is described as insane, threw carbolic acid into her face during the night. The attendant had been kept handcuffed but escaped and took the acid from a medicine chest. The patient believes she has been attacked by the attendant. The Canal Record announces upcoming publication and staff changes at the Isthmian canal commission newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
Jay Gallogly
Baile, Sanitarium
Irene Nickel
Army circular bars private arrests by non-coms
Washington August 26 A military circular forbids non commissioned officers from sending armed private soldiers to arrest soldiers in Leave nworth or elsewhere Bellabie non coms will be used when arms are necessary and no private premises may be entered without an officer of the peace and a police escort The order stems from a Fort Leavenworth incident where two soldiers were arrested for carrying arms and trespassing while seeking an absent company member The fort of London is mentioned in passing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
of Leavenworth
Bellabie
Fort Leavenworth
Alent
New Through Train Between Atlanta and Meriwether
Central of Georgia Railway and Atlanta and West Point Railroad operate a daily through train from Atlanta Terminal at 4 10 p m to Meriwether White Sulphur Springs Ga leaving 7 59 a m. Weekend and summer tourist tickets offered at very low rates with details from district passenger agent W H Fogg in Atlanta Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central of Georgia Railway
Atlanta and
West Point Railroad
Atlanta
Meriwether White Sulphur Springs
Terminal Station
W. H. Fogg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Maddox-Rucker Banking CO
Alabama and
Broad Streets
Great Freight Terminal
Waterworks Committee
Sattler
Artistic
China
Maier & Berkele
Arkansas
Farmers’ Union
E. W. Grove
Waa
Head
Major Pomeroy
THE
PEN
Than’ the
Hy Gordox
Noel Hartel
Pomeroy
Jedge Briles
Eraatus Pomeroy
Hater
Eye of Justice
Maggie Daniel
Anderson and Gallaher
Hattie Moore
Hattie Tanner
Mary Cummings
Henry Barnes
Adolph Andrews
Evelyn Harris
John ‘Cummings
Anena McClendon
Shepard
Anderson
Gallaher
Maggie Daniels
Grosers
Railroads
Britain
Indi
South
Alan Coal Co
Office Gould Bic
Decatur Sr
Atlanta, Georgia
Ina Sanitarium
Trounle Bluheau
Rew
Canal Commission
Panama
Canal Record
Joseph Bucklin
Isthmian Canal Commission
Tishep
Trouble Bureau
Iwll
London
Au Lind Port
Eiseman Bros
Haberdashery
New Falls
Whitehall St
Baltimore, Md
Rountree Trunk & Bag Co
W. Z. Turner
Mgr
Sarern
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!