Atlanta Boys Club Organizing Committee Appoints Leader
A board of directors with Linton Hopkins as chairman and Rabbi David Marx among the committee outlined plans for a city boys club. The committee endorsed organizers Dorr Hamilton Douglass Dr Wimner and Joseph Lowan. George C Derr to be superintendent, coming from Lynn Mass with a record of building boys clubs. he led 150 members and grew rapid non sectarian outreach.
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Linton Hopkins
David Marx
H. L. Crumley
Walter G. Cooper
R. J. Guinn
Mr. Dorr
Hamilton Douglass
Wimner
Joseph Lowan
McRae
Gay
Wo Fonte
George C. Derr
Atlanta Boys’ Club
Comera
Lynn
Mass
Ile
Atlanta Boy Club Leader Dorr Brings Youth Work Vision
The St. Lynn club opened with sixty cardholders and 300 visitors, four years saw over 2,000 admitted and more than 1,000 members. Dorr, 27, married, arrived from Lynn to oversee Atlanta efforts after prior visit two months earlier. He is energetic, eager, and bonds with boys, guiding the club’s expansion from a frame building to a modern edifice.
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Lynn Club
Dorr
Atlanta
Committee On Organization
Reflections of a Bachelor From The New York Sun
A humorous column notes a man’s shame over his son’s misdeeds and a woman’s desire to read telegrams before opening them. It comments on marital letters and the economics of labor at home, noting that work around the house isn’t paid like earned wages.
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New York Sun
Lesal
Fragmented health ad text about popular remedies
A garbled passage questions why a harmless product is popular and mentions a druggist’s local opinions. It references unclear names and scattered phrases about medical or consumer goods, with broken terms suggesting a misread advertisement.
Outbreak of Rioting Sparks Irishmen Violence in Parliament
A disruptive riot erupts as Irish members clash in Parliament. Reports indicate arrests and heightened security as tensions rise over alleged grievances and political standoffs involving Irish representation. Named officials and factions are cited by sources detailing the confrontation.
Farrel and Forty Arrested in Longford Unrest
In Longford Ireland Jamasa P Farrel Irish nationalist MP for North Longford and forty others were arrested and await trial by a special court for taking part in an unlawful assembly likely to cause a riot. Provisions report cattle driven from grazing lands as speakers incite unrest. Proclamation issued declaring districts in disturbance and urging peace.
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Longford
Ireland
Jamasa P. Farrel
North Longford
Farrell
National Lata
Binn Fein Society
Leitrim
Justin, McCarthy
Dublin
Official Gazette
Lord Leutenant
Niles
Rockefeller Having Trouble Collecting Travel Fees
Chicago reports John D Rockefeller is contesting a $76.95 claim for travel and witness fees from a federal court hearing before Judge Tandis. He asserts travel to the hearing but does not specify his starting point, while the government withholds payment awaiting official travel details.
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Chicago
John L. Rockefeller
United States
Tandis
Rockefeller
Pittsfield
Mass
Cleveland
Angelist in jail claims Georgia origin on vagrancy charge
A traveling evangelist who gave his name as Rev Amos and said he hails from Georgia is serving a sixty day sentence on the Chester county chain gang for vagrancy and cruelty to a young boy persuaded to accompany him on his rounds. The item notes other varied local dispatches.
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Arnold
Georgia
Columnia
Specia.l—A
Amos
Chester County
Hathaway Co Advertises Health Booklets and Exams
Dr Hathaway and Co offer free examinations and consultations with moderate terms and no extra charge for medicine. They promise honest service and no glittering guarantees and provide a free health booklet on request. Office hours 8 am to 5 pm at Suite 33 Taman Building 2243 S Broad St Atlanta GA.
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DR. Hathaway & Co
Taman
S. Broad St
Atlanta, Ga
Castro Apes Judge Landis Comment on Venezuelan Fine
Mr Ade acting secretary of state in Washington notes a Venezuelan court fining the New York and Bermudet Asphalt Co up to 25 million dollars for financing a revolution against Castro government. Ade jokes that Venezuela misspells precedent as president in this affair.
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Washington, D. C
Ade
Eday
New York and
Bermudet Asphalt Company
United States
Venezuela
Elizabethan Staghe Scenery In Webster Era Theatre Sketch
A fragment discusses a 1886 drawing of the Swan Theatre proscenium with a turned column and attic-like back stage, noting tapestry hangings and a hidden entrance. It cites Shakespeare Ben Jonson and early theater texts on tapestry, heaven stages, trap doors, and mechanical devices, tying to Globe destruction by cannon fire during a performance in 1613.
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John de Witt
Arend van Buchel
University Library of
Utrecht
Gaederts
Mr. T. Srdish
London
Nome Paria
Arras
Shakespeare
Hamlet
Poronius
Ben Jonson
Fincknos
Tmacenery
Rushe Cory
Tupton
Lodgen
Green
England
Maraton
Antonio
Goa
Phaethon
Henslowe
Henry VIII
White Gowns Lead Vogue's Elaborate White Attire
Fashion notes from Vogue describe white gowns dominating ceremonial dress with intricate lace and embroidery. Gowns feature layered skirts, delicate borders, and bodices with narrow divisions, while sleeves often showcase lace or needlework.
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Peaut
More Operators To Join Strikers In Telegraph War
New York August 27 A plan to call out all telegraph operators in brokerage houses, even if firms signed the union scale, faces today’s meeting. President Small urged workers to stay at work until further union guidance arrives. Western Union officials refuse to bargain with the union under any circumstance. The strike aims to pressure Congress at the next session.
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New York
Small
Tthey
Western Union
Congress
Caton
The New Meningitis Cure Discovered by Flexner At Institute
Details from The New York World describe Dr Simon Flexner at the Rockefeller Institute uncovering cerebro spinal meningitis serum and anti serum. Experiments on goats monkeys horses and rabbits showed preventive and curative effects though many animals were sacrificed. The work led to protection against severe symptoms after spinal injection and potential treatment during progression.
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New York
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Cleveland
Flexner
Every body gambles in Spain draws readers eye
In Seville a cafe offers “A fortune with a cup of coffee” with a 16 cen price and a lottery ticket for ten days. Similar prizes appear on streetcar and bullfight posters. The piece notes Spain’s gambling culture, the lottery’s government monopoly, and misfortune and hope tied to winning. It tells how poor families risk pennies, and recounts a Madrid widow whose husband’s lottery ticket becomes a lottery prize after his death.
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Mme. de Stael
Lady Hamilton
Titania
Bottom
New York Post
Sevilla
Alameda Dea Hercules
Madrid
New York
Providence
Aho
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N. Y
William Muldoon
White Plains
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Commerce
RC. Wilson
Banks County
Funda Sre
Kaiser
Berlin
Emperor Wichelm
Ap Udstrems
Hanover
Wilkea
Washington, Qe
Wilkes
Lincoln
Cottam
Crawfordville
H. M. Harfie
Sonaht
C. W. Gee
Castro
Landis
Venezulean
Scenaa Wera
Kidderminster
S. Anargyros
Baie Rae Apo AN Atiaate, Ga
Atlanta National Bank
Atlanta, Georgia
Spain
Barquillos
National Lottery
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