Our Peachtree Street Letter Reaches Atlanta Daily
A letter addressed to a young student in a German empire era tale arrived in Atlanta via New York post and was delivered with red ink noting no street or number. The letter confirmed the safe, prompt arrival of the Peachtree Street missive and its delivery in Atlanta on the same day.
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Wien
Nadar
Wharisbal
Rman Empire
Nota
York
Atlanta
New York Postedtice
Lanta
Dave
Barsbad
CITYS OLDEST SHOEMAKER HAS MADE HIS LAST PAIR
A long time Atlanta boot and shoe repairer Mo Gaines announces retirement after forty two years in Forsyth Street basement shop. He recalls repairs, earnings, and a aim to rest while noting the business shift to ready made footwear. He plans to visit his daughter in Sacramento and son in Mexico City before closing his shop.
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City
Mo Gaines
M Gaines
Jack
Forsyth Street
Sacramento
Mexico City
Janet
California
Mexico
Soling
Hosling
Harmony fills ranks of crowers with cooperation push
Committesman Stafford reports from Fort Valley that Georgia peach growers want unity. He met with Georgia Peach Growers Association President Henry A Mathews who favors merging grower interests into one body to tackle marketing and distribution. A large Atlanta convention is planned with broad support from bankers and peach shipping firms.
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Frank A Stafford
Barneaville
Atlanta
Fort Valley
Stafford
Hon Henry A Mathews
Georgia Peach Growers Association
Mathews
Canatl Stauion
Stafford Wtites
Georgia
Tutila
Seach
Ansulation
Fort Salles
Wohlarda
Child Labor Case Highlights Forsaken Childhood and Law
Court inquiry reveals a carpenter father of several children including a 3 to 19 year old, with a 15 year old son and a daughter paid 546 dollars for week work. Deductions for house rent unclear. A Negro woman on trial denies embezzling funds as investigators question if child labor violates Georgia law and whether authorities protect suffering children.
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Recorders Court
Guasle Reynolde
Uble
Reynolde
East Wall Street
Patn
Praston
Reynolds
Mentgomes
Tim Kennedy
Araal
Reynolf
Georgis
Costa
Atory
Hugh Guasie Reynolds
Damaged Savannah Bridge Delays Central Train Traffic
Bridge damage near Biberton halts through trains to Norfolk and the east. limited service runs Atlanta to Elberton and Hamlet to Serfalik as repairs lag. Nearby lines like West Point and Georgia road report normal operations. Dixie Flyer incident near Whitehall Street causes delays but no serious injuries.
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Savannah
Seaboard Air
Biberton
Road
Norfolk
Road Iis
Atlanta
Elberton
South Carolina
Hamlet
Serfalk
Mo O
Carolina
Himmingham
Southern
West Point
Georgia Road
Georgia
Birmingham
Atlantic
Loulhsie
Nashville
Quek
T Huis Cates
Macon
Ceneal
Tnujors Cobin
Whitehall Street
Cape
Siner
Alex
Henry Toads
Cates
Atlases
Atlanta Public Schools Set to Open With New Institutions
Atlanta public schools prepare for the term starting Monday with renewed effort from Superintendent William Slaton and the board. Two new schools William FE Slaton and North Avenue will handle growing enrollments as vaccination and admission procedures are enforced. The normal school trained many teachers this summer, with staff attending courses at Harvard Columbia and Chicago to improve mathematics reading grammar geography and English.
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Public Schoola of
Atlanta
William Mo Blatus
Ate
Wiliam FE Slaton
Urant Street
Pavilion Avenue
North Avenue
Rine Uiner
Hurt
Prth Ward
Fenruays
Sumous
Board of Education
Slaton i
Me Slaton
City Normal School
Laly
Georgia
Harvard
Columbia
Chicago
Renaissance of teaching noted in city schools
Superintendent Slaton announces a renaissance in local education with new drawing and English composition instruction, updated grammar school studies, and expanded physical culture. Miss Getz will lead drawing, while teachers gain additional compensation under board oversight.
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Pial & Ines
Srammar
Prin Pale
Board of Education
Fom Getz
London
Harvard
Rosch
Davis
Muss Reddie
Englian
Myre Graves
Slaton
Singers Gather at McDonough Sacred Harp Convention
United Sacred Harp Singing Association converged at Ozias Church seven miles north of McDonough for a three day gathering. Delegates from Alabama Georgia and South Carolina join prominent southern singers for the Friday Saturday and Sunday event at the old music convention.
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McDonough
United Sacred Harp Singing Association
Ozias Church
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Covington Delegate Named to Tuberculosis Convention
Covington Georgia August 26 special notice Dr William D Travis of Covington has been appointed by Governor Smith as a delegate from the fifth district to the national tuberculosis convention in Washington City for thirty days from September 12.
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Montgomery
Department of Education
Haa
Mana
Covington
Wiliam D Travis
Smith
Washington
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Seaboard Railroad
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Deneer Normal School
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Rountree
Z. Turner
Mgr
Morrow Transfer & Storage CO
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Col Tutt
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United Harp Singing Convention
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