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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1907
Page
11
A bustling page of social items highlights an Ice Cream Festival at St Pauls Church, a Mt. Togo club note, and numerous dinners, garden parties, and trips. Listings name Miss Pearle Walters and Miss Zelma Mayson among hosts, with many families and guests from Atlanta and nearby towns attending gatherings, dances, and tours.
Preparatory to breaking up house keeping for the winter Mr and Mrs Joseph Thompson who have sold their country place at Brookwood to Mr George Mc Kensie are auctioning their furniture rugs hangings a great den of their silver glassware and china. The sales yesterday were most successful and drew bidders both morning and afternoon. The auction continues today with furniture and rugs featured alongside the plate. The Carnegie Library acquired many valuable Thompson books for its artistic and literary collection. Dr W B Speya will resign from the city hospital in Macon Ga. at month end leaving a vacancy to be filled within thirty days.
Prices cut on wool pants from 38c to 7c with many sizes 7 to 17 in stock. A selection of wool pants, pants on bargain tables, and specials on men’s suits, odd trousers, and shirts available for a few more days.
C F Sauer and Company received a certificate of merit and purity, a gold medal, and the cross of honor from the international exposition in Brussels. The awards, given by a special jury, mark the highest honors for all flavoring extracts. Richmond News Leader reports the milestone.
Klaw and Erlanger launch a campaign against sidewalk ticket scalpers in New York. Agents shadow buyers, doorkeepers refuse admission to holders of suspect tickets, causing confusion and confrontations. Many speculators are forced to refund ticket money, marking a profitable change for the theater interests.
Dr W C Bryant of Turnerville plans an old fashioned barbecue to celebrate his fortieth birthday. Guests travel by train and wagons into the Blue Ridge near Weaver Mountain for a grand mountain feast hosted by Fermor Barrett and attended by notable figures such as Colonel Albert Cox Ex Governor Allen D Candler and Judge Andrew Calhoun among others.
The London Globe recounts a wonder at chemical demonstrations using common materials. It describes fragile bubbles of gas called Princ Roberta drops or match tears, formed by beating and shaping glass with a hammer. These globules seem magical until touched, then vanish into the air.
A mother scolds a crusty bachelor on child rearing while Atlanta readers fire up about etiquette and driving rules. She argues men misjudge women’s ideals as clubs, and she calls for enforcing right of way to curb accidents on Peachtree road and at Whitehall shops.
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