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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1909

Page

6

City Hall committee week sets meetings for Labor Day week

City committees plan a full slate of sessions starting Monday September 6 with a possible postponement for Labor Day. Tuesday at 3 pm two committees meet at Sarock with the police panel chaired by Councilman Fr Spratling studying uniform emergency vehicle alarms and ambulance automation. An ordinance to bar near beer at certain tables faces opposition. Other panels address hotel and restaurant tone bells and elder-age considerations.

S'a’rock Spratling Urady Alding Chambers Rentaurey

Relief from Catarrh Promises With Eclipse Cure

A promotional note urges immediate treatment for catarrh using Eclipse Catarrh Cure. It cites quick relief and possible cures when other remedies fail, features testimonials, and offers a sample packet for twenty five cents with regular packaging at $1.00 via Eclipse Medicine & Manufacturing Co. of Atlanta Georgia.

Mig. Co Atlanta Samantha Ala Mall Eclipse Medicine & Manufacturing CO

Athens Prepares for State Reunion in September

Athens Ga August 29 Special Active preparations mark the entry of Athens host to Confederate Veterans state reunion scheduled September 29. About fifteen hundred wid yeias are expected, homes opened for soldiers, and Daughters of the Confederacy plan a night entertainment. The parade on the 29 will feature Clarks states and University Ladets, with a big circus in town for old veterans.

Athens Daughters of the Confederacy Mildred Rutherford Clarks States University Ladets

Buying a Diamond from a Reliable Dealer

A dealer advertises a large, reliable stock of loose and mounted diamonds with superb current selections and advantages for buyers. It emphasizes choosing a dependable source and notes the breadth of stones available.

Bearden Sinter Family Plans Church Benefit Concert

The Bearden sinters will present an organ and piano recital at First Christian Church on Tuesday evening August 33 at 8 o clock. Admission is free with a free will offering for the church. The Bearden family, well known in Atlanta, will perform pieces including organ solos duet piano and vocal lines featuring Miss Mary Lee Rearden and the Bearden sisters in a program reflecting the church’s new building era.

Bearden Sinters First Christian Church Atlanta Mary Lee Rearden Martha Danny May Lee Gale Miss Martha Rearden Mary Tee Bearden Daisy Bearden Misses Mary Lee Arthur Bearden Bearden Sisters Bearden Chris Tian Church

Atlanta Man’s Idea Means Great Advance In Power Production

Swede Al Gustav Akerlund, chief engineer at Gibbs Gas Engine Company, has developed a gas producer that empowers a gas engine to perform the work of a steam engine, using coal and peat. The system promises smokeless cities and cheaper power, with peat now usable as a fuel. Gibbs plans a Atlanta plant to manufacture gas engines and the Akerlund producer, boosting producer gas power installations across the United States.

Atlanta al- Gustav Akerlund Sweden Lanta United States Mr. Ak Erlundi Selentiate Akérlund Akerlund i Gibbs Gas Engine Company Akerlund America Philadelphia St. Louis Europe Mr. Akerland Akerland Akerlaad Pennsylvania Akerlaund Iaring Jacksonville Engineering Adenture Gibbs Carriaging Company Qibba Gas Engine Company 16 Gibbs South

Make Way for the Oyster Months at the Door

The passage notes August fades into September the first of the R months suited for oysters and warns dining spots to withhold them in forbidden months. It predicts a surge of oyster dishes across cafes and eateries starting Wednesday as appetites rise nationwide.

Watke Alidata

IBANKERS TO ATTEND CHICAGO MEETING IN ATLANTA PLANS

A number of Atlanta bankers will attend the American Bankers Association convention in Chicago the week of September 13. An elaborate banquet on the opening night is set. Colonel Robert Lowry John K Ottley and Joseph A McCord from Atlanta banks will attend, with likely participation from Colonel W L Peel and Mayor Robert F Maddox. Atlanta men also serve on key association committees executive council and national legislative committee.

Atlanta American Bankers’ Association Chicago Robert #. Lowry Lowry National Bank John K. Ottley Fourth National Bank Joseph A. McCord Third National Bank W. L. Peel American National Flank Robert

Ottley Invited to Judge at Memphis Horse Show

Vik Ottley, treasurer of the Attothow Association and leading southern horseman, has been invited to serve as judge for the Memphis horse show scheduled from September 2 to October 2, with his official duties noted for the Atlanta Horse Show as context.

Atlanta Memphis Vik Ottley Atto Thow Association South Jon K. Ottley Aascinating Dudge

Atlanta horses poised for Memphis show exhibition

The owner Mr Ottley, an expert on fine horses, has prize winning horses from Atlanta and other shows. He has not yet definite accepted the invitation. Atlanta friends are ready for Memphis show and plan to exhibit several AVanta horses there.

Ottley Atlanta Memphis

Mysterious Enemy Haunts Photographer and Slemmons

Pegged by a mysterious enemy, photographer James, aged eight, fears for his life. Slemmons, employed by Studio, says police have failed to remove the menace who has long plagued him with alleged crimes including a poisoning. The assailant’s whereabouts are vague, causing police difficulty. Slemmons insists on double-locking his room for protection from repeated intrusions.

James Slemmons Blemmons Clemmons Fas

Preferred to Die Tramp Receives After Dinner Banquet Ticket

A London Globe flavor piece portrays a starving tramp begging for sustenance. A philanthropic crowd offers a ticket to a sumptuous three hour feast with renowned speakers. The tramp asks if there will be speeches after the dinner, and the philanthropist replies with a silent gesture and a ticket.

London Globe Toofen Longyarn Seolumna Philamen

Gray seeks new trial as new alibi evidence surfaces

In Cobb superior court at Marietta Judge Morris hears an extraordinary motion for a new trial for H C Gray sentenced to seven years for forgery. New evidence shows Gray may have been in Nebraska in late 1908 to early 1909, supported by Gray’s father a Mississippi manufacturer, with Omaha authorities corroborating identity through photographs and Bertillon measurements.

H.C. Gray Cobb County Gray Mississippi Sons Marintla Nebraska Moss Atlanta Sriinal West Bald Beagle Marietta H. B. Mesa Maissippi Omaha Bertillon Mose F. F. Osborn United Sunter Proctor Nob Marion Neb Georgia Bertilen James A. Patterson Allanta Watterson Martella Robb County Afr Osburn Avante Morris

Chamber 10 Gives Membership Cards in Atlanta

President Asa G. Candler and Secretary Walter G. Cooper unveil a polished membership card for the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. The drive aims to boost renewals and expand influence as fall resumes business activity and industrial growth plans unfold led by Chairman F J. Jaxon. Delegates from the sovereign gold fellowship will mail letters urging subscribers to fund support for the campaign.

Asa G. Candler Walter G. Cooper Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Fo Dia Esai Atlanta F J. Jaxon Grand Lodges of Gold Fellows

Council Candidates Invited to Ward Meeting

Citizens of the fifth ward are urged to attend a mass meeting at Jetta Street and Ponders Avenue on August 31 at o clock to discuss the coming city campaign. Candidates J W Harvis J J Greer and a third from Rowe are invited along with supporters named Vinson Jackson Collins Irwin Hendrix Allen Pape Jones and Jim.

Jetta Street Fifth Ward Ponders Avenue O'Rlock J. W. Harvis J. J. Greer Rowe D. Vinson R.E. Jackson W. B. Vinson T. L. Collins Joseph H. Irwin 3. & Dee T. Hendrix Frank Allen Pape W- E. Jones George H. Jims D. H. Jones

Ex-Mail Clerk Ends Life After Suspected Robbery Ties

Augusta Georgia August area ex mail clerk on Southern Railway named Bickle aged 45 cut his head from his body with a razor at his home this morning. He had recently been ill and unsettled by family bereavements. He had been a mail clerk on the Charleston to Augusta night train May 18 when an express car robbery occurred and a messenger was found locked in a chest. Detectives had questioned him about the case though officials do not connect him to the robbery.

Augusta Augustat Bickle Mallelclerk Southern Railway Southerns Charleston Wis GP. Humphries Express Company

Overheard in a Hotel from jodne

A fragmentary dialogue scene features two drummers and a third speaker, with hints of a suspensive order. The text hints at sales that trace men, and a line about medicine or liquor, followed by a cryptic reply about suspending an organization.

Jodne Suspendorg

Her Ambition. 5 (Krom Illustrated Bits.)

A fragmented comic panel caption shows Maud asking Dolly about marriage to a widow. Dolly replies she will marry the man she loves and become herself, reflecting a playful, gendered fantasy in a serialized illustration.

Krom

Association of College Alumnae Members Noted Leaders

The association comprises women with degrees from Vassar Weir-Hudeif'r South University of Chicago and Cornell among others. Only four southern colleges admit graduates to membership, Agnes Sean College in Decatur Ga is one. The piece urges considering its education for daughters.

Vassar Weir- Hudeif'r South University of Chicago Cornell Agnes Sean College Decatur Essey

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