Death Claims Capt Roberts in Atlanta
Captain B M Roberts aged veteran real estate dealer and soldier dies at home of his daughter on Spring Street after a long public and military life. Born Hall County 1839 and served in the Atlanta Grays and Thirty-fifth Georgia, he died after a long illness and will be buried at Oakland after funeral at First Methodist Church Sunday afternoon.
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Bae Mach
Atlanta
Kt Methodist Church
B M Roberts
J. G. Gause
Spring Street
Roberta
Hig
Charles M. Roberts
Captain Roberts
Hall County
Hoe
Decatur
Sumter
Atlanta Grays
Sherman
Wolford
Mary B. McAfee
Senator McAfee
Forsyth
J. Woodside
Charlies M. Roberts
Wilam W. Roberts
Columbia
Gause
I Spring Street
Tanta
Ife
Methodisl
Hendrick
Marietta Street
Exposition Mills
Seven Year Old Boy Waylaid Missing From Home Near Grant Park
Waymond Lacy a seven year old boy disappeared yesterday from 127 Milledge Avenue near Grant Park. His father spent the evening in Grant Park and White City searching with no success. The description filed with police notes fair complexion blue eyes white shirtwaist dark striped pants with a stitched seat and a farm style straw hat last worn.
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Waymond Lacy
Milledge Avenue
Grant Park
Lacy
Clayton & Co
Central Avenue
White City
Trust Conference Plans By National Civic Federation
President Nicholas M Butler announces a Chicago trust conference October 22 to 25 under the National Civic Federation. The program opens with state versus federal jurisdiction over interstate commerce, covering Minnesota Missouri North Carolina Alabama and Arkansas. Subsequent days discuss corporations, limits on regulation of combinations in transportation production and labor, and the Sherman act’s sufficiency.
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New York
Nicholas M. Butler
Columbia University
Chicago
National Civic Federation
Minnesota
Missouri
North Carolina
Alabama
Arkansas
Athens to Stage October Carnival After City Hall Meeting
Athens Georgia plans a large October carnival after an eager meeting at city hall. Officers elected included Hon. J Carithers as president and W P Jackson as secretary, with M G Michael elected but unable to serve due to business in New York. Carithers likely to be elected at next meeting to succeed Michael. The carnival aims to match the success of the 1906 event.
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Athens
I Nai
M. G. Michael
J. ¥. Carithers
W. P. Jackson
Michael
New York
Carithers
Kesbing
LaGrange Bank to Expand Capital to 350000
LaGrange Ga August 30 Special The LaGrange Banking and Trust Company plans to raise its capital and surplus to 350000 making it Georgia’s most substantial country bank except for Savannah and Atlanta. Directors and stockholders favor issuing 750 new shares to current holders and selling 260 to non holders. The move follows three years of rapid growth raising total bank capital to 800000 in the region.
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LaGrange
Savannah
Atlanta
LaGrange Banking and Truat Company
Dungan
Georgia
J. E Dunsey
JM. Barnard
T. J .Thornton
LaGrange and
Troup County
Begs His Twelfth Year at First Baptist Church
Rev W W Landrum D D will begin his twelfth year as pastor at First Baptist Atlanta tomorrow. Since coming from Richmond eleven years ago he has helped grow the church, supported moral public movements, and overseen a new building and four independent church colonies. The day includes a 1 pm sermon and a 4 pm musical cantata with no evening service. Prohibitive Drinks Popular Waycross Ga Aug 3 Special One Waycross druggist completed soda fountain improvements costing 9000 and another contract for 6800 with more expansion planned.
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W. W. Landrum
D. D
First Baptist Church
Atlanta
Richmond
Hawthorne
united@ church
Waycross
Courier Journal Plant Fire Loss Estimated at 200000
Louisville August 80 The Courier Journal plant gutted by fire near midnight. Loss estimated at 200000 with machinery water damaged but no business interruption. The Times issued from Herald plant while arrangements are made for resuming at the original site.
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Louisville
Courier-Journal
Bruce Haldeman
Courier-Journal Company
the Times
Herald
Follows Wife To Grave In Alcohol Fueled Deaths
A husband and wife, 45 and six years younger, died in a Marietta street room after lapsing into acute alcoholism. The pair, longtime opiate users, died as anti narcotic laws took effect. Mrs. Hare died first, Mr. Hare followed. Insurance funded funeral costs, with services at Poole's chapel and burial in Hollywood cemetery.
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Hare
Grady Hospital
Ant
Marietta Street
Mrs. Hare
Poole's
Hollywood Cemetery
Fire plus tragedy hit Cincinnati plant and a child dies
A fire in Cincinnati destroyed the planing mill and lumber sheds owned by Farrin & Korg Lumber Co in Winton Place injuring hundreds of thousands of feet of lumber. In Charlotte North Carolina a juror R S Horner watched his 4 year old daughter Helen Horner die after being run over by a car driven by Edger Cheek in a murder trial. The juror returned to court after the shock of the accident.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Farrin & Korg Lumber Company
Winton Place
Charlotte
N C
White
Horner
Durham
N. C
Hthel Horner
Edger Cheek
Teler
Citizen's National Bank of Dar
Cheek
Theft of Honored Joss Shocks Chicago Chinatown
Chinatown mourns as the ancient joss of the Kee family at 320 Clark Street is stolen overnight along with several boxes of cigars and opium items. Police recovered the idol, prompting a Chinatown meeting with cymbal clashes to pursue the culprit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chinatown
Ben Kee
Clark Street
Kee
Fortune Teller Released After Swindle Charge
Louis C. Paulini was charged with swindling Mrs. Mamis Lawson of $20 in a fortune telling scheme. He appeared before Judge Orr in the justice court. He claimed advanced tuberculosis and stated he preferred the outdoors over jail due to his illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis C. Paulini
Mamis Lawson
Friends compensate for damages. judge releases offender
View notes that friends of the prisoner appeared and paid full compensation for monetary damages to the complaining witness, Judge Orr released the man and suspended sentence.
Abandon Work on Agricultural School Post
Athens Ga August 80 Special It has been announced that the movement to establish the Toccoa Falls institute will be abandoned for the present E P Simpson had offered Haddock Inn and a large tract of land including the fairs to a board of trustees to establish there an agricultural and industrial school but it has been found that the money for the school cannot be raised this year Rev J M Rogers of this city who had been named as financial agent for the new school was notified of this determination yesterday by Mr Simpson The work will be taken up however next year and pushed to success.
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Athens
Toccoa Falls
Simpson
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Hart, Schaffner & Marx
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Ramchanda
Daniel Brothers Co
L. J. Daniel
Peachtree
Walton St
Capt. Roberts
St. James’ Church
First Methodist Church
Oakland
E . Roberts
Ginger
National Biscuit Company
Ming
Sutterneues
F. Hare
Chingtown
Joss
Wag Abo
Fortune Teller
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Orr
Daniel Water
Daniel
Hot Springs
Ark
U. S
Akuser Aie Mae Receiaed
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Arkauem
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