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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1914
Page
5
The Inman Park Chrysanthemum club meets Tuesday at the Hare Street location with Vrs BV Chapman present. The St Philips Cathedral Soar club will gather Wednesday evening at the elevated house and members and their friends are invited.
Social items list weddings births and visits including Andrew Calhoun wedding guest list Mrs Cooludsen ill several days Miss Ruth Beth Gainesville guest of Miss Dorothy Wilhelm Mrs JF Lester Fossich Birmingham announces birth of a son and numerous local visitors and gossiping notes from Atlanta Gainesville Graymont and other area towns.
A matinee gathering was hosted yesterday afternoon by Mrs William B Seabrook at the Forsyth venue on Peachtree Street where she entertained friends who were seen arriving and enjoying the event.
The Ellendale playground dispute centers on whether hurdles should be removed from the驱 mazes at the Ellendale drive club area. A board meeting this afternoon will also elect nineteen playground directors to oversee public play spaces during the vacation season. A grounds committee proposes $150 for director salaries and $39 for newsboy patrols for the rear MCA lot playground project.
The Big Spring festival organizers announce 800 girls will take part in the spring event. Tickets for the pageant go on sale Wednesday morning through the Cable Pure company. Proceeds support the high school department.
The handsome Atlanta Childs Home at Ponca de Leon park was opened to the public this week. Ongoing tours will welcome guests as major and general council members visit, praising the spacious, newly furnished quarters and updated equipment.
Washington April 1 Attorney General Gresor approves a plan to guarantee bank deposits without new legislation. The scheme, devised by the currency committee led by John Shelton Williams, envisions a guaranteed fund to cover losses from bad banking, but details and sponsor identities remain undisclosed.
Spelling and names distorted in early report, but notes a shooting victim buried Monday in Williamson Georgia. The piece references Providence cemetery and mentions connected individuals and a court term expected to address the case at a later date.
A man involved in building a death house was killed in Bellefonte on April 5. The report says Ara Morin was killed in Uniontown after being released on parole two months earlier. Authorities note he belonged to a group of inmates who dug the foundation for the new death house.
City council approved a Johnson ordinance requiring clubs to apply for licensing in June and receive permits in July, aiming to empower the police committee to regulate venues and allow a fuller investigation before granting licenses. Several aldermen opposed, urging existing authority suffice. the measure passed with police committee oversight.
Surviving members of Atlanta Fire Company No 1 gather for their annual reunion at Henna & Sons in Atlanta. They elect officers and recall days when volunteers protected property, dating to 1800, with nine survivors present including J K Weaver and Charles Heinz. The group describes early dangers and actions of the fledgling brigade.
A garbled report recalls Warden Pied Ferbst arriving at the Atlanta federal prison from Lewenworth Ran where he served as deputy warden. Officers mention gifts of gold and woolware, while a copy of The Inst iiend publication is said to have been presented. No clear dates or names beyond places and roles are confirmed.
Atlanta Pythians prepare to travel to Savannah for the annual assembly. Companies from Dalton Lindale and West Point will assemble in Atlanta for the event and compete for prizes. Lt Humphreys leads the unit riding with the Stuond Georgie regiment.
Rome reports strong earthquake activity in central Italy causing panic and structural damage. Towns like Taglacazzo and Retrolium endured damaged houses and fear as residents fled to streets. soldiers and engineers rushed to assist amid ongoing aftershocks. Casualties minimal due to prior destruction in Averrane and nearby villages.
Savannah exports rose sharply in March with Savannah district and port shipments nearly doubling April 6 updates show exports from Savannah district at 9 177 192 and Brunswick 1 054 87 with total imports also rising, while March imports exceeded January and February.
Virginia Grockel, a Negro woman, was shot at the corner of Glaile and Jo raeser aheele, suffering wounds to her left shoulder, right arm, and hand. She told Officer Haslet and Lon We Cvans that her husband John Crocket shot her. investigators later arrested him at Ivy Street.
The Patent Teacher Association of the North Avenue school unanimously opposes long or double sessions. Resolutions urge the board of education to remove double sessions, noting cities like Birmingham Nashville and Atlanta avoid them. They cite costs, compulsory domestic science and manual training, and urge curbs on extended hours to protect children.
The Fiberta hotel in Marshallville was completely destroyed by a Sunday fire near Tha. Insurance on the building is 2240 and on furniture 1760. The fire department rendered splendid service and saved the bank building and several private dwellings. An auction sale by Atlanta Realty Corporation is scheduled this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Members discuss overlong hours and double sessions as 60 pupils face half day teaching. Mrs Cunningham notes women cannot vote but can aid child development through women’s organizations and PTA endorsement aligns with Atlanta Woman School Improvement Association. Other parent teacher groups are likely to act soon.
Dred Zerbst, new warden at Atlanta federal prison, announced the new building, five to six years in construction, would be ready within thirty days. The warden’s office moves to the new structure, the current warden’s office becomes the parole officer’s, and the expansion adds spacious cells. The facility now houses about 1090 inmates in 180 cells, with many prisoners using basement space. The new cells will hold four inmates each and provide living-room style accommodations, a step toward better conditions.
The court today upheld New Orleans ordinance imposing a charge for water used in the city main. It rejected claims that residents should receive free water for all household purposes including drinking cooking and bathing.
A citizen campaign organized by prominent local businessmen forms to fight a rodent infestation overrunning the city. Thirty two charter members each paid $1, plan rewards of 6 cents per rat or price for top killers.
Valdosta Ga April special primary ends a spirited campaign for the Lowndes county office of ordinary to fill the unexpired term of 8 M Varnddve who died recently. Eight candidates named: AV Slums SF Pagsmore TON Holcomb SF Stapler PM Cheney WA Burdette AS Myddelton WH Owens. Election held Tuesday.
An advertisement proclaims a bulleted cure for rheumatism using S S and S T E as a natural antidote to purify the blood and relieve pain. It urges readers to visit drugstores and to write to a Swift company in Atlanta for stubborn cases, presented as a physician endorsed depa rtment.
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