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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1905
Page
9
A toy department promotion invites entries for a guessing blank where each blank requires the Doll’s name and the entrant’s name. The prize relates to a Doll named after three Atlanta streets and is only known to one prominent citizen. Entry must be deposited in the office before December 23.
Children across the south send letters and photos to The Constitution for publication. A December 24 deadline looms to print letters and images from Atlanta Decatur Demorest Conyers and nearby towns.
A Christmas letter from a child in Atlanta asks Santa for toys and books, while Georgia notices report the death of Mrs H C Thompson in Dawson County at 63 and Colonel W L L Bowen of Sparta, a Confederate veteran and Shreve College trustee, dying suddenly in Mayfield.
Hal Schofield, jailed for over a year in Bibb county on a murder charge, faced defense witnesses declaring him a moral pervert and degenerate. Doctors described possible mental impairment and bizarre habits while his mother testified. The trial continued with defense and prosecution presenting contrasting portraits as jurors watched, concluding day two with expectations of insanity defenses and final summations. The case, though involving a white defendant and Black victim, drew intense courtroom emotion and local attention. Also reported from Gainesville Georgia, the American Methodist Episcopal conference opened with 120 churches and about 20,000 members under Bishop Wilson, with appointments to follow.
Planos tuned by D B Evans at Whitehall Street store impress top musicians including Mr Baril Mr Mayer Dr F Lewis Browne and Evelyn Jackson. Call 170s for inquiries at Woodward Mantel Company premises.
The Western and Atlantic Railroad and Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railway offer round trip tickets at one and one third fares plus 25 cents during year end holidays. Teachers and students may buy daily Dec 16 24 with final limit Jan 8 1908. General public sales run Dec 22 24 25 30 31 Jan 3 with final limit Jan 4 1906. Chas E Harman, General Passenger Agent.
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