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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1913
Page
1
Ned McIntosh reflects on Christmas belief and charity in Atlanta, arguing no family is left uncared for and that even the idle rich feel joy. He recalls daily newsroom duties, rejects sob stories, and urges simple, hopeful tales. The piece closes with a pledge that this Christmas will show no empty stockings.
Colonel Jesse G Perry private secretary to Governor Slaton and Harriet Mason were secretly married at the Mason home in Lavonia on December 24. The ceremony was performed by Rev M E Perbody with few guests present before the couple departed for Atlanta for Christmas visits.
Discovery this morning shows the local express office robbed of two large cases of whisky. Thieves forced entry through a window and broke a lock to a chest containing other packages. No money was touched and no clue to the thieves’ identity.
Americus on December 24 reports a bustling holiday season with merchants sold out and a wave of prosperity across the town. Benevolent societies have worked hard, ensuring no child or adult lacking substantiaks turkey and Christmas cheer tomorrow.
An article profiles Ysaye and his lookalike Piet van de Meer, a penniless former pupil who has performed with major orchestras. Once sighted in New York and Atlanta, Piet, now temporarily sight restored, wanders streets to earn a living as a musician. The piece highlights striking likenesses between master and pupil.
A ragged tramp named Jimmie Shannon arrived at police HQ telling of hunger and fatigue. Citizens pooled money, totaling about $2, to help him as he sought food and shelter for the night. Meanwhile a Tampa child, Gunby, was lightly injured in a Peachtree street auto incident, driver Eva Richards cited by witnesses for a near-miss that left the boy shaken but unharmed.
An unknown boy along the Seaboard Air Line ran a half mile to flag down an Atlanta bound train as a bridge burned yesterday afternoon. He waved his shirt to warn the locomotive as it neared the curve but vanished and has not been located for identification.
At about 10 o clock Christmas Eve celebration in the Manhattan Cafe turned perilous when a cigarette stumped into a Christmas tree near the cashier’s desk. The tree aflame prompted a quick evacuation as fire units arrived. decorations burned but no injuries occurred and damage was about $200.
Mrs A E Judd, widow of Spartanburg's first bank president, announced a 20000 gift to be split between the YMCA Converse College and the Textile Industrial Institute. The donation supports adding a science hall to Converse College as both schools build new facilities tonight.
Panic at a Calumet hall during a Christmas event caused a deadly crush as seven hundred people, including miners and their families, crowded around a Christmas tree. A false fire alarm prompted a frantic rush to the exit, leaving many young children trampled and dead before the fire escape was considered. Authorities mourn the loss as Calumet pleads for its missing children.
In Calumet Michigan on December 24 a false fire alarm caused a deadly rush at a Christmas celebration for copper mine families. Seventy four bodies were found in a narrow stairway, with three injured. The event disrupted an orderly gift distribution planned by the Western Federation of Miners women’s auxiliary.
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Robert L. Borden has again declined a title in connection with the forthcoming New Year honors. A London dispatch states he plans to democratize his tastes and imitate leaders who refused titles, following examples set by Gladstone Chamberlain and Bright.
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