Nurses Dormitory Needed At Grady For City Aid
Grady hospital seeks a $60,000 city appropriation in 1916 to build a modern nurses dormitory for 65 female nurses. Dr Summerall reports 1915 had 6143 bed patients and 30,000 outpatient visits, with costs down 19 cents per patient despite higher supplies. total 1916 budget requested is $223,000 including ambulance and maintenance increases.
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Atlanta
Grady Board of Trustees
W B Summerall
Grady Hospital
Summerall
Board of Trustees
Nnance
Summeralls
Summeralis
Grady
Judge S D Weekly Presses Prohibition Plans in Atlanta
Judge Samuel D Weekly of Alabama, author of the Alabama and Georgia prohibition laws, spent yesterday in Atlanta. He was hosted at dinner by W Woods White and lodged with Colonel Thomas Felder, leaders in Atlanta’s central prohibition committees. He will author an anti advertising bill similar to Georgia’s for South Carolina’s January session.
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Samuel D Weekly
Alabama
Georgia
Atlanta
W Woods White
Colonel Thomas
Central Prohibition Committees
Judge Weekly
South Carolina
Florida Man 66 Arrested in Child Enticement Case
Miss Mattie Shell was detained by Sheriff Pittman at Nicholls and later taken home. Henry A Canser, 46, of Guilford, allegedly walked with the 15 year old girl to Beach to avoid relatives as authorities note the girl’s age and Canser’s claim of kinship.
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Waycrassle
Mattie Shell
Pittman
Joe Shell
Nicholls
Henry A Canser
Guilford
Record of Xmas law violators in Darktown court
Police court sessions from Monday morning to evening handled 267 alleged violators before Recorder Johnson AN. Cases included drunk and disorderly conduct and discharges of fireworks. Officers Barker and Wiley marched into court with weapons. Recorder bound some shooters over and fined others for carrying loaded revolvers with blank cartridges.
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Barker
Wiley
Recorder
Two Atlanta Banks Declare 100000 in Dividends
Bank dividends totaling 100000 were declared by two Atlanta institutions yesterday and will be paid in January. The Atlanta National bank set a 69000 semiannual dividend at 6 percent of capital stock, while The Third National bank declared a 446000 semiannual dividend at 4 percent. Annual stockholders meetings for the seven national banks will be held January 11.
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Atlanta
Atlanta National Bank
Third National Bank
Quarrel Over Girl Ends With Dismissal by Recorder
Miss Annie Beil Dixon, Mills, and Foster were arraigned on disorderly conduct charges after a Christmas night dispute at 508 Whitehall Street. Mills claimed engagement to Dixon while Foster alleged Mills was jealous and had been warned to stay away. Foster said Mills brandished a gun, which Mills denied. Recorder Johnson labeled the quarrel foolish and dismissed the case.
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Recorder Johnson
Annie Beil Dixon
Henry Mills
J B Foster
Lloyd
Whitehall Street
Miss Dixon
Mills
Foster
Button
Recordar Johnson
Officers elected by Georgia Lodge No 66 Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Georgia lodge No 66 of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen held an annual session on Monday to elect officers for the coming year. More than 600 members attended as JI T Neal was chosen president and W P Glass vice president with WH Brewer as past president and Wi E Loehr as secretary. The group also elected LP Suddeth journal agent Ro S Hayes chaplain C I Kenn conductor BP Hampson outer guard J BR Handy inner ward W C Reynolds warden and H T Loehr as delegate to the national convention in Detroit in May 1916.
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Georgia
Brotherhood of
JI T Neal
W P Glass
WH Brewer
Wi E Loehr
LP. Suddeth
Ro S' Hayes
C I Kenn
Bp’hampson
J BR Handy
W C Reynolds
H T Loehr
National Convention of the Brotherhood
Detroit
Mich
Police Benefit Amateur Stage Of Alias Jimmy Valentine
The Police Relief association supports a charity amateur production of Alias Jimmy Valentine at the Atlanta theater on February 1. A cast of well known local actors will perform the play, derived from Henry’s short story A Retrieved Reformation, with many Atlantans recalling past stagings at the Grand theater.
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Police Belief Association
Jimmy Valentine
Atlanta
Police Relief Association
Jimmy Valenting
Grand Theater
Henry
Christmas entertainment at Druid Hills Church
Rev FC McConnell, pastor of the Druid Hills Baptist church, will tonight at 7 give the first Christmas entertainment since his pastorate in the city. A pleasant program is planned with Superintendent FL Steedman speaking on the modern Bible school. Young children will perform with recitations and gangs. Old Santa will attend and personally ensure every attendee receives a gift.
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FC McConnell
Druid Hills Baptist Church
FL. Steedman
Santa
Leading Railroad Men Visit Atlanta
Visitors to Atlanta yesterday from railroad circles included W A Muse of Memphis and A L Rogers of Nashville. Muse, traveling passenger agent of Seaboard Air Line, was en route to Memphis from Richmond after a stretch in a Chicago hospital for illness. Rogers, district passenger agent of the Frisco lines, spent Monday on business in the city.
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Atlanta
W A Muse
Memphis
L. Rogers
Nashville
Mr Muse
Seaboard Air Line
Richmond
Chicago
Rogers
Frisco Lines
Premo camera promotes easy picture taking for all
An advertisement for the Premo camera proclaims it easy to use and popular with students and families. Jac L Moore and Sons, Optician, at 42 North Broad Street, advertises the camera and its availability in multiple sizes.
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Jac. L. Moore & Sons
Optician
North Broad Street
Big Railway Officials Burglarized in Macon
In Macon Georgia on December 27 a bold Pullman car robbery occurred at 4 am on the Central of Georgia shed. J C Haile and GL Candler both of Savannah and another man from Columbus were robbed as they slept in their berths. Cash values and valuables amount to $210 plus two gold watches valued at $150. A negro porter in the smoking car discovered the crime while shining shoes.
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Afacon
Central Railway
J. C Haile
GL Candler
Savannah
Central of Georgia
Haile
Candler
Columbus
Christmas Dinner Bullet Threatens Toddler at Huber Home
A 4 year old girl, Mary Rose, narrowly escaped injury when a 2% caliber bullet shattered a window during a Christmas noon gathering at Charles Huber’s home in Cherokes avenue. The bullet splashed tea near the child as the family, including Deputy Sheriff Mr Huber, prepared for dinner. Authorities have not identified the shooter.
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Charles Huber
Cherokes Avenue
Huber
Mangum
Mary Rose
Ford Auto Found In Private Park Of Capt Dozier
A Ford crashed over an embankment into Captain J Dozier's private Ashley street park late Sunday night. The car was recovered Monday with no identification or occupants found. Police and residents heard a crash around midnight. no injuries reported.
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Capt. Dozier
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Georgia Chamber to Host North Georgians Luncheon
The Georgia Chamber of Commerce announced a noon luncheon for seventy five North Georgians at Clarietta City Auditorium. The event will reveal next year’s publicity plans and feature many prominent members from Atlanta and Marietta neighborhoods.
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Marietta
North Georgiay
Clarietta City
North Georgia
Georgian Chamber of Commerce
Junchon
Moon
N Gannett
Wingles Headdon
Terry PH
Randall
Webbel
HR H Hunt
Dabbs
John T Dorsey Frey Morris
R Brumby Jr
Black
George Weinh
H Groves
Ti. Wallace
MD Hodges
Virgi McCleskey
Awtey
Josiah Carter
Ray W A. Durre
Youler
Benson
Hardeman
Iead
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Stringer
Florence WA Sams
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Gilbert
Horta
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Hancock
Brumby Jr
M L. McWeel
W. Northcutt
Cortelyou
Bessions
el Sinskey
Gilbert A. Hurley
EL C Baldwin
Gov Joseph
Brown
A Mori
EB Clay
W Bist
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Anderson
McEachern
J Feey
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Dosa Geli
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CW Fowler
Worence
OD Perkerson
Mather Orlande Awizy
McLain
ID Middlebrooks
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Mayes
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Jones T Lowe, Jr
Lewry
Rambo
P Nolen
JD Malone
C A Elder
Parkerson
Nebert
Maddox, JR
Orr
Astings
Wilmer L. Moore
W Ot Holland
R. H Butler
Atlante I
Lively turkey trot in delicatessen sparks domestic case
In uptown Delicatessen Rosa and her husband Rosa face drunk and disorderly charges after a dispute tied to liquor and alleged mistreatment. Recorder Johnson fines Ross 1075 dollars and Rosa 175 dollars as the couple clash over separation and infidelity claims.
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Mra Hazel Ross
Recorder
Rosa
Mr. Ross
Recorder Johnson
Ross
Slaters
Atlanta Chief of Police Targeted for Removal, Private Home Meeting Reported
Friends learned of a private meeting where officials plotted to resign from office without conscience or law. They confronted the participants at a private residence and urged them to desist, emphasizing the city would not tolerate such a deal.
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Atlanta
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