Chicago Woman's Club in turmoil amid anonymous letter feud
Chicago Woman's Club, powerful in social and political circles, faces dissolution fears after an anonymous letter attack on Mrs Farson and her husband. The debate widens as accusations fly, handwriting experts are consulted, and leaders threaten slander lawsuits.
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Edward F. Younger
Chicas
Ills
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Chicago Womans Club
Robert Farson
Furson
Ace Bradford Wiles
Hallinols State Federation of Womens Glabs
Chicago
Great Society
Doctors Extend Time for Free Trials at Pryor Street Clinic
Due to many unable to see British doctors, eminent physicians extend free services for three months to all invalids who call before January 28. Offer includes consultation, examination, advice, and minor surgeries, with medicines excluded. If incurable, they will say so and not charge. Hours 9 am to 5 pm, Sundays optional.
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Lowndes
North Pryor Street
Emily Rit
Int
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Mtal
M. C. McLaughlin
Peachtree
Gov. Decatur
Atlanta
Big Increase in Clearings for Atlanta Banks
Banks of Atlanta report strong year end business with record clearing totals. Saturday December 28 saw 371 033 77 dollars in clearings and the week ending that date reached 2 440 431 24, compared with 1 920 928 65 for the same week last year, a gain of 519 602 69 dollars.
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Atlanta
Man Drops Dead on Street Near Home
I N Haynes, about middle aged, collapsed on the sidewalk within 100 yards of his house at 27 Means street around 10 pm. A neighbor found the rain soaked body and it was moved to his residence. He leaves three wives and one daughter. Coroner to hold inquest. death likely due to heart failure.
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Ferance
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Free
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Western
Northwestern
Roosevelt
Navy
Republican Party
Jefferson Street
City Homes Association
Chicago
Dunne
Pasquale Macalosso
Bigin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
Jennie Seretalla
Jennie
Jennnie
Charles Bohne
Fitzgerald
Lee Plumb
Lawndale Avenue
Bohne
Ashland Avenue
Plumb
Bobne
W. A Bartlett
First Congregational Church
W. A Bouguereau
Gustav Dore
Adelin F. Young
A. F. Young
Armond F. Young
Monmouth
Earth
van Wert
Ohio
Lillie Roebuck
I. N. Haynes
Means Street
Baynes
Haynes
J Is for Japanese Parasol Fun
A playful verse by Douglas 4 Doty describes a contented child with a parasol and fan. The poem prompts color choices such as yellows purples and blues for bright parasol visuals and asks about greying the child’s feet as part of a lighthearted street performance.
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Douglas
Police Board Seeks 25 More Officers for Atlanta Force
The Atlanta police commissioners voted to seek a $26,529 increase, raising total appropriations to $168,867.50 for 1902. The plan adds twenty-five patrolmen, boosts salaries for the chief's clerk and a detective clerk, and raises several other pay items. The board stressed need for a robust force and noted revenue from the department turns into city treasury, with estimates between $40,000 and $50,000 annually.
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Board of Police Commissioners
J. A. Patterson
Brotherton
Ennglish
Atlanta
Mfc
Police Board
Oakland
Grant Park
New Crops or Old Methods Drive Southern Farming
The article argues farmers should diversify beyond cotton and corn, noting growing interest in cattle, dairying, fruit, and home production of wheat and bacon. It highlights improved implements, the spread of better breeds, and the regional progress since the 1870s, while warning against overextension to many crops on a single farm.
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Atlanta Constitution
Georgia
Agen
Gathor
PAILY
Constitution
Everybody's Magazine
Literary Digest
Farmers urged to diversify crops for home needs and markets
R. J. Redding argues farmers should tailor crops to soil and markets, favor home consumption of feedstuffs, and maintain live stock. He cautions against excessive crop variety and recommends producing hay grain and forage on the farm while avoiding unnecessary sales.
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R. J. Redding
Living Down a Nickname in New York Newsrooms
A longtime simple minded man nicknamed Gizzard rose from a widow’s workforce to become head of an advertising bureau in a major New York department store. He writes ads, earns $15,000 yearly, and bosses his former employers who won’t dare call him by his nickname.
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New York
Gizzard
Antietam
Funeral notice for Ernest Smith at 2 p.m. today
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. W W D Smith invite attend the funeral of Mr. Ernest Smith this afternoon at 2 o'clock from 166 N Jackson street. Pallbearers named Alex Stephens George Harrison Harry Perkerson Fay Wilson D Yarbrough Harry Lewis to meet at H M Patterson's office at 1 p.m.
Weather forecast for eastern states and gulf region
Forecast for Bun day and Monday covers Virginia Carolina Florida and Texas Alabama Mississippi Kentucky and Tennessee. Rain is expected Sunday with cooler Monday, winds shift from northeast to west and northwest, temperatures falling across the coast and inland regions.
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Virginia
North
South Carolina
Calder
Florida
Alabarge
Mississippi
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