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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1904
Page
14
Heavy oriental colored Japanese rugs size 9 by 12 feet offered at a special sale price of ten dollars each, nearly at production cost, after regular price of fifteen dollars. Each rug presented as ready sellers and highly serviceable for immediate purchase.
Reader inquiry about using matting in short lengths from five to fifteen yards. Advert says Japanese and Chinese patterns sold regularly at 25 to 46 cents per yard, now 12 1/2 to 20 cents.
Sporting notes report Georgetown's 1904 baseball slate featuring games against Maryland Agricultural College Brown Yale Princeton and Pennsylvania among others. Trade talk centers on Beck from Shreveport to Toledo and Beck’s high pay prompting jealousy. Manager Powell seeks a capable shortstop to replace Bridwell while Ted Sullivan gains honorary Texas League status after selling star players.
Thorneycroft and Mad Mullah were the only favored winners. Jockey H Phillips rode three winners as Velos won the first race in 1 45 record. Arch Oldham took the second, Dusky won the third selling, Ostrich led the fourth, Messenger took the fifth, and Big Ben won the sixth. Wisconsin athlete Ernst C Meyer set two skating world records in Leipsic, with Germany’s Star Spangled Banner played and Stars and Stripes raised.
At Ascot Park in Los Angeles on a cloudy day with a fast track, Paul Whaley’s favorite won the first race while a second-choice captured another. The card lists multiple races from five-eighths to eleven-sixteenths miles, with winners including Rio Chico, Wegrusca, and Taxman among others, and presents entries for today’s lineup.
New York February 1 George Ketcham of Toledo Ohio owner of Crescene has sold to Touts Welans of Broughton England the Hangman a full brother to Credceus for $23000. The horse will be entered in trotting events on the continent. Welang owns Wig-Wag the champion trotter of Europe.
Foremaster Frank Woods and Telephone lead a fast Ingleside program as two other winners draw strong play. Results include Skip Me first at 6% to 1, Villa winner in three furlongs, and Foremaster taking the six furlongs. Entries list horses and odds across six races with notable seconds and thirds.
Bussey offers cleaning dyeing and reshaping of old hats and Panamas into late Azylea styles. Prices set according to the work. Located at 28 Whitehall Street.
Birmingham schedule announced by President Robert Baugh outlines visiting clubs from March 1 to 16 the New York Nationals. Chicago Americans visit March 31 to April 1 and Boston Nationals arrive April 4 and 6. An all Cuban team plays three games April 7 with two further dates. Frank Smith and Wilhelm, Southern League veterans, accompany visiting squads.
Washington February 1 Former Secretary David A Francis president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company Thompson treasurer and D M Houser of The Louisiana Democrat called on the president. Asked about his candidacy he replied Oh just that it is a joke that’s all. Lahore Punjab February 1 Forty killed by explosion at Fort Bhatinda Punjab when ten tons of gunpowder detonated.
The piece reports that the Macon and Birmingham is expected to be absorbed by the Georgia Southern and Florida, giving the Southern railway greater reach. It notes West Point and Atlanta and West Point officials deny buying connecting lines, while insiders say Southern ownership via Georgia Southern may be imminent. Prosecutions of fare ring operators and Mardi Gras travel plans through Atlanta and New Orleans are also described with passenger agents active in preparations.
A bond issue of 2,640,000 secured by the Atlantic and Birmingham Railway was filed in Moultrie linking a 220 mile line to Old Colony Trust Company of Boston. The funds buy new equipment, expand shops, and extend lines toward Atlanta with connections to northern and western rail networks. The deal, described as the county’s largest mortgage, signals plans for heavy expansion and improved safety through high speed brakes and larger rolling stock.
United States Senator J. R. Burton arrived in St. Louis to confer with his attorney and federal officers about the indictment accusing him of accepting money to influence a fraud order against Rialto Gramin Securities. Burton stated readiness to resume Senate duties and declined to discuss the charges or rumors involving Arthur McClintyre and Merchants' Brokerage and Commission Company.
A 14 year old girl from Charleston was taken into custody in Atlanta after being enticed to a house on Piedmont Avenue. Chief Ball Sagage defended his anti vice actions, saying he will continue the crackdown to protect young girls, and the girl will be returned to her father once reachable.
The Senate in an executive session confirmed several nominations for postmasters. North Carolina Samuel M Jones of Sanford and William P. King of Windsor Caroling Edward E Pong Rock Full Elizabeth L. Bampfield of Beaufort were approved.
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