Ora Made Head of Committee in City Drive for Agnes Beott college
The joint Citizens and Chamber of Commerce committee met yesterday afternoon and elected W J Orr as chair. The group aims to raise 120000 within thirty days to turn Agnes Beott college into a million dollar institution. Subcommittees were formed to handle organizational tasks and fund-raising, with Atlanta expected to back the plan within the set deadline.
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K Orr
Citizens’ Committee
Agnes Beott College
Chamber of Commerce and
The
Artigens
Chamber of Commerce
Cutiseny
Inman
Charles R Winsiip
Werner
Bush
Winecot
W A Speer
HS Johnson
George Muse
J HK Orr
W. ‘Woods
Walter Rich
K F Maddox
Alex W Smith
J J Hagan
Resumoent
Melancholy death of Ballard in Lake Forest
Bland Ballard a Chicago stock broker and prominent Lake Forest resident died by his own hand at age 82. He leaves a widow, Miss Afele Shreve of Louisville, and three children. Descriptions praise his buoyant nature and social grace as a longtime member of the Onwentsia Club. Dr Haven offered an explanation citing a domestic struggle that preceded the act.
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Chicago
Bland Ballard
Lake Forest
C Haven
Haven
Ballard
Banara
Card Party Prizes in Oriental Room Offer Distinctive Brass Items
The advertisement invites visitors to browse the Oriental Room for distinctive items. It highlights brass desk pieces, hanging vases, plaques, fern stands, stems, and smoker's accessories, described as original and attractive novelties, with an invitation to explore the art wares during a visit.
Making Last Push for WEW Members in Atlanta Charities
The Old Fashioned Women with district chairmen and committees report strong gains for the Associated Charities drive in Atlanta. Seventeen new members reported in the central district, with several others across South Side and central committees. An ongoing push includes ministers and churches conducting appeals, while Major Guinn coordinates ticket returns and dues. Charles A Corbin of Hot Springs, Ark, requests inclusion on the membership roll.
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Associated Charities
FR J Gulna
Carmegie Worary
Mra Ho M/ Willett
Kreigshaber
John FM
Mra
E GkKontz Witle
Henry Portes
Central
Maddox
Major
Guinn
Candler
Association
Charles A Corin
Atlanta
Hot Springs
Ark
Mra Conklin
Master Conklin
Conklin
Longhaired evangelists preach in Atlanta streets
Two longhaired strangers in Atlanta declares they preach an independent gospel. They carry two tracts The Great Mystical Babylon and The Two Covenants and say they belong to no church They will stay in the city for several days to evangelize and then travel on to another town
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Atlante
The
Constitution
Robert J F Brown
Kansas City
Henry Martl
Switzerland
Babylon
Calid
Christ
Atlanta
Memorial Service at Tabernacle Honors M O Barclay
A memorial service for the late Jown FR Barclay will be held at the Tabernacle Baptist Church Sunday at 3 o’clock. Dr Len G Broughton will preside with several prominent speakers including Mayor Robert F Maddox praising Barclay’s work among the poor and needy.
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Barclay
Tabernecke Baptist Church
Len G Broughton
Robert F. Maddox
Berclay
H. E. W. Palmer
Gt. Lake's
Weather for Today Forecasts Fair Day East of Rockies
Weather outlook shows a generally fair day across much of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains with cloudiness and light rain lingering in parts of Texas. Partial precipitation and coastal moisture noted elsewhere as fronts move through.
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United States
Rocky Mountains
Texas
Gopher column teases Rays and Austins season opener
In a lighthearted near column the Gopher jokes about frost and social chatter. It notes Mister Rivers and Mister Dorris will attend the Rays and Austins game, with Johnny Fey and the Austin team promising to entertain the crowd. The piece invites readers to enjoy the first game of the season.
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Jacksdéntille
New Orleans
Mobile
Gopher
de Boye
Rivers
Dorris
Rays
Johnny Fey
Teeg
Hoya’ Club
Temps
Nelson Morris to build guano plant in Atlanta area
Nelson Morris Company, a major meat packer, bought 20 acres at the Southern railway and Seaboard Air Line intersection in north Atlanta to establish a fertilizer plant costing about 979,000. The land was bought from the old Mazon estate via 8 B Turman & Co, with J T Kimbrough assisting. They plan to remove 98,000 cubic yards of earth for the foundation and begin construction soon to start operations this fall. Meanwhile in Little Rock, Ark, Fritz Upham, a young lawyer, was arrested, accused of embezzlement in Houston, Texas, and is traveling with his three weeks bride Laura Baltzley of Tallapoosa, Ga, whom he married in Atlanta in Rev Fichara Orme Flinn's study. he claims the arrest stems from an overdraft, not theft.
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Nelson Morris Company
Southern Railway
Seaboard Air Line
8 B Turman & Co
J T Kimbrough
Busineas
Nelson Mortis Company
Armour and Swift
Isis
Armour and
Swift
Atlanta
Germafert Manufacturing Company
East Point
Little Rock
Ark
Houston
Texas
Fichara Orme Flinn
North Avenue Presbyterian Church
Fbh Upham
Washington
Associated Preas
Little Hock
IL Upham
Howaton
Upham
Tallapoosa
Laura M Baltzley
Fling
Baltzley
Flinn
Flotilla Ordered to Join Mobile Mardi Gras
Washington February 4 The third flotilla now at Pensacola has been ordered to Mobile Alabama to participate in the Mardi Gras celebration there February 15 to the date not specified.
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Flotills
Mobile
Washington
Tocpe Ve
Pensacola Fis
Mobile Alu
Lewis heads Macon Fair Association in new election
Charles B. Lewis was chosen to lead the Macon Fair Association after the death of Ben L. Jones. The late Jones’s funeral occurred hours earlier at the Later hotel. Mayor Miller and Joseph N Neel named as vice presidents, with Herbert Haley succeeding Jones as director. The directors’ meeting focused on continuing fair plans amid strong local business support and state agricultural society presence.
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Charles
Lewis
Ben L. Jones
Macon
Charles B. Lewis
Macon Fair
Ben le Jones
Mc Jones
Miller
Joseph N ‘Neel
Herbert Haley
Jones
No Change in Illinois Incident Report
A scrambled, partially readable entry notes a two line incident near Springtieta and Hebruary 4 with references to the prety seventy iine fuatiot and a situation at a relative Be family location. The fragment mentions a side the toint 8001 see pelioting 3 Saumaa Towed as ea a.
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Ilinois
Springtieta
Fittia Chetae
Saumaa
Surrender in Murder Case Returns to Scene in Dublin
Manly B Tripp, who killed James Hood in 1899 and spent ten years roaming the world, surrendered to Laurens County sheriff in Dublin in February. He had been an interested court spectator for days and was not recognized until his voluntary surrender. A once prominent youth, his escape attempts failed as authorities pursued him for the street killing.
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Dublin
Manly B Tripp
Laurens County
James Hood
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Whitehall
Peachtree
Ora
Agnes Scott College
Joint Citizens’ and Chamber of Commerce Committee
Chicago Hospital
Maier&Berkele
Pris
WEW
Associated Charities Campaign
Eer
Chas. A. Conk| Ti
Landrumy
First Baptist Church
J W. Les
Trinity Methodist
Kia Pilpit
Tabernacle
Eiseman & Weil’s
Eiseman & Weil
Whitehall Street
Johnny Rays
Atranta
Mason Estate 2
Rountree
W.Z. Turner
Mgr
Rae Fae
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Thomas Moran
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Easthampton
L.I
New York City
Kartellay Pale Agt
California
New York
Williams, Inc
EF Tovar
Fred Harvey
F. Ry
Prydr Street
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