Abolish Grady Hospital Board Aims For Ward Based Trustees
An ordinance to replace the Grady hospital trustees with eight elected ward representatives and two ex officio members proposes ending the paid patient system and bars city funds from furnishing board or meals to anyone connected with the hospital except patients and nurses. Councilman A I Curtis will introduce the measure and seek committee action.
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Grady Hospital
Elty
A. I. Curtis
Ordinance Committee
Curtis
Committee On Hospital and Charities
General Council
Wlt
Trudees
Sale
Card Board
Self Hospital
Board of Food
Cty
Quiet reigns at courthouse as Fulton courts adjourned
Only one Fulton county court sits this week while others pause for season’s vacation. Judge Calhoun presiding in criminal court of Atlanta will hear about 100 cases, mostly minor misdemeanors involving Black defendants, with motions and docket issues extending through the week.
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Fulton County
Andy J .Calholm Wilhout
Criminal Court of
Atlanta
Tire
Reid
Calhoun
Lumpkin
Superior Court
Coker-Kendrick
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Roan
Atlanta Medical Mission Opens Free Treatment School
Southern Medical Training School in Atlanta opens for clinical instruction this morning. It offers free medical and surgical treatment to the poor and trains medical missionaries, nurses, and students. Charter members include J McFadden Gaston and Rev B H Holt, with trustees thanking Atlanta Theological Seminary for use of its building.
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Southern Medical Training
Atlanta
J. McFadden Gaston
Wood
E. L. Awtty
Jh, Green
B. H. Holt
George Brown
J H Green
Benraim Smith
J McFadden Gaston
Atlanta Theological Seminary
Georgia Day Celebration Arrangements by Daughters of the American Revolution
Georgia Day will be celebrated with exercises next Monday as February 2 falls on Sunday. Local chapters in Atlanta plan a program at the state capitol, with details still being arranged and expected to be notably entertaining. Meanwhile Alabama reports a snow cover in Huntsville with sleighing enjoyed for the first time this season and frigid nights. A Columbus man, Notéworthy, faces larceny charges after a $25 theft from Ballist C, with others involved in hospital staff affairs under scrutiny and an ordinance repealing conflicting sections.
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Daughters of American Revolution
Georgia
Daughters of the American Revolution
Atlante
State Capitol
Legislative Hells
Alabama
Huntsville
Ala
Alstama
Augusta
J. H. McKenzie
Griffin
Charles McKeagle
Stalians
Savannel
Oma
McKenzie
Fela
Proposals urged for Washington's Birthday reform Day
Herbert Myrick urged governors to proclaim Washington's Birthday as Farm Home and Factory Day calling for reforms in transportation rail rates parcel post post currency and more. Governor Terrell did not issue a proclamation but endorsed the reforms and expressed hope they would pass.
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Hile
Terrell
Washington
Herbert Myrick
Orange Judd Farmer
Mr Myrick
Myrick
Jame
Stephen B. Eline
Senate Committee On Commerce
Nelson ‘W. Aldrich
Senate Committee On Finance
Bolen Penrose
Senate Committee On Post Offices
Will
Immigrant labor eyed to replace scarce southern workers
Augusta Georgia records show J H McKenzies Sons planning to import Italian labor to Griffin to meet a large contract. The move follows chronic shortage of Negro labor, with farmers also facing cotton harvest staffing problems and a rising interest in foreign workers for railroad and farm projects.
Mississippi Cotton Movement Gathers Steam in State
Jackson Mississippi February 5 Special reports that leaders of the Mississippi Southern Cotton Association urge county meetings on February 19 to elect delegates for the February 21 state convention in Jackson. The drive aims to reduce next year plantings by percent and hold back 2,000,000 bales of last year’s crop. Farmers merchants and bankers show strong interest.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
A Witherspoon
John McMartin
Walter Clark
Camamittes
Southern Cotton Association
Boukwin Cotta Association
Whhh
Asein
Lively council session on veto and elections today
The afternoon meeting will debate Mayor Woodward veto overriding and the election of a city electrician to replace the expired term, plus a board of education vacancy. Amendments to the Nelson street grant with the Southern Railway and Peachtree street repair plans are on the agenda, with paving expert objections noted.
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Southern
Woodward
Board of Education
Peachtree Street
Neilson Wtreet
Raiway
General Council
Hirsch
R. C Bosche
McEachern
W. HL Preston
Coune
Preston Ae
Southern Railway
Nelson Street
Peters Street
Mitchell Street
City
T. J. Batrper
Couner
Electton
Fred Myers
John S. Parts
Fourth Ward
R. M. Clayton
Try Fehr's Malt Tonic For Sleep Aids
An old advertisement urges readers to try Fehr's Malt Tonic for sleeplessness. It claims to soothe nerves, rejuvenate tissues, feed nerve centers and promote healthful sleep with a clear mind upon awakening. Readers are advised to ask their druggist for Feets Malt Tonic.
Desolate Jordan Family Seeks Aid After Tragic Death
The Jordan family on Lindsay Street faces destitution after the husband was killed Saturday morning. The Constitution launched a subscription fund, contributing $25, with further donations to be directed to Mrs. Jordan. A widow with children, she recounts hardships from illness and loss, urging Atlanta to aid with essentials as coal, food, and warmth are scarce.
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Award Jorden
Price Buntyn
Lindsay Street
Constitution
Jordan
Atlanta
Jordyn
Railway Notes Highlight Southland Officials Late Wakeup
Railroad officials and passengers on the Atlanta sleeper faced delays after a wreck near Rockmart stalled No. 14 and delayed connections to Florida. Wrecking trains from Rome reached Atlanta two hours late in bad weather, while James A. Hickey was named manager of Atlanta’s new depot restaurant and other staffing moves followed at Southern Railway, with several trainsmasters reassigned amid a severe two day rush of outdoor railroad workers.
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Atlanta
Jacksonville
Southeaster Passenger Association
Miami
Southern
Florida
Rockmart
Rome
Neve
James A. Hickey
Jim Hickey
Enotrel
Bir
Hickey
Palm Limited
Southern Railway
New York
St. Augustine
The
Loig
South
Hig Iast
Samuel Sencer
Coning South
Massachusetts
Atlacta
Railroads praised for steady work despite harsh weather
The article extols railroad workers as daily heroes keeping travel comfortable across America. It notes an estimated January 1905 gross rise of 379,145.96 for the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis railway and recalls heavy snows and slippery rails affecting trains. It mentions depot work halted, a forthcoming large 1905 fair with promised rate concessions, Atlanta traffic officials and visits, and overall ideal skating weather amid conditions.
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Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louie
Georgia Girl Takes Prize At New York Art Show
Miss Martha D Beal of Washington Wilkes county Georgia won the best landscape prize at the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Students Club annual exhibition in New York City The subject was In Mrs Richmonds Garden Her win marks another step up in her art career she has studied and worked in New York for several years The Wolfe Club founded in 1896 supports art students and has long influenced New Yorks student life
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New York
Martha D. Beal
Catherne Loriford Wolfe
Art Students’ Club
New York City
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe
Art Students Club
Mills double rope capacity in Eagle and Phenix plants
Columbus Ga February special reports Eagle and Phenix mills will double the capacity of their rope department. The machinery needed to expand capacity has been ordered. Eagle and Phenix cotton ropes are sold nationwide. In the past five years the average annual investment in cotton manufactures here has been perhaps over 506,000.
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Eagle and Phenix
Columbus
Eagle and Phenix Mills
Secredeur
Eagle
Phenix
United States
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Ed Jordan
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W. M. Devel
A. P. Cone
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