Telephone system deranged after sleet storm crushes Atlanta lines
After a severe sleet storm Atlanta telefonic service collapsed citywide. About 3000 telephones were out of order with key routes including Piedmont avenue, Marietta street and Washington street down. Recovery was expected to take three weeks with extensive damage across the southwest and neighboring cities like Marietta and Palmetto also affected.
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Atlanta
Tell
Roberts
Marietta
West End
Falea
College Park
Caprio Avenues
Washington Street
East Fair
East Paint
Decatures
Jonesboro
Palmetto
Fayetteville
Remarkable Stomach Remedy Offer Promises Free Trials
An advertisement promises a full dollar’s worth of “Shops Restorative” free to any stomach sufferer. It claims to target nerves controlling the stomach rather than the stomach itself, asserting it can cure symptoms like dyspepsia and indigestion by addressing underlying nervous causes. The pitch urges readers to write for a free trial and asserts the remedy works beyond ordinary stomach tonics.
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Lars Worth
Ted Ms Smeds
Pierel
Ask
Kates
Sultans
Owens
Frank
Storm Devastates Atlanta Telephone Network and Repairs
Atlanta endures a severe ice storm crippling the Southern Bell system with over 2 900 phones injured and 212 poles down in Marietta. Linemen rush to repair as 380 workers sweep streets and restore lines while hospitals, hotels, and businesses brace for days without service.
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Atlanta
Stone Mountain
Marietta
Fayettevile
Toneborg
Palmetto
Southern Bell
Southern Belt Company
Decatur
Poe Une
Lanta
Hell Company
Roberts
Southern’ Bell
West Exchange
East Point
Southern Belt Telephone Company
Beh ‘Phone Company
Southern Bell Company
Carrollton Struck By Severe Winter Storm Damage
Carrollton reports crippling damage as heavy sleet and ice break fruit trees and block roads. Electric plant resumes after major storm impact. telephone service largely down. Weather hampers repairs and several days may pass before normal conditions return.
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Carrollton
Haing
Heavy Sleet Strikes Elberton and Surrounding Areas
Elberton and nearby regions suffered a severe sleet event following days of snow and warm spells. Reports describe widespread ice on ground and trees breaking under weight, widespread power and telephone line damage, and planned precautionary灯 lights outages to preserve life. Huntsville noted as heavily affected with record rainfall and flooding of creeks from the city to the Tennessee River.
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Elberton
Fiherton
Aspet
Sano Te
Georgia Railway Faces Citywide Power Restoration Plan
Georgia Railway and Electric Company president Arkwright outlined that all commercial lights will be on tonight and streetcar service would resume by noon tomorrow. Despite widespread wreckage from fallen poles and tangled wires, repairs are underway and outside fire limits power should be restored by Saturday night.
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Prestont Arkwright
Geotsia Railway and Electric Company
Stract
Fre Limited
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
Atlenta
Arkwright
Moon
Southern Bell Telephone
Meyer Woodward
City
Mies
Postum Helps Woman End Coffee Habit and Asthma
A lengthy testimony describes a woman who suffered asthma and insomnia from coffee. After trying Postum at breakfast she reports no craving for coffee, health improvements, weight gain, and better sleep. Her physician approves and endorses Postum as a coffee alternative. Look in each package for The Boagie Wellville booklet.
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Postum
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Postum Co
Wattle Creek
Mich
Famous Lite
River rising at Columbus prompts no damage feared
In Columbus Georgia the Chattahoochee river rose about 10 to 15 feet at the wharf over two days but remains below damaging levels. The river hovered stationary in the afternoon amid cloudy skies with no rainfall reported. In other notes, new enterprises near Sixth Avenue station include plans for a large brick storage building, candy and cracker factory, and a warehouse, while Henry and Mrs Mary Shira were buried side by side at Girard cemetery. A forgery case saw Robert Coleman sentenced to five years hard labor with $6,000 in costs due to a forged $16 money order receipt.
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Chattahoochee
Columbus Wharf
Dysley
Sixth Avenue
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Brooke Broshays
Columbus Candy Company
Willrest Win Candy
Kelly
Henry Shira
Mary Shira
Girard Cemetery
Shira
Bath
Sacon
Overuay
Club manager seeks permit under new city ordinance
Macon Ca February 9 Special Manager Banch of Tettonia Club has instructed his attorney to draw up an application for permission to operate under the new ordinance passed by city council last Tuesday night The specification will probably be presented at the next council meeting as Manager Bunch says the ordinance suits him exactly and he can comply with every requirement stipulated
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Macon
Tettonia Club
Bunch
Telegraph Service Disrupted by Freezes at Fatonton
Business men in Fatonton Ga report nearly a week of telegraph failure due to severe freezes. The disrupted service has left local firms unable to receive or settle telegrams, fueling economic worry and hampering daily operations.
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Fatonton Ga
Streetcar service in doubt as wires fail after storm
Reports from across the city indicate trolley wires are broken and feed lines damaged. Officials fear the street railway system may not be fully operational by noon though some principal lines may run. many areas will remain without service as repairs lag. Athenians have walked in the meantime while officials promise relief today at noon.
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Arkwright
Storm Backbones Broken as Atlanta Sees Clear Weather
Weather reports show no new alerts and Atlanta edges toward normal conditions after a second storm breaks. telegraph, rail, and business channels reopen as melting ice aids repairs. Traffic resumes in multiple districts while trees and debris clog streets but progress toward restoration is evident.
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Weather Bureau
Atlanta
Georgia
Ben
Troy
Georgia Beliway and Electric Company
Peneily
Marietta
Decatur
Department of Public Works
Georgia Supreme Court docket report fragment from 1905
Fragmentary court note listing Atlanta Circuit and Mountain Circuit cases with parties such as Allen ex al, Grant et al, Baxter Co, Mountain Railroad Co, Mims, Phillips, Collinsive Granite Co. Indicates arguments concluded or argued with at least two circulations of dockets on February 9, 1905 in Atlanta.
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Preme Court of Georgia
Atlanta
Allen Ex
Stone
Grant
Baxter & Co
Atlanta and West Point Railroad Co
Mims
Paillips
Vice Versa
Collinseive Granite Co
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Health Against Disease
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for appetite loss, nervousness, and digestive issues. It touts blood health, combats disease germs, and claims millions have bought the booklet. payment asks 21 cents for a pamphlet and a mail-order offer from Buffalo New York.
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Battal
Suffering of Atlanta Poor Intensifies During Severe Winter
The city faces widespread hardship as cold-Caused suffering grows among the poor. Charity workers report long temperatures and paralysis from storms. City Warden Evans, Chief Jentzen, Commissioner Collier coordinate relief with wagons, fuel and food distributed district by district. Firemen and wardens investigate each aid request, with a two-horse wagon kept ready for rapid response and several cases fully addressed.
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Death by Georgia Southern train claims L. I. Fletcher
L. I. Fletcher of Tifton was killed near Chula when a Georgia Southern train struck him as he sheltered by a box beside the main line. A coroner’s jury ruled death caused by the collision Tuesday night. Fletcher, 30, left a Chula store to return to Tifton and was found the next morning with fatal head gashes and a severed left hand, a bloodied stick nearby. He leaves a wife and child.
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Irwin Counsele
Relief for the Poor Faces Severe Weather Hardship
Relief efforts proceed but funds fall short as the committee appeals to the reserves. Chief Ball Kyner and Mr Schlusinger note funds cover medical and required articles before aid reaches destitute areas. Joyner laments the harsh winter and ongoing suffering among negroes and poor whites as townspeople scavenge fuel from streets.
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Kyner
Schlusinger
Chiles Joyner
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