New Atlanta Hotel Leased for 20 Years on Mims Corner
A 600000 apartment hotel plan is announced for the northeast corner of Peachtreetreat and Ponce de Leon avenue on the site of the late Mayor Livingston Mims home. The ten story structure with 300 rooms will be built by Joseph Gat ing and Charles A. Wood and leased to a company formed by Wood. The project aims for fireproof reinforced concrete construction with European styling and extensive hotel services. Completion targeted for September 1, 1911, as investors forecast a city twice Atlanta’s size.
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Joseph Gating
New York
Atlanta
Peachtrestreat
Ponce de Leon Avenue
Livingston Mims
Charles A. Wood
Piedmont Hotel
Hampton Terrace
Augusta
Piedmont
W L Stoddart
Forest City
Savannah
San Carlos
Pensacola
Stoddart
G. L. Norrman
Peachtree Street
Peachtree
Pence de Leon Avenue
Noor
Newa Sna
Gating
Wood
Twelve Years Work for 88 Cents in Brooklyn Robbery
New York reports Thomas McCormick must serve twelve years in Sing Sing for a robbery that yielded 88 cents. On February 1 he stopped a late pedestrian on a Brooklyn street and was quickly captured by two passing policemen after pleading guilty as a repeat offender. Colonel Ward to Be Brigadier General and other political moves noted.
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New York
Thomas McCormick
Sing Sing
Brooklyn
Robbery and assault victim found near Tifton
David A. Hines of Lincolnton North Carolina was found beside his camp fire two miles north of Tifton with a crushed skull. He was robbed and left for dead by a Black assailant who was last seen with him carrying suitcases. A passing freight train operator found him. he remains unconscious. A pistol was seen earlier in Hines's possession and a sum of money was believed to be on him. The Black suspect has not been seen since.
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Tifton
David A. Hines
Lincolnton
N. C
Heth
Dr Meyer of London sails to speak at Atlanta conference
Dr Meyer of London sails for America stopping in the east for a week and then Atlanta for the Tabernacle Bible Conference March 8 13. He will present mission field facts with W T Ellis of The Philadelphia Record in a Bus sion Feast event. The conference features strong international speakers and a book stall with works from each speaker.
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Dr . Beyer
London
America
East
Atlanta
Tabernacle
Meyer i
W. T Ellis
Philadelphia Record
Meyer
United States
The Marmola Diet Pill Promises Quick Fat Loss
An advertorial piece touts Marmola Tablet as a safe fat reducer for women, claiming one pill daily or after meals helps the fat lady shed pounds rapidly with no harm. It cites a fashionable formula and offers contact details for the Marmola Co. in Detroit to purchase for seventy five cents.
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Mereman
Marmoia Co
Detroit
Mich
Wilbur Wright Surprises Commercial Club in Montgomery
Wilbur Wright, pioneer in flying machine invention, visited Montgomery unexpectedly and asked for space to test new devices. He noted aero plate work tied to New York firms, and said airships will require years to replace rail and boat travel. Wright emphasized airships would serve special missions and quick dispatch.
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Commercal Club
Montgomery
Ala
Wilbur Wright
Commercial Club
Hoon
Wright
New York
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Ad
A Grant Ohio reader from West Newton testifies Hood's Sarsaparilla built him up and made him strong and hearty. The ad urges accepting no substitute and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills as blood purifiers and digestive aids.
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Hood
Miss Margie Calhoun Claimed by Death in Atlanta
Miss Margie Calhoun longtime Atlanta resident and granddaughter of John C Calhoun died at a private sanatorium after a weeklong illness. She was active in St Luke's Episcopal church and charitable work. Her funeral will be at St Luke's with interment in Oakland Cemetery. pallbearers named.
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Margie Calhoun
South Carolina
Atlanta
Miss Calhoun
John C Calhoun
South Carolinas
Andrew Pickens Calhoun
Marengo
Patrick Calhoun
United States
St Luke's Episcopal Church
Calhoun
New York
St Luke's Church
Rex . K. Nelson
Oakland Cemetery
Linton Hopkine
William L Feel
Joseph A McCord
Forrest Adair
Phinizy Calhoun
DeSauagure
Opposition to Prohibition Bill in Hawaii
February 15 Honolulu report notes the Honolulu chamber of commerce the Merchants' Association and the Bar Association oppose the congressional measure for prohibition in the Hawaiian Islands arguing it is unwarranted federal interference with no legal question. The Civic Federation and the Ministerial Union support the bill.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu Chamber of Commerce
Merchants’ Association
The
Bar Association
Civic Federation
Ministerial Union
Annual Meeting of Ice Exchange Opens in South
The twentieth annual meeting of the Southern Ice Exchange opened in the New Kimball convention hall at 10:80 yesterday with ice manufacturers from the south and midwest in attendance. W J Rushton read methods of being an ice business and J P Nickerson spoke on reducing insurance costs. Optional discussions covered season contracts, water crystals, advertising, compressors, pipe sizing, and distilled water ice without reboiling. A card party and theater outing were scheduled for attendees.
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Southern Sca Exchange
The
New Kimball
W. J. Rushton
Birmingham
Exchange
J. P Nickerson
Chicago
George Braungart, Jr
Atlanta
Thomas A Bird
Peter Nell
Canton
Ohio
Fred W Wolf Company
Directives for Telephone Directory Changes in Atlanta
All additions and requests for changes in the telephone directory must be made in writing to the Atlanta Telephone & Telegraph Co before February 15. Contract department, 309.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Telephone & Telegraph Co
Contract Department
First Convictions Under Prohibition Law In Nashville
In Nashville on February 15 the first conviction under statewide prohibition law was rendered in the Sadler tippling case. William Sadler was found guilty of selling whisky after a 15 minute deliberation, while Charles Sadler was acquitted as proprietor. The penalty includes fines and imprisonment in the workhouse. Defendants offered no witnesses or argument.
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Nashville
Sadler Tippling
William Sadler
Charles Sadler
South Carolina Supreme Court Restores Babies to Tillman
South Carolina Supreme Court granted habeas corpus and ordered two Tillman grandchildren returned to their mother Mrs H R Tillman Jr after ruling a deed transferring custody to Senator and Mrs B R Tillman Jr was invalid and unconstitutional. The decision held that the father cannot transfer custody without the mother's consent, placing the children with their mother. Senator Tillman defended his guardianship saying it served the granddaughters’ welfare and noted broader implications for the family.
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South Carolina Supreme Court
B. R. Tillman, Jr
Columbia
Supreme Court of
South Carolina
H. KR. Tillman, Jr
Douschks Pickens Tilman
Barah Blark Tillman
BR Tillmen
United States
Mra. Tillman
Expreanes Joy
B. R. Tilman
General Assembly
B R Tillman, Jr
B. HR. Tillman, Jr
B. R. Tillman
B R. Tillman
Case
Lucy Dugas
W Pickens
Lucy Holcombe Pickens
Benjamin Ryan Tillman Jr
B R Tillman
Mra Tillman
Tillman
Washington
Trenton
South Carolna
Senator Tillman
Supreme Justices
Uniformity Sought in State Auto Laws
Washington February 16 Uniformity in state automobile laws topped the agenda at the American Automobile Association session. Speakers included Senators Depew New York Taylor Tennessee and Representatives Cocka New York Burka Pennsylvania. Cooks author of the federal registration bill urged federal regulation of freight rates and predicted support from Speaker Cannon. Burka supported uniform estate automobile laws while Taylor, a states rights Democrat, spoke on the limits of federal negletration debates, but favored good roads.
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Washington
American Automobile Association
Depew
New York
Taylor
Tennessee
Cocka
Burka
Pennsylvania
Cooks
House Committee On Foreign and Interstate Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cannon
Joe
Burke
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Mims Corner
Plang
W. L. Stoddart
Ward
Senate
Frederick K .Ward
Seventh Cavalry
North Carolina
DR. Meyer
Aviation
St. Luke’s
ICE Exchange
Express C. OD
Mebane
Daniel Bros
L. J. Daniel
TORS
Auto Association
Bell
Ivy
R. A. Dunaway
Mgr
Peters
Phon Yard
Milsy Humphries
Southera
Janta
Marlborough
Herald Square
Broadway
Roma
Sweeney-Tierney Hotel Company
Chattanooga
Deep Spring
Lincoln Co
Kelly
Silver Spring Mountain City Old Kennel
Belmont
Milford
Cedar Bluff
ABOV
J. W. Kelly & CO. Inc
Distillers Box
Chattanooga, Tenn
WM. M. Baird
South Berkd Bireet Fem
Broad
Alabazsad
Adel
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