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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1903
Page
5
Our record to date shows every winner and loser, with a $20 flat bet tracking gains. After three days the net is $150, with promising bets at 4 to 1 and 10 to 1. The Riley Grannan Company invites readers to join and place or have bets placed on their selections.
Terms for telegraphed selections allow $10 daily or $60 weekly per client to bet their own money, and $5 daily or $30 weekly plus 5 percent of net winnings when the service bets for clients. Minimum account is $100 for $10 per ride, $200 for $20 plays, larger scales follow. Daily bets depend on Riley Grannan's input. Continuous operation until withdrawal, weekly profit statements mailed. certifications required for payments. Telegraph subscription and full name with address required. checks must be certified.
At Ingleside tracks February 18 Golden Mineral the odds on favorite won the 312 furlongs purse race with Rose of Ajay also a favorite landing. Multiple races listed with winners Bard Burns KE M Brittain James F etc. Election riots reported in Rio de Janeiro with injuries and fatalities.
Manshak captured the Carnival stake worth 1000 dollars by a neck, with Durnell and Herz buying Dick Bernard later. Captured bets pushed the colt’s price to 2000 dollars, while Captain Hunbury’s claim for 4083 dollars was denied as he was not Parke’s authorized agent. Other races list winners and entrants at New Orleans and Ingleside with odds and finish placements.
New York February 18 Radical changes to trot races at Yonkers grand circuit meet begin August 10. All races best two in three with money won, list of stakes includes The New York The Mount Vernon The Empire The Bronx The Yonkers The Westchester. Entrance fee six percent plus five percent from money winners. Crosby and Ashe Draw: Crosby of Louisville and Ashe of Cincinnati fought to a draw in Hot Springs.
EH Silverman & Co prepared to open a state of the art cigar store at Whitehall and Alabama streets. The two story setup features a humidore showroom, elegant buffet, and porcelain cigar cases. The shop promises a full line of imported and domestic cigars and pipes with expert staff Kirk Kennan and Sam Auerbach.
A promotional notice targets large estate holders and businessmen urging purchase of two pamphlets. The Bank President’s instructions on investing personal wealth are highlighted as a safe burden relief. A $1,000,000 policy is promoted as an insurance romance for men of affairs from the Murrat Life Insurance Company of New York led by President A McCuapy.
New York detectives sweep lower Broadway and Wall Street offices to corral get rich quick firms amid sweeping turf investment complaints. Officers insist women and young workers are common victims, with several firms named Burns Wallace and Co and Dan Smith under scrutiny. External actions include Arnold Turf Investment Company receivership in St. Louis and Chicago raids on Mason Teller Company, with assets and offices investigated as fraud schemes linked to turf investing.
Raleigh February 18 Special Lieutenant Governor Turner said the legislature will adjourn around March 8 after inspecting a calendar. Most members leave then with a few staying to ratify bills. A bill to charter the High Point Fire Insurance Co seeks $30,000 capital, with potential to rise to $1,235,000, to insure various properties and marine risk. Representative Watts advances liquor regulation amendments to enable elections by petition for prohibition or license questions, likened to London and Smith bills, with Guion aiding.
Zero weather followed yesterday's blizzard with temperatures from 12 above at Nantucket to 4 below at Eastport Maine. Boston logged a 6 above reading as railroad and streetcar traffic remained heavily delayed by the snow and extreme cold.
Georgia Tech gymnasts under Dr Jackson train hard for the annual contest at the Grand Opera house next Tuesday February 24 at 8 o clock. The event features pyramid building and a society mood with Washington seminary and Miss Thornburys college students in attendance boxes. Governors Terrell and others will attend with prizes awarded by Governor Terrell and the Atlanta Athletic Association. Admission 75 cents pit 50 cents balcony. Proceeds go to Teen Athletic Association.
New York February 18 The national board of arbitration governing minor league baseball opened a session led by President P T Powers with W H Sexton T H Murnane James H O Rourke W H Lucas Jugge W M Kavanaugh and J H Farrell in attendance. The agenda includes drafting a new national agreement and securing equal representation for minor leagues alongside the American and National leagues.
A lively Albany meeting at city hall established the Albany chamber of commerce replacing the old board of trade. Officers elected are B. B. Brown president A. W. Muse vice president and T. M. Ticknor secretary and treasurer. A social and manufacturing-building push was launched with plans for a constitution and by laws and another organizing meeting in two weeks.
Four Rock Island passenger trains are snowbound twenty miles north of Torrance on the El Paso and Northwestern railway. A force of shovelers has gone from Torrance to clear the tracks. Telegraph wires are down and the weather is clear and warm across the territory.
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