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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1915
Page
9
Miss Mary Woolford entertained delightfully Sunday evening at a rose contest party. The event was held in the Kindergarten hall, providing a pleasant social gathering with neighbors and friends in attendance.
A group of Miss Brinkley songs from Boston added to the evening’s pleasure while guests named Buss Florence Lavison and many others attended. A surprise party honored Mr. and Mrs. Trammell Scott on their fifth wedding anniversary in Livingstone apartments with wooden gifts and refreshments from attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Lombard and others.
The Ira street school Parent Teacher Neighborhood club held its regular Thursday session at 3 20 pm with an executive hour at 3 pm. A feature addressed value and care of teeth while Mrs Victor Moore led a story hour at 3 30 pm. Miss Tucker opened Atlanta Woman's Club lecture series on opera with a Huguenots review and Meyerbeer sketch.
Savannah February 18 Interstate Commerce Commissioner Meyer concludes hearing on Central of Georgia railway petition to keep ownership of Ocean Steamship company. Evidence on Atlantic Coast Line and Peninsula Occidental Steamship dealings follows as Meyer prepares report for Washington. Officials clash over whether Ogeechea canal sale affected competition and drainage use.
The Court of Appeals upheld the embezzlement conviction of John F. Carter, former president of Gilmer County Bank, for taking 33 shares of Bank of Murphy stock worth $100 each. The row over jury eligibility and Gilmer County political factionalism colored the trial, described as highly contested.
Bowden Georgia February 18 special no more hard times in Bowden is the town slogan and business men report January trade ahead of last year Dr R M Lorvern buys Bowden Machine shops a 15000 plant idle for some time now on full time Hon H J Reaves former representative builds a new residence soon to begin another I has opened a large general merchandise store Fowler Hardware firm closed last fall and reopened this week Post office receipts show about two percent higher than the prior month’s days.
Wacycross Georgia February 18. Special rate to travel 143 miles costs $400. The trip to Thomasville consumes most of the morning, with the Atlantic C ons including Pullman expenses totaling about $100 for 442 miles.
A $500 reward was posted by Sheriff C Wheeler Mangum for the capture of Will Styers, a Fulton county jail fugitive facing murder charges in the Crowley case. Reports placed Myers in San Francisco running a cigar business but cross country rumors lingered with no solid developments.
Savannah Ga February 18 Car rying 5500 bales of cotton the Swedish steamship Eina Jarl sailed today for Ondhiarn Russia From that port the cotton will be transported to mills 690 miles inland by railways and sleds The cargo was furnished by cotton exporters of Memphis and Augusts the cargo it is expected will create a new high freight cost record.
Rock Island Lines offers scenic Circle Tours via Paso, Tucson, San Gorgonio Pass, and coast routes to San Francisco with mounts and canyons named. Travel includes Los Angeles, San Diego Exposition, and San Francisco Exposition with Sierra Nevada and Colorado stops. A single ticket covers extra cost and generous stopovers. A travel bureau at 441 Peters Street assists planning and provides literature. H. H. Hont, D. P. A., Rock Island Liner, Main 661.
Albany February 18 The end game of securing a referendum on women’s suffrage nears after the secretary of state signs the resolution to permit balloting. The measure now advances toward New York voters this fall.
Boston February 1 The Massachusetts house concurred with the senate today in a memorial to Congress condemning the Underwood tariff act and declaring it responsible for high prices and for an increase in unemployment. The vote was largely along party lines.
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