City Hall Meetings Schedule For Week In Atlanta
The city council will meet next Monday afternoon with regular sessions. Committees meet through the week on ordinances police tax streets and health. Subcommittees on sewer public works waterworks and beach may also convene. No redistricting meeting after the ward plan report is submitted to council.
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Board of Health
Beach Commission
Atlanta
Stomach
John S Candler
H. Brockdeil
Ines
Southern orders eighty new cars for railway improvements
Thompson the assistant to the Southern railway president says an order has been placed for eighty new passenger cars including express and dining cars to enhance accommodations. Funds from a 27 000 200 bond issue will partly cover the work, with double-tracking planned on ongoing sections. Finley and Thompson depart for Macon with plans for a statement on a proposed nine hour employee law.
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Thompson
The
Southern Railway
Hestean
Southern Frost
New York
Finley
Macon
Bacon Chamber of Commerce
Shale
Tmhompeon
Teward
Atente
ODD FELLOWS MEET AT CEDARTOWN CONVENTION
Rome and Lindale members travel to Cedartown for the Nineteenth division Georgia District Deputy Maitland and Deputy Grand Master Davies speech. Rome lodge degree team joins prize contest, with degrees and secret-work exemplifications planned. a public demonstration closes the day.
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19Th Georgia Division
Cedartown
Rome
Nineteenth Division
Georgia
W. G. Maitland
Iste Preaide
Idhn P. Davies
Rome Lodge
Lindale
Blalock
Davis
Daniel
Ramekins Offered In Fine Porcelain at Attractive Prices
A retailer advertises a wide variety of ramekins in superior glazed porcelain with silver deposit aesthetics. The dishes are described as highly pleasing and affordable, emphasizing value and visual appeal for shoppers.
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Ouratore
Atlanta County Choice Election in Nine Wards
A historic referendum asks Atlanta residents to decide whether the city remains in Fulton County or joins DeKalb County after parts were moved to Greater Atlanta. Polls open 7 am to 6 pm today with 19 919 registered voters. Election supervisors meet at Judge Penmeton's court Tuesday noon to tally results. polling places listed by ward with precinct superintendents named.
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Atlanta
Futton County
Become
DeKalb County
Allanta
Timita
DaKalb County
Fulton County
Fitch Ward
Abbott's
Mallentea Street
Tabernacle Place
Bixth
Hartford Rubber Company
Pryor Street
Seventh Ward
Mrs. Florence
Lee Street
Eighth Ward
Schools to Celebrate Washington's Birthday
Atlanta public schools marked Washington's Birthday with a noon to 1 pm program. Principal WF Dykes announced the lineup featuring Otis Barge, Sidney Gobay, Eugene Brica, Norman Copledge, and Charleston Halt delivering essays on Washington from early life to his national impact.
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George Washington
Atlanta
WF Dykes
Boye' High Achao
Washington
Otia Barge
Sidney Gobay
Eugene Brica
Norman Copledge
Harleston Halt
Dr Jones to Remain in Columbus Past
Dr M Ashby Jones pastor of the First Baptist church will stay in Columbus despite calls from Augusta to move there. A Columbus church committee did not urge a recommendation to extend his term as Columbus sal e is disposed to keep him. Jones, from Richmond, Va, came three years ago and is popular and active in civic affairs including the Civic Improvement League and community projects.
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Columbus
M. Ashby Jones
First Baptist Church
Columus
Augusta
Jones
Cai
Richmond
Ang Hag Besh
Civic Improvement League
Rome Man Dies as Street Car Crash Hurts Bidnes
A Rome Georgia man was severely injured in a collision between a railroad train and an electric street car at the Rome Furman street crossing in August 1908. His condition is critical and doctors fear he may die soon. A £10,000 damage claim against the city railway could rise to £425,000 for loss of life if he does not recover. The injured man, Ben Bradehew, is hospitalized at his home area Erica with little hope of recovery.
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Rome
Rone
Noarm
City
Ben Bradehew
Erica
Rome Furamet
Historic pageants seen in Washington centuries of inaugurations
The article recounts Washington inaugural pageants from Jefferson’s 1801 entry to Taft’s 1909 oath, detailing grand processions, improvised floats, and military escorts. It notes crowds from tens of thousands, evolving parade pomp, and funeral processions such as Lincoln and Garfield, plus Cleveland and McKinley era spectacles.
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Washington
Spestall
United States
Ine & Mach
Taft
Juutes Fallec
Supreme Court of
Republic
Capitol
Executive Mansion
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Jefferson
Washington Navy Yard
Monroe
Nome
Andy Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Waenington
Jackson
Daniel Websrer
van Buren
New York
Harrison
Baltimore
Harrisburg
Tippecanoe
Polk
District of Columbia
Georgetown College
Pubtex Cavalry
Old Dominion
Zachary Taylor
Lincoln
Avery Audier
Cogrigum, Jr
Speciftora
Jn Operus
Nix
First Avenue
Linsoln
White Honga
Cleveland
Abraham Lincoln
Benjamin Harrison
McKinney
Black-Horne
Ohio
McKinley
Emperor Ferdinand Visits Czar in Petersburg to Attend Funeral
In Saint Petersburg on February 2, Emperor Ferdinand of Bulgaria arrived to travel by imperial train. Grand Duke Constantine and General Hastenkampf welcomed him as guards fired salutes and the Maritza hymn played. The funeral of Grand Duke Vyacheslav took place at St Peter and St Paul, attended by Emperor Nicholas and the Bulgarian royal party. The ceremony proceeded without incident.
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Petersburg
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Dives Constantine
Emi Peror Nicholas
Hastenkampf
Aldsade
St. Peter and St Paul
Nichoine
Negroes Will Be Tried Near Macon in December Case
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a case involving two men Morvan and Ghavien and an incident near Macon with Mrs Ho smith, Banford, and Sabeyary on a December date. The text references a trial setting and attendance at a hearing, but details are unclear.
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Maou Ga. Sabeyary
Temple Open Today At $250000 Masonic Temple
A new Masonic temple at the corner of Calm and Peachtree will open to the public after 7 PM today. Grand Master Thomas H. Jeffries will lead a special session for debate at 8:20 PM, with tours and receptions planned on all floors and guided access for visitors.
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Shernoon
I ‘Masons
Calm and
Peachtree Phrnets
Thomen H. Jeffries
Grand Lodge of
Gece~eis
Wale
Sunshine Holiday for Seventeenth on Washington's Birthday
Captain Matthias Crowley and the Seventeenth infantry depart for a 30 day leave with all duties suspended today. A rainstorm postponed a battalion baseball game to 2:30 PM. A guardmount at 8 AM precedes a regimental band concert and a flag-raising at sunrise.
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Matthias Crowley
Seventeenth Infantry
New York City
Washington
Johns
Slater
Dorsa
Adame
Norwegian Bark A Wreck Reaches Shore After Storms
A Norwegian bark broke in two during successive storms and wrecked near the coast. The vessel’s crew and cargo were severely affected as the ship drifted ashore. The captain plans to recover movable equipment and salvage what remains.
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Puwanger
Negroless land exists down in Miller County
Albany Ga February 24. A Georgia newspaper reports a strip of land in Miller County where no African Americans are allowed or found. An incident with a traveling black man who ignored warnings led to warnings and gunfire as he crossed into the forbidden area. The piece notes moonshining activity and local enforcement concerns, attributing the prohibition to secrecy and distrust of outsiders. The column includes an advertisement for Clarke's Pre Rye bottled in bond.
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Albany
Miller County
South Georgia
Win
Forbidden Land
Borhood
Georgi
Miter
Clarke
Bond
Complex political notice on appropriation and memorials
The report notes a memorial sent to the battlefield commission for a survey and appropriation, with involvement from Governor B E Comer. It mentions the state’s push in Montgomery Alabama, including a February 1 special dispatch, and describes insurance company demands and investigations into profits and allocations. He finishes with an editor’s paragraph on state examinations at Cincinnati.
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Heflin
Coneres
Fallapaona County
IB Rifles
Dadevile
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Grand Lodge of Georgia
Lange Roagy
HL Orr
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Joseph C. Greenfield
Edward McCandlces
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Hake Smith
Royal Daniel
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M Ot LaHatte
Pleamone i Lodge
Bernard Wolff
Palestine
Ety
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Ikreely - Ziegler
Keely- Ziegler Shoe Department
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Keely
Samuel GC. Walker
Peachtree Street
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Montgormery
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Cason Central Life Insurance Company
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