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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1910
Page
4
A catalog of new clothing items featuring women and misses combination suits with low necks and no sleeves, lace trim, knee length, and comfortable undergarments. Also listing lisle vests and drawers, boys and girls garments, and varied prices from 25c to 50c and up to $1.50.
Grady hospital trustees met to consider plans and specifications for a new building funded by a $100,000 bond issue voted by the people. President Hirsch urged immediate action to secure plans, with a committee of five to advertise for designs. Dr Summerall reported two weeks of February activity including 1,? patients admitted and ambulances responding to 312 calls, with 262 white and 437 negro patients.
At a large College Park mass meeting at the Georgia Bil ary academy citizens backed building a local waterworks system. The plan calls for a town survey and plot with cost estimates and a bond commission to manage funds and supervise construction and operation. The report was accepted and sent to the town council for action.
Washington February 22 Representative Shackelford of Missouri seeks official data on emergency currency, noting rumors that under the emergency currency act of May 10 1908 the Treasury printed 182 160 990 and that 0 463 860 of that was tested by banks. He asks how much remains in circulation and what banks were issued under the act.
Trustees of Grady Hospital renew the medical board with Dr Crowe reelected after a lively contest between Drs Kime and Bivins. The 18-member board comprises six from Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons, six from Atlanta School of Medicine, and four from the city at large. The vote, by viva voce, ended unanimou sly and restored harmony amid long standing rows over board composition.
In the university chapel on Monday evening the eighty ninth anniversary observances of Demosthenian and Phi Kappa literary societies were held. Pope Brock of Carnegieville spoke for the Demosthenian and Pennington of Madison spoke for Phi Kappa. Speeches covered regional and international topics as cadet bands played and the college song closed the event.
The dead body of Prince Wright, a black man, was taken to Justice Van Gleason with a possessory warrant as two undertakers disputed the privilege and fee to bury him. One claimant failed to appear but sought administration papers to seize the body, in a fight resembling a habeas corpus proceeding. the outcome was not yet decided.
February 22 reports from Reyk Jaciky Iceland say an avalanche has overwhelmed Huffsdal en 39a Flard. Twenty three persons were emgas.
A fragment describes fashion bias toward thinner women and suggests a fat woman accepts Marmola Tablets to reduce fat. It claims the tablets are harmless, inexpensive, and effective, portraying dieting substitutes as trendy, with a dubious promotional tone.
The Mason family and relatives invite attendance at the funeral of Mrs. Carrie B. Mason at 10 o'clock on Thursday February 24 1910 from Wyven street residence. Pallbearers named J A Link J B Campbell H M Lokey A B Etkin A P Burns L A Redwine Rugh M. Dorsey and Judge E C Kontz to meet at Patterson Son chapel at 5 AM.
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