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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1921
Page
12
Measurements for summer uniforms were taken after the uniform committee of the police board accepted Jacob Reed’s Sons Co. of Philadelphia bid through representative William W. Nell. The price is 34.10 dollars per set including caps and insignias for sergeants captains lieutenants and chiefs.
Miss Leola Gilbert aged 18 of 63 Auburn Avenue suffered a badly mashed foot and cuts on the hands when she fell one story into the basement of the elevator shaft at No. 1 South Pryor Street Tuesday afternoon. The J B Rutledge Candy company occupies the building. police had not learned the cause by Tuesday night.
A special 10 o'clock session of a federal grand jury will consider Mark Tolery in Atlanta’s banco fraud probe. Time sensitive, Tolery faces possible indictment before March 9 to preserve power to convict. Five witnesses have been subpoenaed as officials pursue theft schemes and Tolery jealously guards his freedom from El Paso. The jury aims to decide within three hours.
An old advertisement reads hoop skirts worn by early customers who first asked for Golden Medical Discovery by Dr Pierce. It claims the tonic strengthens health, builds flesh, and has been used for thirty years. Mrs Lucy Beach endorses it as a great medicine for feeling run down. Druggists sell Nauaid tablets.
Dr. Henry N. Snyder of Wofford College spoke at Emory University chapel on the birthday of George Washington. The program featured prayers by Dr. F N Parker and President H W Cox, plus student talks from Phi Gamma and F E Society. Alumni hosted Snyder at a Piedmont hotel dinner.
A letter from Eugene R. Black and other chamber leaders endorses Atlanta’s bond issue after full debate on its features and oversight. A municipal commission will supervise bond expenditures, and a chamber committee urges members to vote on March 8.
A letter signed by EPPS BROWN, president, urges swift enlargement and extension of Atlanta services to match projected growth to 1930, 1945. It defends bond financing for schools, water, sewerage, and sanitary facilities as essential for civic progress, noting the need to include a colored high school. The Negroes Indorse the Issue section reports NAACP support and ministers urging registration and backing of the bond plan for equitable improvements.
The Atlanta Alumni chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha will meet at the Daffodil tea room at 12 30 Wednesday to hear talks on a proposed bond issue for public improvement. Prominent speakers will present the cause and a general discussion will follow. About 150 Pi Kaps are expected to attend.
Young Women's Christian Association reserves donate after school hours this week to distribute circulars and literature. They aim to boost interest in the playrooms run by the Atlanta Woman's Club, located on the Peachtree Arcade third floor beside the YWCA. The initiative seeks to inform mothers about this civic service.
The article describes babies can be left with attendants, with play rooms available for a fee of 25 cents and a hot lunch served for 30 cents. Expert attendants supervise at all times and a variety of innocent amusements are provided to engage the children.
Continued from first page, Turka intrigues foreground negotiations on Armenian Kurdistan and Constantinople questions. Allies’ policy divergence complicates entry of Greece and Turkey. Kalogeropoulos makes no headway as Turkish delegation remains unavailable to allow talks between Tewfik Pasha and Sami Bey.
The announcement notes James Davis director general of the Loyal Order of Moose joined the party two days before a trip to Atlanta and was later called to Marton Ohio by Mr Harding and rejoined the party at Epar.
A brief market note from Atlanta outlines rising interest in exchange traded funds and housing activity. Investors weigh ETF options while regional real estate shows cautious momentum into the year.
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