Atlanta High Schools Buckling Under Crowded Conditions
The 1915 public school report shows rising enrollments at Boys' High and Girls' High, with 471 boys in the Boys' High School and projections of 650 in September 1915 if trends continue. Officials warn of overflow and call for a new, expanded facility to preserve quality education and future civic leadership.
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Atlanta
Hoys’ High School
Fugh School
Girls’ High School
Atlanta Normal Training School
Boys’ High School
Attlebuck
Technological
Marietta
W.B. Dykes
Boye’ High School
Boys
Louisville
United States
Carnegie
Jessie Muse
Annie T. Wise
Commercial High School
Wise
Lfe
Girls’ High School of
Georgia
Commonwealth
Ecity
Diamond Values Double Every Ten Years
Diamonds are presented as a stable investment with constant use and value growth. The text contrasts diamond ownership with bank savings, noting dividends in social and business success. It touts thrift, success, reserve, and cash, urging readers to contact for a diamond booklet and selling plans.
Ice Peddler and Cooks in a Winter Court Row
In Atlanta Recorder Johnson questions Rance Madison an ice peddler who claims no winter work. He is sentenced to thirty days at the stockade. Minerva Williams a cook admits taking items from white households and is ordered to thirty days stockade with a program to reform her habits.
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Johnson
Rance Madison
Darktown
Rance
Atlanta
Recorder Johnson
Minerva Williams
Minerva
Oman
Carrie
Stockade
Toose
Grand Opera Seat Sale Opens In Atlanta
The Metropolitan Grand Opera announces 1915 season ticket sales in Atlanta. Guarantors may buy in room 303 Third National Bank building at 10 a.m. Wednesday March 3 for box seats only. From Thursday to Saturday, star seats go on sale at 3 p.m. each day. Public sale begins Monday March 8 at 9 a.m.
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Metropolitan Grand Opera
Atlanta
Third National Bank
Star Antots
Tango The Guaranteed Corn Remedy
A vintage ad touts Tango as a safe corn remedy that ends toe pain by removing the corn core. It claims instant relief, painless use, and a money back guarantee if the core is not removed, with 25 cents price at all druggists. Made by Jacobs' Pharmacy in Atlanta.
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Jacobs’ Pharmacy
Atlanta
Opera season guarantees and sale details announced
The association lists sale locations at Cable Piano and Phillips Crew, with sales continuing until March 2. Ticket dates for single performances to be announced later. The 1915 opera season is oversubscribed with strong indications of a rivaling year financially and artistically. Guarantors must bring written notices or authorize a representative with a written seat request.
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Cable Piano Company
Phillips & Crew Company
Sage and Sulphur Compound Restores Hair Color
An old remedy for gray hair claims Sage Tea and Sulphur, now sold as Wreth's Sage and Sulphur Compound, restores natural color and gloss. Described as simple to apply with a sponge or brush, it allegedly darkens gray strands in a few applications and makes hair look thicker and younger.
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Wreth
Automobiles urged to aid revival for Atlanta elders
Mrs. Robert F. Maddox and Mrs. Frank Inman call on Atlanta auto owners to lend cars for an aged peoples service at the Chapman Alexander revival tabernacle on Peachtree street next Friday afternoon. Volunteers will escort elderly attendees from homes and back, with a special reception committee and flowers. Interested donors should contact Maddox at Pace's Ferry road, Inman at 1060 Peachtree road, or Archibald H. Davis at 1220 Peachtree road.
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Robert F. Maddox
Frank Inman
Atlanta
Tabernacle
Maddox
Pace’s Ferry Road
Peachtree Road
Archibald H. Davis
Committee On Work Among Women
Ivy
Agricultural Rally in Decatur March 3
Decatur Ga February 2 Special An agricultural rally for the fifth district will be at the Decatur courthouse on March 3 with many state leaders present. Delegations from College Park and Douglasville expected. breakfast and luncheon details noted. Prominent speakers include Mrs Nellie Peters Black J D Price A M Soule and others.
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Decatur
Venice
College Park
Douglasville
Woman's Club
W. J. Hamilton
Fifth Artract of Georgia Federation Clubs
Board of Trade
M. Brittain
Leroy Duncan
Georgia Market Association
C. J. Haden
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Lee Worsham
J. H. Walker
Wirth District Agricultural Eeact
P. Gochran
The
Southern
W. E. McCalla
Egg View Notes and Odd Local Vignettes
Leslie Van Every reports Don Ludlum went missing around 7 PM and was found asleep in the station by an agent who asked if it was show day. Ambrose Crosslets quips about the female vote. Sherm Spoor returns from Spring Ledge, noting cold wind and dreams of warm feet. Ratio Roundtree and Marc Quidden try a Pollywog poolroom for the first time and struggle until learning they are billed by the hour, then play fast.
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Leslie van Every
Judz
Don Ludlum
Ambrose Crosslets
Sherm Spoor
Spring Ledge
Ratio Roundtree
Marc Quidd
Ratio
Bridegroom’s Sudden Disappearance Probed by Judge
The judge hears a curious case as the groom who had just married vanished. The bridesmaid and bride fearfully await explanation while the man is out confirming his father’s check remains valid, a scene of comic mystery with social embarrassment and a cautious inquiry.
Fair Weather Verses By A Burstein
A cryptic verse fragment reflects on weather and mood with Clorinda personifying sun and sky. The speaker asks Clorinda to abandon a pleasant front for honesty, urging restraint and restraint in affect.
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Clorinda
May Help if You Have Tuberculosis
A reader notes that proper diet fresh air and temperate habits aid illness but Eckman Alterative has helped many recoveries. A Madison Lake Minnesota patient recounts December 1908 hemorrhages and travel for treatment, then improvement after taking the medicine, returning home in 1916 healthy with good appetite and weight gain. The ad cites bronchial throat and lung benefits, urges no substitutes, and lists prices and outlets in Philadelphia and Atlanta.
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Eckman
Madison Lake
Minn
Denver
Col
Michael Brody
Hekmans
Echmannv Laboratory
Philadephia
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OUR
Isma Dooly
Muse
Maier&Berkele,Inc
SY Groton Dtock
Harold Susman
A. Burstein
Elkin Drug CO
California
San Francisco
San Diego
Caul
Los Angeles
Isco A. ML
New Orleans
Louisiana
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
M. Evans
D. L. Griffin
Fourth National Bank
Manhattan
Banister
Atlanta, GA
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