Atlanta Chief urges asbestos curtains for theaters and churches
Chief W R Joyner of the Atlanta Oil Department warns against fire risks seen in Chicago. He plans recommendations for asbestos theater curtains, on stage fire guards, clear exits, and trained fire staff at performances across theaters churches and public venues to prevent panics and improve safety.
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Atlanta
Chicago
W. R. Joyner
Atlanta Oil Department
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Atienta
Joyner
Mor gan Dillon Architects Form New Firm in Atlanta
Announcement reports the dissolution of the A C Brice Thomas H Morgan and John R O Dn on partnership by mutual consent. Thomas H Morgan and John F R Dillon form Morgan Dillon architects, occupying the old firm’s Prudential building offices. A C Bruce withdraws to join a law firm as associate and consulting architect, bringing decades of experience.
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Ce Brice
Thomas H Morgan
John RO
Thomas Ho Mucan
John FR Dillon
Morgan & Dillon
Bruce & Morgan
Prudential
Mia A C Bruce
Thos. H Morgan
A . Bruce
Atlanta
South
Dillon
Bruce
Morgan
Chicago
West
Mostey’s Lemon Elizir Promoted Despite Side Claims
An old advertisement touts Mostey's Lemon Elizir as a pleasant and effective remedy. It claims the product eases various ailments and offers “the ideal late tive” effects, priced at 40 cents per bottle in drug stores.
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Mostey
Brio of Diamond Brooches by Maier & Berkele
A jewelry ad from Maier & Berkele at 51 Whiteball Street promotes diamond paved brooches with motifs like hearts crescents sunbursts scrolls crowns and perpetuants stating only fine quality stoves are used in their diamond brooches.
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Maier & Berkele
Whiteball Street
Brilliant Meeting of Southern Educational Association
The fourteenth annual convention of the Southern Educational Association closed with three eloquent speeches on literature in the South education high schools and the public school relation. Speakers included C Alphonso Smith William Z Harris and Dr Edgar G Murphy praising regional education and urging balance between practical and higher education.
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J. H. Phillips
Birmingham
Fulton
University of Mississippi
George H Denny
Washington and Lee University
Virginia
RR. J
Link
Lyman Hall
Georgia School of Technology
First Baptist Church
Marietta
Broad Streets
Dr Hall
North Avenues
Cherry Street
Tech
South
Southern Educational Association
E& H Mark
Lauraville
W E B. Merritt
Atlanta
J. W. Gemnes
Hartsville
Charles W Kent
University of Virginia
C. Alphonso Smith
University of North Carolina
W L .Weber
Emory College
George A. Denny
John W. Abercrombie
Association
The
Edgar G Murphy
Southern College
Southern
Lfe
Slain in Farm Dispute as Gun Discharges in Struggle
Madison Ga January 1 At Cowan twelve miles north of here George Ruark was accidentally killed when a shotgun discharged during a struggle over possession of the gun with E P Cowan Pack Ruark and Cowan were involved in moving a tenant when cows were challenged Insults led to a heated exchange as the weapon was seized and fired wounding Ruark who died instantly Cowan offered to surrender but was not taken into custody Both men are prominent farmers and the killing is mourned.
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Cowan
George Ruark
Pack Ruark
E. P. Cowan
E P. Cowan
P Cowan
Young Ruerk
Ruark
Madison
Ruarks
Officers Installed at Barnes Lodge Odd Fellows Meeting
Newly elected officers of Barnes Lodge No 55 100F were installed at a meeting last night in the hall at Broad and Alabama streets. Past Grand Master Alex Dittler acted as Installing officer with George W Grubb as Noble Grand J H Davis Sr as vice grand Thomas J Buchanan as secretary W L Holbrook as treasurer Dr L C Brewer as right supporter to noble grand C E Reams as left supporter W C Brook as warden W H Veno as conductor Evanea Harris as right seam supporter J I Hughes as inner guard J W Landers as outer guard C M Turner as right supporter to vice grand Joan A Watts and PLL Wilbanks as left supporters to vice grand.
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Odd Fellows
Barnes
Lodge No
Lodge
Broad and
Alabama Streets
Alex Dittler
Noble Grand
George W Grubb
J. H. Davis
Thomas J Buchanan
W. L. Holbrook
Dr. L. C Brewer
C E. Reams
W. C Brook
W. H Veno
Evanea Harris
J I Hughes
J. W. Landers
C. M Turner
Joan A. Watts
Vice Grand
Wilbanks
PLACEY LITTLE WOMAN'S WORK WHEN HUSBAND DIE
Decatur Alabama January 4 Mrs Enola G Polk widowed with a young child built a successful real estate and annuity business after her husband died He had run the insurance and real estate office for years She now operates a top equipped Decatur office and is praised as a model for needy women Her father Hon E E Greenleaf is a U S court official in Huntsville and her sister Edna Greenleaf is clerk of the U S court at Anniston.
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Decatur
Ala
Enola G. Polk
Polk
North
Alabama
Decatura
E. E. Greenleaf
United States Court of Alabama
Greenleaf
Hunteville
Edna Mareh Green- Leaf
United States Court
Anniston
South
Negro Child Burned to Death in Spartanburg
In Spartanburg yesterday a 1-year-old colored child of Henry Ballenger died after fire from bed clothes near a hearth while mother washed inside. The tragedy occurred as several washtubs lay around the room, the cottage later saved by nearby carpenters and a church trustees group aiding local association work.
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Columbia
Spartanburg
Henry Ballenger
Burning ship sighted in Gulf of Mexico on fire
New Orleans January 1 The Norwegian steamer Hispania captain Seebert from Port Limon December 26 reports that December 30 at 1 30 pm in the Gulf of Mexico latitude 27 14 north longitude 88 2 west sighted a vessel burning blue lights and examined it to be the Morgan Inn southern Pacific steamer El Valle captain D J Grant bound from Galveston for New York with a cargo of cotton on fire in the main hatch The burning cotton was jettisoned and many burning bales floated The Hispania offered assistance which was declined but was asked to lay by for one hour and a half until told the fire was under control and the El Valle would proceed with voyage.
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New Orleans
Hispania
Seebert
Port Limon
Gulf of Mexico
Morgan Inn
Southern Pacific
el Valle
D J Grant
Galveston
New York
Seeberg
el, Valle
Judges Fail to Preside in Pineapple Lynching Case
In Pineapple Alabama January 1 a special court formed to try five white men charged with lynching a black man dissolved rather than adjourn after two associates retired and Justice Sessions refused to take full responsibility. The committing magistrate was disqualified, and an early trial hinges on writs or governor action. Prisoners held without bail in Wilcox County with unprecedented conditions.
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Justice Sessions
Wilcox
Anderson to Costa Rica Visit Details Central America Trip
Covington veteran editor Colonel J W Anderson departs for Costa Rica to seek health and pleasure with plans to visit Panama, Colombia and other Central and South American republics. He will likely publish letters about his travels in The Constitution. Anderson has been in newspapers since 1852 and ran The Covington Star until 1902. Kaiser denies Germany seeks St Thomas base.
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Central America
Bpeclab
J W .Anderaon
Georgia Weekly Press Association
Giorgia Press Association
Costa Rica
Panama
Colombia
Win
Anderson
Covington Star
Georgia
Kaiser
Berlin
Germany
St Thomas
Danish West Indies
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