Committee Pushes Wider Peachtree Street Plan
Atlanta civic leaders urge immediate council funding to widen Peachtree from Grand Opera House to Capital City Club and hire an expert to map a long term city plan. They seek $10,000 from the city and $5,000 from the county, plus potential landowner contributions, to overcome a 10 day window before Winecoff hotel construction progresses.
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Peachtree Street
Atlanta
Atlanta City Planning Commission
Council
Chamber of Commerce
Alex W. Smith
Commission
Grand Opera House
Capital City Club
Winecoff Hotel
Board of County Commissioners
Peachtree
Robert F. Maddox
Ellisgstreet
Winecoft
Winecott
A. G. Rhodes
Vounvil
Grand
Ellis Street
Maddox
Masonic Temple
Aragon Hotel
First Baptist Church
Multiple Deaths and Obituaries Highlight Athens Area
In Athens Ga and nearby areas a week of sudden deaths and funerals is reported. A Mrs Edwards of Barnett Shoals dies at home leaving two children and dozens of grandchildren, with services at Spinks cemetery. Sixteen year old Joseph Bramblett dies. funeral held this afternoon. G F Ogburn, longtime Western and Atlantic Railway employee, dies in Chattanooga. Two year old William Wilson dies at a private sanitarium. services to follow. Rosa Burger dies. funeral at 43 Tumkin Street with interment at Hollywood. Alexander S Thomas of 879 Whitehall Street dies. services at home conducted by Dr Belt. interment at West View cemetery. he leaves a wife and two children.
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Edwards
Barnett Shoals
Athens
Oklahoma
Busan
Spinks
Joseph Bramblett
G. FP. Ogburn
Western and Atlantic Railway
Chattanooga
Tenn
W. Ogburn
Atlanta
R. L. McCurry
G. Page
EB. Ogburn
William Wilson
W. F. Wilson
Poole
High Point
N. C
Rosa Burger
Tumkin Street
Hollywood
Alexander S. Thomas
Alexander
Thomas
Whitehall Street
BR. Belt
Park Street Methodist Church
West View Cemetery
Civic planning commission forms to stage Atlanta growth
Engineers and civic leaders press for a city planning drive divorced from politics. A 100 member commission subdivides tasks to study growth for fifty years, secure an appropriation for a civic engineer, and outline a plan covering housing, sewers, parks, transportation, and annexation with expert consultation.
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James W. Trazlehurst
Atlanta
Thomas H. Morgan
W. O L. Peel
Haralson Bleckley
J. N. Hazlehurst
J. Horace McFarland
Wilmer L. Moore
Bousevards
Ecity
Alex W. Smith
W. L. Peel
Robert I. Foreman
T. C. Waters
Joel Hurt
Victor H. Kriegshaber
Old Liberty Bell Goes West to Panama-Pacific Exposition
Emma Doane succeeds in a two mile petition to Mayor Blankenburg of Philadelphia. The Liberty Bell will travel to San Francisco for the Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915, its seventh journey since Independence Hall missions began. It has ridden to New Orleans 1895, Chicago 1893, Charleston 1902, Boston 1903, St. Louis 1904, and will be braced to halt a crack from spreading.
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Emma Doane
An Francisco
Blankenburg
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Independence
New
Orleans
Chicago
Charleston
Bunker Hill
Boston
St. Louis
Frisco
Hotel Men Banquet Celebrates Fifth Atlanta Dinner
The Atlanta Hotel Men’s Association held its fifth annual banquet at the Georgian Terrace. J. Lee Barnes led as roastmaster while speakers, including Farmer Bill Zimmer and Colonel Walter P. Andrews, were humorously quizzed. A $2,500 convention bureau fund was announced to boost Atlanta’s visitor traffic.
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Sanint Boniface
Georgian Terrace
Atlanta Hotel Men's Association
J. Lee Barnes
Bill Zimmer
Walter P. Andrews
Fred Houser
Telegraamsa
Walter Andrews
Woodrow
Mr. Houser
Europe
Balkan
Constantinople
Lee Barnes
Barnes
A. R.keene
Hampton Terrace
William Rockefeller
W. W. Memminger
All Saints
Atlanta Association
Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce
Georgian Terrace Hotel
A. R. Keene
Dr. W. W. Memminger
R. Frank Taylor
Keats Speed
Edgar A. Neely
A. BR. Evans
Fr. W. Armstrong
C. M. Stubbs
F. Tf
Bail Will Be Secured for Labor Convicts
Chicago January 4 Balk for the labor union officials in Leavenworth federal penitentiary will be ready Monday it was asserted by the men's counsel here today. The men may be released within four days after a conference between attorneys for the convicted labor men and J E McClory acting president of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers Telegram assurances have been received from officials of the Iron Workers union that cities where the convicted men lived were prepared to furnish bail for their members.
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Chicago
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Tejeasea
J. E. McClory
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Sala
Iron Workers’ Union
Fraud Laid to Southern Pacific in California irrigation case
Los Angeles authorities report Judge Bordner ruled that the Southern Pacific Railroad cannot collect a 1.8 million dollar judgment until 1.2 million dollars of claims against the irrigation company California Development are paid. The decision accuses the railroad of legal fraud in dealings with the irrigation concern.
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Railroa
Los Angeles
Cal
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
California Development Company
Bordner
Superior Court
Fragments on heredity and travel in old papers
A clipped miscellany notes heredity jokes about snoring inherited traits from a grandfather who ran a steam sawmill. It adds a brief aside on elephants and a claim by English writers who dwelt in India about curious observations.
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Harper's Weekly
India
Elephants and Ponies Stir Indian Journey Tale
A tale discusses elephant intelligence and its limits. An English official in Burma, tired of riding, switches to a pony and learns the elephant fears the pony, causing a comical chase as the elephant bolts, mahout signals fail due to language barriers, and a swampy halt ends the episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madras
Burma
Srandh
Bengal
Stage careers and child training debated by Lovejoy
Owen Lovejoy, a leader in charities and corrections, urged protection of children from stage life while supporting early dramatic appreciation. He cited Who's Who on the Stage data showing many stars began after age 14 or later, and listed numerous actors. Georgia club women report Christmas at Tallulah school where 86 industrial students and 50 Sunday school pupils enjoyed a Toyland play with carols, gifts from Santa, and a reception at the Model home.
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Owen Lovejoy
National Association ofCharities and Corrections
Denman Thompson
John Drew
Marie Tempest
William H. Crane
Rose Stahl
Digby Hell
E. H. Sothern
Edwin Arden
Florence Roberts
Otis Skinner
William Faversham
Willliam Gillette
Nance O'Neill
Gertrude
Coghlan
Henry Irving
Patrick Campbell
Chrystal Herne
Mary Anderson
James K. Hackett
Margaret Anglin
Forbes Robertson
Blanche Bates
Robert Edeson
Mia
Leslie Carter
Henry Miller
Mary Mannering
Milton Nobles
Maxine Hilott
Sir Charles Wyndham
Olga Nethersole
Robert Mantell
Ethel Barrymore
Lovejoy
Parti
Georgia
Tallulah School
Tallulah Falls
Santa Claus
Hey
Mineral Bluff Girls School Closes Term For Holidays
The Mineral Bluff Mountain school for girls ended its half year term on Friday December 20 with four months of study in state textbooks and additional domestic science work. Pupils enjoyed a Christmas tea and recitations, and teachers hosted light refreshments for visiting friends. The school will reopen the first Monday in January.
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Mineral Bluff
Mineral Bluff Mountain
Georgia
Government loan bill proposes farm mortgage aid in Treasury
Washington January 4 a bill by Representative Bathrick of Ohio helicopters a farm loan program to rival rural credits. It would create a bureau of farm loans in the treasury with a loan commissioner appointed by the president. Bonds at up to 4 percent would finance loans to bona fide tillers of the soil on mortgaged farms with at least half cultivated. Loans not to exceed 60 percent of land value at 4.5 percent would be issued, and mortgages and bonds would be tax exempt with a $190000 appropriation for setup.
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Washington
Bathrick
Ohio
Teft
Bureau of Farm Loans
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
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Winecoff
Frice
Rhodes
Ver
Joel Sturt
Theorld
Victor H. Riegshaber
Lex. W. Smith
OLD Liberty Bell
Dr. Memminger
Colonel Andrews
Frank Taylor
Piedmont
V. Zimmer
Kimballville Farm
Anata Georgian
RK. A. Rightmire
Armour & Cot 3
S Adams
Avanta Ad Men
Ea Brown
Kimball
Ralph Reed
W. S. Sialstead
the Constitute
Lipscomb
Ae ¥ Stockbridge
J. E. Ottley
Samuel BE. Bowman
Laura
Blackshear
Eastern Painless Dentists Entre
Vsz
Aresh
Elite Theater
Arcade
E. G. Willingham
Sly Fox
Scotch Woolen Mills
Eyeian
Peachtree St
Iedmont Hotel
Leon Sigmase
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