Capital City Bank Elects Officers In Rearranged Slate
Capital City bank directors elected officers for the coming year. Jacob Haas becomes president with George A. Speer as vice president, Anton L. Kontz cashier, and G R Donovan assistant cashier after a reshuffled plan. Kontz, recently county board clerk and IOOF official, is well known in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital Cty Bank
ofMicaqrs
Jacob Haas
George A. Speer
LaGrange
Anton L. Kents
G. R. Donotan
G. R. Donovan
Board of County Commissioners
Grand Ludge
Independent Order‘of Odd Fellows of Georgia
Atlanta
Capital City Bank
Haseen
Ctizen
Haas
Gashter
Ito
Anti-Scalping Laws Backed by Major Bodies
Ticket scalpers report opponents have abandoned efforts to pass anti scalping legislation but railroads and other interests deny this. The bill is not just a railroad issue, backed by boards of trade chambers of commerce manufacturers associations and large groups like the National Association of Merchants and Travelers. The North Western Traveling Men's Protective Association endorses actions to curb scalping as a key threat to commercial travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tig ‘Sala
Friends of
Congress
United States
Boards of Trades
Chambers of Commerce
National Association of Merchants and Travelers
Northwestern Traveling Men's Protective Association
Porto Ricans Are Coming Delegation Leaves San Juan for Washington
Three Porto Rican delegations sailed from San Juan aboard the steamer Philadelphia to present the island’s needs to the U S government in Washington. The representatives are thoroughly acquainted with island conditions and prepared to provide necessary information to the administration or Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Washington
San Juan de Porto Rico
Porto Rico
United States
Philadelphia
Congress
Railway Men Hear Technical Report At Club Meeting
The Southern and Southwestern Railway Club met at the Kimball house with limited attendance. A committee report on preserving wood described ancient and modern methods, costs, and processes including creosote and zinc chloride, and urged officers to promote attendance. Clark Howell was invited to speak next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern and Southwestern Rail Way Club
Kimball House
W. E. Symons
W. L. Tracy
Symons
W. H. Thomas
Southern
Pulaski
Leeds
Louisville
Nashville
Egypt
London Bridge
Thames River
Danube
Pacino
Charles Dye
Santa Fe
T. S.putchler
Railway Age
Railway Gazette
W.A. Love
Mr. Roberts
FE. C. Spalding
Treasury
Clark Howell
Railroad YMCA to name committee at meeting
The Railroad Department of the Y M C A will hold a meeting tomorrow night in the railroad hall to nominate a management committee for the branch. Most of the present year’s committee will be renominated. nominations are treated as an election by board policy. Expected attendees are large for what may be the year’s most important event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne
Bradfield
Bradifield
Bradfistd
Railroad Department of
The
Railroad Young Men's Christian Association
Railroad Department
Board of Directors
Co. &. Evens
Western and Atlantic Railroad
W.W. L. Tracy
Southern Railway
L. V. Stennerly
Central of Georgia Railroad
A. Wardlaw
C. C. Hodges
M. Hardin
Southeastern Car Service Association
C. W. Eddins
W. H. Dunlap
D. O. Blake
Railway Mail Service
A. Montgomery
Southern Express Company
Brown
Hamp Reed and the Dead Cat at the Matinee
A Georgia court scene features Hamp Reed accused of beating George Doomus with a railroad spike over a one cent candy and a dead cat plot. Little George admits tote of the cat to the sewer. the recorder jests on Hamp’s fate as the case unfolds with other district tales from Marietta street.
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Hamp Reed
George Doomus
Hamp
Khim
George
Mandy
Eny
Judge Broyles
Kelley Succeeds Parrott On Georgia Tech Board
Georgia School of Technology trustees met yesterday electing Walter M. Kelley to succeed resigning George Far yott. Parrott had resigned months earlier but trustees hoped he would stay. Kelley is a prominent Atlanta businessman and active on the Carnegie library board, slated to take his seat at the next meeting. The gathering was harmonious with others present including N. E. Harris and George Winship. President Hall reported on the school’s needs and progress, noting a $1,058 donation in knitting machinery for the textile department since October. T. M. Gibbes of Marietta was awarded a bachelor of science in electrical engineering. A warm thank you to Aaron French of Pittsburgh for his generous gift of $8.50 was adopted and noted to aid plans.
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Sweet Glass
Monte French
Shepard
Sweet
Monte
Glass
Atlanta
Georgia School of Technology
Yester
Walter M. Kelley
George Far‘yott
Mr. Parrott
Kelley
Parrott
Carnegie Free Library
Atlante
Columbus Fizard
HE. R. Hodgson
Miles George Winship
Lyman Hall
Schod
T. M. Gibbes
Marietta
Gébbes
Ness
Aaron, French
Pittsburg
Hall
Colonel J W Rucker Ill in Palm Beach Pneumonia
The Atlanta financier and prominent citizen Colonel J W Rucker is seriously ill in Palm Beach Florida after contracting pneumonia and is confined to bed. News reached Atlanta Wednesday and yesterday a telegram said his condition had worsened. His age seventy five and his long standing prominence as a trusted financial figure amplify the concern felt by many in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
J. W. Rucker
Atlanta
Palm Beach
Fla
Ren
Rucker
Atlante
Mystery of Missing Braddy Baffles City Police
Mrs. Braddy pleads for the return of Joseph W. Braddy, a city collector who disappeared last Monday. Five days pass with no leads as police seek clues and adjoining towns aid in the search. Friends question motives, while Mrs Braddy remains certain he is alive, whether wandering or harmed, and the family hopes he comes home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Braddy
Breddy
Braddy
Love Street
Bradly
Conference Call on Prohibitionists in Columbia
Prohibition state chairman Jones issued a call for a conference in Columbia on Friday night. The gathering aims to unite pro prohibitionists who favor a statewide ban and oppose dispensary local option or any alternative form.
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Conference of
Prohibitionists
Columbia
S. C
Prohibition
Jones
Vincl Vincl Vincl and Cod Liver Oil Discovery Debated
Reporters question Dr Jacobs about Vincl a cod liver oil extract and Vincl Wine noting public enthusiasm. The doctor says the public grasped the idea quickly and more inquiries follow as he collects stories of benefits while delaying publication without consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Jacobs
Jacobs’ Pharmacy
Vinel
Vinci
Pesplaia
A Unique Wedding at Atlanta Dive on Decatur Street
A wedding took place at the notorious Dive on Decatur with Josephine Durant and Bull Hicks marrying in a city police favored ceremony. The scene mixed humor and risk as guests danced through a buck and a quadrille while a Rev. Pace conducted a two minute service.
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Atlanta
Decatur Street
Josephine Durant
Bull Hicks
Josephine
Bull
Frank Hicks
Edmund Pace
Hearing Postponed In Consolidation Case In Georgia
Hearing on the bill to enjoin the consolidation of the Georgia and Alabama and the Florida Central and Peninsular railroads was postponed to January 21. The restraining order remains in effect prohibiting stock voting and consolidation transfers. attorneys’ prior engagements prompted the delay. A separate note mentions G. H. alumni’s Extra Dry champagne with record imports, highlighting 105,303 cases in 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Alabama
Florida Central and Peninsular
Georgia and
Georgia and Alabama Railway
J. Skelton Williams
Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad
Macon
Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Speer
G. H. Alumni
Batteries Held At Fortress Monroe Disrupts Move
Battery B and Battery M of the First Artillery at Fortress Monroe were to depart for Key West but the order was countermanded by the secretary of war. Twenty men and their families had packed and were anxiously awaiting reassignment, with rumors of possible deployment to the Philippines in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortress Monroe
Norfolk
Key West
Seaboard
Secretary of War
Philippines
Board Selects Stone Today for Courthouse Annex
County commissioners meet at 11 this morning to pick granite for the new courthouse annex replacing the original limestone bid. Specimens from Veinable Veal and Lithona quarries are under review as contractors Gude & Walker ready ground work and site grading advances, with oral action expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
E& Bl
Mesars
WANTS A VOTE OF CENSURE IN CANAL BILL DEBATE
In the Prussian diet today Herr Von Koeller pressed the government on disciplinary actions against provincial magistrates who voted against the canal bill. Prince Hohenlohe said officials who sided with the opposition could not represent the government. Dr Von Miquel claimed full ministerial responsibility. Count von Kardorff urged a vote of censure to defend the government.
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Berlin
Herr von Koeller
Prince Hohenlohe
Landrath
von Miquel
Count von Kardorifch
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anton L Konts
A. Collier
R. Donovan
Southern and Southwestern Railway Clubs
Spalding
Murray
Murray Jones
York
Marietta Street
Bigamis
Will
Will Reynolds
Pryor Street
Chain Gang
Jedge
Wr. W. M. Kelley
Aaron French
Joseph Braddy
Palmer
Marietta St
Whitehat
Wall St
Birmingham
Ala
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