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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1916
Page
9
The Atlanta Athletic club basketball team travels to Birmingham for a tough Saturday night game against old rivals the Birmingham Athletic club five. If victorious, Atlanta would gain a strong claim to the southern title with remaining games shaping the season.
The Southern Bowling Congress will meet in Selock tonight to finalize plans for the second annual tournament in Atlanta during Grand Opera week. Officials will decide prize money divisions and remaining tournament details, while literature and a publicity push will spread through the southern states to build excitement for a larger event than last season.
The City Bowling League concluded the flat half of the season on Friday night. Crystals lead the standings with 25 wins and 3 losses as teams like Alces and Old Styles post strong performances. High team series were by Alces at 2,537 and White Elephants at 932, while individual high was Jester with 697.
Today in pugilism recounts Packey McFarland delivering a fifth round knockout on Jack Goodman in New York. The bout followed a prearranged plan by a Chicago fan seeking to humble Goodman, with McFarland finishing strong and forcing the referee to count out Goodman.
A veteran scout Mike Kahoe discusses minor leagues and the ten day clause in player contracts. The piece contrasts owners need to control rosters with players seeking freedom, noting the clause’s impact on discipline and free agency.
Auburn Alabama January 16 Special Dr Coleman Thach president of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute issues a formal invitation to Auburn alumni former students and friends to attend the dedication and opening of Auburns new alumni gymnasium on February 22 He praises the project as a landmark achievement and a tribute to the spirit of Auburn while inviting the alumni to return for the celebration Cowie Wins Florida Golf Title Boca Grande Florida January 16 Harry Cowles of Boca Grande won the state amateur golf championship beating Jim Barnes of Atlantic Beach three up in thirty six holes with a 141 to 144 score total
Bobby Walthour, famed cyclist, arrives in Atlanta for a week with Keith vaudeville at Forsyth. Twice daily he races a fast horse on a home trainer tread mill with a girl rider guiding the horse, while dials show speed to the audience.
A column discusses views on the defunct Federal League, noting some writers claim it lacked major league status while many Fed players joined majors. It argues war is over and calls for fair treatment, with O B supporters defending Fed talent and questioning blacklisting of players.
The local prep basketball league resumes with a double header next Friday afternoon. Tech High travels to Marist while Pescock faces G M A in the scheduled games.
Veteran shortstop Marty Berghammer, born January 18, 1890, looms as a likely returnee for major league teams after a strong Fed season with Pittsburg last year. He finished .246 in 142 games with 96 stolen bases and 40 runs behind leading pitchers’ era, ranking among the league’s notable performers.
Classified ad rates and insertion rules are outlined. Ads from outside Atlanta must be in writing, no phone orders accepted, and consecutive insertions restricted to two lines per ad. The Constitution disclaims responsibility for more than one incorrect repeated insertion.
Courteous operators, familiar with rates and classifications, offer complete information. They will tailor wording to your want ad and can open accounts for ads by telephone if your name is in the telephone directory. Other ads via telephone require payment upon publication. One same day print. Every home has the for construction want ads.
Professional cards for Brewster Howell Heyman firm located in the Elser Building Atlanta Georgia. Mentions partners Albert Howell Hugh M Dorsey Arthur Heyman and offices 310 Elser Building and 506 Empire Life. Contact options include a Kong Distance Telephone and references to collecting old notes and accounts with correspondence invited.
Lost and found items including a liver and white pointer dog with owner Dr Bucknach on a collar, a crepe de chine scarf, a black lynx mutt, a 10 gold piece, a sapphire ring, a fur muff, a cameo pin, a black oil shopping bag and other items with rewards offered. Contact details reference West Peachtree, Courtland Street, Ivy and 4, Summit Avenue, and phone numbers or addresses for return.
Partial OCR fragment lists services and personal notices. Mentions infant care adoption, dressmaking school, hair dressing parlors, and a few street and phone references. Coherent items are limited. readable entities include New Era School at 206 Carnegie Way and Main 3866 contact.
A long column of job ads seeks managers, clerks, salesmen, and tradesmen. Listings include a grocery store manager with $75,000 yearly potential, an experienced bookkeeper, barbers, lead burners, machinists, and door to door solicitors. Also included are sales agents, district managers, and rail mail clerks with varying requirements and locations in Atlanta and southern states.
A string of help wanted ads seeks colored and white workers for nursing cooking housekeeping and farm tasks plus millinery training opportunities. Listings include a mid age colored nurse, a white woman as housekeeper, and a farm hand with wife as cook. Also offers to learn millinery with scholarships and other sales positions and a piano ad. Some addresses appear for applicants.
A clattering mix of late 19th or early 20th century classified style notices seeks employment. Applicants include salesmen, clerks, bookkeepers, a physician with experience, a linotype operator, and a hardware man, offering broad references and willingness to relocate or travel, with box numbers and Constitution as contact.
Classified note lists rates for female situation wanted ads. Three lines cost ten cents if run once or three times for fifteen cents. Payment must be in advance and ad delivered to the depot office.
Middle aged woman wanted to assist care for an elderly person or infant days and nights not outings. Also seeks stenography bookkeeping and office work with references. Contact addresses listed for positions including housekeepers and secretaries with modest salary and high references.
Classified notice from 611 Chamber of Commerce building offering high grade help in trades and professions. Atlanta address Jyy 7110 lists office hours daily and Saturdays, with applications for general turns taken daily.
Classified notices seek active citizens for stall manufacturing and possible plant ventures in Rayroond Haymond area. Offers include profit shares and easy terms for sales of industrial items, a sailor chop and peeing club business in Atlanta hotels, and requests to lease or buy machinery, auto supplies, and real estate. Also advertises capital financing for an agency and ripe for partnership with experienced milliners or department store buyers. Potential buyers encouraged to write with capital and plans.
An auction sale notice for Young furniture and household goods at 90 South Pryor. Sale aims to buy and sell items including plane related goods. contact Pho Melo at 3308.
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