Seven and a Half Inches of Snow Covers Atlanta Streets
A heavy snowstorm blankets Atlanta and nearby towns with as much as seven and a half inches. The city sees sleigh bells on Peachtree Street, snow plows in action, and streets and trolley lines operated on schedule despite the record snowfall report. Local weather officials and city departments coordinate to keep roads clear and maintain service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Fulton County
Futton
Weather Bureau
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
T. HK. Glenn
Hoe
Edgewood Avenue
Glenn
Nyam Hurt
Elmer Simmons
Will Glenn
Sanitary Department
John Jantzen
Jantzen
Jentzen
Suffering Poor Call For Help In Atlanta Blizzard Relief
Chief of Police assigns Officer Gleer to investigate destitution cases as snow blizzard bites Atlanta. Names and addresses of affected families appear, including Isaac Tinoes and wife, Mrs. White, Mary Thomas, Hugh McGirk, Alice Culbreath and Miss Katie Caldwell, Hollis family, Mollie Parker, and others needing fuel meals and warmth. City charity committees struggle to meet demand amid harsh weather.
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Atlanta
Ban
Gleer
Isaac Tinoes
Booth Pryor Street
Mary Thomas
Henry Street
Hugh McGirk
King Street
Alice Culbreath
Katie Caldwell
Marietta Atreet
Miss Caldwell
Culbreath
Marietta Street
Hollis
Mollse Parker
Fowler
Httle
Bal
Gloera
Ball
Snow blanket hits Birmingham and Jackson in heavy Arctic chill
Eight inches of snow fell at Birmingham Alabama and thirteen inches at Jackson Mississippi, officials report the heaviest snowfall in the region in years. Streetcar and railroad traffic were delayed by the snow on tracks and power lines as crews worked to restore service after the storm. The January weather event marks the heaviest fall in more than two decades in parts of the area.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Peachtrea Street
Grand Opera House
Brookwood
Way Down East
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
South
Bastille Vie
Peachtree Street
Toccoa
Danielsville
Commerce
Meridian
Miss
Birmingham
Ate
Weather Bureau
Jackson
Anniston
Ala
Ality
Oxford
Edwardsville
Snow confined to narrow belt from Vicksburg to Charlotte
Weather bulletin notes a snow belt about 100 miles wide and 800 miles long stretching from Vicksburg to Charlotte, with Atlanta seeing up to 7.5 inches, the deepest on record. Reported snowfalls include historic figures, while Macon and Covington saw little or only rain, and unsettled, colder conditions spread across the region.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Charlotte, N. C
Marbury
Atlanta
Asheville
Charlotte
Macon
Covington
Ags
Wickebtype
Asteville
Birmingham
New Orleans
Mobile
Savannah
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Dakotas
Missouri Valley
North Dakota
Augusta Firm Wins Sandersville Water Works Contract
Sandersville Georgia January 28 a contract for the erection and completion of a water works and electric light system for Sandersville was let today to J H McKensie and Son of Augusta at a price of 40000 dollars the award was made by the local authorities and represents a substantial public works project for the town.
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Augusta
Sandersville
Sandersvilla
J. H. McKensie & Son
Georgia building fund talk for St Louis exposition
Georgia lawmakers and civic leaders discuss financing a Georgia building at the St Louis exposition. Plans include modeling the structure after the Gordon home Sutherland and involve the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Confederacy to raise funds, with Virginia and Tennessee precedents cited.
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Georgia
C. B. Stevens
Bacon
A. O. Ting
Bath- Seaoaan
John
Atlanta
Geneale
Rey M. Hughes
Hugh V. Washington
Af Ne
Rutherland
John B. Gordon
Daughters of the American Revolution
Daughters of the Confederacy
Virginia
The
Maconvening News
Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Old Dominion
Monticello
Jefferson
Tennessee
Sutherland
Gordon 'Tt
Desperate Negro Subdued After Knife Attack on Officer
Patrolman George Phillips stopped a stabbing attempt yesterday afternoon when Orange Bailey, described as a desperate Negro, tried to stab him. Bailey was clubbed and restrained by two well directed blows, preventing the officer from meeting the fate of Officer Dragbach.
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George Phillips
Oficer Dragbach
Phillips
Orange Bailey
Detatur Street arrest ends with knife threat
Dailey, intoxicated and cursing, confronted police near the barracks. Officer Philips subdued him with force after Bailey raised a pocket knife. Five blows felled Bailey, who dropped the knife. A bystander recovered the weapon as Bailey lay in the snow. The knife will be shown in court as Bailey faces charges.
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Dailey
Detatur Street
Phil- Ups
Bailey
clUzan
Omcer Philips
Baley
Recorders Court
No successor to Dr. Green at Peabody trustees meeting
January 28 in Washington a closed session of the Peabody Educational Fund trustees included J Pierpont Morgan Samuel A Green Chief Justice Fuller Daniel Gilman Rich- ard Olney Bishop Doane Sterritt Jessup James Porter and others. They discussed appointing a general agent to replace Dr Samuel A Green and enlarging the Peabody normal college in Nashville but postponed final action until the October meeting in New York. The board will operate under Dr Green. An appropriation not to exceed 2500 was set for the Nashville summer school with proposals to fund a 40000 grant for five years tied to Tennessee and Nashville. Governor Porter of Tennessee attended but the offer was declined without permanent state and city funding.
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Washington
The
Peabody Educational Fund
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Samuel A. Green
Massachusetts
Fuller
United States Supreme Court
Daniel C. Gilman
Carnegie Institute
Richeald Olney
Bishop Doane
Albany
Sterrig K. Jessup
Jamcs D. Porter
Tennessee
William A Courtenay
South Carolina
Henderson
Somerville
Alabama
Wetmore
Rhode Island
Hoar
Charles H. Fenner
Louisiana
Peabody Normal College
Nashville
Green
Peabody Summer School
Morgan
Gilman
Peabody College
State of
Porter
New Church Celebration Honors Swedenborg Head of Church
The New Church Society and friends celebrate the birth of Emanuel Swedenborg at J A Mower residence 289 Jones avenue. Rev W H Keep notes Swedenborg’s influence and ongoing study of his cosmogony as signs of growing interest amid debates on materialism. Also mentions Southern railway schedules to Florida with daily trains Atlanta to Jacksonville and St Augustine.
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New Church Society
Samuel Bwedenborg
J A. Mower
Jones Avenue
W.H Keep
Atlanta
Emanuel Swedenborg
Swedenborg
Florida
Southern Railway
Solid Yestibate
Jacksonvilla
St Augustine
Service Pension Bill Introduced in Washington
Representative Loudensinger of New York introduced a bill for a service pension program. It would grant eight dollars per month to Civil War veterans with at least ninety days of service, ten dollars for two years of service, and twelve dollars for those over sixty two who served three years or more. Widows would receive ten dollars, and widows who would receive that amount under the bill would also be eligible for twelve dollars.
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Washington
Loudensinger
New York
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Old Kenni
Rome
Maysville
Maier & Berkele
the Guarantee and Trust Co
Empire Building
Atlanta, Ga
J. Turner
State Prison Commission
George Smith
Capitol Notes
Frederick L. Smith
Fifth Regiment, Infantry
Atlanta Zouaves
Adjutant General
W. Harris
United States Military Service
Congress
Smith
R E. Park
J. A. Drury
Spalding County
T. J. Fletcher
Monroe County
W. A. Ham
Spalding
Monroe
Buffy
Lindsey
Park
Bibb, Baldwin, Jones and Wilkinson
Walliam G. Qbear
United States War Department
H. C. Corbin
Barry
Department of the Gulf
Obear Tooks
J. 3. Turner
W. S. Yeates
R. ¥. Wright
Agricultural Department
St. Louis
Georgia Mineral and Agricultural Resources
W. B. Merritt
E. C. Branson
State Normal School of
Athens
George Foster Peabody
Peabody
DR. Green
Peabody Fund
Ate Feat
Whiteball ST
Male Outfitters
Centen
Eiseman Bros
Whitehall Street
Hess Shoes
Bluttgarter
Dr. Deimel
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