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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1921
Page
5
Bethlehem Steel announces further steel price cuts effective tomorrow to help restore normal trade conditions. cuts include $4 to $10 per ton across products, offset by higher freight and material costs. steel price of $44.80 per ton equates to pre war levels. Also notes a 15 percent wage reduction set for July 16.
Macon, Ga. July 4 Special. Joe James, a Black man held in Bibb county jail, has had seven prior execution stays. His July 13 hanging at Jeffersonville has been postponed by governors, supreme court, and a trial judge, as attorneys argue weakness of mind. Rosa Brown was found murdered July 10, 1919, with the head severed and many stab wounds. James, who had been visiting her, was arrested.
J A Streyer of Macon has been appointed traffic manager of the Georgia and Florida railroad with headquarters in Augusta. He resigns as traffic manager of the American Short Line Railway association effective at once. The railroad covers 404 miles from Augusta to Madison Florida with branches. Streyer previously led the Mage ry Dublin and Savannah railroad.
Savannah July 4 Special Sergeant Frank B Gresham Fort Screven World War veteran famed for bravery in France died last night after a fall from a second story window at the Southern hotel where he roomed for a day His family lives in Savannah Funeral set for tomorrow He carried with him a self written letter from President Wilson and a letter from General Pershing commending his courage and royalty.
Harmon Morris, a graduate of Sixth District A. & B. I. school and son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Morris, died while swimming with friends at Highfalls. He was an active member of the First Methodist church and Sunday school and leaves his parents and sister Miss Edna Morris.
New York July 4 Senator Walsh a Democrat of Massachusetts spoke at Tammany Hall independence day event urging the party to drop the league issue. He blamed the last campaign defeat on foreign issues and urged a return to individual liberties and opposition to curbs on expression while defending capitalism and opposing excess government. He proposed a slogan opposing big business restraint and contrasted it with a Republican cry for less government in business.
Athens Ga July 4 Special A palace of the Pilgrim Knights of Oriental Splendor will be instituted soon with nearly one hundred Odd Fellows signifying their intention to become P K O S. A preliminary meeting Thursday will organize and prepare for installation by Atlanta and Macon representatives.
A historical page lists railroad schedules for several lines including Southern, Georgia, and Seaboard Air Line with arrival and departure times, plus several help wanted ads. Positions include experienced bookkeeper, cook, housekeeper, stenographer, and teacher of commercial art, with contact details in Atlanta and local exchanges. The page also reports staffing changes and a move of the Commercial Employment Exchange to 318 Metropolitan Building.
A scattered collection of classified notices in a late 19th or early 20th century Georgia newspaper features opportunities in sales, office work, and manufacturing. Items include door-to-door product pitches for household goods, vending and sales positions, clerical openings, and buy/sell listings for engines, typewriters, furniture, and tents, with location cues around Atlanta and surrounding areas.
A fragmented atlas of rewards and notices from Atlanta detailing rewards for arrests and convictions in auto thefts including 1921 Ford touring car, 1020 oil track, and Buick touring car cases. Also lists lost dog and a lost money and letters delivery near downtown and Piedmont Park with contact details and reward amounts.
Classified notice seeks a young man with experience and executive ability to run a dry goods store in first class order. Those without experience need not apply. State what you can do. References required, box 228 Athens GA.
A malformed historical newspaper text listing various job ads across trades and locations. It mentions sales agents in the Southeastern Territory, Ever established firms, and positions in Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Atlanta. Includes clerks, bindery foreman, pressmen, railway news service roles, bookkeepers, and chauffeurs with incomplete details and contact hints.
A cluttered downtown classified listing sells used cars and autos from multiple dealers. It highlights models like Hupmobile Oldsmobile Overland Studebaker and Buick with prices and conditions, plus taxicab ads and auto services at various Atlanta locations including Ivy Street Marietta Street Rampart Street and Peachtree Street.
DP Lumber Co of Perry Florida offers yellow pine and superior cypress at low prices. Complete house bills filed? estimates promised with single delivery, insured? Wood lumber claimed to be graded and traced, asking readers to send building lists for estimates.
A crowded list of advertisements for alterations and cleaning, clothing remodeling, picnic-related goods, automotive painting, electrical contracting, furniture bargains, hats, trunks, hotel rooms, and furnished rooms. Includes multiple business names and contact styles, with dense city-era phrasing and scattered capitalization.
Classified ads list numerous North Side homes for sale in Atlanta with details. Properties include a two story at Greenwood Ave near Nest Boulevard with 7 rooms and garages. Forsyth Blog listings. six room bungalows on Brookline Street and Juniper Street. prime Piedmont Park condo with twelve rooms. Peachtree Road lots with water and electric lights. price ranges from under 9 000 to 15 000 and up. Rich with Arcola heating descriptions, bank contact info, and agent names like Colvin & Thompson, Jack Salmon Co, and E L Harling.
Real estate listings show properties for sale or exchange by GAHOUN COMPANE, Benjamin Dayat Hine & Co, Warden Realty Co and others. Bungalows on California and Etileke avenues, multifamily homes on Walton Street and Decatur, with cash and balance rental terms, prices around 2 000 to 7 500 and leases or trades noted. Listings include brokers and building names, with various contact Ivy numbers and building addresses.
Real estate want ads seek to buy or trade homes in Decatur and Peachtree area. Various buyers offer cash, part payments, or full exchanges, including brick bungalows, stucco homes, and farms 20 acres near Marietta. Listings urge quick results and feature contact boxes and firm names.
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