Atlanta City Waste Report Reveals Dubious 500000 Claim
In May 1903 Atlanta officials published a report by the 49 member charter committee claiming an annual loss of 500000 due to an inefficient city system. The special committee found the charges unproven after auditing only the comptroller's general ledger and not the books. The report notes lack of proof and urges caution while seeking improvements in city administration.
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General Council
Atlanta
Coun
David Woodward
Charles T. Hopkins
F. J. Paxon
Charles W. Bernhardt
Craig Cofield
Edgar Watkins
Tmaconntek Ws
M.F. Ambrous
Comptroller’s Office
Atlante
General Ledger
Weather report and scattered notes from the day
Forecast for today calls for fair weather with a cloudy yesterday. Independence Day offices closed. no local forecast issued. Washington state forecast indicates fair conditions with a possible shower in Atlanta at 3 PM. The Wright brothers are humorously noted in a local quip.
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Weather Bureau
Ashington
Atlanta
Wright
Gopher
Anemic match and wordplay in a breezy Atlanta note
A fragmentary reminiscence ties a breezy Atlanta scene to a tainted boast about artistic temperament. The speaker revels in irony as he recalls cigars and a fluttering-bird neckpiece while railing at alleged wife-beating artists and public figures. Temperature noted in the eighties.
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Atlanta
Turkey
Brigham Young
Delightful Excursion to Wrightsville Beach by Seaboard
A five day trip to Wrightsville Beach via Seaboard priced at 1 5 0 0. Special trains with sleepers and vestibule coaches depart on a Tuesday in July. Reservations urged at 88 Peachtree Street. Phone 100.
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Wrightsville Beach
Seaboard
Peachtree
Remarkable Catarrh Cure Promises Relief for All
A recently issued testimonial book claims Eclipse Catarrh Cure provides permanent relief for stubborn catarrh by treating delicate air passage membranes. A reader from Oxnard, Florida reports dramatic improvement after three weeks of use, including stopped ear discharge and better hearing. The firm offers a seven day trial for 24 cents and a $1.00 package by mail from Eclipse Medicine and Manufacturing Co. Atlanta, Ga.
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Oxdna
Fia
Bedaro Tt
Clipse Medicine and Manufacturing CO
Atlente, Ga
Charles Edward Russell Weds Teresa Hirsch in Chicago
New York July 5 announces the marriage of magazine writer Charles Edward Russell to Miss Teresa Hirsch daughter of the late Andrew Jackson Hirach a Chicago lawyer. Miss Hirach and her family lived in Davenport Iowa where they first met Russell when he edited a Chicago newspaper. Russell previously held roles as city and managing editor at major papers in New York Chicago and San Francisco.
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New York
Teresa Hirsch
Andrew Jackson Hirach
Chicago
Hirach
Davenport
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Russell
San Francisco
Investigative Report Promises Thorough Departmental Review
A formal statement explains plans to scrutinize operations across departments. It notes the aim to uncover dishonest conduct, assess work, and reveal how business is transacted. Officials are to be criticized only to ensure truth and necessary corrections, with periodic reports to the public.
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Front Foot Price Noted in Marietta Street Property Sale
Mrs Lena Swift Huntley and her daughter Misa Jeannette Switt bought a 3 1/2 foot frontage lot east of the Orpheum theater on Marietta street from Bryan M Grant trustee for 947 500. The 89 foot deep parcel was transacted through George Moore, real estate man.
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Misa Jeannette Switt
Bryan’ M. Grant
Orpheum ‘Theater
Maristre Street
George Moore
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Sailor Routes: Wrightsville Beach to Wilmington Service
A rough schedule notes trips to Wrightsville Beach on Tuesdays and Thursdays with returns to Wilmington on Sundays and Wednesdays aboard SEA BOARD. The fragment indicates provisional passenger or freight routes with limited details.
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Wrightsville Beach
Unlucky Suitor Sparks Cordele Wedding Altercation
In Cordele Georgia 2 30 a m Judge W Coney joined Miss Maude Russet of Douglas and W L Coleman, a railroad man, in marriage at the Central hotel after a romantic voyage from St Simons. A rival suitor attempted to shoot the groom but was overpowered by an A B A conductor who covered him with a .44. The ceremony occurred before a few sleepy witnesses as friends supplied a trousseau for the bride. The early wedding enters local lore as a romantic episode in wire grass country.
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W. Coney
Crisp County
Central Hotel
Cupid
Trousseau
Wire Grags
Aged Col umbus woman Emily Morgan dies at 117
Emily Morgan colored, Columbus oldest resident, dies at home after long illness. Born in north Georgia she moved to Columbus in its early days. She worked washing until age 109 and later suffered with miner y. Reported to claim 117 years old, a claim not disproved by testimony.
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Columbus
Emily Morgan
Georgia
Emily
North
Taxes on Tobacco Will Be Increased
Washington reports a subcommittee on finance hearing in which tobacco tax hikes were narrowly rejected for cigars at $8 per thousand, while recommended increases for snuff chewing and smoking tobacco, little cigars, and cigarettes were advanced. The full committee will weigh these Beveridge amendment ideas and anti coupon provisions tomorrow.
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Washington
House
Confederate Veteran Dies in South After Civil War Service
James C. Shetties worth a Confederate veteran died at Union today. He received wounds in one arm both legs and other parts, was shot in the lungs at the Wilderness, coughed up the bullet, and after two months in Richmond hospital regained strength to fight into the surrender. In Hahnville La a man sought to inspect the gallows for a murder sentence but was refused admission. The condemned is Leonardi Gebbis tied to the Walter Laman kidnapping and assassination case in New Orleans two years earlier.
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Gaines Mus
Richmond
Hahnville
Peter Lamana
New Orleans
Leonardi Gebbis
Walter Lamans
Funeral for Mrs. J. R. Jack Set Today at 10 a.m.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Jack invited to funeral service today Tuesday at 10 a.m. from H. M. Patterson & Son chapel with Rev. C. W. Daniel officiating. Pallbearers named Fred Starboro McFisher Fred Brayton A. B. Boynton to meet at 9:45 a.m.
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