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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1901
Page
10
A discussion on how phones, telegraphs, and typewriters erode the art of letter writing. Younger readers debate sentiment versus convenience, with examples of telegrams, social letters, and the old craft of billet doux. The piece muses on sedan chairs as a romantic revival amid changing motion and manners.
A brisk survey of spring and summer fashion and etiquette outlines new hat shapes, gown details, and tightening corsets. The column records numerous social visits, guests, and upcoming local events, highlighting Miss Emma Van Han, Mrs. Minter Wimberly, and the Athens Banner posting attributed moves, with lingering references to Wrightsville, Birmingham, and Calhoun society.
Misses Eugenia and Carrie Bigham host a 4 to 6 pm entertainment at their Inman Park home. Guests include Miss Annie May Lester and Miss Bonner Simms of Covington. Pink decorations feature a central pink street pea bowl and candysticks with pink and white accents.
Circle No 2 of the King's Daughters raise funds by selling tickets for a seashore trip to Cumberland Island leaving July 19 for two days. The benevolent society gains 2 percent on each ticket sold. All seeking to join the trip may respond.
Members of the Grand Army of the Republic in Atlanta report a $65 fund raised to furnish a room at the Confederate Soldiers' Home. The effort, led by C. M. Mitchel post, No. 1, honors northern veterans aiding southern peers with a dedicated room bearing the donor inscription and a message of peaceful memory.
The finance committee approved a 10 774 dollar package to start the fall term for public schools. It will fund 5 009 for materials and borrow 5 000 from teachers' salaries, repaid in January. If not covered, December holidays may extend and teachers would bear the burden.
Effective Sunday June 2 the fire will run through Pullman sleepers to Buffalo on train No. 8 leaving Cincinnati at 6 23 am and arriving Buffalo the next morning. The route passes Chautauqua Lake with privilege to stop in both directions if desired. For Pan American and Chautauqua Lake tickets with ten days stopover at Buffalo, berth reservations and Pan American folder apply to connecting lines in Atlanta or F E C L Hola 1 W 4th St Cincinnati Ohio.
Recorder Nash R. Broyles ruled in A. Davis and the heirs of W B Lowe versus Equitable Loan and Security Co that houses erected on a disputed tract in Fourth Ward near DeLoach stops stood on a public thoroughfare. Plaintiffs assert no right to build there. judge found the site is a public street, ordering removal or keeping the area open. The case will be certioraried to the Superior Court, with potential escalation to the Supreme Court. The lengthy trial drew substantial interest as a civil action framed as a nuisance due to street obstruction.
County presents the Board of Park Commissioners with fifty old courtroom benches from Judge Candler's Bills building. Colonel Moyers accepts them for Grant park to help beat the summer heat. Ten more benches will go to the Soldiers' Home, improving comfort there.
Councilman Longino backs purchasing forty acres in West End bounded by Shelton Glenn Stewart and Murphy to turn it into a park. Anthony Murphy owns the land and asks for stone drains on Shelton street to prevent erosion as the Streets Committee inspects the area. Rev John H E White returns from Raleigh for summer preaching. Fifty Against Two notes a lighthearted adage on outings and promotes Head's Sarsaparilla.
Will Cain and Jasper Painter, escaped convicts held at police barracks, are wanted in Knoxville. Complications over reward terms may delay processing for several days as authorities pursue crimes attributed to them since their escape.
Despite warm weather the Lyceum audience remains lively as Bert Coote Company presents Supper for Two. The act stars Miss Marie Pavey and Mr E B Titen with Sansone and Delella the standout novelty acrobats and Jerle and Willie Barrows delivering refined dance. Zeda and Biden contort for The Death of the Dragon while Lou Harvey adds songs for the second half. the Vitagraph rounds out the bill with new views.
The African M E Sunday school convention of the Atlanta district began its thirtieth session at St James church on Biggers Street at 9 o’clock with Rev. C L Bradwell presiding. Officers elected include Rev. L A Townsley secretary Nannie Sims assistant secretary Rev G E Wilson treasurer and marshals D W Williamson and M T Kendall. Delegates and ministers attended, with speeches on Sunday school progress and a proposed statewide gathering of Sabbath schools. Last night’s sermon was by Rev J H Myers, with President James Henderson to speak on Christian education tonight.
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