Police Search For J B Hughes In City Mystery
Police and detectives seek J B Hughes a 22 year old grocer missing since Saturday morning. Last seen leaving his Marietta street store after stating he had business, with Aunt at 214 East Georgia avenue identified by description. Authorities call it one of the citys most mysterious disappearances with no trace or witnesses found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Hughes
Martettaz
Law
Hughes
East
Georgia Avenue
The
Orangeburg
N. C
Charlotte
Bell Telephone Company
Marietta Street
J. B. Hughes & Co
John M. Fogle
Fosle
Young Edgar Coley Dies of Typhoid at Home
Hagar Travis Coley two and a half dies at 60 Evans street from typhoid fever. Funeral at 3 30 this afternoon, West View Cemetery to follow. The family expresses grief and thanks for support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Coley
Hagar Travis Coley
Evans Street
Westview Cemetery
Edgar
Rookwood Kayzer Zinn Inlaid Art Glass Sale
A trio of benefits for gift donors features high art glass pieces. Maier and Berkele advertise Rookwood and Kayzer Zinn inlaid ware from 31 Whitehall Street, presenting each piece as a representative of the finest art in its category.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rookwood
Kayzer Zinn
Maier & Berkele
Whitehall St
Clever deduction leads to arrest of deserter
Marshal Ryan of Oakland City nabbed Charles J. Warner, a deserter from Fort McPherson, after a Holmes like deduction. He matched a patched coat with its owner from a former black worker, spotting the white shirt and ragged trousers beneath, then arrested the man on Whitehall Street and brought him to Fort McPherson. Warner confessed to swapping uniforms for old clothes to disguise himself, earning an $80 reward for the capture.
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Marshal Ryan
Oakland Ciy
Charles J. Warner
Fort McPherson
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Helmes
Sherlock
United States Army
Oakland City
Whitehall Street
Marsal Ryan
Bryants District Counts Fifty Eight Snakes In One Nest
Chief A. Q. Turner reports a strange Bryants district tale of a garter mother with fifty seven offspring killed Saturday morning by two local youths Hornsby and Tate. They dispatched the entire brood after the mother and youngs attacked, stacking the carcasses to tally fifty eight snakes in all. The incident is described as a rare curiosity by country residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Q. Turner
John Oliver
Bryants District
Messrs
Hornsby
Tate
Obacco
France
Cava
London News
Direction Generale Des Manufactures de l'Htat
Toacco
Bureaux Des Tabacs
Busy Week at City Hall Prepares Charter Review Reports
A special council committee named to review the charter revision work plans meetings this week to prepare reports for the upcoming council session. The nine member panel led by Evan P. Howell will study the 49 page report and may call a midweek meeting. Members include Woodward LaHatte Warren Winn Fincher Glass and Key.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Evan P. Howell
Seventh Ward
Howell
Savannah
James G. Woodward
M T. LaHatte
James E Warren
Courtland
Building to be blessed at St Joseph Infirmary opening
The St Joseph Infirmary holds a Wednesday afternoon ceremony at 4 o clock to bless its new surgical ward. A lawn party will follow the blessing. The addition increases capacity to fifty patients and the board of medical surgeons notes the operating room is among the finest south of Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph Infirmary
Board of Medical Surgeons
Baltimore
Terrell Off for New York Nominee for Governor
Hon Joseph M Terrell democratic nominee for governor left the city last night for New York where he will be gone until the latter part of the month Mr Terrell goes to New York on business Mr and Mrs Terrell left on the Central train for Savannah and they will take the steamer there for New York City They will likely spend a day or two in Savannah with friends before sailing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M. Terrell
New York
Terrell
Marcus Peyser Stricken With Paralysis in Macon
Marcus Peyser, noted Macon cigar manufacturer, was found in bed speechless and paralyzed at his home. Doctors describe his condition as serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Marcus Peyser
Pleasant Sabbath Weather Graces Atlanta Streets
Atlantans enjoyed a near perfect Sabbath with mild warmth and clear skies. Morning clouds gave way to bright afternoon crowds on streets, cars, and parks, while a brief northwest cloud brought a light sprinkle and no rain. The city stood cooler than Arizona and California during the heat spell, though the cool spell may be short lived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Growler
Arizona
California
Atlanta
Mercury
Ice Man
King Hearing Tomorrow in Pittsburg Riot Murder Case
The motion for a new trial in Henry King’s murder case is set for 9 a.m. tomorrow before Judge John Candler in the Coca Cola building on Edgewood Avenue. King, a Black defendant, was found guilty of killing Bailiff Ed Battle during the Pittsburg riot and sentenced to life in prison. The new-trial request cites trial errors. City Councilman James C. Warren and Claude C. Smith represent King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Henry King
John 8. Candler
Coca Cola
Edgewood Avenue
King
Ed Battle
Criminal Superior Court
James C. Warren
Claude C. Smith T
Barclay Mission Marks Eighteenth Anniversary Celebration
The Barclay Mission observed its eighteenth anniversary at the Tabernacle Baptist Church with a large congregation. John F. Barclay spoke of the mission’s start in a freight car near Marietta Street, noting seven children were at the first service. Len G. Broughton urged personal missions, and Su Holloway recalled the work’s beginnings. Judges Palmer and Van Epps offered brief remarks. A memory exhibition by seven year old Soumea Womack impressed attendees with state and country capitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barclay
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Marietta Street
Sue Holloway
H. W. W. Palmer
Orst
W. A. Hemphill
Len G Broughton
H. EB. W. Palmer
Howard Wat Epps
Soumea Womack
Ht. G. Womack
Uniop
Europe
Local obituaries and notes from Atlanta
SHORT ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST report several deaths and funeral plans including Ethel Lyon a 14 month old at 89 Bush street interred Hollywood cemetery Mrs Gue ips body sent to Terrell Texas for burial W L Lampkin 73 whose funeral at 4 from 47 Jackson street interment Oakland cemetery and W B McFail 48 whose funeral 8 30 from 3 1 2 Highland avenue interment Decatur Also mentions Ethel Lyon and Mrs Gue ips, plus police and city notes about the Police Board meeting and a local Alameda choir camp for St Luke cathedral to Flowery Branch, and Isham Daniel ill at Dr Bil ton sanitarium. The street car company plans for large Negro Young People Congress crowd in August with heavy Piedmont park shuttle needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Lyon
George W. Lyon, Jr
Bush Street
Hollywood Cemetery
Gue E. Philips
Peachtree Terrace
Terrell
Tex
W. L. Lampkin
Jackson Street
Oakland Cemetery
Lampkin
W. W. Lampkin
M. E. Wright
D. Martin
Jacksonville
Fla
W. EB. McFail
Grady Hospital
Highland Avenue
Decatur
Negro Young People’s Christian and Educational Congress
Piedmont Park
Sound Sense Insurance Aids Fulton County Real Estate
A New York Times quotation on a sound insurance system for land is backed by the Title Guarantee & Trust Company. It claims to provide the needed protection to buy sell or borrow real estate in Fulton County and invites consultation. Empire Building is the company address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Fulton County
Title Guarantee & Trust Company
Empire Building
The Passing Throng and the Law Career Debate
A verbose reflection by a university graduate in Atlanta on the fate of about 20000 new lawyers. It compares the odds of success, notes long climb, hard work, possible starvation years, and the allure of justice. Includes a country school tale of Peter Stirling era ambition and the Ga. oratorical contest debate at the University of Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Kimball
Elysian Fields
America
Georgia
Atlanta
Peter Stirling
Ford
The Backwoodsman and Parson Peers in Review
A historical romance review notes The Backwoodsman by H A Stanley, praising its frontier war scenes and vivid portraits of leaders like Washington and Arnold. It surveys depictions of Iroquoia warfare, Brant, Morgan, and Six Nations battles, alongside commentary on England's parson peers in London Chronicle notices and the tale’s literary craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Stanley
Doubleday, Page & Co
New York
Iroquoia
Bernus Heights
Burgoyne
Benedict ‘Arnold
Arnold
Morgan
Gates
Great Red Confederacy
Washington
Thayendanerri
Joseph Brant
Brant
Beef monopoly plot spurs talk of hunger and herbs
Washington Star reports a character voices fear of a beef monopoly to crush liberty, predicting rising prices and a forced herbivorous diet. PhiladelphiaPost notes Thomas B Reed’s Maine visits and NYC ties, joking about early departures and late returns to measure wealth and office hours.
Not Caught by Alluring Prices for Worthless Goods
A brief item notes that shoppers should beware alluring prices on cheap goods, urging prudence in purchases and warning of potential poor quality or misrepresented value. Local vendors are mentioned in passing, but no specific names or dates are provided.
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J.B. Hughes
Merchant
Edgar Coley
Montgomery
Ala
Andrew Cheek
Birmingham
Ardon
Claude Gray
Mobile Retail Grocer
T. G. Busa & Co
Bryants
Barclay Mission
John Barclay
Rev. L. G. Broughton
HB. E. W. Palmer
van Epps
William M'Kinley
Sanford and
Norman
Recorder
J. Raleigh Pattillo
Knoxville
W. F. Pattillo
Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Company
Mr. Pattillo
Genera Insurance Agency
J. H. Lutz
St. Luke Cathedral
F. G. Ellington
Isham Daniel
North
Sam Johnson
University of Georgian
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Park
Milledgeville Union and Recorder
Ann V. duBignon
Fleming G. duBignon
Scottsboro
F. G. duBignon
Alston
H. F. Scott
Atlantic
Brunswick
Ralph Meldrim
England
London Chronicle
F. G. Pelham
Chichester
Marquis
Marquis of Normandy
Earl of Devon
Baron Gwydyr
Earl of Bessborough
Earl of Stafford
Earl of Chichester
Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon
Lord Scarsdale
Derbyshire
Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
India
Viscount Molesworth
House of Lords
Hirsch Bros
Whitehall Sera
Banister Fine Shoes
Astoria
United States
Washington Star
Biykins
Reed
Philadelphia Post
Thomas B. Reed
Maine
Old Orchard Beach
New Yorker
Weil
Prudence
Ren
Boys
Hess Shoes
Stuttgarter Underwear
Riseman Bros
Washington, D.C
Atlanta, GA
Beas Bros
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