Great Spore for Labci s Holiday Amusement Meet
Amateur Race for Championship of Georgia heads Labor Day program adopted by Atlanta amusement committee. Events include boxing, bicycle races under National Cycling Association sanction, mule and sprint runs, hurdles, sack races, tug of war, and a labor day barbecue at Piedmont Park with planning chairmen and committee members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation of Trades
General
Labor Day Committee
Atlanta
Georgia
National Cycling Association
Fee
Piedmont Park
W. C. Puckett
G. E. Johnson
Shepheard
C H. Pancoast
William Robinson
Gus Castle
Ed K Smith
Harry Silverman
Harry Schlesinger
Luke Bradley
Charles Hirsch
G N Dorsey
P. H. Moore
R. O Ross
J. B. Hewitt
A. J. McGahee
Miller
G W Tate
Chauncey Foote
W. B. Thompson
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve praised for many cures
A vendor boasts thirty years of marvelous cures for pies burns boils corns felons ulcers cuts scalds bruises and skin eruptions as proof Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is best and cheapest. He promotes well planned advertising and cites ten years of experience by Geo. S. Lowman in Empire Bridge Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowman
Empire Bidge
Atlanta
Retail Merchants Meet Elect Delegates for State Convention
The Grocers and Butchers' Association met at 23 12 East Hunter Street Judge Bloodworth's court room and elected delegates for the July 22 23 Warm Springs state convention. Delegates include C J Kamper A W Farlinger George Stmne J W Kilpatrick C V Maddox F C Wilkergen C A Rauschenberg James Millmore J E Bullock Carl Wolfsheimer and C A Tapran. Local officers named C A Tanpan president Carl Wolfsheimer first VP A C Minchinner second VP A W Farlinger secretary treasurer. Also notes excursion tickets to Tybee offered by Central of Georgia railway from Atlanta at 13.16 round trip with 15 days stay and weekly Saturday departures from Savannah. tickets office 19 Wall Street and union depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grocers and Butchers’ Association
Warm Springs
Retail Grocers’ and Butchers' Association
East
Hunter Street
A. C. Minchinner
A. W. Farlinger
Tybec
Central of Georgia Railway
Tybes
South Atlantic
Atlanta
Savannah
Wall Street
Union Depot
New Wing Dedicates St. Joseph Infirmary Expansion
The new surgical wing of St. Joseph Infirmary was opened with a dawn to dusk dedication. Father Bazin led the procession and blessing with Fathers Gunn Colbert Reis and Eugene assisting. Guests toured the brick addition along Baker street and a lawn party followed as recent bazaar items were sold. The wing extends westward from the main building and is now open for patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Bazin
Gunn
Colbert
Reis
Eugene
Baker Street
Surgical Wing
St. Joseph
Execution Preparations for Wells as Death Watch Begins
The Tower readies for WR Wells execution next Monday. A 200 pound sand bag tests the rope and trap, while two death watches monitor Wells day and night. A commutation petition, signed by local officials and jurors, seeks life imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WR. Wells
Frederick Pierce
Wells
Murderers’ Row
Jader Miller
Court House
Lieutenant Byrd in Atlanta Visiting Parents
Lieutenant Charles Perry Byrd of the United States Navy is in Atlanta visiting his parents at 27 Fourth Street. A naval academy instructor and 1595 graduate, he served on the Minneapolis in the Spanish-American War and sailed on the Oregon to the Orient, being aboard when the Oregon grounded at Taku. He awaits orders and may stay until September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Charles Perry Byrd
United States Navy
Atlanta
Charles W. Byrd
Fourth Street
Byrd
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Oregon
Orient
Taku
Academy
Morphine restores sanity in local insanity trial
Mrs Laura B Merrill wife of E D Merrill of Fort McPherson was tried for insanity yesterday afternoon before Ordinary John R Wilkinson. The jury found her sane despite evidence of morphine addiction and a recent withdrawal causing hallucinations. Dr W Hurt said symptoms would fade with morphine return. Neighbors allegedly threatened the couple and she heard them talking under her house. Merrill appeared rational apart from fear and imagination. she is not deemed a fit asylum subject and likely to receive treatment for the morphine habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura B. Merrill
E. D. Merrill
Fort McPherson
John R. Wilkinson
Merrill
W. Hurt
Merritt
Mrs Dorsey Awarded 6000 in Columbus Verdict
Atlanta woman Susan Dorsey received a 6000 verdict from a Columbus jury against Columbus Railway Company for the death of her son Claude Dorsey. The 39 year old lineman was killed in April 1900 after contacting an live wire while on assignment. The case rested on alleged failure to Insulate the wire at the point of contact. Attorneys W W R Hammond and John D Little represented the plaintiff, Louis Garrard for the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Columbus
Susan Dorsey
Claude Dorsey
Columbus Raifiroad Company
Young Dorsey
Columous
Grape-Nuts Promotes Health in Testimonial Ad
A lengthly testimonial extols Grape-Nuts Food as beneficial for the ill and healthy alike. A mother claims seven years of illness eased, improved sleep, stamina, and concentration after consuming Grape-Nuts thrice daily, noting children enjoy it as candy. Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan, provides recipes for warm weather desserts in each package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Fifth Georgia Leaves for Camp at Wrightsville Beach
Soldiers of the Fifth Georgia regiment depart today for Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, for the annual encampment. About 500 officers and men, plus augmented Atlanta companies from Rome Carterville Griffin and Newnan, will travel on the Sea Board Air Line at 2 PM in twenty one coaches. tents loaned by the state will accompany them. A second train at 6 PM will carry a large number of citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Wrightsville Beach
N. C
Atlanta
Rome
Carteraville
Griffin
Newnan
Seaboard Air Line
Dalton
Wrightsville
Destitute Woman Needs Aid in City Neighborhood
John Bruce reported to police that Mrs. Rose Kelley of 3481 2 Decatur Street is ill and destitute. She has been bedridden for three weeks and is alone with no family support. Once worked in a candy factory, neighbors helped little. Bruce sought a city physician and charity help for medicine and nourishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bruce
Rose Kelley
Decatur Street
Bruce
Arsenal Placed in Tower with Twelve Guns
The county commission authorized an arsenal for the Tower. Yesterday six Winchester rifles, sive Winchester shotguns, and 1,000 rounds of ammunition were installed. Deputy Sheriff J D Buran prepared the arms for instant use to safeguard the Tower in emergencies following the Pittsburg riot and the earlier jail conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Pittsburg
John W. Nelms
J. D. Buran
J. J. Fain
Also Mentioned on This Page
Labci
Maier & Berkele
Whitehall St
ST. Joseph Infirmary
Gome
Wig Infirmary
Wells Henday
Death Watch
Pardoning Board
Lieutenant Byrd
Oman
Wrightsville Beach, WN
Arsenal
Chief Joyner
Atlanta Fire Department
Empire Building
W. R. Joyner
Fire Department
Sants
Ana
Reghges Shires
Hirsch Bros
Whitehall Street
Banister’s Fine Shoes
Madras
Panamas
Hess Shoes
Stuttgarter Underwear
Eiseman Bros
Washington, D.C
Atlanta, GA
Baltimore, Md
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