Baby Day at Police Barracks Astonishes City Readers
Three infants become headline cases as police uncover a baby farm disappearance a street abandonment and a fragile mother seeking shelter. A frail woman arrives with a dying child claiming dire homelessness while other mothers recount muffled tales and a Savannah baby mystery unfolds.
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the Constitution
Andrew Huretin
Hurstin
Philippines
Clayton County
Alabama
Cooper Street
Ball
Atlanta
Florida
Edita
Watches and Timepieces From Patek Philippe to American Makers
A store promotes measured time and the importance of a good watch. It showcases standard watches and famous names including Patek Philippe Agassiz Piquet and leading American makers. The firm expresses enthusiasm for its watch stock and invites customers to view its offerings.
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Patek-Phillippe
Eg Agassiz
Piquet
Maier & Beracle Diamonds Ad at 80 Whitehall St
An advertisement for Maier and Beracle Diamonds and Jewelry located at 80 Whitehall Street promotes their services and inventory as a local retail option. The notice emphasizes the business presence in the area and directs customers to the store.
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Maier & Beracle
Whitehall St
Negro youth Eugene Carr arrested for insulting two women
Eugene Carr, a bootblack, was arrested near Peachtree and Decatur streets after he allegedly shouted at two women discussing going to the Lyceum theater. Police report witnesses, Carr denies the remark, and he is to be arraigned in recorder's court this afternoon.
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Eugene Carr
Carr
Peachtree
Decatur
Lyceum Theater
Lyceum
Imperial
Brown
Recorder’s Court
Death of Officer Seals at Grady Hospital
Police officer J M Seals died at Grady hospital yesterday evening after a long illness and paralysis last year. Elected March 1887, he served the force well for over 15 years and leaves a wife and four children. Life insurance of $1000 to his family. Funeral arrangements set for this morning.
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Grady Hospital
J. M. Seals
Seals
Ssaves
Police Relief Association
Hfe
Ordinance Aims to Record Aye and Nay Votes
Councilman Grady plans to introduce an ordinance at the next meeting requiring that aye and nay votes be recorded on ordinances and resolutions, and possibly on all matters of consequence. Current practice records only when called for, prompting talk the measure may encourage full participation and deter abstentions.
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Grady
Ables Family Reunion Marks Return After 41 Years in Tioga
James Ables, once of Atlanta but now living in Tioga Pennsylvania, returns to Atlanta after forty one years. A reunion at Cornelius Ables home on Bailey Street brings together two brothers and three sisters plus other relatives. Ables plans a brief stay before resuming lumber surveying work in Washington state for a contract, then back to Tioga.
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James Ables
Atlanta
Tioga
Cornelius Ables
Bailey Street
James
Ellen Farmer
Moore Street
Weill Martin
Columbus
Harriet Allingham
Washington State
Portland Proposes Municipal Control of Utilities
A Portland commission reviewing the city charter proposes to reserve to the city the right to own and operate water gas electric light works steam water or electric power plants telephone lines and street railways. The plan aims to keep municipal ownership as part of the charter for the next legislature to decide. The note follows a separate unrelated item about a baby farm in Atlanta and a child custody dispute involving Mrs. W. H. Bowen of Brunswick and a presumed father, triggering police searches and a “Baby Day.”
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Portland
Ore
Atlanta
Emme Kitchens
Corley Street
W. H. Bowen
Brunswick
Coupon Hunt Drives City Race for The Constitution Contest
The Constitution coupon contest grows with police, firemen, and labor unionists canvassing neighborhoods. Routes laid out, coupons dated July 16 expire tonight and July 17 by Sunday midnight. Women and children excel at coupon catching. some officers report tens of thousands of ballots stamped. leaders remain undisclosed as entrants vie for a trip to the Pan-American exposition.
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Constitution
Constitution Conuions
Bob Ross
Printer's Union
Elne
Constitution Office
Police Department
Buffalo
Col Sawyer Veteran Journalist Dies at 68 in Rome
Colonel Sawyer a veteran journalist and inventor died at his Rome home aged sixty eight after a prolonged illness. Born May 18 1832 in Alabama he led a storied life as editor of several papers and author of novels and serials. He invented a square bottom paper bag machine and a type setting device and served in the civil war. Survived by wife four daughters and three sons his funeral is set for this afternoon at 32k East Georgia Avenue with interment in Oxford Alabama.
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East Georgia Avenue
Colonel Sawyer
Alabama
Ansil Sawyer
Hdgefield
S C
de Saussure
Charleston
George Sawyer
South Carolina
Cowpens
Sawyer
Record Lg
Talladega
Ala
Mountain Home
Rome Corner
Rome Tribune
Atlanta Commonwealth
Oftten
Constitution
Philadelphia Times
DeSaussures
Camerons
David and
Abigail
Eugene Black
Rome
Annie L. Sawyer
Philadelphia
Alberta Sidney Sawyer
Isabel Sawyer
Alexander Stephena Sawyer
St. Louis
L. E. Sawyer
Robert Lee Sawyer
Jefferson Davis Sawyer
East
Georgia Avenue
Albion Knight
Oxford
Henry W Grady
Coosa River
R. F. Sawyer
Hi City
Georgia
Georgia Press Gang
Brownlow
Atlanta
Ufe
F. 54Wyer
Southern Railway Round Trip Sale To Great Lakes Regions
Detailing a test sale by Southern Railway offering round trips for 21.55 to Detroit and return. The offer covers July 24 through August and promotes trips to the Buffalo region and the Great Lakes area. The notice emphasizes two cheap trips and includes unclear remnants about dates and routes.
Nurse Coppernail’s Call: Pink Pills Help Disease From Poor Blood
A nurse, Charlotte Cooperwall, recounts suffering sixteen months from indigestion, gastritis, and weak nerves, found relief after using Dr Williams’s Pink Pills for Pale People. She credits the treatment with rapid improvement, recommending it for similar conditions and noting the pills’ availability from Dr Williams Medicine Company.
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Dr. Williams
Charlotte Cooperwall
Noah H. Browning
Lves
North Fifth Street
Hudson, N
Ty ners Little Watermelon Seeds advertised health claim
An tobacco era advertisement touts Ty ners Little Watermelon Seeds with claims to keep liver and kidneys in perfect condition for 10 cents at all druggists. The snippet also promotes Western North Carolina as a popular rail route retreat, highlighting Asheville and Battery Park Hotel, plus travel from Georgia.
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Tyners
North Carolina
Asheville
Battery Park
Atlanta
Governor Candler Delays Banks County Visit
Governor Candler forfeits a Banks County trip due to a family illness. Attorney General Terrell remains en route to deliver an address to local veterans, with Terrell departing at noon and Candler expressing regret at the last minute cancellation. The governor cited personal illness as the reason for the postponement.
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Miness
Banks County
Candler
Terrell
Georgia
Banks
Detroit and Return Via Southern Account Convention Ticket Offer
Abovs rate 22d 7a 2th final Amdt August 16th epogit. Splendid cheap trip to great lake region Buffalo and Niagara Falls Southern railway direct. Quicker travel by Brooks Morgan D A Atlanta.
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Southern Railway
St Os
Great Lake Region
Buffalo
Niger
Aon
Atlanta
Detroit
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Niagara Falls
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John M. Miller Co
Marietta Street
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Whitehall
LAM &R & Rankin Drug CO
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Jonas
Fulton Superior Court
Howard H Jonas
Lueila J Jonas
Banat
J H Lumpkin
Arnold Broyles
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