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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1910
Page
4
This morning at 8:30 a sale offerings girls from 6 years to long dresses with a wide range of frocks in pique rep gingham and lawn in sizes 6 to 14 and in Misses styles of gingham rep linen and lingerie fabrics. Most items $5.50 to $15 originally, with some up to $25, now reduced for today.
The building committee of the local lodge of Elke will hold a Monday afternoon meeting to select building plans for their new home on Hila Street near Ivy. Three local architects will submit designs. John 3. Wooratte chairs the committee. The tentative plan promises a modern, beautifully decorated structure.
Baltimore July 21 An unknown man saturated his clothing with kerosene and lit himself on fire at Longbridge foot of Light Street. He leaped into the river as flames were quenched. His body was recovered later.
Bond funded sewer project rapidly advancing with six of fourteen lateral trunk sewers under way. Loyd street relief sewer from Hi street near Ailota to Alice Street nearly two miles. completion in one year. C W Lane & Co oversees. F Meeks Construction on all laterals. Greensferry Ashby, Glennwood, Powers Leon, Fifth Juniper, Thirteenth Piedmont scheduled to start or finish within weeks to months.
The Hunnicutt tract at the southeast corner of Howell Mill road and Cox road sold for 915,000 to Holmes & Verner Realty Co. by C. W. Hunnicutt. The land, valuable for subdivision, fronts Howell Mill road about 1,000 feet near Evan P. Howell School and was noted for natural beauty and potential profit.
Police Commissioner Arthur H. Marbus, ninth ward representative, announced he will resign at the next council meeting after moving to the third ward. Ninth ward councilors plan a meeting soon to choose a successor, with several candidates said to be in consideration.
Moultrie Georgia July 21 Special W J Matthews merchant farmer and ex railroad man is favorably considering the urgent request of many south Georgia friends that he enter the race for railroad commissioner It is probable he may reach a decision Friday in time to qualify under the primary rules
An old time advertisement promotes Smith's Pineapple and Butternut Pills as a remedy for liver disorders biliousness jaundice and constipation. It claims rapid relief from right side pain dull ache under the shoulder blade and headaches and says the pills restore liver action regulate bowels and improve blood. Physicians endorse the remedy and advise keeping them on hand.
Atlanta street committee hears rival bids for Forsyth and DeKalb paving. L V West of West Construction accuses local firms of “goat and milking” practices while Thornton & Mayson and Southern Wood Preserving are cited over block pricing. Council tabled Forsyth and DeKalb awards pending widening plans and budget timing.
At yesterday’s council meeting E F Childrosa resigned as election manager for the first ward and W W Anderson was elected to succeed him. Alderman Tomeroy introduced an ordinance letting pushcarts peddling fruit and vegetables stand on streets if the property owner fronting the stall does not object, referred to the taxes committee.
Atlanta July 12 1910 memorial service for lifelong friend Captain W W Draper at First Baptist church July 13. Writer recalls Civil War service in Alabama and with Tenth Regiment Company BE Wilcox Mahone A P Hill. they discuss life, family, and health, ending with hopeful heavenward reflections.
Ten thousand Hoke Smith campaign buttons arrived at headquarters and began distribution. The duplicates of past campaign buttons feature the former governor’s likeness on celluloid discs. Smith will greet all callers at headquarters between 11 and 12 daily, extending interviews if needed. visitors from out of town urged him to meet personally, a practice to continue as a fixed routine.
A sequence of property transfers and loans is listed, detailing bargains across multiple blocks. Transfers include deeds and bonds for title while loans are secured on residential plots along Peach street Brookline street and Cameron Street, with prices ranging from 170 to 4 800 dollars and numerous lot sizes noted in feet and blocks.
Southern Railway inaugurates additional service between Atlanta and Fort Valley starting July 23. New schedule shows departures from Atlanta at 5:30 AM and 7:18 AM, with arrivals in Fort Valley at 6:15 PM and 9:35 AM respectively, expanding the Fort Valley division’s reach.
The Ten Club of prominent city businessmen spent a day at FR Cooper’s country home near Rome Georgia, hosted by the brother of Walter G Cooper a club member. Members included Fred J Paxon Walter G Cooper J M Terrell Beverly Evans Marcus Beck C W Daniel J Purser George Bate H M Willet and L Brittain. The group enjoyed hospitality, made the trip, and returned last night reporting a valuable outing.
A July 21 proceeding was instituted before the District of Columbia supreme court to compel the Interstate Commerce Commission to assume jurisdiction over Alenke refiways and transportation companies and to compel them to file verification with the commission.
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