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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jul 26, 1912

Page

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Public drinking fountains urged to aid Atlanta animals

City leaders push for more drinking fountains for hacks and horses amid downtown congestion. Citizens pledge funds, but property owners resist placement near their premises. Animal cruelty group laments neglect and calls for a revived society with broader public support and police involvement.

Terminal Station Thee Wail Achives Street Peachtres Luckie Stret Bayeuist Tabernacle Atlanta W. Smith Yesterda Boulevard Fair Fair Streeta, Bishop Street At Reservoir (Outlife of City), Capitol Avenue Weyman Avenue Central Avenue Luckie and Harris Streets Lake Avenue Burlid Avenue Lee Street Gammanxe Chartman’s Society For the Prevention of Carnes J. P. Burke O. H. Hull EL al Rose The Rose Realty Company

Cruelty to Animals Sparks City Debate and Exposé

The piece cites Chattanooga’s strong humane society and a local officer who investigates cruelty, contrasting with Atlanta where officials delay action. It describes heat and thirst injuring a mule, a drayman’s indifference, and a crowd witnessing a brutal scene near a baseball park.

Atlanta Chattane Chattanooga South Nia Alabama Ponce de Leo Tony de Leonsvenie Lt

Burns deaths from kerosene lamp blast claim Mrs Overbey

Mrs Maud Overbey, 22, wife of J L Overbey of 93 Curran street, died at a private sanitarium from burns suffered when a kerosene lamp exploded last Saturday afternoon. She was heating curling tongs over the lamp when the blaze, believed to include gasoline, burned her from head to foot and she ran into the yard. She was the fifth burn victim in ten days. Interment will be in Cartersville, her old home. funeral arrangements not yet completed.

Maud Overbey J. L. Overbey Curran Street Cartersville

Stephens Backed For Fulton County Judge At Local Meeting

A mass meeting is planned tonight at Wallpark Faith's ing to support attorney W. Stephens for the Fulton County Superior Court judgeship. Noted speakers will address the crowd as Streets and transit routes to the Soldiers' Home area are highlighted.

Ecluck Wallpark W. Stephens Superior Court Fulton County East Lake South Decatur

Three Buildings Planned For Y M C A Complex In Atlanta

An irregularly shaped Luckie street site will form three connected buildings to house men and boys with separate gyms baths and dormitories, plus a rear structure for pools bowling alleys and a large educational complex. Shattuck and Hussey of Chicago designed the project with over 600000 raised, about 350000 for the city association, work aimed to start before 1913 and finish within a year to year and a half.

Luckie Street Association Shattuck & Huassey Shattuck & Hussey Chicago United States China India Paris London Jackson M. C J. P. Jackson Cleveland Detroit Wittsburg Washington New York Atlanta Association Mr. Jackson

Preacher Shot Dead in Mixie Store in Huntington Tenn

Rev. W. C. Freeman Primitive Baptist minister and storekeeper in Mixie was found dead in his store house Sunday night from three gunshot wounds. A small rifle lay nearby and assassination or suicide is under investigation with several people watched and no arrests yet. Freeman supported a reform movement.

Huntington Tenn W. c. Freeman Mixie Freeman

Confederate Widow Pension Bill Advances in Georgia House

The Georgia House approved a pension for widows of Confederate soldiers with eligibility set at a maximum net worth of $1,500. A separate measure authorizing Brinson Railway to change its branch line from Newington to Egypt passed without opposition. The session adjourned until Thursday at 10 o clock.

Newsome Glascock Green Effingham Brinson Railway Company Lne Newington Egypt

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