Columbia Theater Atlanta Remade Into Bijou Amusement House
Atlanta’s Columbia, oldest playhouse, is being demolished to become the Bijou a modern theater. The project led by Jake Wells and H C Harn, with plans to open for fall the debut of a new interior, preserving memories of stars like Sarah Bernhardt Booth and Thornton while recounting dramatic amateur episodes and the theater’s long history.
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Charles Kelly
Volberg
Columbia Theater
Atlanta
March of Progress
Columbia
L. DeGlve
North Broad Street
Forsyth
Barrett
Don Jefferson
Scott Thornton
Thornton
Henry Grady
DeGive
Richard II
Richelieu
Atlanta Dramatic Club
Julius Caesar
Memorial Association
W. T. Moyers
Caesar
Smith Clayton
Cassius
Paul Bleckley
Casea
Edward Hammond
Brutus
Joseph Jones
Octavius
Terry Towns
Myrtis Peck
Teresa Thom
Moyers
Memphia
J. H. Morgan
P H. Snook
Hubert Culberson
Addison Barnett
Atheneum
Decatur Street
Gould Building
Old Atheneum
Crisps
Charles Crisp
Georgia
A Freight Car's Reminiscent Letter to Atlanta
In a reflective monologue written by Lauren Foreman, TEXAS PACIFIC BOX CAR No. 8617 narrates a long roaming career across the United States. He recalls mishaps, guano cargo, near wrecks, and a historic shift in car accounting that will soon place him on his home road in Georgia.
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Neafle
Atlanta
Choice
Rome
Neafie
Ami
Charlotte NC
Alljet
Florida
Constitution
Texas
Potomac
iLhey
T .Hcu
Ala Npf
Mountain Division
Billings
Tennessee
Burlington
Joose
Colorado
Charlotte
Jeffersonville
Texarkana
New Orleans
Richmond
Charleston
Savannah
South Georgia
United States
Gate City
Lady Visitors Report Highlights School Repairs and Pride
The 1902 report to Atlanta's Board of Education urges careful supervision of school repairs and cleaning. It cites Ivy, West End, Walker, and Marietta as especially neglected, noting principals and Janitors losing heart while patrons, teachers, and children show little pride in the buildings.
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Board of Lady Visitors
Mra. H. B. Wey
Constitution
Board of Education of
Atlanta
Ivy
West End
Walker
Marietta
Board of
Schools Need Repairs and Stronger Oversight, Board Urged
The Board of Visitors urges rapid repair of school buildings showing leaking roofs, falling plaster, and worn blackboards. They call for thorough overhaul or replacement, better lighting, and removal of trivial absences by stricter attendance enforcement. They recommend bolstering manual training, cooking and sewing programs, medical inspection, and stronger teacher selection for the coming year.
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Stevens
South
Atlanta
Somewhere Else and the Remote Investment Drive
Analysis of a Kansas City Star essay notes the preference of capital and enterprise to seek distant fields. It cites American, British, Dutch, and New England investments abroad and at home, highlighting railways, trolley lines, city cleaning, and manufacturing geared toward European markets. The piece underscores a global push for distant ventures as economies shift.
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Kansas City
England
Pacific
Boston
New England
Boston and Maine
Cuba
Gulf of Mexico
Holland
New York
London
Europe
Kanaas City
America
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MBIA
Saashien Vaudeville
Forsyth Street
Jake Wells
Richmond, Va
Webb
Marietta Street
Broad
Thapalliff
Whit Anderson
Broad Street
Alabama
Anderson
Ben Hill
Milledgeville
Chattanooga
Davis Theater
South Broad Street
Hunter
Dickey
Interson
Texas Pacific
Sunday Constitution
Lauren Foreman
Boye
30U
Athens
Board of Visitors
H B Wey
Prrahghive
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