Peachtree Hotel Project Planned for $500000
Atlanta investors led by M I and Frank Harrell plan a twelve story hotel at the Feachtres and Hills corner with a $300000 building cost and $500000 total project funding. William Winecoff purchased a ninety nine year lease from Amos Braselton and will erect the hotel, with plans drawn by W L Stoddart New York. The Aragon hotel lessees anticipate occupying the new building within three years, furnishing rooms at about 150 each and offering around 206 rooms. The design includes a rear Ellis street frontage and potential private dining rooms on the second floor.
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Feachtres
Hills
Wiliam F. Winecott
Amos, Braselton
M. I
Frank Harrell
Mr. Winecoff
New York
Winecoff
Braselton
Aragon Hotel
M. Harrell
Atlanta
Peachtree Street
Ellis Street
Harred
Sculptor Weds Nurse Who Cared For Him
Jersey City New Jersey June 25 An announcement of the marriage today of Frank Edwin Elwell the sculptor to Miss Anna Benjamin of New Brunswick Nova Scotia came as a surprise to the artist s friends Elwell was badly injured in a fall about six months ago and Milas Benjamin a trained nurse was employed to care for him The couple will spend their honeymoon in Canada and Nova Scotia Elwell s first wife obtained a divorce last year on the ground of desertion.
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Jersey City
N. J
Frank Edwin Elwell
Anna Benjamin
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Elwell
Milas Benjamin
Canada
Ansley urges city reform and business-led ticket
Real estate man Elwin P Ansley writes to the chamber of commerce urging a makeshift city government overhaul. He accuses the public works department of neglect while listing sewer and bridge issues, unsafe streets, a crumbling school, and disease risks, calling for an economical, forward looking ticket in the upcoming city election.
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Elwin P. ‘Ansley
Chamber of Commerce
Ansley
Public Works Department
Piedmont Park
Jackson Street
Spring Street
Minimum wage fixed for women teachers in Cook County
Chicago June 25 Edward J Tobin Cook county superintendent of schools declared that women were not competent to teach if they offered services for less than 60 a month He said many were paid 25 to 40 and would revoke certificates if the order was not obeyed He has jurisdiction outside Chicago and demands women teachers earn at least 60 monthly
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Chicago
Edward J. Tobin
Cook County
Tobin
Bedbugs in a House Render Lease Void
New York June 25 The appellars division of the supreme court of New York state has held that bedbugs justify breaking a lease. Howard Ehrich stock exchange member leased a Long Island country house last fall moving in October 15. They say bedbugs greeted them and they moved out November 19 refusing to pay rent.
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New York
Appellars Division
Supreme Court of
New York State
Howard Ehrich
The
Stock Exchange
Long Island
Enrichs
Becauss
Thaw Declares Hes Not Crazy During Court Testimony
White Plains June 25 Harry K Thaw spent five hours on the witness stand amid cross examination by William T Jerome over his sanity and motives for killing Stanford White. Jerome pressed Thaw about his mental state and the killing, while Thaw and Clarence J Shearn objected to perceived bias. Thaw said his condition is sane based on his own view and alienists, and he declined to describe the killing in detail, citing memory limits.
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White Plains
N. Y
Harry XK. Thaw
Stanford White
William T Jerome
Thaw
Matteawan Asylum
Jerome
Clarence J Shearn
White
Daniel Sickels
Kes
Sickels
Evelyn
Thay
Mr. Jerome
Russell
Cafe Martin
Lynchings’ aftermath ends in father’s suicide at Danville
Danville Ohio June 25 Hartwell Ethrington father of Carl Ethrington a prohibition detective at Newark died by shotgun after brooding over his son’s lynching three years earlier. Carl Ethrington was a prosperous farmer living near Danville and was lynched in Newark.
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Danville
Carl Ethrington
Newark
Ohio
Hartwell Ethrington
Etrington
China rejects $2300,000,000 loan and salt monopoly plan
Washington reports China has rejected the $2.3 billion loan from the six powers and declined the foreign administration of its salt monopoly. Four cabinet officers of the Tong Shao Yi party have offered their resignations. the notices were received by the State Department today.
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Washington
China
Tong Shao Yi Party
State Department
Fire Leaves City Homeless From Cathedral Blaze
A blaze in Chleautint Quebec yesterday destroyed the cathedral and the Hotel Saguenay along with hundreds of homes. Total damage is estimated at 3.9 million dollars, leaving about five hundred families homeless.
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Chleautint
Quebec
Cumberland Lodge Centennial Observed In Nashville Banquet
The Cumberland Lodge Free and Accepted Masons marked its centennial in Nashville with a banquet attended by about 200 Masons. The lodge has a storied past in the city, noting Lafayette danced there in 1825 and the hall hosted two receptions in its history.
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Cumberland Lodge
Nashville
Tenn
Lafayette
Aged Woman Is Cremated At Dawson Farm Home
Mrs. Lou Johnson an elderly widow living alone on a Dawson area farm was found dead after her house burned last night. Neighbors pulled the body from the timbers as the roof collapsed. A hidden 420 dollars in gold was found sewn in a mattress. Relatives say she kept large sums at home and suspect murder for robbery. Officials investigate but no clues yet.
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Dawson
Lou Johnson
Jesse Daniels
Forcible Feeding Sparks Commons Row in England
London officials clash over hunger striking suffragettes. Socialist MP George Danasberry attacks Prime Minister Asquith, ordered to leave as Lansbury protests the treatment of prisoners. Asquith offers release if vows not to reoffend. House descends into disorder before order is restored.
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London
England
House of Commons
George Danasberry
Asquith
Timothy Nealy
Mr. Lansbury
Iabor
Painter Alma-Tadema Drops Brush Forever
Wiesbaden June 25 Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema the famed painter died here last night after stomach ulceration. He was seventy seven years old. Born at Dronryp Netherlands he became a naturalized English artist noted for his classical works and refined detail.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Dronryp
Netherlands
England
Radical changes urged for state agriculture department
The Ault report calling sweeping changes in the state department of agriculture will be presented to the legislature after the committee's final meeting. It recommends depositing all fertilizer and other funds into the state treasury, staffing with six general inspectors and seasonal short-term inspectors, banning presents to inspectors, strict daily reporting, reduced inspector fees, creation of a gasoline inspector post, and centralized recordkeeping at the state capitol. Members present included Issac A. Busan, E A. Ault, J A Cromarty, J T Hixon, and I Cabanias.
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Ault
State Department of Agriculture
State Treasury
Commissioner of Agriculture
State Capitol
Issac A. Busan
Pelham
E. A. Ault
J. A. Cromarty
Hazelhurst
John T. Hixon
Carroll
1. Cabanias
Oglethorpe
Henning Sues Funk Over Alleged Alienation of Wife
In Chicago a $25,000 case opened as John C. Henning sues Clarence Funk of International Harvester for alienation of Mrs Henning's affections. Henning testified, Funk was absent, and witnesses described encounters at two hotels in 1909 1910. The trial began with Henning 38 and married in 1909.
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Chicago
John C. Henning
Clarence 5
Funk
International Harvester Company
Henning
Aiban Heppner
Clarence MS. Funk
Josephine Henning
Agle
Hunk
Mrs W Sehley Howard Ill Wantington Poisoning Case
Friends of Congressman William Sehley Howard and his wife learn of Mrs. Howard’s illness at Parkwood apartments in Washington. She was taken to Bethesda and treated after possible botulism poisoning, with condition reported as serious. Howard’s status unclear in the report.
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Wantington
William Sehley Howard
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