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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1905
Page
8
Citizens from Jackson Wilton Gwinnett and others gather in prep for opposition to the Stephens County plan. A special train led by Judge HW Bell will carry opponents to Atlanta for the opening of the legislature week to lobby lawmakers.
A stream of funeral services and burials are reported with names including Lola Urr, Mrs M A Parsons, Clyde Ryder, Richard Marr, and Susan Thomas. The notices list deaths, ages, residences, and arrangements from multiple churches and cemeteries, reflecting a week of bereavements across the community.
Essig's highlights new goods with a focus on negligee shirts. The feature notes fresh styles and the shop's up-to-date inventory aimed at attracting shoppers seeking current loungewear and intimate apparel options.
Shoppers are invited to come in and see $1 shirts displayed in Atlanta. The promotion promises good value and points to the shirts as well worth a look and worth buying.
A jumble of obituaries and notices covers Essig Bros 26 Whitehall St and South Pryor Street poolroom fire. Dying infants and a child death in Simsville are noted with private funerals at local cemeteries. A bankruptcy filing in Coweta County, colonel Gambrell honored, and patent suit in Atlanta are listed among legal notices and notices of interest.
Graeme Stewart 82 a Chicago political and social leader and former Republican mayoral candidate died after a month long illness. The cause was brain hemorrhage from apoplexy. He collapsed at the Auditorium Hotel during a Bankers Club dinner while Paul Morton praised Panama Canal policy. He had recently helped secure a 218000 guaranty for the U.S. lake station project.
Brooksville Mississippi reader H Shule reports a local man once crippled by rheumatism recovered after using Smith's Blood Syrup. The testimonial claims the product enabled him to walk and work again, noting a gain of twenty five pounds.
Athens June 27 Special The university summer school opened its third annual session this morning with strong attendance. About 150 registered by afternoon and more expected tomorrow. The Georgia Educational Association sessions feature committees on Membership and Legislation. Lectures cover English teaching, school improvement, smaller classes, physiology of hearing, class work in the field, and teacher selection. The association adjourns tomorrow.
Benjamin Wilson Tye, a prominent young man from Atlanta, underwent the United States Naval Academy cadetship examination yesterday with high marks, his father Hon J L Tye receiving a notification from the superintendent.
Atlanta youth Benjamin Tye advances toward Annapolis after passing local exams and receiving a congressional appointment. He will report July 6 for a medical and physical evaluation by the governmental board, with early schooling in Atlanta and Syracuse noted as preparation. His Georgia lineage and family history are highlighted as guiding his path to service.
Yale defeats Harvard 7 to 2 to win its first intercollegiate baseball championship since 1898. A crowd of about 12,000 watched as Yale surged with timely hits in the 4th to 6th innings and outplayed Harvard on both hitting and base running. Notable: Bowman hit a home run, Barnes had a two-base hit, and Coburn excelled with key runs aided by Jackson on the mound.
Lightest running easfeat adjusted model described for home use on trial against other machines. Mentions T D Alexander Ast and Forsyth Avenue location. No clear date or full context available.
Eyewitnesses say a driver tried to scare people on Broad Street Philadelphia and Susquehanna last night causing a high speed crash that killed Eldon Garber a five year old boy during the concert. The chauffeur allegedly steered toward the crowd as the car neared and fled with six people aboard pursued by bicycle police for miles but escaped.
Intercollegiate rowing events set on the Poughkeepsie course with races at 3 pm for Kennedy Challenge Trophy, 3:45 pm for Stewards Cup freshman eight, and 5 pm varsity eight. Erin of teams Cornell Pennsylvania Columbia compete. conditions forecast favorable after rough spell. Pennsylvania wins handily in a 2.5 mile course, Cornell and Columbia close behind.
The Americans swept the Wimbledon tennis championship, winning all singles and doubles matches except Ward vs Wright and Mavrogordato vs Eanes. Ward struggled with serve. Wright displayed brilliance. Larned and Clotcher led over Swedish champions Haiderun and Larsen as Ro BL prepares to defend the English title despite ankle injury. A large Syra use delegation sailed, while Georgetown and Columbia backers placed bets 5 to 4 against.
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