Seventeenth Atlanta Troops Sail to Inauguration Parade
The Seventeenth Regiment left Atlanta last night in three special trains carrying 823 soldiers and 37 officers bound for Washington for the inaugural parade. They arrive Tuesday morning in full dress, will march at noon, and quarter at Fort Myer until returning February 6. Major General Wood leads the ceremony with Brigadier General Mille and General Wotherspoon in prominent roles.
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Atlanta
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Washington
Seaboard
Leonard Wood
Fort Myer
Wood
William W. Wotherspoon
Albert L. Mille
the Gulf
Harry C. Hale
Seventeenth
Mills
Andy Vesting
Coronel Johny Hl van Orsdale
West Point
Fulton’s Courts Open Week With Multiple Sessions
Fulton’s courts begin the March term with civil divisions led by Judges Pendleton and Ellis in the Superior Court’s Widely Hall. Criminal business under Judge Thomas runs in the old city hall. City courts schedule civil Judge Reid and criminal Judge Calhoun in their usual venues, while Judge Bell takes a week off. Judge Bell had been presiding over the motions division during absences.
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Fulton
Superior Court
John T. Pendleton
W. W. Ellis
William E. Thomas
Southern Circuit
L. 8. Roan
Stone Mountain Circuit
Old City Hall
H. M. Reid
Andrew E. Calhoun
Jude Reid
Judge Calhoun
Thrower
George S. Bell
Jefferson D Whittle Dies in Blackwell Americus Ga
Telegrams report the sudden death of Jefferson Davis Whittle at his former home in Blackwell & C where he went recently on business. Whittle, three-year resident of Americus, was a prominent member of the South Carolina colony and held large landed interests in Sumter county including the Bagby Plantation a famed peach orchard of a quarter million trees. He is survived by his wife and one daughter.
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Americas
Jefferson Davis Whittle
Blackwell, & C
Mr. Whittle
Americus
South Carolina
Hey
Sumter County
Surii
Grand Opening at Westerntu Vic Co Peachtree Site
A Great Treat. Flowers music and souvenirs mark the grand opening at The Westerntu Vic Co near Peachtree Street with afternoon and evening activities advertised.
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Westerntuvic Co
Bargain on Tea Spoons and Flatware Sets Displayed
Teaspoons once sold at three dollars per dozen are offered now in six piece sets for seven cents. Futter Knives Cream Ladles Sugar Spoons Knives Forks and all fancy pieces and sets are included. See the display in our North window.
Tech High School Aims to Train for Practical Living
Superintendent Siaton defends vocational training at Technological High School of Atlanta Public Schools. He states most students come from eighth grade, enter without exams, learn wood working, machine shop, forge, foundry, and drafting to prepare for engineering colleges and trades. The program faces space, lighting, heating, and ventilation limits, with 200 students and nine instructors across multiple shop and classroom labs.
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Technological High School
William M. Siaton
Atlanta Pub
Europe
Charles E. Culver
Slaton
Tech High
Pupis
Tech High School
Marcellus Thornton Revisited In Atlanta Quail Feat
Veteran journalist Colonel Marcellus Thornton, once a leading Atlanta reporter, returns to his old stomping grounds in Hickory North Carolina. The piece recounts his early career, the famous quail eating feat at Mercer restaurant, and his brief venture with The Atlanta Nickel before resuming reporting duties. It highlights his fearless style and enduring public curiosity.
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Marcellus Thornton
Marcellin Thornton
South
New York
Thornton
Atlanta
Mercer
Colonel Markham
Marcellus
Sam Small
Sam
Celene
Colonel Thornton
Julius Brown
Inauguration sermon lauds Taft and Wilson leadership
Dr. Hugh E. Walker at First Presbyterian Church praised both presidents elect for fairness, kindness, and integrity. He cited Taft’s national appeal and Wilson’s self effacement, resilience, and principled stance against machine politics. The sermon concluded with a blessing for the new administration and the nation.
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Hugh E. Walker
Flist Presbyterian Church
John
Taft
Walker
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Princeton University
New Jersey
John the Baptist
United States
Repeats in Atlanta Lead to Injunction and Paper Sale
Into the courts. The text centers on Colonel Thornton a prominent Atlanta businessman who after a Washington stint bought The Atlanta Post-Appeal, shifted to a morning paper, faced litigation and eventually had the Post-Appeal discarded. Thornton later moved to Hickory North Carolina building coal and lumber interests and leading regional companies while maintaining strong family ties and loyal friendships.
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Atlanta
Washington
Thornton
Atlanta Post-Appeal
Fred Dewitt
Washington Post
Ha Han
Underwood Typewriter Office Offers Stenographers
The Underwood Typewriter office can furnish high grade stenographers and provides contact through Miss Hitt for arrangements and rates.
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Underwood Typewriter
Bouthera railway plant opens at Griffin Georgia
The Bouthera railway company opened a new plant at Griffin Georgia for the protection and facility of train movement over the Central of Georgia crossing. It is a large modern mechanical plant with sixty four layers and electrical signals. Similar plants have been added by the Bota railway at Silver Creek Junction and at Rome.
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Wilt
Operst
Silver Creek
Junction
Rome
Underwood for rent fire at 52 North Broad Street
Local notice reports an Underwood for rent private fire incident at 52 North Broad Street. No injuries or further details provided in readable text.
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Underwood
North Broad St
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