Flood Conditions and Relief Efforts Amid 1905 Deluge
Report from city officials of improving sanitary conditions due to flood response with a full force of experienced workers to be deployed within days. Voluntary relief funds are being organized through local charities to aid poor sufferers. Separate dispatches describe mail delays in Montgomery Alabama and the rising Alabama river, with no major loss of life reported, while the Congaree river in Columbia, South Carolina, falls from a high water mark and travel to Camden remains disrupted.
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Fifteenth Street
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Commerce Street
Iife
Coosa
Tellapoosa
Palmetto
Columbia
Con- Baree
Camden
Dialogue on writing and danger from Baltimore American fragment
A brief exchange contrasts looking into the heart with looking into the head as an author seeks material for stories. The fragment hints at dangers of overthinking and creative risk. The source presents a stylized, quotable exchange reflecting writerly advice in a metropolitan context.
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The
Baltimore American
Atlanta Businessmen Back Chamber of Commerce Home
Atlanta’s leading businessmen express strong support for purchasing the M C A building as the chamber of commerce home. They cite land value, guaranteed stock returns, central location, and long term growth as keys to a profitable, unifying city asset.
E M F 30 Automobile For Sale In Atlanta Area
An E M F 30 sedan offered for cash or with compatible notes or trade for a city lot or house and lot in Atlanta with cash difference. Car is in good condition and fully equipped, offered due to illness. Contact Box 324 Rockmart Ga.
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Atlanta
Box 324
Rockmart
Home Store Burned in North Rome
Rome Ga March 17 Special at 1 20 this morning flames burst through the front door of the old Johnson store in North Rome at the forks of the Calhoun road. Firemen found the building and stock beyond saving. Stock valued about 2000 with 900 insurance. Building owned by Mrs Luke Johnson with 600 insurance. Cause of fire unknown.
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Rome
Johnson
Calhoun Road
Messrs
Stroud & Davis
Luke Johnson
Purchase of home for the Chamber of Commerce sparks Atlanta growth
The Chamber of Commerce agrees to buy the YMCA building for 166000 and remodel it at about 216000 total. Funds come from a 100000 five per cent loan a 100000 six per cent preferred stock 50000 common stock. The project aims to house the chamber and many commercial groups and become a regional hub. The Boys' Club work will also be headquartered there supporting farmers and business interests across twenty five counties. The new nerve center is expected to attract visitors and boost commerce nationally.
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Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce
Lberal
S. M. Inman
Paxon
Chamber
Asa G. Candler
Los Angeles
Kansas City
New Orleans
Alex W. Smith
M. M. Davies
Haden
St. Elmo
Publc
Boys’ Corn Club
State College of Agriculture
Georgia
Atlanta Chamber to Move into YM and Build Modern Offices
Wilmer L. Moore describes purchasing and remodeling the Young Men’s Christian Association building for the chamber of commerce. The plan includes a 5046-seat assembly hall, an industrial and convention bureau, card indexes, maps, and a top-floor Atlanta-made products exhibit to attract visitors and business. A lunchroom on the second floor will serve business men weekly.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Chamber of Commerce
Wilmer L. Moore
Atlanta
Georgia
South
Atlante tips on late arrivals at music recitals
English organist Gatty Sellars laments late arrivals at musical performances in Atlante and elsewhere. He brings the Coronation music from Queen's Hall and chimes from Royal Albert Hall, noting his recital at the Baptist Tabernacle features the Fanfare of Trumpets and cathedral echoes.
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Atlante
Auditorium Armory
Gatty Sellars
R. Sellars
Borland
George V
Queen's Hall
Mand
Carlion
Bella
Sellars
London
Crystal Palace
Royal Albert Hall
Modern Ailment Common Trouble and Merchants Association Plan
A legacy style feature describes the Merchants and Manufacturers Association choosing the chamber of commerce building as its HQ and lunch room hub to refresh business leaders. It notes rapid progress toward subscriptions, the goal to complete by Thursday, and invites citizens to join. The piece promotes a tonic, Tona Vita, and Lee's Rhubarb Laxative via Jacobs' Pharmacy as aids for nervous debility and digestive trouble, urging quick action and Atlanta-style efficiency.
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Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta
United States
Lfe
Lee
Marsher
Tona Vita
Jacobs’ Pharmacy
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Essig Bros
Whitehall Street
H. Brewster
Albert Howell, Jr
Hugh M. Dorsey
Arthur Heyman
Dorsey
Forsyth
Bud Fisher
Mutt
Jeff Gee
Spink
Pauline Welch
Nevarres
Eugene Trio
Jones & Deely
Milo Geldon & Co
Chas. Klein
Chamber Home
Writing Machine Co
Vighy
Vichy
Francis
Price
Suatt
Pryor Street
Gatty-Sellars
Gether
Wilmer S. Moore
Drummond
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