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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1900
Page
8
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The readable fragments show mentions of 3% loans, estate matters, and building or property details. References include Atlanta area terms, creditors or lenders, and vague dates or lots. The garbled text suggests a local classifieds or notices page with financial and real estate items.
The Lowry Banking Company plans a May 1 conversion to a national bank with the same capital and officers, pending stockholder meeting April 27. Founded in 1861 by Robert J. Lowry, it will be Atlanta’s fourth national bank, with a strong local and out-of-town shareholder base and a long record of profits and dividends.
Secretary Root tells press that the War department issued two dredging licenses at Cape Nome Alaska and twenty more applications await action. No exclusive grants or discrimination, authority based on navigable waters law. Anyone may dredge within three miles of the shore if not interfering with navigation or riparian rights. He will respond to senate inquiries soon.
Seaboard Air Line enters the Carolina capital with a new direct line from Cheraw via Camden to Columbia. The service links Portsmouth trains to a Florida connection once the Congaree and Water rivers bridges are finished. Delays persist on river bridges near Camoe Consaree and Kimbla, but trains are expected to run through within a month.
Pittsburg March 22 The Carnegie Steel Company limited announces an amicable reorganization with a stock corporation form. Frick Walker and other partners sign a new agreement ending litigation. Schwab facilitates, Frick’s stock likely worth $12 to $15 million depending on capitalization. Carnegie and Walker absent.
Benjamin F. Longley Sr a prominent Atlanta contractor died at 3 30 am yesterday at 109 Piedmont avenue aged 69 after a week long pneumonia illness. Funeral at 3 pm this afternoon at his residence with interment in Oakland cemetery. He leaves wife and three children and was active in church and civic groups including Pioneer Citizens Society.
Paris March 2 Immense throngs filled the Boulevards for the Mi Careme carnival. A royal procession greeted the president of the republic as a silver bracelet was presented to the queen. A torchlight march by students dazzled the crowd while a planned John Bull display was canceled to avoid unrest. Anti Semitic leaflets sparked street clashes before police restored order.
London March 22 Irish members disrupted the house over time for the financial relations debate. John Redmond appealed to delay London water Bill, but Speaker Sully insisted on orders. Balfour entered to calm the scene and a postponement was adopted. Arthur Connor and Patrick Power spoke on over taxation since the union.
The bulletin promotes Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company offering strongest guarantee of safety. It lists H. H. Cobb in Atlanta, Ga as contact for policies or territory addresses.
Sam W. Small and his wife arrived in Atlanta yesterday morning from Havana. Mr. Small left last night for New York to handle business affairs while Mrs. Small stays in Atlanta until his return. He serves as the agent for a major New York book firm, supplying Cuba and Porto Rico public schools with textbooks and may go to the Philippines in the spring for the same firm. He was formerly editor and publisher of The Havana Journal.
Columbus Ga March 22 Special Phenix City Abe excites residents as Chief of Police Campbell faces violence from alleged Negro assailants. A local youth Cary Willams confessed insults and was clubbed and run from town. A second obscene anonymous note threatened Campbell and Phenix City prompting a mass meeting for tomorrow night with press officers and white and colored citizens invited.
J A Gray and W Arrowood were arrested by Captain Ball and Patrolman Covington on the charge of doing business without a license. Authorities say they operated a detective bureau and sought to collect a reward for kidnapping suspects. The men, held on $200 bonds, face trial before Judge Broyles.
Washington reports Mexico accepts the president’s invitation to host a second pan American congress and invites North Central and South American republics to send delegates to Mexico City. The move aims to strengthen commercial and political ties while countering European interference and suspicions about U S aims.
Atlanta man D L Franklin passed the Georgia state board of pharmacy examination and earned a license as an apothecary. His name was omitted from yesterday’s published list and should have appeared with the recent successful examinees.
On Woosters plantation in Houston County four children of Joan Borden died in a house fire yesterday. The mother was a quarter mile away when she saw flames and could not reach the home in time to save them. Adversity flattereth… (text incomplete).
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