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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1906
Page
8
Subscriptions to the 1910 exposition fund rise daily as Secretary Walter Cooper reports totals nearing 230000 by next Tuesday. If a strong turnout and funds are pledged, the committee will push ahead. a small crowd could end the project. A mass meeting will determine whether the exposition proceeds.
Fire broke out at midnight in the Commerce building on Gay street Knoxville. Flames raced through the basement of Littlefield and Steere Company stock and spread to nearby McMillan Hasem Company shoe store. By 1 o clock loss estimated at 175000. with destruction of adjacent premises potential total over 800000. Entire fire department fought the blaze but containment remained elusive at press time. Later: Colonel Graves to speak to Bibert county farmers at Eliam Court ground with J F Blackwall expected to introduce him. large dinner and attendance anticipated.
Brokers earn ten thousand dollars daily for stock-washing a put-up job that fabricates activity in a stock. This simple ruse is one of many practiced by the System. Read Lawson's fact story Fools and their Money in Everybody's for May.
The Independent Order of Red Men hosted a Powwow at the Grand following a previous fire scare near the Fourth National Bank and Empire buildings. Robert T. Daniel of Griffin served as drawing card as thousands attended with Red Men members and families filling the auditorium despite rain.
The readable fragments reference an event with Mayson and an audience, mentioning bits of time and attendance but lack a clear who where when or what. The text is incomplete and does not establish a definite action or outcome.
The Travelers' Protective Association Georgia division adjourned after a lively convention in Albany. Frank of Savannah won the presidency by two votes over Gilbert Carmichael of Macon, then was unanimously approved amid cheering. J H Andrews of Atlanta reelected secretary and treasurer. The group backed the clean-sheet bill and set next meeting sites. Hugo Prink, son of I M Frank, named as Savannah post president, noted as progressive and active in local business and fraternal groups.
Early May 4 report from Marshallville details a blaze at the Central railroad depot and warehouse discovered by a night watchman at 2 a.m. The structure and six straight cars, including one loaded with grain, were destroyed. Loss estimated at 12,000 with no insured evidence. Cotton warehouses of Frederick and Frederick and N W Taylor also burned, holding 280 bales of cotton and valuables. Insurance listed for various companies.
Pearl McDade a 13 year old from Astoga carries mail to support her blind grandfather J M Haynes pleading for clemency before the Alabama board of pardons for Arthur Fares serving a three year term for a killing at Oxford two years ago. The scene at the state capitol is described with a crying girl and a hopeful visit to the governor.
A wealthy group of New England businessmen led by Colonel Frank W. Cheney visited Atlanta and stayed at the Piedmont Hotel. They toured Andersonville to honor Civil War soldiers and planned to depart for the east after a public viewing of the city.
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