Atlanta Hosts Grand Opera Week as Attendance Surges
Remarkable attendance across five performances by opera greats from the Metropolitan Opera Company underscored Atlanta’s re established prestige. Guarantors of 310000 funded the venture, yielding a record audience and 18068 52 dollars in receipts, with Caruso and Farrar headlining Aida and other operas.
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Rand Opera
Metropolitan Opera Company
Grand Opera
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Puccinis
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Antonia “Cotti
Riccardo Martin
Aida
Verdi
Enrico Caruso
Johanna Wadokl
Louise Homer
Pasquale Amaro
CIA
Puccini
Antonio Scotti
Riccard M Artin
Marie Mattfeld
Humperdinck
Hansel
Gretel
Leoncavallo
Tha Principale
Pagliacci
Hansel and Gretel
Notars
Rosina van Dyck
Florence Wickham
Otto Goritz
Henrietta Wakefield
Atlanta Music Festival Association
Vienna
Paris
London
Havana
Maddox
Alda
Music Festival Association
Cot Pee
Victor Lo Smith
C RB Bidwell
Frank Weldon
Datract
Col Wol Peel
G OW Wilkins
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Bidwell Difford i Anderson
Victor L Smith
Victor H Kriegshaber
R S Wessels
Hence Crew
John E Murphy
J Ray
Clerical Conference Deplores King Edward Death
Asheville delegates of the Methodist Episcopal Church South discuss church unity and missionary consolidations while experts note the death of King Edward. Resolutions extoll Alexandra virtues and extend sympathy to the English people with copies sent to the British ambassador. Dr W Moore leads prayers. Dr J O Willison provides the tribute.
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Agheville
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Asheville
Church Unity
Womens Time Mission Society
Women’s Foreign Mission Society
Church Board of Missions
Church Extension Society
Women’s Home Mission Society
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Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt University
College of Bishops
J W Moore
Beaumont
Texas
Edward
John O Willison
South Carolina
John H 8Biman
England
Edwards
National Theater Owners Form Association to Protect Property
Seventy five prominent theater owners representing about 1200 theaters in the United States and Canada reached an agreement to organize the National Theater Owners Association. The group covers property valued at about 50 million dollars and includes circuits controlled by J. J. Coleman, Albert Weis, Jake Wells and Henry L. DeGive in the south.
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New York
America
United States
Canada
National Theater -Owners Association
J. J. Coleman
Albert Weis
Jake Wells
Henry L. DeGive
South
Sacred nautch girl testified in order case
Gertrude testified she consented to become a sacred nautch girl and feared a powerful order. She described the rites of Tantrik worship and said the order is widespread in America with thousands of subscribers to its journal. Police raided a large room where men and women were present during the rites.
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Gertrude
Nautch
America
International Journal of the Order
Holland Victim of a Man Who Loved Mrs Holland
David R Phillips, a railroad man, is held at police barracks amid charges he murdered Holland over alleged love for his wife. Detectives weave a tale of jealousy, hidden meetings, and a scheme with two friends to mislead investigators, while Mrs Holland denies any knowledge or involvement.
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David R. Phillips
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Hollahé
Holland 2
Otis Speer
Willam M Holland
David Phillips
Damon
Pythias
David
Jonathan
Holland
Hfe Maude Cox
Willie Collis
No 7
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Bome
David R Phillips
William Holland
Philips
Thurmond Street
Providence
Hollands Place
William Black
James Nation
Detective Department
Witnesses recount near-trouble tale on Marietta and Spring
A witness describes going to a location on Marietta and Spring streets where he found a man named Black who claimed he narrowly avoided trouble years earlier. Black said he was within 20 feet when he saw a man shoot another, and he remained close to the incident.
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Marietta
Spring Streets
Black
Unclear fragmentary report on murder motive and suspects
The text records a confession sequence mentioning Holland’s death, a claimed shooter Phillips, alleged affair with Holland’s wife, and plans to implicate others. The fragment includes accusations by a witness named Black about prior shootings and looming accusations, but details are incomplete.
Tragic tale ties killings to timing and local watchman
The report describes a plan to kill Holland by Phillips, with a watchman nearby. It notes Phillips’s alleged motive tied to an April 15 or 1 timing, and mentions letters written by Maud Cox at the request of Black and Nation signed Otis Spacer. Holland, living at 149 Sumpacn street, had a wife and two children cared for by relatives. Phillips resided at 82 Neal street with his own wife and children.
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Mechanic Street
William Holland
Maud Cox
Willie Cells
Willie Standford
Cellis
Otis Speer
Will Ellison
Holland
Speer
Willie Collis
Phillips
Black
Nation
Otis Spacer
Sumpacn Street
Neal Street
Mrs Carter Much Better After Poisoning Illness
Actress Myra Carter, who arrived in Cleveland days ago, left for Dayton Ohio to stay with her mother until fully recovered. She is reported much improved by her physician after suffering stomachal poisoning.
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Cleveland
Chloo
Myra
Leslie Carter
Dayton
Ohio
Woman Killed by Lightning in Greenville
Mrs Allie Parker was instantly killed by lightning today at her door while watching a blaze in Greenville South Carolina. A six month old infant in her arms was thrown to the floor and fatally burned about the face. The bolt struck near the doorway causing the tragedy as the woman stood at the threshold.
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Carnegie Mourns King as Advocate of Peace
London May 7 King Edward’s death reached Andrew Carnegie aboard the White Star Adriatic by wireless. Carnegie hailed the king as a steadfast friend of peace and noted the setback to the American Peace and Arbitration League. He reflected on the potential talks between Roosevelt and the king and the likelihood of efforts to invest the prize court at The Hague into international arbitration. He speculated on England’s new ruler George VI and the possible impact on peace efforts.
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Andrew Carnegie
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England
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Hague
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Liberals Blamed for Death of King Edward
London May 7 conservatives may blame the liberals for the king's death or distress from the treaty stirring calls to flood the Lords with liberal peers. Debate centers on whether Premier Asquith should announce his advised course. Lord Knollys published a letter noting the king deplored political controversy. The Globe argues the king aided by ministers and suggests those who fomented strife must share responsibility for a great monarch's death.
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London
Asquith
England
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Weather Lament As Opera Stars Depart Week
Weather moods shift as opera week closes with drizzle turning to a heavy downpour. By 7 pm towers and streets record a drizzle turned shower, with a half inch to an inch of rain noted as forecast shows party cloudy conditions ahead.
Millions of Insurance Carried by King Edward
London March 7 Report notes that Lloyds and other firms have insured King Edward's life. Premiums around 66 guineas per cent were accepted recently, lower than the 80 guinea per cent demanded during his appendicitis operation. Promoters of exhibitions and merchants often insure the king’s life to cover potential losses.
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Lloyds
Index Printing Co Banquet Honors 41 Kast Ellis Workes
The Index Printing Company completes a five story building at 41 Kast Ellis street and holds a banquet at the Piedmont hotel for stockholders and employees. Guests include Royal Daniel The Atlanta Journal Lucian Knight The Georgian R A Johnson The Constitution. Lectures cover labor relations dignity of labor and intelligence applied to labor. General Manager S J W Graham serves as master of ceremonies.
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Index Printing Company
Kast Ellis Street
Fledmont
Ita
Messrs Royal Dante
Journal
Lucian Knight
R. A S Johnson
Constitution
J W Graham
Labor
W J. Northen
Union of Capital and Labor
Requisition Refused for Beef Packers Across States
New York May 1 Governor Fort of New Jersey announced he had declined to issue requisitions for indicted beef trust corporations and directors. Indictments were returned in Hudson County two months earlier. Chicago packers led by Edward Tilden express doubt about extradition to New Jersey.
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New York
Franklin Fort
New Jersey
Trenton
Hudson County
Chicago
Masor Edward Tilden
Garven
Butler Family Obituary Details and Funeral Plans
The notice reports the death of Frances M. Butler, daughter of Mr and Mrs W M Butler, at 134 Williams Street last night. Funeral is at the residence at 3 o'clock this afternoon, with the body later taken Monday to Eiberton Ga for burial.
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W M Butler
Williams Street
Eiberton
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