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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1914
Page
4
Public notices and want ads reveal land investments in Constitution Space and Atlanta Land, with claims of wise profitable value growth. Scattered lost items include a pear shaped diamond pendant, various bags, and household goods with rewards, while ads for phonology readings, screens, and employment sweep across Atlanta storefronts.
Classified ads offer job opportunities including female workers for stores and hats making with pay up to 15 dollars daily, clerical and millinery training, and positions at mills, railways, and offices. Listings call for experienced bookkeepers, stenographers, teachers, and general help with locations in Atlanta and surrounding areas.
A cluttered classified style listing highlights several used cars for sale at low cash prices. It features a 1913 Cole touring car with electric lights and starter, a 1914 Hudson six, Locomobile and Pierce Arrow entries, plus various six to seven passenger models. Numerous prices, exchange offers, and dealer notes clutter the page.
Classified ad style notice seeking to buy or trade second hand household goods, furniture, and various items. Mentions cash offers and contact lines in Atlanta area with multiple names and businesses referenced. Includes rail schedules, medical ads, and assorted services in a single cluttered clipping.
Souie Smith 16 and another 15 year old admitted stealing Virgil Collier s automobile at the Winecut Hotel area. They were driven from Lafayette to Atlanta by Shenfe C Catron and Virgil Collier, later returning the car to the sheriff. The youths were jailed awaiting hearings before Judge Nash.
Proceedings of the Mempher Tennessee eight annual convention discuss ongoing education for African Americans. Officers elected include former Governor WE Mann of Virginia as president with Mrs. For Biker and Miss Punnie Hicks among officers. The gathering stresses professional social work training, community service, and improving public welfare through systematic education and outreach.
The Lyric hosts a formal dance as a new York street focus and remarks on the theater's sale and management. Movers include Louis Moon and Chesom Pany with a schedule in Atlanta as a new show lines up. Are You a Mason? will be presented next week.
Business and Pleasure in Kentucky reports on Lexington meeting activity as city and county employees stay home for office business amid complaints. It notes a gathering by officials and references delays or absence impacting local operations.
A property exchange by O D Gorman of Smush & Ewing, selling a half interest in a vacant West Piedmont lot for 4 6, plus a 2x70 lot in nearby area. A quarter acre parcel on Peachtree Road west of Folaom Farm in DeKalb County moves with description. Thompson's Atlanta Lunchroom expands via lease on Peachtree Street, remodeling permit 320000. Additional transfers include Mrs Clarketon and Mrs Coleman parcels in Newport and Block C/B respectively.
A New York court deputy selects twelve jurors for the Becker retrial of the Rosenthal murder plot. District Attorney Whitman and Becker counsel attend a private conference. jurors and alternates are later brought in as the panel is formed.
A list of obituaries and funeral details appears. James M Wade and Janes M Wade are named with survivors and a residence at 110 Walton street. Grace Lewhardt, daughter of Ed and Miss Lewhardt, is noted as a deceased student from the industrial school after protracted illness. Other names include Josie Farlow and Patt nom aiens with services planned at Cross Roads cemetery and Stone Woe tag W. Community service by Masons referenced with Brave.
The Candler theater in West Torl Second Street opened last night as one of New York’s finest playhouses. Asa Candler of Atlanta owns the building complex with the theater and adjoining Candler building, purchased for over a million dollars. The lobby impressed guests with its spacious, ornate, well lit design, and the motion picture house is managed by lessees Corn & Nasris.
A fragmentary report states a German airship was destroyed in a storm near Yossen about 22 miles from Berlin. Authorities ordered an investigation into the incident and its details remain unclear due to the damaged source text.
City records a reduced death rate easing coffin makers’ crisis as union pressures for shorter hours and wage increases falter. Executive committee calls strike off while tax figures show subdued economic strain amid winter.
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