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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1900
Page
10
Atlanta police and Athletic Club players face a tug of opinion over tennis outfits deemed too scanty. Captain Jennings calls for bathing‑style costumes to respect viewers, while Athletic Club officials defend near‑knee trunks and sleeveless shirts as acceptable. The dispute may go to court if no changes are made.
More than 800 athletes from the Young Men's Christian Association gymnasium will perform at the Grand tomorrow night under Professor A G Willee. The two act program features fancy tumbling, heavy apparatus work, Indian club swinging, pole drills, lamp swinging, meguro march, and pyramid routines. Proceeds fund new apparatus for Atlanta’s YMCA gymnasium, one of the South’s best.
Delegates from Fulton Cobb and Clayton counties meet May 21 1900 at Kimball House to nominate a senator from the thirty fifth district. Rotation gives Fulton County the honor and Clark Howell appears poised for unanimous selection with confirmation at the Fulton primary May 15 and delegates pledged. Frank Price chairs with county reps listed and detailed delegate apportionment and primary ballot timing. Volcanic eruptions noted as grand but Arnica Salve advertised for a range of skin ailments.
The I and NW BR in connection with the W and A R R has been selected by the Atlanta Camp Camp Walker and the Monroe County Camp for their Louisville reunion route. The UC V Special with the above camps will leave Atlanta at 7 a.m. May 29 arriving Louisville at 8 p.m. for a daylight trip over the Old Battlefield Line. For more trains and details, contact Freddie Bush, DPA, NR R Atlanta. BLANK BOOKS and office supplies are stocked in vast varieties. John M. Miller Co, 39 Marietta Street.
The program features three special exhibitions Hindoo Mystery of Baggadhamin Asiatic Animal Mystery and Ross Mystery with three dozen roses revealed from blank sheets handed to ladies in the audience Riddick will pose Clarence Blosser performs cornet selections and Edward Riddick creates Grecian statuary costumed in white including the Disk Thrower and Fallen Gladiator This will be the final act About 14 gymnasium members will participate after a dress rehearsal last evening Professor Vee praised the class and promised a novel gymnasium exhibition tomorrow night.
The Southern Interstate Fair Association plans $10,000 in prizes at the fall meeting in Atlanta October 17 to 27. Four early closing events offer $1,000 each in trot and pace races with entry fees totaling $10 at each deadline. Entries close June 15 and August 15, with eliminations possible before August 1.
Notice states no further funds required for fire relief in the western city area. It notes that households have been supplied and immediate needs met, with relief workers reporting little remains to do and lists prior acknowledgments and donors.
Carnegie Library trustees gathered yesterday at the Marietta Street library. Officers were reelected and five standing committees named to guide the year. The board outlined important questions on expansion as a new building rises and set terms for trustees and committee members.
Machinists Union members plan Twelfth Anniversary exercises at Federation Hall tonight. An varied program features addresses by prominent members, musical numbers, and recitations by Della Tucker Elsa Tucker Minnie Chambers and others. The event includes solos by Kocher Hargrove Pitts and a Rosebud Mandolin and Guitar Club presentation. Kellam and Moore Scientific flat buildings 2 North..
In city court J V Fain sues Mrs Minnie Stacks claiming 198 23 owed on a salary account. A prior peace-keeping case involving Fain and Stacks was dismissed after a hearing, with Fain released and ordered not to bother her.
Fort Worth Tex May 9 The State Bankers Association finished sessions and adjourned to meet in Houston in May next The Missouri State Bankers Association urged endorsement of forming an academy for special training of those entering the consular service It is claimed frequent changes of foreign consuls harms the country’s commercial interests The issue was referred to a special committee
Gurney and Cold Wave refrigerators offered at cost by King Hardware Co at 63 65 Peachtree Street. See your agent for rates and information on the Confederate Reunion at Louisville May 80th June ord. by Seaboard Air Line Railway. Summit Avenue lots on Kingsbery plat described as beautiful and elevated with trees. Sale begins at four o'clock today.
An advertising notice asserts Peruna cures catarrh of the kidneys and Bright’s disease, citing letters from John Vance of Hartford City and J Brake of Petrolea. It explains the disease mechanism, urges early use, and offers a free book from The Peruna Medicine Company in Columbus, Ohio.
At an auction near East Point yesterday twenty eight lots sold for a total of 3740 dollars. The sale conducted by W M Scott and Co drew about eighty to ninety people. Bidding was lively despite rain that kept a larger crowd away. Prices were satisfactory though not as high as hoped.
On May 1 while operating the city rock crusher, Alex Smith, a colored street hand, was struck on the back by a mass of rock and badly hurt. Doctors report several broken ribs just under the shoulder blade and his condition was initially critical but he is expected to recover.
Washington May 9 The revolution in Colombia has extended beyond its original limits and poses a serious threat to the government. The state department is closely monitoring events and has secured two gunboats from the navy on the Colombian coast to aid communication with the American minister and consuls if regular channels fail.
The College of Optics highlights graduate success as proof of rigorous instruction and invites prospective students to write for terms. Kellam and Moores College of Optics Incorporated, Atlanta, Ga, seeks to advance students to the highest proficiency in ophthalmic opticianry.
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