Blind broom-makers seek factory upgrade at Carroll Street
The Georgia Association for the Blind operates a tiny shop at 76 Carroll Street turning out about four dozen brooms daily. With expanded equipment they could raise output to twenty-five dozen a day, employ more blind workers, and aim to become the south’s leading broom factory. The plan outlines needed machines and capital totaling 82,600.00 to start the modern plant.
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Georgia Association For the Blind
Fac
Tory
Carroll Street
D. M. Mathews
J. A. Metz
Georgia Association For the Bond
Barnes the wartime Atlantans Odd Fellows visit
William H. Barnes, longtime Atlanta Odd Fellow now in San Francisco, visits Atlanta and Gainesville. He recalls Atlanta Dramatic Association origins, wartime funds, and ties to James Gordon, Robert E. Lee, Davis cabinet members, and local clubs. He remains active at 80, welcomed by old and new Odd Fellows.
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William H. Barnes
Atlanta
San Francisco
Odd Fellows
United States
Barnes
Gainesville
Odd Fellows of
Murdock
Oreland
Ater Seth
Atuuhees
Gossip of foreign courts by Lady Mary Manwaring
London society skirts Paris parasol trends with midline designs and curtailed lace. Empress Evgenie, aged 89, remains central to court circles, overseeing gardens and mothering more people than any other woman. June 23 marks the Prince of Wales’s legal succession as heir. public acts may soon reflect his majority with ceremonial appearances and palace arrangements for separation of households.
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Mary Manwaring
London
Paris
Prince of Wales
Mary
House of Lords
Buckingham Palace
Desertion Charge Leads Soldier From Fort Warren to Fort McPherson
Albert Blanchard was arrested in Phoenix City Alabama on a charge of desertion from the U S army at Fort Warren. He was taken to Atlanta to be turned over to army officers at Fort McPherson. Blanchard claimed he did not desert but stayed beyond a ten day furlough and said he had written to his captain seeking an extension.
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Columbus
J— Albert Blanchard
Phoenix City
Alt
United States Army
Fort Warren
Mass
Atlanta
Fort
H McPherann
Blanchard
Ring Worn by Rat Puzzling Bloomingdale Tale
Special Wallace Paubet, a farmer from Woodford County, was pitching hay near Bloomington Kansas when a rat ran from the stack. He struck at it with a pitchfork, was struck by its strange deformity, and the tale describes the rat and the unusual ring worn by it for sixteen years.
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Rat
Bloomington, Sk
Wallace
Paubet
Woodford County
Shane
Rapid Fire Service promoted by Atlanta phone line
Atlanta Telephone & Telegraph Co. touts rising public appreciation for its Rapid Fire Service part of One Central Exchange One Modern System One Standard of Efficiency. Home phone service at 8 1/2 cents per day. contact Contract Dept 309. Gen. Mgr A B Conhlin signed.
Stills From Prohibition Era Auctioned Off As Junk
In a Stein Junk Company warehouse on Marietta Street old copper stills with holes from revenue officers’ hatchets are stored awaiting sale. Local manager M Stein notes many stills end in junk or are hidden away, while moonshiners fear raids and stockpile gear to start again. Some were captured near Cartersville and sent to the city.
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Uncle Sam
Stein Junk Company
Marietta Street
Saya M. Stein
Procesda
Mr. Stein
Helf
Norma
CIA
Cartersville
Stein
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Blake
Baltimore
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Georgia
Virginia ‘Battlefields
Raccoon Rifles
Alabam
John B Gordon
Lee
Georgies
John Morman
Ohio
Peniter
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Eaouthern
Cay
John Ordon
Radadons
Jose
Alabama
Cate
Atlanta Drelmetic Club
Uly Guides
Nieuwespa
Hnonlee
Lady Mary Manwaring
ZugZenle
England
Evygenie
Farnborough
M’pherson
Atlanta Telephone & Telegraph Co
A. B. Conhlin
Gen
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