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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1912
Page
6
The readable fragments discuss property sales terms and prices, noting Walton Street location and postfix remarks about prices under 3000 possible but details are incomplete. Mentions papers or paperseller terms, asking about a paper or slower method and small lot closings, with no clear buyers or outcomes.
A terse investor pitch promises $800 per foot and about $5,000 cash to place, noting a two year timeline. The proposal touts safety and a “mighty good” opportunity, urging signatories to commit cash for land on a vacant lot with fresh potential.
The Atlanta Constitution reports a surge of major building plans and real estate deals, including Joel Hurt’s Edgewood avenue skyscraper project and surrounding developments. Auctions yielded strong sales on Watton and Fourteenth streets, with $80,797.75 from twenty lots, while Thompson and Lynes moved fifty-one Humphries street barracks lots for nearly $16,000. Numerous smaller sales and new residence announcements followed, highlighting extensive activity by the Dillim Morris Company and others in West Wood, Crew streets, and adjacent neighborhoods.
Georgia Democrats gather at the Grand Opera House at noon on Wednesday May 29 to carry out the will of the people from the May 1 primary. Delegations will nominate delegates to Baltimore and presidential electors, then organize with a permanent chair and secretary.
Washington dispatch reports Georgia Senators Bacon and Smith and Florida Senator Bryan urged the Japanese ambassador to aid Yun, an Emory College graduate in Korea facing conspiracy charges and possible death. Bishop Candler and church officials appealed, noting Yun’s high character and alleged coercive evidence. The envoy indicated sympathy, promising to inform his government, aiming to stave off execution.
Dr Newton N Gober a famed Georgia physician and author of a reconstruction era expulsion resolution died at St Josephs infirmary after a short illness He was about 75 and had served as a Confederate army captain later active in Georgia politics Surviving daughters live in Texas Atlanta and San Francisco Funeral services will be held in Marietta with Masons and Odd Fellows in charge.
San Diego reports C. H. Tolliver, a noted airship inventor, and his wife killed in their home. A man seen fleeing the scene. police investigating motive and whether a robbery preceded the fatal shots.
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