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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1914

Page

8

Brand New Royal Worcester Corsets At 98c Sale

One hundred corsets were offered Monday at 98c each as part of Royal Worcester Anniversary Sale. The models emphasize a light weight coat, low bust with long hips, ribbons and faces, rubber button hose supporters, and a new free hip design for comfort.

Royal Worcester

19th Century Bath Towel Sale Feature

The 19c sale offers stamped bath towels big 21x40 inches with scalloped embroidery. Also included are 50c pillow tops and backs white cream linen fringe 25c scarlfs and linen pieces with multiple prices and sizes listed for Main Floor Center deals.

Women House Dress at 98 in blue gingham with trim

A solid color blue gingham house dress features a plain skirt a Dutch cap trim with stripes and a large striped trimmed bungalow apron. The item is marketed as cool attractive and priced at 98 with sizes available across House Dresses on the second floor.

Sale of Ladies Hand Bags at 98c

Modest notice advertises a sale of ladies hand bags priced at 98 cents. It touts value and style with new pannier shapes, oval tops, and frames in nickel, gun metal, or gilt. Bags feature swinging mirrors and memorandum tablet options in Persian seal leather or black silked lining with poplin silk colors.

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Electric Toasters and Irons On Sale Below Regular Prices

Weather turns hot and electricity becomes a household boon with compact cooking aids. Features include toasters for 3.50 with sale price 1.98, irons at 3.75 now 2.48, electric irons 3. allowed price 1.98, and a 4.50 toaster stove priced 2.48 plus a 5.00 combination stove at 3.98. All include flexible cord and socket, warranted for several years.

Suffragette Attacks Stir London Crowd at Hyde Park Meeting

London May 25 A suffragette reports being struck in a Hyde Park clash as militants provoke crowds. Magistrate Hopkins warns against militantism while police vow protection and cite public exasperation. Gallery closures and ticketed entry at British Museum heighten tensions as Rokeby Venus case unfolds and hunger strikes draw concern.

London Hopkins Bow] Street Hyde Park National Gallery British Museum May Richardson Holloway

Calhoun Kept Funds Questioned By Rail Commission

San Francisco May 2 An investigation by the California railroad commission would begin this week to determine what disposition was made of 109 900 drawn by Patrick Calhoun from United Railroads funds ostensibly for the Solan irrigated farms project The probe would cover other financial operations during Calhoun’s presidency Jesse Washenthal now president said he had futilely searched books prior to 1912 and believed they had been destroyed.

San Francisco California Railroad Commission Patrick Calhoun United Rairoads of Calhoun Jesse Washenthal United Railroads

Kirkwood Boulevard Project Advances In Atlanta Real Estate Drive

The first load of rock for the Kirkwood Boulevard paving connects Atlanta to East Lake, funded by a bond issue. Mayor Gillam and DeKalb officials praise the project as a future major thoroughfare with enhanced water, sewer, and street improvements. The article notes extensive construction progress, real estate opportunities, and upcoming development rumors as Atlanta’s growth accelerates.

Kirkwood Atlanta v and Hast Lake RF J Gillam Rev T J Branson EW Rose J Robert Freeman DeKalb County Atlanta Real Estate Board Harris G White Pragdent Atlanta Gillam Vita Stlanta East Lake Speral

Tennessee Democrats Forecast Stormy Gubernatorial Nominating Fight

Nashville May 20 Tennessee Democrats brace for a stormy time as they prepare for the gubernatorial nomination battle this week. The convention will name a candidate for supreme judge and consider the remainder of Senator Shields term. Prominent figures including Senator Like Lea, Senator Shields’ national committeeman Cordell Hull, and congressmen arrived. About 300 of 1339 votes remain uninstructed as four counties contest. The state committee meets tonight to appoint temporary officers and launch the campaign.

Nashville Tenn Democratic Party Tennessee Shield Lea Ig Shields Cordell Hull T C Rye Paris Thomas R. Preston Canttanooga R. H Roberts Livingston S J Everett Jackson George L. Berry Rogersville G L Hardwick Glevermnd J C G Morton Gallatin

Mrs Vanderbilt sells Pisgah Forest to federal government

Washington May 25 The forest service announced approval of the sale of the Pisgah forest from the North Carolina estate of the late George W Vanderbilt. Edith S Vanderbilt offered the tract for 35 an acre, a lower figure than her husband’s asking price. The 86,700 acre tract spans Transylvania Henderson Buncombe and Haywood counties and will be made a government game refuge to preserve eastern mountain fauna and natural beauty.

Washington Pisgah North Carolina George W Vanderbilt Forest Service Today Edith S .Vanderbilt Cme Essen Transylvania Henderson Buncombe Hayward

War veteran erects his own granite memorial statue

Philadelphia May 25 A 73 year old Civil War veteran Freas announces he funded and erected a twelve foot monument in a cemetery to honor nearly 200 soldiers buried there. The statue shows a youthful Freas in Union uniform and depicts his Gettysburg era gun. The project cost about 5000 and will stand long after his death.

Philadelphia Melville Freay Gettysburg Freas

Christ Will Come In Person, Says Rev W L McEwan

Pittsburg May 26 ministers discussed a sermon by Rev W L McEwan of Third Presbyterian Church on the ascension. He said the ascension guarantees a personal, visible, glorious, and sudden return, not for us to know the times, yet current unrest makes devout scholars expect the end of this dispensation.

Pittsburg W L. McEwan Third Presbyterian Church

Tragic Vehicle Collision Claims Two Burlington Children

In Burlington Iowa today two children ages two and one, children of Mr and Mrs Ted Leutger, died when a horse hit by the automobile they rode in was thrown onto the road. The head injuries from the impact caused fatal fractures.

Burlington Iowa May Ga Tred Leutger Thaly Slenlis

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