Stevens Greeted by Local R. M. 8 Dinner in Atlanta
Atlanta mail clerks welcomed A. G Stevens chief of the railway mail service with a four dinner at the Ansley hotel. The event, hosted by the Atlanta division Halfway Maill association, praised local clerks for their efforts in improving the mail system and featured remarks by Festmaster Bolling Jones and others. Stevens planned to stay in Atlanta until Saturday afternoon for a barbecue and outing at Grant Park and to boost attendance from other cities.
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Atlanta
A. G Stevens
Washington
Railway Mail Service
City
Ansley Hotel
Halfway Mail Association
Stevens
Lifforte
Department
Angley
Chief Stevens
Festmaster Bolling Jones
G. 8. Cobb
Railway Mail Clerks’ Association
Urant Park
John Hogan
I. A. Zacharie
R. P. Thompson
Fred Rooney
John Eastman
W. 3. Travis
J. L. Hudson
Outing Plan Aims to Make Annual Barbecue Trip Bigger
The association hopes to make Saturday's outing an annual event, with plans to expand future trips. If members support the events, organizers will work to improve them, including after the barbecue a drive to Stone Mountain in automobiles. Postmaster Tones and Atlanta postal officials will attend.
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Ington
Stone Mountain
Atlanta
Black detective attacked by shoplifter in Decatur Street struggle
Chief Detective John Black was slashed and wounded during a brief fray with a Black shoplifter at a Belt Street store. Detective J H Davis restrained the suspect John McCoy while Joe Wilson attacked Black with a knife. Both detectives and the suspect were hospitalized with injuries.
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John Black
Leo Frank
Beng
Phagah
Decatur Street
Belt Street
Black
Grady Hospital
Billy
J. H. Davis
Davis
John McCoy
Port Street
Detective Black
Joe Wilson
Wilson
Safety First books for school children in Georgia
The Georgia Automobile Club prepares and distributes Safety First booklets to educate children about accident avoidance. Booklets answer questions with reasons and illustrations aimed at preventing dangerous pedestrian practices. The program seeks to place a booklet in every child’s hands in Georgia.
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Safety First
Georgia
Georgia Automobile, Club
Svory
Georgia Automobile Club
Ellis II Captures Second Prize in Inter Academic Contest
William D Ellis II won a second prize of $10 in an inter academic oratorical contest held in Onarga Indiana. He wrote his own speech and earned praise as a prep school competitor. Ellis trained in Atlanta and previously earned a Culver Military medal and a Northwestern University honor. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W D Ellis of Atlanta and grandson of Judge and Mrs W B Ellis and Mrs M A Lipscomb.
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Wiliam D. Ellis
Onarga
Ellis
Ilis
Atlanta
Culver
William Eilis
Culver Military Academy
Northwestern University
Evanston
W. D. Eilis
W. B. Ellis
M.A. Lipscomb
Atlanta, Ga
Iis
Many Stores to Close Wednesday Afternoons
Ninety eight percent of Allan grocers stores and meat markets have signed a plan to close on Wednesday afternoons in summer from June 10 to September 16. L W Rogers company says all forty seven stores will observe the halt, seen as major support for the campaign. The Retail Grocers and Butchers association urges all stores to join and asks any overlooked grocers to contact O T Camp or other committee members.
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Allan
L. W. Rogers Company
Retail Grocers and Butchers’ Association
O. T. Camp
Class of 1909 to Hold Reunion on June 18
Athens Ga May 29 special The committee for the great reunion of the 1919 class Morton Hodgson chairman Jerome Michael and M Brown of Atlanta have tampieted the arrangements for the first reunion of their class The members of the class will gather in Athens on June 16 and add an informal reception at their headquarters in the Southern Mutual building The parade of the Classes of 1909 and 1904 will be a feature with the 1999 Will appear gx sailor leading the 1904 cohort in Chinaman attire while the 1924 graduates join in caps and gowns The parade will start at 5 from the Southern Mutual building and will be preceded by a Clarke county band The Indies of Atlanta mock sensation Dolly Varden the Flour that is White and the Driven Snow are also noted
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Athens
Morton Hodgson
Jerome Michael
M. Brown
Atlanta
Southern Mutual
Clarke County
Citizens Invited to Visit Atlanta Chamber Offices
W H Leahy secretary of the chamber of commerce invites Atlantans to visit the chamber offices to learn how the organization furthers Atlanta's commercial interests. The chamber has a large entertainment room and Leahy will receive all guests.
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Atlanta
W. H. Leahy
Chamber of Commerce
State Prison Nine to Play Federal Convicts
Leavenworth Kan May 29 Inter prison baseball will be an innovation here Decoration day A team from the Kansas state penitentiary will go to the United States prison for a game in the morning with a negro organization In the afternoon the Brown Sox another federal prison team will play the Methodist nine of the local Twilight league Dannie Claire a former Western temsue player serving a prison term will play with the Brown Sox A Felt former Superior Neb
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Leavenworth
Kan
Kansas State Penitentiary
United States
Brown Sox
Methodist Nine
Dannie Claire
A. ©. Felt
Neb
Resinol cures awful itching in one night report
Miss Celia Kleiman says Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap cured her itching skin in one night after months of suffering. The ad touts quick relief and low cost, urging readers to try Resinol for itching burning skin, pimples, dandruff, ulcers, and piles with free samples from Dept. 17-Rt Resinol Baltimore MD.
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Celia Kleiman
Columbia St
Kleloman
Battimore
Banker Umpire to Officiate Two Games in Nebraska
The banker and president of the Nebraska State League will umpire both games. Buck Weaver, formerly with the Kansas League, is coaching at the state prison.
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Buck” Weaver
Scholarship Won by George Van Epps
George Dudley Van Epps son of the late Judge Howard Van Bles, well known in Georgia, won a Johns Hopkins University scholarship for a doctor of philosophy degree. He is a 1913 Georgia Tech graduate and has studied at Johns Hopkins for a year. The notice also lists a Central of Georgia Railway schedule change effective May 31, with Train No. 8 to depart Atlanta at 12:01 a.m. instead of 11:45 p.m.
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George Dudley van Epps
Howard van Bles
State of
Georgia
Johns Hopkins University
Weh Epps
Georgia Schoal of Technology
Johns Hopkins
Central OF Georgia Railway
Central of Georgia
Ttrain
Macon
Albany
Thomasville
Montgomery
Atlanta
Sunday Tickets to Athens and Return On Sale
Seaboard promotes Sunday round trip tickets to Athens priced at 1.50 dollars. Includes mention of final departure details and availability for travelers seeking a weekend excursion.
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Athens
Seaboard
Home cure offer for bleeding and itching piles
A unsolicited promotion promises immediate relief from bleeding itching and protruding piles. It claims a new absorption treatment and offers free samples in exchange for address details. It asks readers to write to Mrs Summers Box P Notre Dame Indiana and to spread the word without sending money.
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Grint
Mr. Summers
Box 'P
Notre Dame
Ind
tAdv
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Wrightsville Beach, N.C
C. E. Hooper
Oceanic Hotel
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Grand Central Station
Pennsylvania Railroad
TASTA
Pennsylvania Station
the Hotel Martinique
Broadway
32Nd
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New York
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Walter Chandler, JR
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Orchet
Gossler
Dennis
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American Flac
Walter J. Buzby
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Brevard
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