Lease Sale Approved for Ponce de Leon Park by Owners
J G Rossman sold the seven year Ponce de Leon lease to Atlanta investors J B Whitehead A A Whaley and associates. Georgia Railway and Electric Co approved the deal, the park will be improved and run as a high class amusement resort with a new charter and management, and southern league games slated for next season.
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Ponce de Leon
J. G. Rossman
J. B. Whitehead
A. A. Whaley
Taac
Messrs. Whitehead
Whaley
Whitehead Sai
Couairs
Pones de Leon Amusement Company
Orans Lease
James G. Rossman
Ponce de Leon Park
Sul
Artisense
Wra
Stree
Matto
Provident Realty and Trust Company Organized in Atlanta
A new enterprise, Provident Realty and Trust Company, forms in Atlanta backed by leading local figures. It plans to invest in both vacant and improved real estate, buy and repair property, subdivide land, and quickly sell. The organizers include S. B. Turman, W. L. Peel, J. Griffin, J. S. B. Thompson, and others, with charter application filed Thursday. office at 15 South Broad Street.
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Chis Times
Atlanta
Beft
Bergen
Provident Realty and Trust Company
Amelia
Sheywang
B. Turman
W. L. Peel
BR. J. Griffin
J. S. B. Thompson
Thomas P. Hinman
Glover
James L. Logan
Wm. L. Reynolds
Tt. F. Maddox
Clifford L Anderson
Chas F. Benson
W. H. Allen
J. Y. Kiraprough
W. R. Turman, Jr
A. P. Stewart
L. H. Zurline
D. Stuart Boyd
Company
South Broad Street
Fitzgerald Under Bond For Shooting At Fairfax Hotel
Darrell Fitzgerald, a Fairfax hotel waiter, was bounded over to the superior criminal court in $500 after being tried by Recorder Brayles for shooting Abner Lee, the hotel cook, on Peachtree Street during breakfast. Fitzgerald had a grudge and was sent to county jail in default of the bond.
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Highen Court
Abner Lee
Darrell Fitzgerald
Fairfax Hotel
Peachtree Street
Brayles
Superior Criminal Court
Fitzgerald
Fairfax
Lee
Sani
Broyles
Pitagerald
Work Done in Forty Years Records Education Efforts in South Cincinnati
The Freedmen relief and Southern Educational Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church reports a forty seat system with property valued at 1 827 000 and expenditures of 7 819 000 to aid 200 000 students, 12 000 teachers, and 3 000 ministers. The annual report, to be presented in Brooklyn November 6 and 7, notes 45 congregations and 1 980 ministers across 19 conferences, with nearly 300 000 members. Bishops Moore and Wilden will deliver anniversary addresses as the board of bishops and conference representatives attend.
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Methodist Church
Cincinnati
Sehivo
Freedman’s Ald Aid Southern Educational Society
Methodist Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Nower
Moore
Wilden
Church
Gence
United States
South
Ue Society
Insurance Committee to Hearings End With Term
New York November 3 State Senator William M Armstrong chairman of the legislative committee to investigate the Insurance said he did not think there was any chance the committee public hearing would be continued after the legislature meets again. The regular session begins January and if a third trustee of the Mutual Life Insurance Company declines to serve with W H Truesdale and John W Aurhincross the two trustees remaining will continue the investigation alone.
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New York
Wilam M Armstrong
Thfe Insurance
Saul
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Japot
W. IT. Truesdale
John W. Aurhincross
Ralph Bingham at the Grand for Atlanta Press Club benefit
Ralph Bingham, Philadelphia entertainer, headlines at the Grand opera house Saturday night to raise funds for the Atlanta Press Club. Colonel John Temple Graves will introduce him, with strong support from manager DeGive and the Alkahest bureau. Tickets are 50 cents for all seats.
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Ralph Bingham
Grand Opera House
Atlanta Press Club
South
Bingham
DeGive
All Dixie
Brooks Morgan
Binghim
Atlanta
Southern Railway
Press Club
John Temple Graves
Col Graves
Roosevelt
Colonel Graves
Ralph
Georgia
United States
Federal Prison
Mary
Joy &S
Salur
Mano
Bridges
Alkahest Bureau
Jingham
Allant W
Mr. Hingham
Dr King's New Life Pills Promise Prompt Relief
Advert shows a disastrous calamity of health loss and digestive distress. The pills claim to restore digestion by toning up digestive organs and curing headaches dizziness and colic. Guaranteed at any drug store price 50 cents.
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Dr. King
Eclipse Catarrh Cure Praise From Cincinnati Reader
A Cincinnati citizen Mr H M Davis reports Total Eclipse Catarrh Cure helped his longstanding catarrh and asthma. The ad claims hundreds cured and offers a one month supply by mail for $1.00 from Eclipse Medicine and Manufacturing Co in Atlanta Georgia.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Eclipse Medicine and Manufacturing Co
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Total Eclipse
Im. Davis
Atlanta, Ga
P. C
Guarding Food From Alum Baking Powders Warns Health Officers
Health officers condemn alum baking powders as dangerous and universally warned against. Laws in many states require branding to alert consumers about alum. In the District of Columbia, alum use in bread and baked goods is a misdemeanor, while cheaper powders indicate lack of cream of tartar.
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United States
District of Columbia
Congress
Boys Choose Flogging Over Expulsion at School
At Boys' High school the board allowed four students with excessive demerits to choose between corporal punishment or expulsion. Principal W. M. Slaten oversaw the flogging, with parents consenting and students preferring whipping to removal. The incident marks a shift toward flogging as an alternative to expulsion for rule violations.
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W. M. Slaten
Courtland and
Gilmer Streets
Board of Education
Blaton
Lush
Slaton
Grand and Bijou Offer Geisha and Black Crook Returns
The Grand presents Laura Millard Comite Opera Company in The Geisha on Monday and Tuesday with a matinee Tuesday. Wun-Hi is played by Mrs Charles Swain as in the American debut. The Bijou offers Miller and Plohn’s new version of The Black Crook with Emmett Connor and others. Harry Beresford will perform The Woman Later at the Grand Thursday and Friday.
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Laura Mifard
Charles Swain
Wun-Hi
Messrs, Miller and Plohn
Black Crook
America
Mertzes
Crouk
Emmett Connor
Martin Stevens
John Sizes
Joseph Cusack
Jeannette Coleman
Emma Stege
Annie Whiting
Harry Beresford
Mill
Mr. Beresford
Kryptov Eye Glasses Claim Major Eyeward Breakthrough
Jno L Moore and Sons promote Kryptov invisible bifocal lenses as the era’s top eye wear advance. They claim the Kryptov design outshines all rivals in the last two decades and list their Broad Street address for orders. In New York a LinkedIn typewriter contest at Madison Square Garden crowned Paul Munter as winner with 2099 words in 30 minutes, May Carrington second with 2084, and Ma was third with 2004 words.
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Jno, L. Moore & Sons
Georgia
Broad St
Prudential
New York
Madison Square Garden
Ize
Paul Munter
York
Weord
Mies May Carrington
Springfirth
Local obituaries and funeral notices in Macon area
Short items report the deaths of Miss Dora Garner and John F Hubbard with funeral details for Oakland and Wearview cemeteries. Also noted are services for Mrs Temp y A Green Augusta M Boyle infant Frances Inez Jernigan and Anne E Davis with interments planned at local cemeteries. Lizzie Chamblee funeral arrangements set, East Point Star meeting, and a church bellwether service by Bishop Wood with consecration next week. Robbery at 447 Court House Ave by burglars noted with no clues yet.
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Frances Inez Jernigan
C. L. Jernigan
North Jackson
Westview
Life Residence
Atlanta council approves conduit petition amid clash with power rival
The Atlanta Telephone and Telegraph Company wins council approval to lay underground conduits beneath streets for telephone and telegraph use with a proviso allowing future city controls. Colonel Clifford Anderson argues Southern Light and Power seeks to delay competition while Georgia Railway executive officials seek to enable electric service to City. Authorities warn concurrent use of conduits for wires may require separate permits and further investigation before dual-use is allowed.
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Atlanta Telephone and Telegraph Company
Sims
General Council
Southern Light and Power Copany
P. S. Arkwright
The
Georgia Railway & Elected Company
Quo
J. Simmons
Phone Company
Atlanta
Council
Gesne
Colonel Anderson
Arkwight
Camcs
Simmons
Unem
Elis
Mr. Simmons
Pr. Arkwright
Miles
Arkwright
Southern Lighters Power Company
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Mr. Rossman Talis
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Mater
Prebrciy
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H. M. Davis
Bo J
Dora Garner
Kirkwood Avenue
Stane Mountain
John F. Hubbard
Whitehall Street
Hubbard
Daniel Shor Company
Oakland Cemetery
Tempy A. Green
South Pryor Street
Wearview Cemetery
Augusta M. Boyle
W. Boyle
Stampton Street
Anne E. Davis
W. TL. Davis
White Street
Kirkwood
Lizzie Chamblee
Sydney Street
Forsyth, Ga
Order of the East Rim Star
Masonic Temple
Bisnop Woor
Psoe DA Pranch
Episcopal Churc
Church of the Incarnation
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Episcopal Church
Anderson
H. W. Rountree
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Eiseman Bros
Whitehall ST
Washington
Baltimore
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Stuitgarter
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