This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1908
Page
14
Members gathered yesterday afternoon at the Piedmont Driving Club with Mrs Barbour Thompson presiding. Plans for winter include a December 17 opening play Apdy Winde mere's Fan with Mrs Palmer Phelan Clark in the lead. Proceeds benefit the Byome for Incurables. A rehearsal for participants is scheduled tonight.
The Paris based International Photographers' Convention awarded prizes for portraits. Miss Catherine Tower of New York won the top prize for a photograph resembling Mary Anderson. Falk took the winning image of Tower, who at sixteen is a rising star amid society and theatre circles. The event marks the first American woman winner in this contest and foreshadows Miss Tower joining the Atlanta stage scene in Channing Pollock and Dixon Jr.'s new road production soon touring Atlanta.
In ancient Egypt scholars note men first devised a pin making method revived later by Delamothe and the Davis & Freeman firm. The article discusses the origins of hat pins and identifies genuine pins by the maker’s mark Delamothe.
Edward Mitchell a Horantun, Mississippi merchant and bank director, was acquitted on one charge while W J Stewart faced a five year penitentiary sentence for receiving funds. The court case, led by Ex Attorney General W Uitte and Senator A J Metaurin, featured extended waterworks discussions at Adairaville Georgia on November special meeting agenda.
New York expert corsetiere attends a corset demonstration, highlighting the Smart Set and Nemo lines. The expert explains fitting, wearing, and features as models showcase Parisian style with comfort. Prices range from five to twelve fifty for the Smart Set and two to ten dollars for Nemo Corsets.
Twenty-five hundred yards of unbleached Canton flannel and cotton flannels offered at 5 cents per yard. The dealer reports strong customer interest and expects rapid sale at this unusually low price.
Mercerized ginghams offered in tartan plaids with fine anil red brown and white and brown red combinations. Large assorted selection of regular 25 cent ginghams now at 20 cents a yard.
Wool mixed blankets described as over half wool with white field and colored borders. Full 11-4 size, heavy and soft, regularly selling for 5 dollars, now offered at 4 dollars 35 cents per pair.
Advert shows white and red sweaters with shoulder buttons and V necks priced 75c to $1.25, heavy wool with pearl buttons and pockets in white, cream and red sizes 1 to 6 years. Also Roman striped mercerized toques at 75c and knitted toques 25c.
Fifty new broadcloth pieces described as superior weight and finish, 52 inches wide, offered at 75 cents per yard. Colors include navy, Copenhagen, royal blue, tan, gray, reseda, red and more light and dark shades. Ready for purchase now in quantities suitable for immediate use.
A vintage textile listing highlights Boulevard Velvets and $1 yard chiffon costumes. It describes a surface fabric 24 inches wide with a range of colors including blues browns greens taupe amethyst and catawba. The note markets various velvet and chiffon options for garments and trims.
Plain taffeta Persian Petticoats in peacock blue brown navy and black with tailor stitching and decorative bands. Features include tags and flounces, range of taupe and emerald, cut to fit hips under clinging skirts. Petticoats advertised with prices from five dollars to three dollars.
A fragmented ad offers Petticoats for 1.50 and knitted Jersey tops for 4.00 with deep mercerized silounces and double ruffles. Black is noted as available with other colors. The noisy text mentions serviceable Betticoats of Arbutus cloth, light and silky, with deep tucks and dust frills in Black brown and blue.
May Robson stars as Aunt Mary in an adaptation of Anne Warner's novel The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary with Milas Robson as Aunt Mary and a strong supporting company. The Traitor, praised for The Clansman, is touted as similarly triumphant with elaborate staging and novel effects. The Grand presents four performances starting Monday, November Thursday.
The Orpheum program this Tuesday features Pauline the hypnotist drawing audience laughter as his subjects perform many antics. At the Bijou the Seqipher's Wig Show with six vaudeville acts attracts theatergoers, with Bedini and Arthur and the Bralaie Vocal Trio earning encores. The Schibner Show ranks as a top Bijou attraction, while Pee Hed Mai te and The Red Mill producers promise a melodramatic finale with a dramatic escape scene.
Vienna reports The Wiener Estrablatt states that the marriage between Miguel of Braganza, claimant to the Portuguese throne, and Miss Pullman will take place in London late November. The Daily Telegraph notes the couple met in London and were introduced by a Hungarian aristocrat connected to prior royal match arrangements.
Jeane R Rea for twenty two years a member of the Atlanta fire department died yesterday morning at 3 oclock at his brother Robert Reas residence on Fort Boulevard. He was aged and survived by his widow six brothers and two sisters. Funeral at Emmanuel Baptist Church this afternoon at o clock Rev J D Winghescer pastor officiating. Interment Oakland cemetery. Rea joined the fire department when it was established no 4 paid company and resigned three years ago. He faced many dangers with bravenness and calmness.
New York November 4 Charles N Fowler chairman of the banking and currency committee in the House of Representatives from New Jersey’s fifth district, elected for the eighth time, announces himself as a candidate for Speaker of the House in the sixty first Congress with a platform proposing a seven member board of managers to direct legislation and oversight.
Miss Maggie Tuggle died at her home in LaGrange on November 4 after a long illness. She formerly taught music in Atlanta and leaves two brothers Dr. A J Tuggle and Hon W T Tuggle and five sisters Jane Miss Juliette Miss Antolastis and Miss Ruth Tuggle. Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 o clock from the house by Dr A B Vaughan.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.