Lackey Attempts Suicide Amid Strike Ties
O N Lackey 24 a Healey building strike joiner and Atlanta resident attempted suicide at his home 125 Central avenue. While his wife and two children watched he fired a single shot from a 22 revolver above the heart and was carried unconscious to Grad hospital with poor prospects of recovery. He had joined the strike days earlier and faced financial hardship and inability to work.
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Healey
O. N. Lackey
Central Avenue
Lackey
Atlanta
East Lake Driveway Nears Completion
Funds to finish paving Candler street from Decatur to Morgan street have been secured and work will move quickly. Morgan street to East Lake drive is nearly complete leaving one block to connect to Candler, creating a new scenic drive from Gast Lake to Decatur for motorists heading to Tecatur and the lake.
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Candler Street
Decatur
Morgan Street
East Lake
East Lake Drive
Gast Lake
Tecatur
Lake
Steamer Cartago Leased for Georgia Panama Trip
Arrangements completed for the Atlanta Georgia party of about 100 to occupy the Cartago’s entire 5300 ton passenger capacity on a December journey to Panama. The group will sail first class only, inspect the canal from Atlantic to Pacific, visit Port Limon and San Jose Costa Rica, then return to the states with John T. North supervising.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Panama
Canal
Atlantic
Isthmus
Pacific
Port Linon
San Jose
Costa Rica
Colon
States
John T. North
Peachtree
Presbyterian Assemblies
Patients at Sanitarium Taken to Circus by Grant
Milledgeville Ga November 3 B M Grant a prominent Atlanta real estate man arranged a treat for many patients at the state sanitarium He obtained permission from authorities and bought seats for a hundred patients escorting them to the circus The act brought great pleasure to the patients known to be unfortunate
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B. M. Grant
Milledgeville, Ga
Atlanta
A Clergyman’s Experience With Peruna’s Help
A 1904 letter from Rev G W Roberts of Hartsell Alabama describes long illness and loss of voice in 1902. After fourteen bottles of Peruna and Dr Hartman advice he recovers, gains weight and returns to work. Subsequent letters through 1912 praise Peruna’s life-saving effects and urge others to try the medicine.
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Peruna Co
G. W. Roberts
RB. R
Hartsell
Alabama
Algo
Hke
Roberts
Peruna
Hartman
Rev. Roberts
Perunal
Peruns
Paruna
Wasuere
Pennie Co
Columbus
Ohio
Committee Named 10 Welcome Scientists for Atlanta Meet
The Atlanta executive committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science named a subcommittee to compile a list of Georgians to serve as a reception committee for more than 3,000 delegates arriving for the December 29 convention in Atlanta. The plan, praised by Burton Smith, aims to showcase Atlanta’s scientific and civic strengths and to prepare for a world-class gathering that will advance local progress in farming health and industry.
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Atlanta
American Association For the Advancement of Science
University Club
South
Burton Smith
America
British Society
Henry
Agassiz
Rogers
Pierce
Dana
Torrey
Newberry
Hall
Gould
Gray
le Conte
Powell
Cope
Gibbs
Newcomb
At Gay Coney Island to be seen at Columbia
Columbia Burlesque announces week beginning Monday matinee will showcase At Gay Coney Island a pretentious burlesque with Fred Kennedy and Lucretia Vincent. Princess La Ceil returns with six posing models in Masterpieces de Lux. Sheppard and Pollack bring vaudeville singing and dancing. The BeauMonts headlining act and two other attractions complete the bill. Ten musical numbers boost a 20 girl chorus with New York scenery.
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Columbia Burlesque Theater
Gay Coney Island
Fred Kennedy
Lucretia Vincent
la Ceil
New York
Feeding Stuffs Bulletin Promises Strict Feed Branding
A forthcoming Department of Agriculture bulletin by Georgia state chemist Dr. R. E. Starlings will analyze commercial feeding stuffs. It notes Georgia's move away from improperly mixed feeds and highlights guaranteed analysis on each bag. Cottonseed meal is praised as a top, cost effective feed.
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Department of Agriculture
R. EB
Georgia
Prayer Week Program Announced By YWCA Atlanta
By order of the world's committee of the Young Women's Christian Association the Atlanta YWCA will observe the week of prayer for the world's work November 9 to 15. The schedule includes meetings at Wesley Memorial church and various administration headquarters with leaders and topics spanning Africa America Asia Australia Europe.
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Young Women’s Christian Association
Atlanta
Wesley Memorial Church
W. Cc. A
Africa
West Ellis Street
Bubiset
America
Wingo
Asia
Cordelia Brown
China
West Baker Street
Australia
F. M. Robinson
West Ellis” Street
Harape
Mrs. Dibble
Europe
Molly Courtney
103rd Birthday Woman Dies in Waycross Home
Katherine Johns died suddenly at her Waycross residence after celebrating her 103rd birthday. Originating near Monticello, she moved to Pierce County then to Waycross thirty years ago. Survived by about 300 descendants across Georgia and Florida.
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Waycross
Katherine Johns
Monticello
Pierce County
Georgia
Florida
Dr Beattie to Preach at Associate Reformed Church
Dr Beattie will preach Sunday at the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church on Whitehall Street in Atlanta. Rev A W Reid is away attending the Synod meeting of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church. Beattie, a prominent Augusta member and noted minister, is on the frontier roll of the Presbyterian church.
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A. W. Reid
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Synod
Georges A. Beattie
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Whitehall Street
Beattie
Atlanta
Presbyterian Ministers’ Association
Presbyterian Church
Big cotton crop in Chattooga county GA
A government report shows Chattooga county cotton bales up to October 18 totaling 7,194 this year versus 3,791 last year. The higher yield means 3,403 more bales have been gathered at the same date, indicating the crop is more than twice as large.
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Chattooga
Lyerly
Chattooga County
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