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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Nov 16, 1915

Page

5

Washington funeral to be held Wednesday

Tuskegee Alabama November 1 complete funeral arrangements for Booker T Washington the noted Negro educator who died yesterday morning from a nervous breakdown. Services will be at 10 oclock Wednesday morning with Rev IV Whitaker officiating. Interment in the grounds of the Tuskegee Institute. Thousands expected from across the country to attend. A simple memorial is planned in keeping with the educator’s modesty.

Tuskegee Ala Booker T Washington IV Whitaker Tupheger Amktitate Washington Montemey

Funeral for Dr Booket To Westington in Tuskegee

Sorrow sweeps Atlanta as Dr Booket To Westington dies at Tuskegee Institute. A party led by Dr HH Proctor will travel Tuesday afternoon to attend the funeral at Tuskegee on Wednesday morning. Special cars will be attached to the regular train from Terminal Station at 2 o'clock.

Atlatea Booket Westington Luskegee Institute HH Proctor Tuskemee Atlanta West Potailway Tuskemee Institute

Montgomery Objects to Rates on Cotton

Washington November 1 The Montgomery cotton exchange today complained to the Interstate Commerce Commission that the Louisville and Nashville railroad failed to establish concentrated and re shipping rates on cotton from points on its lines to Montgomery under the commission authority all other earners in the territory have established such rates Cotton shippers on the Louisville and Nashville petition says are discriminated against unjustly by this failure

Washington Montgomery Aiwa) Cotton Exchange Interstate Com Querce Commission Louisville and Nashville Touloville Nashville

Movement of Grain Greatest Ever Known in Philadelphia

Movember 15 report notes a massive grain movement as American and Canadian farmers supply unprecedented crops. Thousands of cars await unloading. a fleet of steamers from Europe and vessels to Union ports bear cargoes north and west. Ocean freight rates rise daily amid rumors Italy may repatriate ships for war, tightening tonnage and boosting rates.

Philadelphia Europe Great Lakes Trans Atlantic LarSo Luch Leet Italan

Divorce Granted to Lucy Wilson of Huntington Wilson

Reno November 15 A decree of divorce on grounds of cruelty was granted to Lucy Wilson from Huntington Wilson by the district court. Wilson a former acting secretary of state under Philander C Knox during the Taft administration sued for desertion. the court denied him relief and allowed Lucy to resume her maiden name Lucy Wartham James.

Reno Neva Lucy Wilson Huntington Wilson Wilson Philander C Knox Taft Wison Lucy Wartham James

Atlanta’s Strides From Day 10 Day

The Southern Cotton Oil company plans two iron additions to its plant at the Central of Georgia railway, costing about 15000 dollars. Permits issued Monday. Buildings 54 by 160 feet each, contracted to Vie-t Elm ia Bridge and Iron. November building permits totaled 1659 dollars, pushing month total to 180721 dollars, over 30000 ahead of last November. Building inspector Hays expects a substantial late-year gain and a housing permit increase signals rising real estate activity. Thomson Lynes Realty reports tenancy and sales, including Hunnicutt property at 248 St Charles avenue for 1900 cash, and other transfers with undisclosed sums.

Southern Cotton Ou Company Fort Ickhrrdon Ats Central of Georgi Vie-t Elmia Bridge and Iron Company Normber Xammeesers Hays Wondat 8 Petrols Wis Henidenre Thomson & Lynes Realty Company St Charles Avenue Tatcott Atkins George D Webster Anu Kraus Molga Banber College Luckle Street Atlama Barber College Mitchell St Polaciors Sloan Remington Remington Typewriter Company Pryor Street Avasta Georgia Uigms Isis Benyon Company Des Moinew Laws Bond Noticnora Atlanta Thomas Healey Dewey de Ey daleaman _eivendy Baa American National Bank Richmond Selesman Mecox Metal Atlante Triflera Weed Spory Mossehl-Edwards Corrugating Co Covington, KY

Property transfers with deeds and consideration notes

A collage of deed transfers dated 1914 1915 and related notes listing grantors grantees and locations across Adair Avenue Ruptes Drive and nearby streets. Many entries specify parcels on north west south or east sides with measurements in feet and dates including November 9 1915 and November 11 1915. Building permits and costs from Southern Cotton Oil and Virginia Bridge and Iron Company appear at the end.

Fuptey Drive Adair Avenue Minos Todd Road Lipscomb Butler Cambridge Avenue Adams Fulton County Lawrence Joe Andreas Log Grmewood Avenue Confederaia Harcefield Wade Harding Park Avenue Arvand Street Wade Hardinge Virgol C Cowke Dittin Morris Company Linweed Avenue Ottoler Aguly Park Company Told Avenue Land Company Lst Rorth Gide Atlante Avenue Crees Curge Watateson Mathieson Joan Deeds Dagen Ulantia Tate Huiley Adale Park Nike Garner Conner Street Dodd Avenue gueAdair Tm Albert Steiner Adair Ave Rumey Ative Adair Isis Quitciam Nerds Anante Title Guarantes Company Adelaide I Adams Runley Drive Toddroma Futton County Mra Mattle Cox Morgan Street Arnold Randolph Streets

League to search for French shirkers formed

Paris on November 18 a league formed by the parents of six hundred soldiers at the front seeks to ferret out and report to the Minister of War those young men occupying interior positions through influence and favoritism. The group aims to cooperate with BM Gale Veal’s campaign to root out favoritism.

Paris Gale Veal

Cost of Local Want Ads in The Constitution

A transcription of advertising rate notices details per word charges for classified ads from outside Atlanta. It explains minimum word counts, disallowing phone submissions, and encourages mail or in-person offerings with courteous operators. Contact Main 3000 or Atlanta 59801 for rates and rules.

Atlanta

Neutrality proclamation issued amid European war

November 15 saw the fourteenth neutrality proclamation by the United States since the European war began. The document outlines the des titties between Great Britain and France on one side and Serbia and Italy on the other, reflecting Washington’s stance on shifting alliances.

Washington United States Great Britain France Italy Bulgaria

Lost and Found items clutter city lists with scattered rewards

A garbled collection of lost items and rewards from various locations including Piedmont Avenue, Auburn Avenue, Hill Street, Whitehall Street, and Peachtree. Descriptions cover stolen cars, lost licenses, bags, watches, bracelets, keys, coats, and a cow, with rewards offered for returns to firms such as Southern Bell Telephone, Fish Rubber Company, and local addresses. This jumbled page echoes a city-wide plea for recovered belongings and compensation, frequently naming streets, building numbers, and contact numbers.

Stoven Ford Taxen Tax Piednant Avenue Mostor Alabums Robert Davis Piedmont Ivy Southern Bell Telephone Company TK South TK South Pryor Street Biescie Auburn Ave Hillerd St Gates Drug Store Cain Wttert Winevol Whitehall Street Ponca de Leon Avenue Grant Building LOSI Brindie Boston Pritz Peachtree Street Veuard Lree Street Ashby Street Pylant Avenue Pylant_ave Heward Fish Rubber Company Mreet Phanu Fey Grand Theater Peachtree Gould Meralde Ciptol Dindee Mgh Unl Down Town Woodberry Hall Preditzree Circle Jersey St Warn Core Alame Ne Hill St

Personal Rimmed Hats and Related Goods Ad Highlight

A cluttered classified fragment advertises personal rimmed hats from $240 to $1000, velvet and beaver shapes, shoehorned claims of cleaning and repairs, plus various fashion services. It references a New York laundry, dressmaking lessons, and Atlanta law firm contact details, all in a blurred, ad-like tone.

Loeb Leree Winthallyna New York Uffe Sanaklum Brival Michell Windsor Atlanta Carnegie Way Bamocs Aoz Alante Main Springs

Help Wanted in Stores and Offices

Fragmented classified ads list multiple employment openings across industries. It includes bookkeepers, clerks, salesmen, traveling sales reps, barber trade teaching, and commission agents. Locations span Georgia to Virginia with many firms seeking experienced or eager entrants and offering training, wages, and advancement potential.

Help Wanted and Miscellaneous Classified Thirteen

A long OCR cleaned list of ads from a 20th century classified page. It includes requests for actors and speakers, manufacturing and farm business opportunities, experienced shoe repair, bookkeepers, stenographers, clerks, drivers, and general labor. Also domestic help, sewing and tailoring, teachers, and educational courses. Includes mentions of Southern Lumberman, Economy Laundry Co, American Employment Agency, and Philadelphia Civil Service School.

Conservatory of Dramatic Arts Addrean Reymond Y0u Netris Goodyear Richard & Thalelmer Selma Saleamen Alexandria Economy Laundry Co Buonewal St 407 Austail Cary Care Constitution American Employment Agency Healey Ivy Tominanc Philadelphia Civil Service School Philadelphia Ehort Bethel Labor Exchange

Wanted Advertising Situations in The Constitution Classifieds

Multiple small ads seek employment and services in offices, bookkeeping, druggist, stenography, nursing, and sales. Applicants boast experience in banking, auditing, collections, office management, and manufacturing. Contacts include box numbers and local address in Sylvania and Constitution notices.

Special rates for Situation Wanted ads in Constitution

Classified notice lists three lines one time at 16 cents and three times at 15 cents with advance payment and delivery at The Constitution office. ZONICH seeks home management westward Christian home. ad requests 1401 care Constitution. Also seeks farm superintendent position. references available at 1468 care Constitution. Young lady with stenographic experience seeks work. requests face-to-face work and modest salary. ad at 1452 care Constitution.

Tevera Jabball Allcation Wiese Comar Cation Constitution Office Zonich Innarath Dexiren Care Adanew

SITUATION WANTED FEMALE REFINED YOUNG LADY

SITUATION WANTED Female refined young lady wishes position as bookkeeper stenographer and penman. Cal h y 367 2 Porti on by Superior anced. Main 41490. Attention Business Men. The Clearing House for Employment offers help in trades and professions. Office hours 20 to 1, 2 to 4 pm. Saturdays 30 to 1 pm. Applications for posts welcome daily.

Calhy Main Chamber of Daxameres Hich-Arade Atlante

Automobiles for Sale Listings Mix of Cars and Services

A garbled classified page lists multiple autos for sale including a Baker Electric coupe in prime condition with a price cut from 2200 to 1250, several Ford models from 1914 to 1916, a 7 passenger Studebaker, a 1915 Ford touring car, a 1914 Overland reader, and a 1916 Lyndvaler. Also offers dealership services: storage in steam heated garage and financing for purchases, with phrases signaling broad inventory and financing options.

BAKER Atlanta FORD Studebake East Mitchel Streat Gallevy

Automobile Exchange and Clearing House Ad Offerings

An old classified page lists automobile related ads and services. It mentions a branch at 380 Peachtree Street and 1816 F Lord, with references to loaning, sales, and partnerships. It highlights trades, cash purchases, and a shop at 1054 Harwell Place offering welding and repair. It includes several company names and contact details for buying, selling, and repair of vehicles and parts.

Automobile and repair shops advertise cars and services

An assortment of local auto businesses lists repairs for wheels bodies and engines and services from repainting to bolt on parts. It also notes a garage open all night, radiator work, plating, and used motorcycles for sale, with various Atlanta addresses and contact cues.

John M. Smith Alburn Ave FORD Odom Brosco Ivy St Atlanta United Radiator CO Ivy Travis & Jones Automobile Cone Ivy 4852 Supply Compens Simmons Plating Works Pryor Main Auto Parts

Advertisements Offer Business Partnerships and Services

Classifieds reveal a jumble of offers for business partnerships in cotton glove factories, loans for machinery, and profit promises. Also listed are established trades, office opportunities, and a partner search, with contact addresses in Atlanta and surrounding areas. Medical ads promote cures and treatments for various ailments with testimonials and free trial offers.

FOR SALE and WANTED Classified Items From Everett and Atlanta

A jumble of sale notices and want ads from Everett and Atlanta details ranges of goods and services. It lists pianos rebuilt furniture and household items for sale or rent. Includes requests for auto workers and credit offers from Haverty and others.

Atlanta Rail Schedules and Timetables Chronicle

Railroad schedules list arrivals and departures for Atlanta terminals and connections. Includes lines to Birmingham, Brunswick, Waycross, Columbus, Montgomery, New Orleans, Nashville, and Chattanooga with note of sleeping cars on night trains. Also cites Seaboard Air Line and Western and Atlantic routes with terminal details and service notes.

Atlanta Ailants Birmingham Applantic Bitective Brunwick Waycross Thomunavicie Stam Brunavick Phonanelle Atlante Thomessic

Money to Loan Ads Fill Atlanta Real Estate Market

Numerous lenders advertise loans on improved city property at 6 to 8 percent. Offers include mortgage loans, purchase money notes bought, and financing for builders. Firms named include W B Smith, Rex & Broonay, Dunwun & Gay, Waynes & Co, Foster & Robson, and Howartine & Co, with amounts from hundreds to thousands of dollars and quick approvals.

W. B. Smitit Fourth National S. W Manetta C. Hatcherins Travelera Dysurance CO Weiso Bay Mooney W. B. Smith Fourth National Bank Ae Chiff Hhteherins Agency Mealate Rex Broonay Grant Holm Ivy Joana Storen Dunwun & Gay Equitable Building Monroe and Beerman EG Calhoun Healey Beott & Co Austell Swoney Atanta Mobaay Peters Aieton Atik Bia CC McGehee Jr Atlanta Foster & Robson Edgewood Avenue

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