Opening of the transcontinental telephone service in Atlanta
Californians and Atlantans gossip over the new service at the Atlanta extension opening, with crowds, vaudeville, and a three story hotel blaze spectacle at Ponce de Leon Park. Capt J H Worden will fly at Piedmont Park as the event links New York to San Francisco with officials from San Francisco Denver Salt Lake City Winnemucca and more joining Atlanta in a telephonic display.
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Desert
Rockies
Nevada
Winnemucca
San Procinco
San Francisco
Tenth Street
California
Atlanta
American Telephone & Tellegraph
N. C Kingsbury
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
J. W. Peck
G. W Peck
Pacific Telephone and ‘Telegraph Company
Dixie
Chicago
Mr. Kingsbury
Flaherty
Chica
Denver
Kingsbury
Colorado
Salt Lake Gacy
New York
Winnamucca
Peck
Kingsburs
Exposition City
Harris
Marshall Humayon
Johnson
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Hien
Birmingham
Boston
Baltimore
Charleston
Galveston
Te Hatteras
Havre
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Louisvile
Memphia
Miami
Mobile
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Nashwilie
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Pittabureg
Portland
Raleigh
Raining
Edly
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
Shreveport
Spokane
Tampa
Toledo
Vicksburg
Washington
You Herrmann
Harvest Festival Closes Today With Great Frolic
Great frolic closes Harvest Festival today with a big masquerade at the auditorium and a firemen’s show at Base Park. Worden plans a flight feature for the night as part of the festival finale.
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Worden
Last Day's Events In Taft Hall And City Streets
Crowds filled Taft hall for a 7 30 p m program while children skated on Luckto street at noon and aerial flights occurred at Piedmont noon. Masked revelers roamed streets with nonviolent costumes and no weapons allowed. A fighting flames act projected at Ponce de Leon at 2 p m. Midway opened at 9 00 p m with duck street races for youths under 42. A misidentified prominent figure will appear at Mitchell and Whitehall, with a prize for the first to locate him. A band and vaudeville show played city hall at 3 90 p m. Balloon drops from office rooftops at 4 00 p m with prize coupons. A notable figure will perform at Alabama and Whitehall at 4 00 p m, with a prize for locating him. A second masquerade is planned at Broad and Marietta, followed by another prominent appearance at Forsyth and Peachtree at 6 00 p m. A great masquerade ball closes at the Auditorium at 2 00 p m.
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Ponce de Leon Ball Park
Atlanta Fire Department
Ofe
Worden
J. H. Worden
Piedmont Park
Liege
Piedmont Race Course
Fifth Regiment
Clint Barber
Dam
Taft Hall
Luckto
Piedmont
Ponce de Leon
Midway
Duckie Street
Mitchell and
Whitehell
City Hall
Alabama
Whitehall
Broad and
Marietta
Forsyth
Peachtree
Auditorium
Grocers Offer Weekly Savings on Groceries and Meat
Advertisements urge readers to save a few cents on each article by weekly purchases. The Constitution notes Atlanta grocers and butchers list savings on certain articles on specific days, especially Saturday when shopping is heaviest, encouraging readers to start saving on groceries and meat.
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The
Constitution
Atlanta
Georgia Woman Declared Best Farmer in the Southeast
Mrs. W. W. Monk of Sylvester Ga won the farming championship at the Southeastern Fair. She has received many congratulations and has applied scientific methods to crop production. Her success and her title as the souths best tainter are noted with pride.
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Georgia
W. W. Monk
Sylvester
Monk
South
Firemen Stage Big Show Today at Ponce de Leon Park
Today at 2 pm Atlanta firemen present Fighting the Flames, a benevolent association benefit at Ponce de Leon Park. The program features a football game Marist cadets versus Clarkesville Ninth District, boxing in front of the grandstand, and a Governor's Horse Guard display. Crowds expected to fill grandstands and nearby chairs.
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Atlanta
Firemen's Benevolent Association
Atlanta Baseball Park
Ponce de Leon
Aieginn
Marist College Cadeta
Agricultural School
Clarkesville
Marist
Governor's Horse Guard
Georgia
Two Trained Bears Parade Through Darktown Street
A pair of trained bears amble down Decatur Street as police, crowds, and a color line mix in the dramatic scene. Sambo Marshall watches the bears then flees toward a block, sparking a fast crowd dash. A negro preacher and officers chase after, while firemen prepare to rescue in a staged fire show with life saving gear and a big audience. Reserved seats for the event are selling at Eikin's Drug Store in Five Points.
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Darktown
Decatur Street
Sembo Marshall
Sambo
Babe
Recorder Johnson’s Court
Jonas Edggies
Bears
Atlant Department
Cody
Atlanta
Eikin
Atore
Doctor Justified by Coroner Jury in Letting Babe Die
Chicago November 19 coroner jury held Dr H J Haiselden morally and ethically justified in refusing to operate on infant John Bollinger who died from imperforate anus and multiple defects. The verdict states the physician’s highest duty is to relieve suffering and to save or prolong life. The jury cites the mother’s agreement and urges multiple surgeon consultations in doubtful cases.
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Chicago
Sianhysi
Lana
H. J. Haiselden
John Follinger
John T Golden
Mercy Hospital
Arthur Raskin
Loyal University
D. Howard Chissett
Hahnemann College
K Steele
Physicians and Surgeons’ College
University of 1Aois
Henry Lewis
Cook County Hospital
Ludwig Hektoen
Rush Medical College
University of Chicago
Halselden
Hasselden
Haiselden
Robertson
John Tait Robertson
Sparta
Coroter
John Bollinger
Allan J. Bollinger
Goroners
Pta
Gayman
Alvin J. Bollinger
Davis Run Down and Killed by Street Car
A man identified as J W Davis of Chattahoochee Georgia was struck and killed by a Georgia Railway and Power Co street car on the River line between Klondike and Peyton stations Friday afternoon. The accident near a trestle occurred after a train passed and create dark smoke obscuring the street car. Davis, about 55 to 65, could not hear the approaching car and the body was taken to Greenberg Bond undertakers while relatives were sought.
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J W Davis
Chattahoochee
Georgin Railway and Power Company
Klondike
Peyton Stations
Southern Railway
Lesing Davis
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Davis
Greenberg & Bond
Mothers Indorse Doctor In Bollinger Case At Georgia Show
Nine Atlanta officials and twelve mothers at the Georgia Better Babies show endorsed sustaining the Chicago doctor and mother in the Baby Bollinger death dispute. One official opposed, and one neutral, while several officials urged drastic measures against defectives. The article notes suffrage ties and ongoing debates on life, medical ethics, and state oversight.
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Hazelden
Bollinger
Chicago
Georgia
Taft Hall
South
Mire Jamuton Bleck
George M Miles
Atlanta
J. M. Shearer
Equal Suffrage Party
Jase" Hollinger
Hamilton Block
Hetter
Haiselden
Serbians Face Odds as Bulgars Said to Seize Monastir
London reports indicate Serbia and Greece facing Allied uncertainty as Bulgarians reportedly capture Monastir and push toward Kosovo, with Austro-German forces closing on Mitrovica-Pristina. debate grows over Serbian retreat into Montenegro or Albania while French forces repulse Bulgarian attacks near Strumitsa.
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London
Poston
Greece
Europe
Koxsovo
Turkey
Montenegro
Albania
Adriatic
Mitrovitza-Pristina
Monastiy
Albaois
Monastir
Abania
Strumitea
Parle
Paris
Strumitsa
Lusa Iiana
Weather Prophecy Fair and Colder
Forecast shows fair and colder conditions for Washington and Georgia through Saturday and Sunday. Expect lower temperatures, with a lighter rainfall deficit since the start of the month. Normal temperatures and past 24 hour rainfall are noted.
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Washington
Georgia
de Tee
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