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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1914
Page
4
A special purchase opens the new Men s Furnishings Section featuring fine new shirts priced at 69c from a $1 value line. Shirts include madras colors and various patterns with white options and neat stripes and dots. Main Floor Right displays these value shirts.
Stamped goods showcased today on the main floor center, featuring 29 to 75 cent items. Centerpieces Scarfs Pin Cushions and Pillow Tops in white cream and brown linen displayed as fresh, new merchandise for the first time.
Mir Edith Austin presents Pictorial Review Patterns on Tuesday Wednesday and Friday. She explains distinctive features that make these patterns superior to others. The Cutting and Construction Guides save time labor and material by showing how to lay out pieces and assemble garments. Main Floor Left.
Theatrical mogul Jake Wells and United Booking attorney Daniel Goodman lingered in Atlanta amid speculation about openings at the Grand and Lyric on Carnegie Way. Wells hinted the Lyric and Grand would reopen with high class attractions after the holidays, with policy shifts toward big film features and stock company acts. He denied details on ownership or boards and noted Forsyth theater plans while discussing wartime conditions and Atlanta’s strong patronage for better attractions.
A large funeral service for Charles Swift Northen, secretary of the state senate, drew hundreds of mourners from Atlanta and beyond to North Avenue Presbyterian Church Monday afternoon. Dr Richard Orme Finn led the service as expressions of deep grief were shared by attendees.
St Elmo Massengale hosts Atlanta Ad Men club meeting outlining proceeds for the December 3 carnival. Boxed seats go on sale for the ball, with schools possibly declaring a half holiday. Parade plans include Gov Horse Guards Atlanta Artillery Old Guard and 50 floats. Lindsey Hopkins named carnival king with 22 maids of honor and escorts, including prominent Atlanta society women and guests.
Southern railway passenger train No 6 bound for Jacksonville from Atlanta ran into an open switch near Jesup at about 6 PM. The engine overturned and blocked the track. Traffic will be blocked for twenty four hours. No one was injured.
The interment occurred at West View cemetery with pallbearers Hugh L Me eo Arnold Broyles Clark Howell Alex W. Smith Dr William Perrin Nicolson Hawara A. Barnes Dr FP Galhoun Charles Ryan and Samuel Burbank. Mr Northen died suddenly from acute indigestion at his residence 27 East Fifth Street early Sunday morning, shocking his family and friends.
The Silent Voice, adapted from Gouverneur Morris The Man Who Played God, delights Atlanta crowds with Otis Skinner leading a capable company. Skinner’s portrayal of Montgomery Starr moves from morbid misanthropy to hopeful faith, supported by Florence Fisher George Gaul and a strong ensemble. The show plays matinee today with concluding performances tonight and featured numbers by Homer Lind and Doris Wilson’s group Through the Looking Glass earns fresh applause while other acts entertain, including juggling and comic duo Buck Plolert Abbie Scofield.
Keith Vaudeville presents Wil Rawlings and Bila Von Kauffman in A Willing Worker a fast paced act about a man doing endless tasks with minimal sleep while Han Ping Chien performs Pekin Mysteries a standout puzzle routine featuring a day boy on stilts and a balancing youth The revue blends comic labor satire and skillful stunts with audience appeal as the Forsyth week program continues.
More than 100 Bigma Phi members gathered for the national conclave in Atlanta with Georgia Tech hosts guiding a sightseeing tour. Delegates include John C Grittin grand president New York City and other national officers from Muscogen Ohio Richmond Va Denver Urbana Ill and Williamstown W Va.
Hog and Hominy carnival will be explained Wednesday at the Ad Men club lunch at the Wine Coff hotel. Messrs Hicks and Imes of the central committee will outline the general proposition and chairmen of subcommittees will discuss the parade decorations queen maids of honor ball and sale of buttons.
John Shields, 20, a witness for the state in the Leo Frank case, was arrested early today at Whitehall and Alabama Streets on a charge of being drunk on the street. A Riverside, Cal woman who stole bushes from a private estate was ordered to take her sentence or restore the bushes. she chose restoration and planted fifty rose bushes along the estate road under court direction.
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