City records in danger in Atlante fire risk debate
Judge Kontz and city officials warn that Atlante's municipal records stored in a basement room of city hall are vulnerable to fire and collapse. They urge a fireproof record room and indexing to protect originals from 1885 onward while council weighs action in upcoming sessions.
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Atlante
B. J. Kontz
Kontz
Katz
City Hall
Judge Kontz
Comptroller
Irin
Pitt
Ernest C. Kontz
James L. Mayson
W. D. Greene
Greene
Campbell
W. J. Campbell
Council
Campbell d
Howell
Park Woodward
Unil
Courts Hear Multiple Personal Injury Suits in Georgia
W Hightower sues Georgian Railway and Electric for 5000 damages claiming injury when his buggy was struck on Hill Street. John Lankford sues Central of Georgia Railway for 5000 after being hurt on a spur track October 15. Joseph M Jett sues for 2500 after his hand was injured on a city-bound car. James Shannon sues Southern Railway for 1000 after injuring his left foot loading coal. Fulton county grand jury called for December 9 by Solicitor Charlie HNI. witnesses to be subpoenaed.
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W. . Hightower
Georgian Railway and Electric Company
Arquet Bo
Hightower
Hill Street
Fhir Street
Burton Smith
John Lankford Aumirs
Central of Georgia Railway Company
Plainlist
Lust
It Ds
Lankford
P, F. Smith
R. IT. O'Wesley
Joseph M. Jett
The
George Railway and Electric Company
Jett
Fair Grounds
P. I Smith
R. O'Kelley
James Shannon
Southern Railway Co
Shannon
Roland Alston
J. C. Bond
Bolicitor
Charlie Hni
Fulton County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
John Monaghan
Somerset Coal Wage Cut Rumor From Three Firms
Baltimore reports on December 1 that Somerset Coal Company W J Niver Coal Company and Merchants Coal Company plan a 16 cent per ton wage reduction for miners in the Myer s dale Pa region. The cut takes effect December 16 and involves over 2600 workers with expected follow-on from smaller operators. Local miners reportedly unaware. companies expect no protests. In Raleigh NC a new Agricultural and Mechanical college magazine will debut next week with main piece Does Warming Pay in North Carolina and letters from farmers who profited from the soil. Also Aniston Alabama reports a lost arm incident at a corn sheller near Oxford where Harrison Wright, colored, lost an arm near the shoulder while working for T A Howle.
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Somerset Coal Company
Baltimore
W. J. Niver Coal Company
Merchants' Coal Company
Myeradale
Raleigh
N. C
The
Agricultural and Mechanical College
North Carolina
Bank Clearings Show Decrease in Atlanta Week
The Atlanta Clearing House Association reported Saturday and weekly clearings lower than the same day and week last year. Officials hope monthly clearings rise to at least match last year, noting only September had a lower monthly record so far this year. The drop is linked to a weaker New York stock market, with yesterday’s clearings at 434,349.08 versus 510,179.60 a year ago. the week total was 2,586,900.04 against 2,63,254.05 last year.
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Atlanta Clearing House Association
Tnet
New York
Atlanta Clearing Bouse Association
Railway Notes Reflect Urban Noise Disrupting Rail Workers
Railroad men complain of constant noise from drays engines and steam, worsened by Belgium block pavement on Wall Street and Pryor street repairs. They anticipate asphalt paving to ease conditions as holiday traffic rises. Spur tracks cause losses when branches fail, while new lines promise easier market access as rock quarries spurt new tracks. T. R. M. Talcott in Atlanta hints at Atlanta and Birmingham short line work. colonists tickets to California and the West end for the season today with no cheap rates after.
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Sven
Wall Street
Belgium
Union Depot
Pryor Street
Rendinéga
Man
Isle of Man
Tondon
Helen Kellar
Justus Miles Ferman
All's Well that Ends Well Patient Endorses Blood Syrup
Walter J. Wooten of Nashville Tennessee reports long rheumatism relief after using Blood Syrup with joints improved and mobility restored. Free sample offered by Smith Blood Syrup Co. 32 Wall St.
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Walter J. Wooten
Nashville
Tenn
Smith Blood Syrup
Wall St
Florida Bound Express to Florida via Eastern Lines
Leon A. Bell reports a new Florida service set to start January 4, routing through Evansville Nashville Chattanooga Atlanta Macon Tifton Jacksonville and St Augustine. The "millionaires' limited" will feature entirely new equipment, electric lighting, and four giant Atlantic engines capable of 80 mph hauling twelve Pullmans.
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Florida
Chicago
St. Augustiine
Evaneville
Louisville
Nashville
Chattanooga
St. Louis
Atlanta
Central of Georgia
Jacksonville
Macon
Thomasville
Middle West
New York City
The Chrysanthemum as a Lesson in Life
A long decorative prose piece extols the chrysanthemum as emblem of Japan and beauty in flowers, contrasting its ornate display with deeper moral lessons. It considers how culture and care elevate a common weed into a royal bloom, urging virtue over show.
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Ita
Phan
Morkal Monitors
Uke
When It Was Dark and Other 1890s Books in London
London readers review Guy Thorne s novel When It Was Dark about a millionaire s plot to forge an inscription that would disprove Christ s divinity. The hoax triggers global moral collapse before truth saves Christianity. Also notes Herbert Spencer s illness, Hall Caine Island campaigns, and early Beaconsfield papers talk.
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London
Guy Thorne
Thorne
Palestine
Holy Land
Christ
Joseph of
Arimathaea
Jesus the Nazarene
Saylor
Hon
Herbert Spencer
Brighton
Alabama Masonic Grand Lodge Set to Convene in Montgomery
Megoris Meet in Montgomery Alabama November 29 reports that the grand lodge of Alabama Mid sens will convene in Montgomery on December 1. Attendees from Andlaton lodge include H G Earnest district lecturer Judge B W Tate worshipful master T L Graham secretary and F M Nixon junior warden Judge Tate also sits on the grand lodge committee on work.
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Megoris
Montgomery
Annisin
Ala
Spetetal
Grand Lodge of Alabama Midsens
H. G. Earnest
W. Tate
T.L. Graham
F. M. Nixon
Andlaton Lodge
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