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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1913
Page
3
Classifieds show numerous employment ads across stores offices barber trades sales agents and real estate with openings for skilled and unskilled workers including barbers, salesmen, agents, stenographers and cooks. Employers list locations in Atlanta Georgia and surrounding areas with pay quotes and training offers.
Classified listings show numerous labor and clerical openings in Atlanta and nearby areas. Advertisers seek stenographers, bookkeepers, salesmen, drivers, and government job seekers, with many offering training or guaranteed positions, and others inviting responses to box numbers in the Constitution.
Corrected by White Provision Company with figures for groceries and meats. The report lists red plums, bran, cheese, ginger ale, lard, coffee, and various canned goods with prices per unit, plus detailed grain and meat quotations. It includes Atlanta live stock market prices for steers, cows, heifers, bulls, and hogs by grade and weight, noting high prices for prime cattle and variable values for lower grades.
A gang of eight yeggmen dynamited the First State Bank of Dardanelle Arkansas causing a vault loot before fleeing after a gun battle with citizens. Sixteen charges exploded wrecking the bank and wounding one robber who escaped. Local bank officials aided by armed residents engaged in the confrontation. The exact take was described as several thousand dollars.
Washington October 1 Establishment of parcel post handling methods is to be tested at three experimental offices Baltimore Boston and Richmond to develop a standard process. Postmaster General surleson will issue instructions to ensure consistent handling across the department and prepare postmasters nationwide for peak season demands.
A fragmentary OCR style item presents disjointed phrases about cinders, helpful hints, and a warning to eschew gum. The text blends nonsensical lines with stray terms, offering little coherent narrative or identifiable individuals, places, or organizations.
A long column details real estate transfers in Atlanta including a sale near Proud and Alabama streets for 50090 and a possible move of the Abbott home to serve the University club. It lists numerous warranty deeds and transfers across blocks on Peachtree Avenue, Atlanta Cemetery property, and related parcels with dates from 1911 to 1932 and ownership changes to Continental Land Company, Meridian Life Insurance, and other entities.
Courteous operators familiar with rates and classifications offer help to craft and place want ads. They assist in shooting your ad to be most effective and remind users not to abuse the service. Accounts are opened by phone to accommodate timely payments and published schedules.
The page lists classified sections such as Auction Sales Automobiles Real Estate and Help Wanted with multiple subsections and a removal notice for Tully Stock Yards moving to 175 Peters Street near Leonard Street.
A collection of lost and found ads from Forsyth to Piedmont and Ansley hotels. Items include a blue pocketbook from Forsyth theater with money and papers, two dogs Bean and Queen near Medmont, a terrier on Woodward Avenue with a reward, and various hotel to hotel or avenue contact notices with rewards offered. Names include John Colquitt, William Wheeler, and residents of Ansley Hotel and Piedmont Avenue.
A garbled page of classified ads and endorsements features dentist promotions on Whitehall Street alongside health products, gluten bread, adoption notices, portrait services, and various service listings. Names such as Hank Guldgework appear with unrelated items, indicating a miscellany of 19th/early 20th century department store and professional notices in Atlanta.
Classifieds offer multiple help wanted notices in Atlanta addressing stenographers bookkeepers and office staff. Positions seek experienced women and married couples, with references, ranging from filing to dining room management, with weekly wages and relocation openness. Also lists schools and courses in millinery art, Spanish lessons, and music conservatory. several ads include contact addresses on Constitution Avenue.
American Writing Machine Co offers rebuilt typewriters from 324 to 37a at 6 and up per month with rentals starting at 1.07 to 2.65 per month. Located at 8 North Pryor Street, Main 2526. Also promotes South region first class machines including Remington Monarch and Smith Premier. Auction and sales notices for broad street properties.
An aged newspaper ad for H G Hastings seeds and seeds and poultry supplies, listing lawn seed mixes, bulbs, garden items, and bird feed. Includes outdated pricing and contact references, noting Evergreen Lawn mixture and Bermuda grass, with a broad catalog of farm and household goods.
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