Gay's Clothing House in Atlanta A Showpiece Storefront
One of Atlanta's most attractive business houses, Gay's Clothing House, has unveiled a new glass front with two large show windows. A.O. M. Gay built a steady, respected clothier from dry goods, expanding into clothing with cautious growth and strong customer trust. His stock is vast, elegant, and well priced, highlighting a prominent rise in Atlanta's retail scene.
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Atlanta
Gay
Mx Gay
Atlante
A.O. M. Gay
F. W. Hart
Hart
Georgia
Alabama
Carolinas
Tennessee
Broad Street
F. W. Hart & Son
F. W. Hart, Jr
K.D
W. Hart & Son
Gay's Clothing House Offers Latest Hats and Garments
The store displays new styles in hats and clothing, inviting customers to inspect the season’s latest trends and fashions at Gay's Clothing House.
Fuel Fagos and the Coal Supply Question
The Constitution questions coal sources and prices with J C Kimball. Georgia Alabama and Tennessee fields could supply the south for centuries. Best domestic grades are Montevallo and Coal Creek with Belmont and Glen Mary mines rising. Coal Creek currently the main supply. other mines may improve in a year or two.
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J. C. Kimball
Georgia
Alaama
Tennessee
Ohio River
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Otster
Belmont
Gordons
Glen Mary
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Themi
Montevallo
Higher Domestic Coal Prices Raise City Supply Costs
A vendor explains why domestic coal costs more than steam or manufacturers coal. He cites higher mining costs, freight surcharges, and transportation gaps as causes, and argues local substitution to anthracite can ease shortages. He notes prices and delivery areas, advertising his Alabama Street office and Marietta Street yard as sources for the best coal at low prices.
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Pennsylvania
Alabama Street
Marietta Street
Brock Brothers Tobacco Firm Gains Noted Atlanta Standing
A glowing profile of Brock Brothers, a young Atlanta tobacco house in Kimball House on Decatur Street. The firm built a strong wholesale and retail trade, with a full stock, low prices, and popular salesmen, earning broad local regard and expansion into new markets.
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Brock Brothers
Atlanta
Kimball House
Decatur Street
Messrs
Brock
Arew
Photographs by Atlanta Artist C W Motes
Atlanta photographer C W Motes showcases enlarged gallery facilities on Whitehall street after a New York trip and a national photographers’ association meeting. The studio boasts varied styles, superior finish, and a weather resilient craft, with children portraits and ornate displays highlighted for visitors from Atlanta and beyond.
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C W Motes
Georgia
South
Whitehall Street
New York
Potographers' Association of American
Mrotes
Apgbure-Grrd
Motes
Adair & Brother rise as Atlanta's trusted fertilizer house
A historical sketch celebrates Adair & Brother at 27 West Alabama street. From humble 1865 beginnings they built a durable wholesale firm with focus on fertilizers, cotton, and agents for Pacific Guano Company. The piece highlights founders A D Adair and G B Adair, their war service, Atlanta growth, and the firm’s expansion into doors and sash through F W Hart & Son.
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Adair & Brother
West Alabama Street
A. D. Adair
Whitehall Street
Adair
Forrest
G. B. Adair
Lee
Virginia
Messrs
Talladega
Atla
General Commission
Pacific Guano Company
America
Adair & Bro
One of the Finest Water-powers in Georgia
A historic property listing details 1 660 acres on Flint River with water power on both sides, a merchant mill, saw mill, machine shop, wool factory, dwelling, and improvements at Flat Shoals spanning Meriwether and Pike counties. Also notes 6000 acres in Bartow county at $9 per acre, touted as top Georgia iron lands with abundant pig iron production and mineral specimens displayed at the office.
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Flint River
Flat Shoals
Meriwether and
Pike Counies
Bartow
Georgia
The Finest Copper Mine in The State
A state geologist notes several gold and copper mines in northern Georgia. Highlights include Coosa gold mine with 80 pieces weighing 250 pennyweights and five other mines. Lot 9 cited as best in the county, and Lot 20 described as a long worked farm with 32 acres and 60 acres of cultivated land near Etowah River. Prices range from 1,500 to 3,600 dollars with farms near Atlanta offering 60–78 acres cultivated and multiple improved features.
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George Little
Atlaxra
Muay
Tsil—Lraneis Fontaine
Aungwer
Coosa
Thats
Cannatag Gopper
Sai
Mary
Ducktown
Dalton
Georgia
Rearby
Kingston
Bartow
Atlanta
Fiarrn
Wwe
Atrburn
Bae of Peers
Boshe
Schook Hym
Bite
Timed Riverfront Industrial Lands in Georgia For Sale
Southeastern Georgia timber land and riverfront properties in Worth and Columbus areas offered for sale. 1200 acres near Americus with water power potential. 12 foot shal and 26 feet fall shown. Riverfront fronts Chattahoochee with 1989 yards, 873 horsepower per foot. Entire river front priced at 30000. options to buy separate tracts. The Chattahoochee bore power approx 35552 HP. largest cotton mill in the south located at Columbus.
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Worth County
Georgia
Americus
Isabella
United States
Columbus
Lowell
Chattahoochee
Colmbus
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