Great White Way lighting plan eyed by Atlanta group
A committee met at the Coamtech Commerce yesterday to seek subscriptions for lighting the Great White Way area. Atlanta will gain thousands of brighter lights during Automobile Week. A 3000 candlepower lamp system at intervals, total cost around $2000, with city council already providing part. A Monday 11 o clock meeting will push the project forward.
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Coamtech
Elia Ty Mitchell
Brad Mithell
Fallowe
Atlanta
Forrest Adair
Wimpy
T H Brannen
Asa G Candler
Daniel
Ematem
E C Brown
H Essig
Fred Milew
Et Electrician
John & Murphy Bick
Alfriend
Jack Wilson
Grant
H Nunnally
John Aldradge
E Hunnicutt
John J Woodside
Young Charley Taft Taking Up Boxing
Boston reports that Charley Taft, youngest son of the president, is likely to take boxing lessons from Jimmy Walsh. The schedule and location remain unsettled, to be decided after the president finishes a swing around the country. Taft attends school in Connecticut. The matter was discussed in Washington shortly before Congress adjourned.
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Charley Taft
Jimmy Walsh
Jimmy
Charley
la Town
Connecticut
Washington
Mercer University Reception At Tattnall Square Baptist Church
In Macon Georgia this fall Mercer University faculty students and guests attended an annual reception at Tattnall Square Baptist Church. The church auditorium hosted several hundred attendees for an extended program of entertaining features with refreshments.
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Macon
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East Point Seeks Sewage Fight Over New System
East Point city halted use of its new sewer system after Judge Bell issued a restraining order on dumping near land owned by Dr Lyle J M Ragedale and Lyle Investment Company. Hearing scheduled for October 16. petition argues sewer outlets harm land value. Representing firms include Anderson Felder Rountree Wilson and Owens Johnson for petitioners. Humphries for East Point.
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Fast Point
Anderson
Felder Rountree & Wilson
Owens Johnson
Weather Outlook for Atlanta and Vicinity
Increasing cloudiness with unsettled conditions possible tonight for Atlanta and surrounding areas. Fair weather expected for another day, with a chill bite likely after the upcoming break in pleasant conditions. Friday morning low around 58, daytime temperatures near the mid 70s.
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Atlanta
Atlantax
Shoes in lunchbox prank at work shocks Mac
A man named Mac brings lunch daily, but one noon he unwrapped a surprising parcel. He lifted a portion to eat only to discover it was half of a pair of shoes being half soled. The incident left colleagues perplexed, wondering if the shoemaker planned a leg of poultry misstep.
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Mr. Mac
Life
Man Slaying District Stirs Town In Gashed Throat Incident
October scene as Dyerabure Tonn and Charles Robinson alleged to have confronted Charles Morris after a restaurant quarrel. Robinson reportedly urged Morris not to return, leading to a slash with a large pocket knife that nearly severed Morris’s throat. Robinson’s father Jaya and his son are described as drug-addicted and mentally unbalanced. Both youths are locally known.
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Charles Morris
Robinson
Morris
Bank Clearings in Big Figures Reach Record Week Total
The Atlanta Clearing House reports over 10,000,000 in the first five days of the current week with Saturday additions likely to push beyond 12,060,000. Daily clearings stayed above 2,000,000, with Friday at 2,119,929 and Thursday deposits across six banks reaching 2,381,065, marking strong growth since September 1. Atlanta’s status as a clearing center is expected to rise above the 26th position previously reported.
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Atlanta National
Fourth National
Third National
American National
Lowry National
Central Bank and Trust Corporation
Atlanta
Financelal
Red Hot Campaign Held at Louisville Townville
Gloomy citizens fear a November municipal election like 1900 with fraud claims and political upheaval. Mayor Paul Harth’s death era, a court ousted administration, and a 1907 GOP win loom in memory as Democrats push to regain control. arrests and tension over negro ward voting mark the 1903 campaign with two tickets and a large registration amid accusations of election interference.
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Paul Harth
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Louisville
Kentucky
Major Wo
Colston
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Central Police Station
A B & A TO RUN TRAINS INTO BIRMINGHAM ON OWN TRACKS
Atkinson, president of the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlanti railroad, announced trains will run into Birmingham on the line’s own tracks by April 1 next year. Construction starts now on the Bessemer to Birmingham segment, with grading complete from Pelham to Bessemer. The railroad currently operates to Pelham on the Louisville and Nashville line, and uses that track into Birmingham.
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HM Atkinson
Atlanta
Birmingham and Atlanti Railroad
Bessemer
Pelham Ala
Louisville and Nashville
Pelham
Berasemer
Reward Offered for Train Wreckers in Temple Texas
Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad offers a large reward for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for a passenger train wreck near Temple Texas on Wednesday. The company states the wreck was caused by a tampered switch, resulting in the death of one trainman and injuries to several others.
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Texas
Temple
Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Company
National League of Postmasters weighs fourth class repeal
In Syracuse the resolution committee urged discontinuing fourth class mail and moving it to third class, cutting merchandise postage to one cent an ounce. They backed reorganizing postal civil service, appointing third and fourth class postmasters to join civil service, supporting postal savings bank, parcel post, standardized white letter boxes, and keeping money orders. Chattanooga, Tennessee, hinted as next meeting location.
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National League of Postmasters
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Canada
Chattanooga, Tenn
Death in Berlin after assault on socialite Countess
In Berlin last night a murder followed by suicide occurred after Alfred Friedlander, a 23 year old clerk obsessed with Countess Augusta Von Strachwitz, shot and stabbed her then killed himself. The Countess, known for a scandalous life, had been married and divorced twice and lived as a social figure connected to her family era.
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Augusta von Strachwitz
Alfred Friedlander
Guenther von Strachwits
California Fig Syrup Co
Elbar
Senna
Auto Speedway Opens to Public Sunday for Big Races
The Auto Speedway near Hapeville will open to crowds Sunday ahead of next month’s big races. Visitors may enter grand stands and bleachers but must stay off the track and embankments to protect the surface. County police will direct crowds and signs warn against crossing onto the track. About 9,700 to 10,000 people attended last Sunday, signaling expected record turnout.
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Hapeville
Georgia Hallway and Electric Company
Mammoth Oval
Optical shop promotes affordable poggie eyewear
An ad from W. ter Ballard Optical on Peach Tree Street touts cheap Boggies that cause headaches after hours. It promises carefully selected eyewear and frames, warning buyers the wind or glare often reveals the poggie fault.
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W. Ter Ballard Optical
Peach Tre Street
Albany Welcomes Ships From Past to Present
Albany honors two milestones as the Half Moon and the Clermont voyage upriver with a parade of naval and civil craft. Governor Hughes and aides greet representatives of Henry Hudson and Robert Fulton, reflecting two centuries of exploration and steam navigation on the Hudson.
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Hudson
Fort Orange
Robert Fulton
Hughes
Robert S Oliver
Leonard Wood
Department of the Casat
Military Surgeons Close in Washington Meeting Ends
The eighteenth annual meeting of the military surgeons of the United States closed in Washington with papers read by C P Wertenbaker and G B Young of the public health and marine hospital service. Assistant Surgeon General Glennan opened the session and Surgeon General Wyman hosted a reception and luncheon before a Potomac excursion to the tomb of Washington aboard the revenue cutter Apache. A Harahan led party from Montgomery, Alabama, and J T Harahan, J F Hanson, and Central Georgia railway officials paused in the city en route on a four‑car private train.
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C P Wertenbaker
G B Young
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Glennan
United, States
Wyman
Potomac
Tomb of
United States
Revenue Cutter Apache
Army Officers Leave Bogota Chilean Officers Return Home
Chilean officers brought to Bogota to reorganize the Colombian army have given up their task and will depart. The government has refused to inaugurate a modern system of army supply and control.
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Bogota
Normal Carry-Over of Cotton Asserted by Reed
Henry S Reed editor of The Cotton Journal defends that cotton carry over was normal as of September 1 1909 with foreign stock increases. He cites Great Britain September 1909 277000 bales versus 202008 a year earlier and a continent increase of 69000 bales, enough to run English mills several days, while continental mills consumed about 110000 bales per week in August 1909.
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Great Britain
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