Committee Week at City Hall Drives City Infrastructure Talks
City Hall hosts a full week of committee meetings from Monday to Saturday. The street committee plans Friday afternoon sessions to review wood block paving for Decatur Street and Madison Avenue, with an inspection by a chemistry expert invited by Mayor Madox and Mayor Pro Tem Huddleston alongside W P Heath of Pratt Laboratory. A favorable report on Biovha paving may push council action next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Cn Tiicage
Atlanta
Decatur Street
Madison Avenue
Madox
W. P. Heath
Pratt Laboratory
Council
Callan
Tay
Ho Welock
Board of Health
Amorous Resigns from City Council in Sixth Ward
Council member Amorous announces resignation from the sixth ward. He will remain chairman of the floor committee this year. A special election or general city election in December will decide a successor. Other named candidates include Key, Glass, Styron, and Stein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Age
Crime Age
Martin Formernns
Vounes
Floar
Pei Cars
Amorous
Oprobabie Mat
Coisas
Dav Wie
Siat
Mera Amorong
Dames Lo Key
Steve Glass
Ff Styron
Landscape artist Olmsted to inspect Atlanta parks
Olmsted ofimated Bros, famed landscape artists, will stay four days in Atlanta to study Piedmont park and prepare a final report on permanent improvements. Earlier he submitted a preliminary plan and a topographic survey was directed to him by Ohnosted Heus. He will also report on Grant park Mina park and others with General Manager Dan Carey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olmsted
Strocklyre
Che Sity
Piedmont Park
Atlanta
Olristed
Cortardel
Ohnosted
City
Qimsted
Grant Park
Mina Park
Dan Carey
Young White Man Attacked by Negro in Green Wilson
Dawson fa October 10 Spectator Lawson Metton son of R Metton was attacked at an early hour this morning in Green Wilson by a negro who has been placed in jail here. Metton was shot in the arm and his head face and neck severely bruised. When awoke Dr J H Lewis after he made the attack and told him that he had killed a young male man who had held him up. Dr Piet Norton took the negro to the jailhouse.
Arrest in Macon Murder Case Shocks Local Community
Special deputy Sheriff Walter Byrd arrested Walter Napier in Macon last night and placed him in the county jail charged with murder in the death of Walter Tharpe in Tybee. Two Negro women and a man were held at the scene, but Napier’s arrest awaited corroborating information before proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Sherif Walter Byrd
Walter Napier
Walter Tharpe
Tybee
Tharpe
Napier
Bridal Silver Wedding Ad Promotes Quality and Value
An advertisement extols Bridal Silver store offerings with emphasis on high quality, pristine design, and fair pricing. It highlights beauty, newness, and correct pricing to attract customers seeking wedding silver and related pieces.
Fruit Growers Convene Today in Georgia Meeting
Members of the Georgia Fruit Exchange and independent melon and cantaloupe growers gather in Atlanta to discuss reduced freight rates crate procurement and a three year exchange plan. President H C Augley urges attendance though many cannot join. key reports include San Jose scale control via a black fungus finding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta, Birmingham and
Atlantic
Georgia Fruit Exchange
Melon and Cantaloops Growers
Georgia
H. C. Uagley
Atlanta
Atlanta BC
San Jose
Weather forecast for Atenta Georgia remains cloudy
The forecast indicates partly steady conditions with moderate east winds across Atenta and adjacent Georgia regions. The day is expected to stay cloudy with no significant precipitation noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atenta
Vicinity
Georgia
Weather talk and a city country split in weekday chat
A winded weather anecdote from Washington highlights a Saturday report promising fair Sunday with no official thermometer reading. In Atlanta residents enjoy a pleasant Sabbath as the Gopher recalls a bet on town versus country in a humorous courtroom clash between husbands and wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tarth
Atlanta
Gopher
Arot
Cotton Seed Crushers Meet in Little Rock 1910 Convention
B F Taylor vice president of the Interstate Cotton Crushers Association announces dates for the 1910 convention to be held in Little Rock Arkansas on the second Wednesday through Friday in May An excursion to Hot Springs is planned Taylor will be named president at the meeting He has long promoted publicity for cotton seed products and is a familiar Atlanta guest of L A Ransom
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Taylor
Interstate Cotton Crushers’ S Association
Alhanta
Columbia
D. C
Little Rock
Ark
Alten
Hot Springs
Taylor
Ume Ha
Atlanta
L. A. Ransom
Call Mass Meeting for Greater Macon
Brown House Macon Ga October 10 Tomorrow evening at the city auditorium a mass meeting will advance the annexation of South Macon Western and Napier Heights. A petition will be prepared for the city council Tuesday evening and Judge Felton is to hear the matter before October 16. County commissioner A I Long and other citizens work to remove objections and secure proper court action for an election order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felton
Henry VIII revival and Warfield at the Atlanta theatres
Louis James headlines a season with Henry VIII at the Grand while David Warfield appears in The Man Who. The Lyric hosts Captain Clay Missouri with Higgin and a strong local vaudeville run features Four Bucka and Carteion Sisters. Orpheum opens with the Four Londons and the Neapolitans headlining a top local bill.
Atlanta Horses Show Season Ticket Sale Ends Tuesday
Tickets go on sale at the Auditorium Armory with two days left. Early buyers can secure five performances in the dress circle at 4 dollars, 2.50 for rest of dress circle, 1.50 for balcony. after sale closes single-seat prices drop to 1.25, 0.76, and free balcony. Event features include Young Ladies Rough Rider Drill and polo by Fifth U. S. Cavalry, dates October 21 and 22, 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Auditorium
Armory
Iifth
U. S. Calvary
Grand Opera Offer Top Choice for City Music
A subcommittee led by Col W L Peel will decide today whether to back a Metropolitan Grand Opera Company contract for five performances at the Auditorium Armory next spring with a guaranteed cost around 30 080 or pursue a cheaper music festival option. The plan includes stars like Caruso Fremstadt Scotti Bond and others with potential profits after expenses shared with the organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Grand Opera Company
Auditorium Armory
Atlanta Music Festival Association
W. L. Peel
Victor L. Smith
Andreas Dippel
R. 8. Wersels
Music Festival Association
The
Grand Opera
Caruso
Fremstadt
Scotti
Bond
Farrar
Atlanta
Businessmen plan Great White Way lighting project
Chamber of Commerce hosts a morning meeting with Ellis Street to Mitchell Street property owners and tenants along the Great Waste Way. They aim to fund street lighting with a city appropriation of 500 dollars during Automobile Week November 6 to 12. Local merchants support bright illumination as Atlanta expects tens of thousands of visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Ellis Street
Peachtree
Mitchell
Whitehall Street
Chris Masig
Avanta
Ellis and
Mitchel
Atlanta
Welcome for Samuel Gompers Parade Through Washington
Washington October 10 a large labor gathering will honor Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor on his home-coming. A mammoth parade starts at the Peace Monument and travels along Pennsylvania avenue to Fifteenth and G streets for a hotel veranda review, then proceeds up New York avenue to Convention Hall for a federation reception with speeches by District Commissioner Waat Commissioner Lane and Secretary Morrison of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Peace Monument
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fifteenth and
G Streets
Gompers
New York Avenue
Convention Hall
Thera
Hall of the Federation
John Mitchell
Waat
Lane
Moseley
Interstate Commerce Commission
Morrison
Miss Kearney Speaks at City Auditorium in Macon
Miss Fell Kearney, noted temperance worker, spoke at the Macon city auditorium to a large crowd during the state convention visit. She delivered a strong address and proved a charming speaker in the afternoon gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Kearney
Macon
Fell Kearney
City Auditorium
Greatest high class singing act in vaudeville
The Neapolitans a trio of grand opera stars Misa Marian Littlefield Francesco Manetta and Mise Rosalind Lowe will headline with Lew Hawkins in a new line of chatter and songs Imhoff Conn and Corinne present The Doings of Dr Louder Henry and Lisel agile dangers and Arabian tumblers Devlin and Ellwood perform The Girl from Yonkers Hilda Hawthorne comedienne singer ventriloquist and exclusive motion pictures close the show
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Opera
Stors
Misa Marian Littlefield
Savage English Grand Opera Company
Francesco Manetta
la Scala Grand Opera Company
Mise Rosalind Lowe
Sonrand
Lew Hawkins
Green
Imhoff
Conn
Corinne
Dr. Louder
Henry
Lisel
Devlin
Ellwood
Yonkers
Hilda Hawthorne
Comedienne
Auto Races Atlewen Tawa
fragmentary notice advertises auto races and a high power optical glass offer from Walter Ballard Optical Co at 75 Peachtrea Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlewen
Walter Ballard Optical Co
Peachtrea Street
Labor Men Meet at Tampa Today
Delegates arriving for the building trades department session of the American Federation of Labor in Tampa Florida. About seventy five delegates expected. General Secretary Frank Duffy President James Kirby and Secretary William J Spencer attend. Sessions begin tomorrow morning and run eight or ten days. Mayor Wing will welcome them for the city with the board of trade and city council taking part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Building Trades Department
American Federation of Labor Convention
Frank Duffy
The
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
James Kirby
William J. Spencer
Tampa Bay
Asia
Wing
Yampa
Board of Trade and City Council
Rector Nelms Declines Lynchburg Rectorship
Washington October 10 Rev Henning Nelms rector of the Church of the Ascension in this city announced from the pulpit that he would not accept the rectorship of the Episcopal church in Lynchburg Virginia recently offered to him No reason was given and the announcement was well received by the congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelms
Washington
Henning Nelms
Church of the Ascension
Episcopal Church
Lynchburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Opticians
J.C. Olmsted
Lawson Metton
Dawson
Mater & Berkele
Greater Macon
the Grand
Louis James
New York
Henry Will
Mr. James
Woolsey
Henry VIII
David Warfield
David Belasco
America
Misa Marie Bates
Hapatx
Mr. Warfield
Souston
David Higelis
Captain Clay Missouri
Vic
Higging
Lun
Me” Tate
Aouthwestern
Missouri
Captain Bob
Cornville
Melissa Benton
Bucka
Carteion
Major
Mae Smith
Harry Greene
van Harding
Orpheum
Neapolians
Marion Littlefield
Hirshburg
W. 5. Blitz
Atlanta Horse Show
Grand Opera Company
Samuel Gomp
Building Trades Department of American Federation
Electric Renovating CO
Rountree
Whitehall St
W. Z. Turner
Mgr
H. M. Lindenthal & Sons
Chicago
Bosten
J. E. Hunnicutt & CO
Peachtree Street
Pacific Coast
Southern, Pacific
Pullman
Washington, D. C
San Francisco
Southern Ry
West Point
Louisville & Nashville R. R
Southern Pacific
Louisiana
J. F. van Rensselaer
Candler Bldg
Peachtree St
Atlanta, Ga
Peters
Bell
Humphries St
Lss
Leaynham Lanta
Gate City Fence
Edgewood Age
Femre
Sundasa
WM. M. Bairo
Bouthsroad Street
Cor
Broad and
Alabama
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!