White Way Fund Close Leads Atlanta Merchants Meeting
Thursday afternoon a meeting will report collections and outline the Great White Way project from Peachtree to Mitchell Street and Grady monument to Peachtree. Merchants and landlords on the corridor are urged to cooperate as funds are expected to suffice after Thursday morning collections. The Marietta Street merchants, along with building owners who rent property, plan to join and present proposals. The final 4 pm Chamber of Commerce session will close the initiative.
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Great White Way
Atlanta
Peachtree
Whitehall
Mitchell Street
Grady Monument
Peachtree Street
T Hi Brannen
Marietta
Tift County Exhibition Awards for Farm Products
In Tifton Georgia on October 13 the Tift County school boys competed in corn and cotton exhibits for cash prizes totaling 80 dollars in gold. First prizes earned 10 dollars, second 5, and thirds 2.50 in gold. Paul Bolton and Homer Bolton of Fender School and Lonnie Exum of Brookfield led cotton and corn events, with supplementary gifts of a one dollar bill and half-dollar pocket knives from officials and Colonel C. W. Fulwood.
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Tifton
Tift County School
Tift County Board of Education
Tift County
HD Fletcher
Chale School
Paul Bolton
Fender School
Homer Bolton
Fender
Lonnie Exum
Brookfield
Ihurn Long
Chula
Board of Education
CW Fulwood
Mission Board Meets at Savannah Home
Representatives from twenty eight states gather in Savannah for the opening session of the Women’s Board of Home Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Two hundred delegates are expected with Minas Helle Ho Bennett of Richmond among early arrivals. The keynote address will be delivered tomorrow night marking the convention’s start. Meanwhile about two thousand delegates and leaders from Protestant and Episcopal churches convene in the city for the twenty fourth annual Brotherhood of St Anna meeting, ongoing until October 17.
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Savannah
Womens Board of Home Missions
Methodist
Brotherhood of St
Major John M Burke Arrives in Atlanta for Shows
Major John M Burke, longtime head scout for the Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill combined shows, arrives in Atlanta ahead of performances on Wednesday the 20th. He is described as an Indian fighter, peacemaker, and public speaker known for his kind words and acts.
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John M. Burke
World At Large
Buffalo Bil- Pawnee Bill
Atlanta
Major praises Atlanta as hub for big shows and rides
The Major extols Atlanta as a magnet for major exhibitions including Horse Show, Automobile Week, and opera projects. He notes Cirque and circuses touring the South, highlighting Atlanta’s growing commercial stature and a prosperous Southern Metropolitanism amid touring acts from Buffalo Bill’s Wild West to Pawnee Bill and Barnum & Bailey.
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Atlanta
Europe
America
White Way
la Cirque
Floto Sells
Faye
Texas
Buffalo Bill
New York
Montreal
North Dakota
Flour Brand Ad Uses Provocative Triple Noun Acronym
A reader challenged by a seemingly wholesome flour advertisement discovered an ambiguity pointing to the Ku Klux Klan initials. The brief note notes concern over imagery provoking racial associations and prompts clarification in the ad’s messaging.
Paving Experts Inspect Blocks In Decatur Street Work
Two noted wood block paving experts, John E Moore of Robert W Hunt & Co and H C Innes of Cincinnati, arrived to assess Decatur street and Madison avenue blocks for compliance. Mayor Maddox and Alderman Frees Huddleston reviewed plans as W P Heath of Pratt Laboratory joined the inspection at Ft. McPherson. Creosote levels will be chemically analyzed after block samples are examined, with reports due this week for council review.
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Decatur Street
Madison Avenue
John E Moore
Robert W Hunt & Co
New York
London
Pittsburg
Montreal
H C Innes
Cinternnati
Maddox
Frees Huddleston
Council Street
Southern Wood Presserving Company
W P Heath
Pratt Laboratory
Ft. McPherson
Ecity
Street Committee
General Council
Tragedy near Hortonville ends in double tragedy
Appleton Wisconsin October 13 Miss Lucy Dietz aged 26 of Hortonville one of five children at the Dietz home attending their father’s funeral committed death by her own action early today after a brother found enough strychnine in the coffee pot to kill every member of the family It is believed Miss Dietz realized she had been trapped and took a dose of the poison The Diets estate valued at about $25000 involves all the children
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Appleton
Wis
Lucy Dietz
Hortonville
Dietz
Misa Deltz
Diets
Boy's playlight starts fire in coal house tragedy
A coal house and servant’s room behind Mrs W H Roberts at 17 Norcross Street West Find was nearly burned yesterday at 4 30 pm when Ernest Roberts struck a match in a confined coal storage area. A pile of excelsior caught fire and quickly engulfed the room before he escaped. The blaze was checked by the fire department with only furniture in the servant’s room damaged.
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W.H Roberts
Norcross Straet
West Find
Ernest
Farm Brings $25 000 Price For 750 Acre Oliver Farm Near Plains
Dr. B T Wise paid twenty five thousand dollars cash for the Oliver farm of seven hundred fifty acres near Plains Georgia. The property lies on an improved road and was described as desirable, securing the price in today’s sale.
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American, Ga
B T Wise
Oliver
Plains
Fire Sweeps Fitzgerald Business Block
A daytime blaze in Fitzgerald destroyed the Greer block including the Commercial hotel with 12600 loss, Smith's tailoring 2600, Mrs Alexander's millinery 2100, Young Warren meat market 2200. Two firemen injured seriously as roofs collapsed. a Negro suspect fled after an explosion of a gasoline stove. city telephones out of service due to burned main cable.
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Fitzgerald
Greer
Smith's
Mies Alexander
Young & Warren
Injury From Corn Shredder Amputates Arm in Barneaville
Barneaville Georgia on October 13 special reports farmer and businessman H Matthews lost his right arm in a corn shredder. Doctors Dre J Anderson G N Mitchell and J M Rogers attended him. Medical staff expect the patient will recover.
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Barneaville
H Matthews
Dre J. Anderson
G. N. Mitchell
J. M. Rogers
Baptist Meeting at East Macon Central City
Baptist delegates from about forty churches of the Rehoboth Association gather at East Macon Baptist church Macon Ga for the annual sessions opening services were held with Rev Leng delivering the Introductory sermon Clyde Turner of Tattnall Square preached the missionary sermon Rev A J Chaceves presides as moderator Rev J B Daniele serves as secretary The East Macon church hosts the event with notable hospitality and strong local representation promising a lively meeting
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J B Daniele
Macon
J P. Lea
East Mecon Shareh
Seasions
First Killing Frost Hits Tennessee and Alabama Crops
A killing frost swept the Tennessee and Alabama region with frost reported in Nashville on October 13 and Huntsville on October 15. Damage is expected to be minor in timing but may affect late cotton and other crops, with thin ice noted in parts of the area.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Nashville
Tenn
Huntsville
Ala
Fire in Americus Warehouse Narrowly Averted
A Cham-Diss warehouse fire was sparked by a match dropped by a pipe smoker in the sample room. A portion of the match fell into loose cotton and started a blaze but prompt work limited the damage to trifling extent.
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Americus
Two Meet Death Crossing Tracks in Douglasville Ga
Reports from Winston five miles west of Douglasville say J F Edge and wife, prominent county family members, were killed crossing a Southern railroad eastbound train Tuesday afternoon. Edge, about sixty, helped build the county and leaves four sons and three daughters. He did not hear the train and was struck as it passed. Funeral scheduled at Pray's march in the county.
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Douglasville
Winston
Here
J F. Edge
Southern Railroad
Edge
Highf
Pray‘s Mnarch
Ohio Brewers Association Concludes Two Days Meeting
Cincinnati Ohio October 13 the Ohio State Brewers Association closed a two days meeting after an executive board report declared the local option wave had reached its peak in Ohio and that prohibition influence in state and nation was receding.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Fta
Ohio State Brewer's Association
McLeod Found Guilty of Murder in Graham Case
Douglas Ge reports a jury found Will McLeod guilty of murdering Miss Mattie Graham. The verdict recommended imprisonment. Graham’s throat was cut and she lay near her home. the defense argued McLeod was weak minded.
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Douglas Ge
Will McLeod
Mattie Graham
Tfe
Misa Graham
Clemmency Plea Circulates for Morse in New York
A petition to President Taft seeks clemency for ex banker Charles W Morse. The document targets eastern businessmen and financiers amid Morse’s illness reported as lumbago after a Tombs confinement.
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Morse
New York
Taft
Charles W Morse
East Morea
Yeaterday Hiephyulclan
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