Good Roads Veterans Asked to Hold Reunion
A call to Georgia Good Roads Congress veterans to reunite in Atlanta on November 10 recalls the 1899 Good Roads Congress held May 22-23 in Atlanta. Fred L White invites surviving members and lists many from the first congress, noting progress in Georgia highway efforts and urging renewed organized action.
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Good Roads
Ady Wuard
Good Roads Veterans
Good Roads Congress
Whites
Buckhead
Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce
Lon F Livingston
Conyears
W J Northen
Georgia
Tha
Ood Roads Club of
Good Roads Club
First Good Roads Organization
Fred L. White
Sprovident
Good Roads Club of
Two suits of clothes on catch of a turnip at noon
A whimsical event centers on the Fourth National Bank building at noon with jugglers Bedini & Arthur attempting to catch a large turnip dropped from the roof by Lilian Stow. Bets between Hugh Cardoza Lucien York and others hinge on whether Bedini can impale the turnip on a fork.
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Fourth National Bank
High Poon Tolay
Bedini
Bedini & Arthur
Orpheum
Lillian Stow
Hedini
Trish
Tilman
Hugh Cardoza
The
Lucien York
Rick
York
Cordova
Tapp rises to top in Colorado home
Colorado papers hail Colonel Tapp as a rising champion of the common people. Known for leading Caleb Powers defense, he has gained prominence at the Denver bar, taking offices in the Quincy Building and appearing in pending litigation across the state.
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Tapp
Colorado
Motonel
Sidney* Tapp
Colonel Tapps
Caleb Powers
Kentucky
Coronel Tapp
Quincy
Denver
Merritt to Hang on December 3 After Conviction
Rogers Merritt, a Black man convicted Tuesday of assaulting a 16 year old girl on Simpson Street in July, was sentenced to hang on December 3. His attorneys will seek a new trial, arguing alibi issues, though previous attempts failed.
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Rogers Merritt
Simpson Street
Merritt
Walter Ballard Optical Ad Promotes Invisible Bifocals
An advertisement from Walter Ballard Optical Co at clock sign 15 Peachtree Street touts invisible bifocals as superior with a claim to offer more high quality classes than any other house in the south and recommends only the best.
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South
Bert. Walter Ballard Optical Co
Peachtree Street
Goodwin Quits Race for Council
Thomas H Goodwin withdraws from the sixth ward council race citing insufficient time to campaign. Three candidates remain Wal ter E Dean I F Styron and Thomas Winn, with primary set for November 18 as the city committee arranges election details.
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Thomas H Goodwin
W Thomas Winn
Walter E Dean
I F Styron
Goodwin
Mr Goodwin
Weather Brings Sleep Weather Back To City
Ideal conditions continue with fair skies and slight warmth for at least 24 hours. Temperatures reached 70 yesterday, beating the day before, while a bank executive’s Sunday awakening at 11 o clock underscores the town’s brisk business pace and staying awake.
Night train to Birmingham via Seaboard sleeper limited
Sleeper service runs to Birmingham with departure tonight and arrival at 7:30 AM in Birmingham effective November 7. Train operated by Seaboard schedules indicate nighttime departure and morning arrival for travelers seeking overnight connectivity.
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Birmingham
Seaboard
Georgians to Attend Farm Land Congress in Chicago
Governor Brown named twenty five Georgians to attend the first session of the National Farm Land Congress in Chicago on November 16. The delegates include T J James of Adrian F M Smith of Lyon John W Andrewe of Moye M C Gay of Fort Gaines T B Ragan Hawkinsville T G Hudson Americus C S Hudson Hamilton A F P Persons Talbotton W L Peek Conyers C S Barrett Union City Martin Calvin Experiment J W Culpepper Fayetteville John O Wardell Cedartown S I Trimmer Chatsworth Gen James Mo Smith Smithsonta J oY Williams Hull A M Kitchens Baldwin Thomas JF Watson Thomson William Henderson Ocilla T F Newell Albany R E Spence Newton F J Merriam Atlanta George F Hunnibutt Atlanta Frank Sirmans Sirmans William Walden Spread
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Brown
Georgiana
National Farm Land Congress
Chicago
Georgia
T J James
Adrian
F M Smith
Lyon
John W Andrewe
Moye
M C Gay
Fort Gaines
T B Ragan
Hawkinsvile
G Hudson
Americus
S Hudson
Hamilton
Talbotton
L Peek
Conyers
S Barrett
Union City
Martin Calvin
Experiment
W Culpepper
Fayetteville
John O Wardell
Cedartown
I. Trimmer
Chatsworth
James Mo Smith
Smithsonta
J Oy Williams
Amorous to Move to Florida to Lead New Sawmill
Martin Amorous, noted Atlanta lumberman and sixth ward council member, plans relocation to Fivay Florida to run the Artpeka Company sawmill. He recently resigned from the council with January effective date, after securing sizable interests in the mill.
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Martin Amorous
Sixth Ward
Atlanta
Fivay Fla
Artpeka
Amorous
Mrs Harriman to Manage Estate Offices on Fifth Avenue
New York October 27 Mrs E H Harriman sole legatee for her husband estate is taking an active role in managing the fortune. She has leased a large suite on Fifth Avenue occupying almost the entire second floor with rooms for her lawyers and a sizeable clerical staff.
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Harriman
New York
E H Harriman
Aends
Fifth Avenue
Verdict awards $15000 damages in railroad case
After four days of evidence and argument a jury in Judge Willis division awarded John A Col lings of Florida fifteen thousand dollars against the Birmingham Belt Railroad of Birmingham Ala. Col lins sought twenty five thousand for injuries from a 1907 derailment while employed by the Seaboard Air Line Railway. The engine derailment allegedly occurred on the Birmingham Belt Line due to a defect in the track.
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Willis
Superior Court
Elite
John A Colins
Florida
Birmingham Belt Railroad
Birmingham
Collings
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Birmingham Belt Line
Bride 71 and Groom 76 Years Old Wed Quietly
Berkeley California October 27 A 71 year old widow Mrs Rebecca Walworth quietly wed San Francisco contractor Paul P Chamberlain 76 years old Evading her children and grandchildren the couple kept their plans secret to avoid opposition from Chamberlains family and others
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Berkeley
Cal
Rebecca Walworth
Paul P Chamberlain
San Francisco
Mra Chamberlains
Convicted Negro Hanged for Turner Murder at Fort Gaines
Syl Bynum, convicted of the murder of John Turner, was hanged in Fort Gaines on October 27. He confessed on the gallows to a midnight assassination, the execution carried out privately.
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Fort Gaines
Syl Bynum
John Turner
Bynum
Beardon Falls Leads To Secret Society Warning Scene
A damaged report notes a fall at Hay County AFL where Bynum was injured and died within minutes. Dra Wimbertoy and Crozier ruled the death, while Bynum warned Black residents to avoid secret societies. Ballards Bifocals is advertised by Welter Ballard Optical Co at 76 Peachtree Street.
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Hay County
Bynumag
Dra Wimbertoy
Crozier
Bynum
South Represented by Mrs Warren Boyd at Alumnae Convention
Notable women educators and delegates from across the country arrived in Cincinnati Ohio for the annual convention of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae Mia Warren Boyd of Atlanta a leader in the Southern Association of Colleges of Women attended among the prominent arrivals
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South
Warren Boyd
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Ohio
Association of Collegiate Alumnae
Mia Warren
M Boyd Atlanta
Southern Association of Colleges of Women
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American National Bank
Alabama and Broad Streets
Atlanta, GA
First Congress
Northen
G Whidby
George W Harrison
Oglesby
John T Glenn
Adair
H Hulsey
John B Gordon
Eva
Augusta
Cobb
Flake
Decatur
Whitfield County
Roberta
Hancock
Albert Winter
Thomasville
H Hodges
Houston
Revill
Meriwether
W Robertson
Habersham
M Newman
J Dylan
BB Gross
G McCall
A Jackson
H Morgan T Spurlock
LA Ponder
A Rouschenberg
A. F Pope
H P Farrow
Mallette
Thomas
J. S. Ellington
Dia
Maier & Berkele
Gopher
Farm Land Congress
Ely Meyer
M.C. Simon
Rochester
Cloud-Stanford Co
the Shop of Quality
Collins Vs. Railroad
Rountree’s
W. Z. Turner
Whitehall St
Turner
Ballard Optical Co
Eiseman Bros
Thed
Baltimore
Whitehall
Tlanta
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