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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1914
Page
13
A new ten room house on Tot 50x18 field overlooks the countryside. Built by a trusted builder with latest improvements. Jet and street speak for themselves showing strong value on this hill. Vacant lot next door 50x180 feet offered at 5900 on reasonable terms.
On Juniper Street near Eleventh, a new six room bungalow offers latest type with hardwood floors furnace heat and all conveniences. Assumes loan of 2500. balance may be financed to suitable purchaser.
Describes an unusually affordable home on West Fourteenth Street priced at 10,500. The lot measures 50 by 175 feet, elevated and shaded. The house includes all conveniences and promises reliable heating. Copy notes appeal to buyers seeking comfort on a desirable street.
Price six thousand dollars for a new six room bungalow on Thirteenth Street near Piedmont Park. It is an individual home not a stock house. Plans by esteemed architects Heute & Reed. Three bedrooms tile bath sleeping porch hardwood floors furnace heat. Terms negotiable.
On one of the north side streets near Ponce de Laon avenue a modern nine room house is offered at 11090 dollars. The lot is 504 by 160 feet with a porch furnace heat and cement basement. Expected profit of 4000 dollars. balance can be arranged to suit the purchaser.
Between Stewart avenue and West End on Broshane Elbert and Catherine streets a few splendid 50x200 foot lots with shade trees and conveniences. Fardine restrictions to protect the home. In a新增 residential park near a city park with two car lines, just fifteen minutes from town. Price 3900 to 4100.
Suburban lots at East Lake and Decatur line list 70 by 180 foot parcels priced around 309 with water service and sidewalks. Piedmont avenue plots 46 offer 67 by 200 foot lots priced from 11p to 190 per foot. The section is described as ideal for high class homes and apartments with shade trees and an outlook toward Piedmont Park.
Will sell or trade 213 PEEP on East Lake Drive for income property. Property sits 300 feet from South Decatur car line and runs through another sheet with depth of 350 feet. For subdivision purposes this cannot be bear. Price 18 dollars per foot.
A persuasive real estate pitch urges buying property in Atlanta citing war profits and cotton market optimism. It argues prices are low, values will rise with prosperity, and cashing in on rents remains steady while urging readers to stock cotton and discard pessimism to aid the region.
Washington dispatch reports Governor John M. Slaton and Thomas S. Felder filed final campaign expense statements. Slaton lists total expenses around 910,000 with 5,000 in contributions and advertising costs dominating. Felder spent 2,968.39 with 1,440 from friends and 571 to press costs for Kimball House HQ. The piece notes speculation on federal positions for Felder and mentions possible candidates and appointments.
Two masked robbers boarded a Grand Trunk passenger train from Milwaukee Junction to Detroit and shot two travelers, Cornelius Bozekerk and Joseph Seltzer, as they demanded valuables. Bozekerk was gravely wounded. Seltzer initially seemed hurt but soon was expected to recover. The robbery lasted two to three minutes and several passengers surrendered jewelry and money before the thieves fled with the loot. Police rounded up suspects within minutes.
The French ambassador in Washington thanks Madam Slifer for leading Atlanta Alliance Francaise fundraising for France and Belgium Red Cross. Donations totaling 29.65 were reported, with plans to transmit to the Red Cross via the Belgian minister. Names and sums from donors appear, tied to a public appeal under the alliance’s auspices.
J M Fig company enlarged and remodeled the Women’s cloak and suit department on the third floor increasing show rooms and doubling size. Dust-proof mahogany display cases enhance comfort as ready-to-wear stock expands. Buyer Mr Sellah spent August at eastern markets ensuring top quality dresses suits and long coat styles. The store invites Atlanta women and out of town shoppers to visit and see the new fashions ahead of autumn opening details to follow in The Constitution.
New York reports the Red Cross, formerly the Hamburg American Miner Hamburg, is ready to steam for Europe Monday carrying thirty three surgeons and 120 nurses for service with European armies. The list of surgeons has been revised to include only American born members. Notable names include Edward Egbert and Charles H Sanders. Special uniforms have been chosen for the party, with forest green attire for surgeons and gray dresses with blue caps for nurses.
City officials and businessmen will discuss the cotton situation and whether the Georgia prohibition law should be repealed at a Civic Forum session next Saturday at the Hotel Ansley. Notable speakers include George Bell Jr and Wm F Staton for the affirmative and ER Spence John Hart and others for the negative.
Special report from Washington covers proposed currency law changes to curb bank loans on warehouse receipts for cotton and grain. debate centers on raising loan percentages, potential inflation, and a plan to tax cotton acreage to fund notes for cotton purchases. A Texas governor query and southern state talks accompany Senate discussions with bankers and the Federal Reserve Board.
Charles Lester Hewatt, 11, son of Mr and Mrs C G Hewatt, was killed Saturday afternoon when his horse fell into a ditch in a pasture near their 1071 Highland Avenue home. The horse also died. Hewatt was found pinned beneath the animal about 5 PM after leaving home shortly after dinner. He is survived by his parents and three sisters Ethel Estelle and Loraine Hewatt.
United States revenue cutter Hear sails from Alaska to Wrangel Island to aid 22 castaways from last March’s Steffansson expedition after the Harluk was icebound north of Herald Island. Russian steamer Taimyr and King and Winge already work to rescue, while Corwin will depart Nome with Eskimos and sled gear. Captain Bartlett, aboard Ea, voices concern over delay and notes scarce food and hopes to reach Siberia.
A string of obituaries from Logansville Dalton and Lawrenceville announces Mae Greer J C Greer of Logansville Charles J Duncan Cora Hardy J Creer Lawrenceville Louise Randail Lewine 1 year Raymond Smith 4 months and Raymond Smith infant death notices include surviving relatives and funeral home details with bodies at Greenberg Bond Barclay Brandens and Poole chappels across Georgia cities.
Five members of a seventeen person Atlanta group stranded in Europe due to the war arrived at Terminal station at 1245 pm amid a crowd. Judge and Mrs John Pendleton and several others recounted that all their trunks stayed in Paris after leaving for Switzerland then Naples, finally returning to New York on the San Guiguilmo. The remaining party members include Mr and Mrs Charles Nunnally, Mr and Mrs George W Brine, Mr and Mrs E Kennedy, Miss Nell Prince, Miss Mary Robinson, Miss Lizbeth Bielck, Miss Susie Bathe and Angua Perkerson.
A contemporary official note assigns two allied formations as the army of Paris and the army of the northwest, signaling that most Allied forces are split between positions near Paris and Compiegne, with Verdun serving as a central pivot.
The Medical Research club of Atlanta has been organized at the University Club to stimulate original research, review medical subjects, and deepen study across medical science, meeting monthly. charter members include A. G DeLoach Thrash J D Manget A E Bunce TRB Beach OL Reynolds W Yankey and Lisa Sell Crenshaw.
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