Life story of Lincoln McConnell read Like a chapter from fiction
A lengthy profile by Vernon Stiles traces Lincoln McConnell from a Tennessee upbringing to late nineteenth century Atlanta. The piece details his early work in dressmaking instruction, the kitchen trade, police service, and a conversion that led to evangelism and eventual installation as pastor of the Baptist Tabernacle. It notes his detective past, marriage to Mamie White, and rise as a regional lecturer and preacher with ties to Atlanta, Oklahoma, Philadelphia, and Upson County.
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Len & Broughton
Hebert Stuart MacArthur
The
Worlds Baptist Alliance
Atlanta Police and Detective Department
Atlanta
Henry Durand
Old Depot
Hello
Divice
Ameri Dea
Bello
Aise
Ain
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Lincoln McConnell
Lana
Aid
Oklahoma
Philadelphia
Upson County
Lincoln McConnel
Pal
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Tabernacle
Tiincoln
McConnell
Huis
East Tennessee
Maryvlle College
Tennessee
Arthur Connally
Mamie White
Jo. White
Warren A. Candler
A.C Boatman
Wesles Memorial Methodist Church
MccConnell
Baptist Tabernacle
Elaborate Interior Decorations Planned for Auto Show
A statewide auto show at the auditorium will feature an electric blue and white color scheme with 25,000 yards of bunting. The hall will be draped with a giant lattice canopy eighty five feet high, southern wild smilax, and giant poppies, plus a 480 by twelve foot scenic under balcony display of Georgia’s mountains lakes and farms. The display includes blue panels with white columns, a pergola named Lovers Lane, and a summer garden feel throughout the lobby and Taft hall. More than a million feet of lattice and over 5,000 pounds of wild smilax will be used, with signs provided by the association to match the color scheme.
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California
Avenery
Georgia
Reed
Reed Oil" Company
Taft Hall
Welchence and Robertson Vie for Southern League Batting Honors
Welchence and Robertson lead tied for batting honors as today's Mobile game between the Gulls and the Pele will decide the Southern league pennant and the league batting champion. Welchence reportedly set a new season record with 183 hits, surpassing Huelsman’s 161 in 1901, as unofficial tallies place him at 183. The semifinal figures show Robertson close behind with 162.
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Marry Welchonee
Deve Robertson
Mobile
Gulls
Pele
Welchance
Uumser
Sita
Gema
Chattanoogs Om Gaturdey
Huelsman
Shreveport
Welcbonca
Townsend Inheritance Rumor Sparks City Letter Storm
Former Boston journalist Myron Townsend, now advertising manager in Detroit, becomes the center of a sensational tale about an inheritance from an Alsie Miles Townvend of Los Angeles. The piece notes townsfolk’s letters urging Townsend to marry by October 18 to secure the fortune, a false premise Townsend and editors struggle to correct while being besieged by curious suitors and gossip in Boston and Detroit.
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Myron Townsend
Boston
Timken
Detroit Axle Company
Detroit
Ansie
Miles Townvend
Los Angeles
Marshall, Mich
Adies
Seaboard Excursion to Birmingham September 22
Seaboard announces a Monday excursion to Birmingham on September 22 leaving Old Depot. Tickets are good for return by trains. adv. states two tickets available.
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Birming
Old Depot
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Maxwell Motor Company of Canada
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