Mayor Goes on Trial on Felony Charge
Indianapolis, September 6 Mayor Joseph E Bell of this city faces criminal court trial Tuesday on a charge of conspiring to commit felonies tied to the 1914 primary and election. Indicted June 22 with 145 others, eight have pleaded guilty. The 48 count indictment details plans to corrupt the May 4 1914 primary, using police to intimidate voters, pad poll books, and manipulate tally sheets. Bell is free on $10,000 bond and denies any relation to those who pleaded guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Joseph E. Bell
Thomas Taggart
Sammiel W. Perrgtt
Fiat
Tagwart
W. H. Eichborn
Bluffton
Ind
Walk
James A. Collins
Criminal Court
Edward T. Lyons
Donn M. Hoberts
Térra Haute
Leavenworth
Vaudeville Returns to Forsyth With New Acts
A cold gray audience filled the Forsyth pit for the second week of vaudeville under new management. Highlights included A Night With the Posts and Maurie Fitzgibbons, with Bert Pitzgibbons and Fannie Ford drawing steady applause. The Atlanta season continues Friday with When Dreams Come True at the Atlanta Theater, praised as a strong opening with Yarn Pruette and the dancing girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forsyth Theater
Maurie Fitstbons
Atlanta
Albert Perry
Orphant
Marke Fitsgibbons
Bert Pitzgibboens
Sue
Robert Service
Fannie Ford
Helen Leach Wallin
Ehita
South
New York
Chicago
The
Avanta
Mary Pickford at the Grand in Heme aida and Mortinain show
Mary Pickford, America's charming film idol, appears at the Grand in Heme aida. Robert Edesen, praised for his strong acting, stars in the Vie-15 feature Mortinain on Wednesday and Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ganane
Mary Pickford
Hemer
Aida
Paramount
Phioto
America
Robert Edesen
Judy Forgot at the Alpha theater a five act Broadway feature
At the Alpha theater today and tonight Judy Forgot a five act Broadway feature stars Marie Canal in a rollicking comedy about a woman who believes she is a mother of four after a railroad wreck Mame Cahill shines in the leading role Cordiat received praise as Mrs Bronk Pearson performed well in songs during the matinee and evening shows Bronk Pearson is noted as a popular singer and will perform My Little Dream Girl this afternoon and evening
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha
Judy Forgot
Marie Canal
Mame Cahill
Cordiat
Mra Bronk Pearson
Auapts
Mrs. Pearson
Infants Paralysis Epidemic Strikes Erie Pa
Erie health inspectors from the Rockefeller Institute are to aid the effort as six new cases bring the total to 44 since August 1. Children under 13 are barred from public amusements while the board of education contemplates school closures only if advised by health officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Rockefeller Instiute
Board of Education
Fine Regard Made by Police During Mayo's First Month
A rough 1914 Atlanta police brief reports Chief W M Mayo’s early actions after taking command. He lectured officers to curb frivolous arrests and enforce laws, resulting in fewer arrests for general charges and more for specific offenses. August saw leaner totals in lewd women, muffler cut outs, and speed violations, with screenings yielding more arrests for screen ordinance violations. Records show shifts across disorderly conduct and intoxication cases, reflecting stricter enforcement patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayo
Srreste
W. M. Mayo
Setemizer
Atlanta
Ithat’ Chase
Labor Day Speech Endorses Industrial Report Reform
Bloomington Illinois September 6 Labor day address by Secretary Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor supports the industrial relations commission staff report with strong calls for wage and social reforms. He warns that militarism harms civil authority and urges safeguarding workers while condemning child labor and unsafe conditions in mines and factories. He cites annual deaths and injuries among workers and argues for preparedness focused on social service and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Walek
America
Europe
Mly
Two Motorcycle Riders Killed In Collision
Mobile Alabama September 6. Two men riders of a motorcycle were killed when their bike crashed at high speed into an automobile. Four others on the motorcycle were hurt as a six car platoon followed. Victims named William Chenoweth and George Mason. Injured: Oscar Cordon skull fracture J Busbee slight injuries. All connected with a local motorcycle factory agency. The crash occurred six miles south of Mobile after a truck appeared from behind a wagon the rider avoided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
William Chenoweth
George Mason
Oscar Cordon
J. Busbee
Busbee
Sumter to Hire Farm Demonstrators in District
Sumter county commissioners accepted a plan with the national Department of Agriculture to employ a farm demonstrator for Sumter and parts of the third congressional district. The project funds include 600 from the federal government, 200 from the State College of Agriculture, and 800 plus 200 from Sumter and the Third District A and M college, totaling 1800 for salary. Appointments will be made soon, aiming to improve agricultural conditions in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americas
Spesial
Sumter
National Department of Agriculture
Sumter County
State College of Agriculture
Third District Agricultural and Mechanical College
Delivered bad shoes and gets 15 years
A military court sentenced shoe dealer Adolf Neuron to fifteen years at yard labor for delivering to a regiment footwear rejected elsewhere as not meeting military requirements. The verdict was reported via London from Vienna dated September 7, 1745.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
London
Eptember
Adolf Neuron
Atlanta Real Estate Moves Include Daytime Sales
L Harling of E L Harling Real Estate reports several property transfers in Atlanta. John W Chambers buys a 50 by 200 foot lot on East Lake Drive near DeKalb Ave for 1000 dollars in cash. Additional sales include a six room cottage on Park Avenue for 3220 dollars and an eight room two story on Glenn Street for 3500 dollars. Labor Day closes city offices and records rooms. The National Association of Business Owners and Managers holds its annual convention in Atlanta next week, with about 500 delegates expected. local officers G F Willinson, S M Horline, and Fred Shaefer prepare for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Harling
E. L. Harling
East Alabama Street
John W. Chambers
East Lake Drive
DeKalb Avenue
Mr. Harling
Will Ogletree
J. C. Jerome
Park Avenue
National Association of Butime Owners and Managers
Atlanta
United States
Willnson
Candie
M. Horlne
Grand Opera’ House
Fred Shaefer
Empire Life Bulldine
German Shell Explodes in London Parcel Post
London September 6 Major General Sir Desmond O Callahan former head of the ordnance committee and ordnance board and Captain E C Baker were injured when a German shell in a parcel post package exploded at the London headquarters. O Callahan lost two fingers and Baker was wounded in both arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Desmond O'Callahan
Ordnance Committee
Ordnance Board
E. C. Baker
O'Callahan
Baker
860 Buildings Wrecked on Cayman Brac Island
Mobile dated dispatch reports Cayman Brac in the Cayman Islands was nearly destroyed by last month’s hurricane. Only 14 buildings remain, one child killed, Mary Ryan injured by falling walls at Mary Ryan, granddaughter of Captain S. C. Hunter. Coconut industry crippled as trees felled and water rose, shoreline receded inland.
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Mobile
Ala
Cayman Brac
Cayman Group
Caribbean
Ynai
Stoke Bay
Cayman Bree
Mary Ryan
CG. Hunter
Charles E. Smith Dies at Home in Richmond
Charles Evelyn Smith of Virginia and Atlanta circles died suddenly at his Richmond home yesterday. Mrs. Smith had just returned from Philadelphia after visiting Thomas Egleston, ill in a German hospital there. She learned of his collapse and death on arrival. Mrs. Smith was formerly Miss Sue Brawley of Charleston and cousin to Beverly DuHaese and W. Memminger of Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Evelyn Smith
Virginia
Atlanta
Richmond
Alleged Murderer Saved from Lynchers in Maryland
Cambridge, Md September 6 Frank Grano accused of murdering three persons near Snow Hill was brought here late tonight and placed aboard the state steamer Governor Thomas bound for Baltimore to escape mob violence. One hundred twenty five men from Snow Hill arrived tonight at the Salisbury jail where Grano had spent a few hours after removal from the Snow Hill jail yesterday. A coil of rope was among the crowd. Jail officials showed the crowd and the party re entered the jail area then mob violence and the chase resumed.
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Cambridge
Frank Grano
Hill
Governor Thomas
Baltimore
Snow Hills
Salisbury
Grano
Snow Hill
I Wathe Siew
Classified Want Ads Cost and Help Wanted in Bristol
An old newspaper classified note outlines cost per line for local inserts and state wide ads. It promotes employment opportunities in grinding and machine departments at The News Departure Mfg Co Bristol Conn offering steady work for skilled machine operators plus assistance with wording ads and telephone billing options for subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ta & Tive
Progressive
Mfg. Co
Bristol
Conn
Help Wanted Classified Excerpts From Atlanta Ads
Diverse job notices list positions from drivers and hod carriers to choirmasters, clerks, stenographers, and sales clerks. Employers seek experienced collectors, office staff, waitresses, and route carriers. Contact details include World War era addresses and firm names, urging quick applications and outlining pay Weekly wages and hours.
Lost and Found column items of theft and return
A cluttered notice lists lost dogs and items including a Dixie dog at Fiost Lake found by Ida Ryan, a 1916 Ford roadster stolen on Ceargia license 4551 with reward, a Masonic emblem lost Monday with return contact, two setter puppies lost or stolen at Conley Ga with Horace Moore, various eyeglasses and a Hudson car crank misplaced. contact details and rewards requested.
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Dixie
Fiost Lake
Ida Ryan
Whitenal Street
Elamp Frost
J._W. Burney
Atlanta
Masonic
Peters Building
All Saints’ Church
Spring St
Horace Moore
Conley
Worrest Avenue
Jack
Ivy
cay __ward
Parsyth St
Georgia foreclosure notice and local ads blend in 1915 paper
An eclectic page lists a probate notice for Hijab Pinson estate in Bartow County with administrator M Moon, a maternity and adoption ad by Mrs. M T Mitchell, infant adoption, ads for a night isolation room, and a college style course column. Also educational ads for Campbell Outdoor School, shorthand classes, and a sinking fund mortgage proposal from Georgia Railway and Electric Company.
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Pinson
Bartow Counts
Georgia
M. Moon
Cartersville
M. ‘T. Mitchell
M. T. Mitchell
Windsor Airec
Hell
Peachires St
MHS
Campbell
West Peachtredb St
Kimball
Ivy
George C
George C. Leoney
St. Charles
Geo SpArk
D. Tourtel
Corinthian
Atlanta
Y Bayznenis
Slmpiex
East
Mitchell Street
Allenia
Mort Gage
Orst
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
Atlante
Otf
G. W. Brine
Ge. A
Help Wanted Offers Across Trades and Professions
Help wanted notices seek male workers across offices, trades, barbering, sales, and general agency roles. Positions include office help, barber college training with wages, high-class salesmen for national firms, and insurance agents. Navy recruitment and field canvassing roles also appear, with requirements and contact references.
Help Wanted Classified Ads From The Constitution
A jumble of situation wanted and help wanted notices from The Constitution includes traveling salesman, bookkeeper, stenographer, secretary, track foreman, engineer, machinist, auto mechanic, secretary stenographer, bank clerk, warehouseman, and farm manager positions. Many ads request interviews, references, and box numbers. varied ages from mid 30s to 46 plus single status and local Georgia towns noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Ivy
Atlanta
U. C
Box Hunt
Constitution
Can Furniuy
H-294
Care Constitution
North Georgia
B. B. Webb
Sacksonville
St. Louis Auto
S.J
Peachties
Tenye City
Clayton
Shellman
Randolph County
Carl Bains Eaon
Brown
Muthi
Call Main
Housekeeper sought by prominent southern family
Situation wanted notice from a refined daughter seeking job as housekeeper, matron, or companion. Includes pay terms of ten to sixteen cents and advance payment required. Respond to The Constitution office at 267 West Peachtree, Bell Ivy 1568.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Mvuet
Constitution Office
Ada
South
West Peachtree
Bell
Ivy
Numerous Help Wanted Notices in Early Atlanta Classifieds
A jumble of situation wanted ads and help requests from Atlanta in varying roles. entries include a female worker seeking employment with references, a trained nurse and mother offering home care, a young office assistant with stenography skills, a college graduate seeking office work, a housekeeper for a middle-aged family, another stenographer seeking a position, a hotel or hotel-like manager role, and governess or teaching bids. The Clearing House for the Unemployed at 611 Chamber of Commerce offers high-grade help for trades and professions with contact hours listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Hewkingwile
Vinta
Baldwin
Young Day
Nlso
Collees
Xoud Menographer
Amily
Indy Boe_Constitution
Piedmont Avenue
Evy
Chamber of Commerce
Ivy
Automobile listings from Maxwell and Overland era sales
Several vintage cars including Maxwell five pass 1972 price 275 and 1912 four pass 125. King 1912 four pass 250. E M F five pass 1910 four 175. Hudson five pass 1970 four 200. Studebaker seven pass 1914 six 625. Gisco Studebaker five pass four 600. Pullman four pass 1912 four 300. Overland pass 1911 four 250. Overland 1910 four 150. All can be bought cash or balance in equal monthly payments by responsible parties.
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Maxwell
King
Hudson
Studebaker
Car Trade Ads From Atlanta Automobile Exchange
A jumble of classified autos for sale and trade from the Atlanta Automobile Exchange. Listings include roadsters, Cadillacs, Buicks, Fords, and a Parker six-cylinder car with various prices and contact details. Also notes on trade for vacant lots, diamonds, or pianos, and requests for quick cash. Names and addresses embedded in the cluttered ad text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Automobile Exchange
Independent Motor Car Co
Atlanta
Automobile , Exchange
Peachtree St. Ivy
Constitution
Cole “Gi
Muse
Callac
North Pryorst
Hudson
P. O
Ivy
P.O
oneutuLion
Buick
Auburn
Dr. Wickins
Gordon
Cadillac
Mr. Watson
Piedmont Avenue
J. F. Tompkins
Winecoff Hotel
HLF
P.G
Automobile repair and painting ads from Atlanta firms
A collage of ad copy lists services by SURFS JOHN M SMITH CO and AUTO FINISHING CO in Atlanta. It includes repainting tops wheels springs axles radiator fenders tanks windshields and general auto repair with notes on open night service and home-visit work. Also mentions Hodsea built to order, Warlock Sheet Metal, ODOM BROS CO relocation, and Harley-Davidson motorcycles with price guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodsea
Auburn Avenue
Atlanta
Auto Finishing CO
Whitehall ST
West
Henderson
B. Foster
Mig. Co
Edgewood Avenu
Odom Bros.co
Ivy St Main
Auignea
Travis & Jones
Care Constitution
Haverty Furnipars Ad Promotes Credit Furniture Plan
Advertisement from The Constitution Want Ads for Haverty Furnipars Company selling home furniture. Encourages using credit to purchase with a main store at the corner of Auburn Avenue and Pryor Street.
Atlanta Biz Card Scatter Touts and Repairs
A garbled era of business card items lists services from contracting, hat cleaning, and monument works to moving services and stove repairs. Notable entries include Georgia Machinery Co 13 Peters St, Atlanta GA, and Bellie Isle Moving at 4 Luckie St with phone numbers, plus monument works at 405 East Hunter St and Oakland Cemetery entrances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerla
Beck
Atlanta
Bell
Eby
CROCKETT @annee
Elven Sromne
East Hunter ST
Edwin Tharper
Hinery
Georgia Machinery CO
Peters ST
Atlanta, GA
Belle Isle
For Sale Classified Blurt and Miscellaneous Items
A dense fragment set of classified sale notices lists for sale items including furniture car parts and clothing. It mentions prices for a oak buffet dining room set coffee table and bedroom suit and notes contact details in Atlanta Georgia with several ad-style lines and garbled entries. Names and addresses vary and include Peachtree Street Highland Avenue and Pryor Street references along with phone numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phanas
Atlanta
Bennett's
CANDY
E.pert
Qecar’ MeYere
Peachtree Mt
GALE
Newfly
McCalia
Nat Hank
Gerat
Bell
Highland Ave
Ste
Macthews A Co
Whitehall St
Ivy
L. Zia
Gerard
Thiers Vocal College
Baptist Tabernacle
Luckle Street
J. Daniel
Natl Bank
Andy Mig. Co
Fork Street
Leres Jowslera
Springer
S. Pryor St. Main
Cash Paid For School Books
Advertisements offer cash for used school books and household goods. Multiple buy offers advertise stock, furniture, and clothing purchases, with various addresses and contact notes. Some lines mention auctions, consignments, and wanted items like gasoline tanks and large hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mare
Tuesa
Win
Care United States
Atlanta
Central Auction Company
East Mitchell St
E.R Gibson
Auburn Avenue
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tom Taggart
Keith Vaudeville, Sae
Abbott and White
Martha Russell
Calhoun
Miss Russell
Billy Bouncer
Robert (Moran
Aub- Bonedsey
Bree
Lewe
U. S. Army of Navy
Mather
Penchts Rt
Hove
Cayman Island
Charles E. Smith
Burke
McGee St
Kansas City
Ego
Aory
Sidney Cooper
Mondey
Fridex
St. Philip's Cathedral
Hunter
Washington Streets
Austell
Apard
Adareming
Newchems
Selid
Ailger
Century Publishing Company
Syracusa
Syary Peace
Brontier
Oy Niagara
Balls N.Y
Care Conetitul
Crest Company
Atlantic City
W. A. Day Company
W. Mitchell SL
Peters Street
Stengghaph
Gerard Thiers
Voral College
Empire Building
Pouren Street
Mile Hitt
Grant Building
Ielizhia
Ivy Street
WE35
Agen Atianta
PRICE
Price Office
Gatesroom
Ehowas
Thoma x Thomas
Thopas
Thomas
Industrial Smp. Co
Suenovos and Trades
Mole Barber College
Unewie Street
G. O Brauning
Zhopa
Allena
Barber College
East Mitchell Sw
Anglesman
Rikbi
Maan
Ime
Ge Siter
Aussell
Eidorsed
Tyielding Muniineers
NAVY
Lane
Portofice
Perlsen
Constituae
TRAD
Siuation
Studebaker Corporation OF America
Peachtree St
Col. Harris St
Afotor Car Co
Auto Exchange
Hrogkhaven
Care
Cal
John M. Smith
Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Auburn Ave
Main
Ponder & Jones Contracting
North Pryor
Spear Ponder Till Jones
National Bindow Tte Co
Sane
WEA
Gavan's
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