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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1915
Page
6
Journalists from many regions gathered as ten thousand children in Peoria public schools observed the hour of Fitch's funeral. Reed works from his pen reflected on the public memory and esteem shown today in Galva TL.
Bagwell Business College at 34 Luckie Street Avanta will award three life scholarships totaling 200 dollars during a week long Free Course in Shorthand starting September 13. First prize 100 dollars in bookkeeping shorthand and typewriting, second prize 50 dollars in shorthand and typewriting, third 50 dollars for best Night Class record.
From La Libertad El Salvador on September 7 a powerful quake hit San Salvador and Guatemala. Jutiapa near Guatemala City reported ruin and Santa Ana suffered casualties while churches in several towns collapsed. San Salvador had no deaths. Jutiapa is a key cattle and coffee trade center about 45 miles southeast of Guatemala City with roughly 12 000 people.
Albany Ga September 7 Specal definite announcement was made through the Albany Chamber of Commerce of securing a colony of thirty white families from I ll Nals for settlement on one of the finest farming tracts of Dougherty county during the coming winter The colony will come to Albany from Chicago Each family is an experienced farmer with capital to transport themselves and furnish初 initial land payments and sustains the fhs for a year The land will be divided into forty acre tracts with each family receiving a tract totaling about 2000 acres involved in the transaction.
Miss Maggie Mitchell testified in police court about being taken on a joy ride by a man who hired a taxi, left her with the bill and no identification. She cried as she described asking the driver for the man’s name and money, while the recorder said she had done nothing wrong and promised to help identify the youth if seen again.
W Blakey assumed duties as boys' work secretary at the local YMCA on Saturday. He arrives to bring new programs and ideas to the association, aiming to expand activity and youth engagement.
Mr Blakey, a renowned YMCA worker, plans to establish Atlanta as the southern headquarters for real boys’ work. He has served as boys’ work secretary in St Louis and Springfield Missouri, Chattanooga Tennessee, and Rock Hill.
The West Point public school opened yesterday in West Point Georgia with the largest enrollment in its history. The entire board of education attended along with many patrons. Several brief addresses were delivered honoring Professor W P Thomas for his service.
London reports the American consul says a man named Wolff, 21, born in New Jersey, was lost in the sinking of the Hesperian. British dispatches dispute submarine attack claims, with officials noting possible changes in U S policy on arming merchant ships amid submarine warfare tensions.
Lincoln Neb September 7 The National Farmers Union opened a convention in Lincoln to run through Friday to address farm economic problems. Delegates from thirty states representing about 3,000,000 members attended. President C S Barrett of Union City Georgia presided over three sessions. The keynote called for eliminating the middleman and connecting producer with the consumer.
The Win One association announces an amateur play to raise funds for two homes for its boys. A focal playhouse will host the upcoming production, with many new members joining and growing interest in the effort.
The Atlanta to Lake Toxaway sleeping car line will be shortened to Atlanta Asheville service triweekly on trains 3 and 35 starting with the last car from Atlanta on September 20. The Macon Waynesville car is cut, last car to depart Atlanta at 12 61 am CT on Tuesday the 14th. Trains 48 and 49 between Atlanta and Asheville are discontinued, final train from Atlanta on September 11. BEAM, Assistant General Passenger Agent.
Tom Connally embraces a new detective role by using scents to identify a mysterious note writer at the Atlanta National Bank Building. He trains to recognize high priced perfumes to track a woman with initial K, amid a quirky tale of a stone reversed in the Connally Building and a near hit by a car involving a chauffeur named Jap Baynes.
Geo Hutchins, a sales agent for the Columbus Power Company, was struck by a car in Columbus, Georgia, on September 7. The incident prompted a dispatch from local authorities and an investigation into the crash details.
The fragment lists several individuals likely associated with a historical council, board, or committee including Thos. J. Avery, Henry W. Davis, Thomas Egleston, Thos. K. Glenn, Edw. H. Inman, Frank M. Inman, and Robert 4. Lowry.
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