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Newspaper
Atlanta Georgian
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1906
Page
2
Classified real estate items list parcels and houses for sale on Peters Building, N Boulevard, Orme, Tennelle Street, Rankin Street, and Garden Street. Listings include 2 000, 1 750, 17 50 rent asks, and 5 room cottages with enclosed lots near Highland Avenue, East Avenue, and May Mills.
H C Pendleton Real Estate in Reston Georgia advertises twenty five acre crane site with fine improvements and a price near 1000 dollars. Also lists two cottages in Inman Park with six and seven rooms respectively.
An advertisement invites investment in Coca Cola stock at par value with a minimum $1000 commitment. The notice promises thorough investigation will prove interesting and requests interested parties to respond at a specified address.
Building permits granted for repairs and alterations on Washington Street and Wellborn Street. Transfers recorded for J W McDade to Mrs Allie G Isle, Charles E Adams to A O Agam, and Jacob Adler on corner Lyn and Clark. Deaths include William Gilmer in accident, Clarence Well at 18, infant deaths near 261 Spitzeret and H G Goldwaite 0, with notes on Gifford passing at 7% Broyles.
Fragmentary notice notes price controls and cash register sales with unclear provenance. The readable text references a balance or balance sheet and attempts to relate to a public or commercial transaction but lacks specifics.
Public notice advertises rental houses on River electric car line within twenty minutes of downtown. Offers first month free and two additional free months after a year, minimum nine months rent. Homes unoccupied, in a park setting with trees and oaks. ferro phosphate springs on site. Captain J T Millis shows homes. rent $20 per month. contact John J Woodside, 12 Auburn Avenue.
Fragmentary notice describes a vacant 8 room house near Williams Street School in a neighborhood with an elevated lot. Mentions non-resident ownership and a low price with partial cash payment. Also references vacant lots and business parcel in the area with unclear details.
Brand new groom cottage on lot 22 by 50 feet sits on Mills Street south side between Fowler and I with ash and water. Nice location near amenities. Rent 19 per month. Contact Auburn two phones 618.
A garbled OCR line mentions an inked entry and a pontoon scene with fragmentary wording about San and central areas. No clear people or organizations are legible to identify a full event or outcome. The readable bits hint at a maritime or river setting but lack concrete details.
At noon on Wednesday the Fulton County Executive committee closed its books and Hoke Smith paid $900 in a protested fee to Secretary Charles N. Allen. The payment followed a disputed process, with details sent to the secretary and recorded as a protest receipt.
An application from the Atlanta and Carolina Railway Construction Company seeks a franchise to build a single track electric railway within Atlanta city limits to DeKalb County and beyond. A special committee for investment reported consideration of the charter, noting proposed routes through Coyers to West Point and Franklin and pending charter actions.
Gr Cochran of Gainesville announces candidacy for door keeper of the next house by distributing photos on the back of which are his reasons. He has served as assistant door keeper and principal doorkeeper in 1905. He promises prompt attention to every visitor and pledges fair administration.
Sixty three counties show an aggregate gain of $12,500,000 to date in 1906. Larger counties have not all reported, but at the current rate the state total may reach $35,000,000 to $40,000,000 once all counties file. The governor and comptroller general will set the tax rate after full reports, expected by late August.
W B Jones dies at about 68 after two years ill at son A B Jones home. Interment at Northview cemetery with Methodist rites. Mrs S M Shiver, Abbeville DC, dies at Nashville hospital. She was wife of S M Shiver, a Seaboard engineer. Funeral of B F Bradley at New Wall cemetery in Washington GA. Bradley, 68, Confederate veteran and county pioneer.
At 1 am this morning Jimmy Wakely's saloon at Forty second Street and Sixth Avenue closed permanently after 31 years as a meeting place for townsmen gamblers and horseracing fans. A new high office building will occupy the site where the famed bar stood.
The fragmentary text recalls stories of ghosts seen by notable individuals. It mentions Byron's ghost seen by Sir Walter Scott after Byron's death, a British Army officer and Sir John Sherbrooke in America, Goethe claiming to meet his own ghost, and a reported phantom in the Amherst tale.
Private Leased Wire reports 2009 campers near Michigan City Indiana search for Wesley Martin of Dayton Ohio who disappeared after a raft accident with Clarence Hicks. The body of Hicks was recovered earlier and two men went overboard as rough seas swept them from the raft.
The report sketches a patchy forecast across multiple areas including Georgia Columbus Rome Atlanta and Huntsville with clear and pleasant spells in some towns and showers or partly cloudy spells in others. Warmer periods are noted in several locales with cooler periods possible in the far north and west regions.
Weather summary indicates a general trend of unsettled conditions with a few clear areas. A marked rise in barometric pressure is noted near several stations except in Dakota and western regions, with rain reported in parts of the Carolinas and Georgia and scattered showers in others. Conditions favor partly cloudy skies in many areas tonight with occasional showers in the east and south sectors. forecaster notes regional variability in pressure and precipitation. The report cites the Section Director and regional forecasters, including Meridian, Shaw, and Vicksburg, as sources.
Mixed market figures show a rough scene with prices noted as 6.9 and 3 percent, $5.00 to 7.00 ranges, and mentions of steers, tea, and Seale. The jumble suggests a local commodity market update with scattered names and values.
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