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Newspaper
Atlanta Georgian
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1906
Page
2
West Atlanta Park offers new unoccupied 7 and 8 room houses fronting a 50 foot park with trees and flowers. First month free, nine months rent after year, two more months free at year end. features include a new church store and a $2,500 school house soon. Capt. J T Mills will show the homes. rent is 20 per month.
Anaconda Standard recounts a taming wolf that roamed streets and followed its master, guarding household safety and interacting with carriers and city dogs. After dramatic captures and escapes, the animal returned to the family at the Emery mine area, a faithful survivor amid dangerous events.
The Philadelphia Record recounts the brutal career of John William Hayes Simmons, aka Jack Hayes, a California frontier killer who left a trail of slain men from gold camps to New York. It traces his rise from beardless youth in 1849 to Wall Street notoriety, and his fatal confrontation with Peter Duryea over a settled debt.
A fragmented grocery page lists fruits and produce with varied prices. Items include onions, potatoes, cabbage, sweet potatoes, and diverse vegetables, plus sugar, lard, and meats with prices per unit and per pound. Source appears to be a historic Atlanta market ad with fluctuating quotes and placeholders.
Fragmentary stock notices from Georgia show bond and income figures tied to Central Railway of Georgia and Southwestern entries. Despite garbled OCR, references to Ist Income and 92 percent income hint at yields or dividends listed for local securities in Atlanta.
Fragmented OCR shows stock market notes with misreads about live stock rates and futures. Mentions cattle and mixed pace trading with unclear figures and dates. lacks coherent data, but signals ongoing market activity and price movements.
The New York Sun reports on an early week stock market shift with a rise in selling, the market withdrawing to find its level. Noting Harriman influence and public interest, the piece describes a period of price strength amid strong manipulation and renewed activity toward week’s end.
A violent encounter left two men grappling until both ankles were broken, one killed by a knife and jugular wound. A half drawn revolver was found nearby. Simmons faced trial yet was freed amid a strong self defense message and a long Tombs stay behind him. Duryea's rise follows his life with known horse drivers in Willimabore Long Island and later prominence.
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