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Newspaper
Atlanta Georgian
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1906
Page
2
An advert promotes two rental propositions near the city center. One requires $1,750 cash and promises high rent profits, claiming a 12 percent current return and a fair market value around $5,000. The note emphasizes quick action with a Saturday closing deadline.
This compact notice advertises multiple properties for sale and rent on western Heights and nearby avenues. Listings include five room cottages, sixty and twelve by eighteen foot lots, and a western avenue parcel. Prices range from 1 260 to 2 000 dollars with sewer and water connections noted.
A historical legal notice from Fulton County Georgia documents an application for amendment to the charter of Durham Hospital. The filing, dated 1906, notes stockholder approval and means of payment, with court confirmation by Clerk Arnold Broyles and official seal.
Inter state commerce commission publicizes complaints under the new railroad rate law. Several cases name Union Pacific, Louisville & Nashville, Mobile & Ohio and other lines. Grievances include demand for branch lines, improper hay penalties, prepaid consignments and higher livestock transport charges to Birmingham.
Report from Bedford City Virginia states the chief of police was murdered by a Black man. A posse with bloodhounds pursues the suspect through the mountains.
Special to The Georgian from Charlotte North Carolina August 31 The ses sions of the Young People s Union of the Associate Reformed church with representatives from several states closed last night after a two day session in Charlotte About 100 young men and women attended and several leading Reformed church figures spoke along with missionaries who gave addresses.
Mpecial to The Georgian Savannah Ga August 31 J J Garrity superintendent of the scavenger department and Plumbing Inspector McKenna swapped places yesterday Each resigned and Mayor Meyers invited the other to fill the vacancy Garrity had been suspended by Director of Public Works Gadeden on charges of loaning money to negroes in the department and charging 15 cents every two weeks for interest
Brunswick Ga Aug 31 The dredge Atlantic is to return next week to Nelson up their contract with the Brunswick Steamship Company. It will dredge on the waterfront for five more piers and fill seventy acres of marsh land along the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic railroad. It will also fill marsh land at the end of Newcastle street extending the thoroughfare toward the proposed power plants of the steamship and railroad interests.
Market notes from Atlanta list varied produce and provisions with per pound and bulk prices. Entries include potatoes sweet potatoes flour grain corn oats rice and items like lard and beans, reflecting a dense early 20th century wholesale market snapshot in Atlanta. prices quoted are subject to immediate acceptance and vary by grade and packaging.
Fragmentary stock and bond notes from 1910 reference Georgia markets and prices. The readable text mentions iron, wartime context, and financial terms tied to Georgia enterprises, with unclear names and figures lingering in the OCR.
The New York Sun reports a stock market marked by early strength and late weakness with heavy turnover. Traders expect mixed advances and note speculation about a Northern ore deal and a potential sale, while rates for time loans hold at six percent as the market pauses.
Special to The Georgian reports Bud Abernathy, a notorious fugitive, captured at Eilat Point Ga., as Charlotte police received word he had escaped again after a deputy left for East Point. The alert notes his notoriety and ongoing pursuit by authorities.
Special to The Georgian from Decatur Alabama reports a Republican convention of the Eighth Congressional district will be held in Decatur on Monday September 3. It is believed the Republicans will nominate Dr Masterson of Moulton Lawrence County for congress at the convention.
Sped to The Georgian. Decatur Ma Aug 31 A boy named William Bevilie says he is about 14 and lived with his mother in Sapd mounting Ka unese. He claims Bevole kidnapped him from his mother four years ago and abandoned him about three years ago, seeking help to reach his mother.
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