Nunnally Candy Store Opens Handsome Birmingham Branch
Nunnally Candy opens a grand Birmingham branch on December 4 in a store described as one of the Souths handsomest. mahogany and marble finishings, giant mirrors, a 5000 daily soda fountain capacity, and about 150 employees. Candies will be produced at Atlanta and Birmingham plants, with Nunnally candles gaining popularity across the region.
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Nunnally Candy Store
Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
Nunnally
Ivy Street
Alabama
Captain Fred Ford To Lead Salvation Army Revival
Captain Fred Ford will head a Salvation Army revival this month as Major and Mrs. Berriman inaugurate the South divisional campaign for souls. A musical service opens Sunday night with the divisional song ter brigades, and meetings run from Tuesday night to the following Monday. Ford, once a notorious gambler in Cleveland, Ohio, is now a Salvation Army leader.
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Salvation Army
Berriman
Campaign For Souls
Ter Brigades
Fied Ord
Captain Ford
Cleveland
Ohio
DROWNS TO JOIN FATHER AT Coney Island
A Brooklyn girl, Miss Ethel Me Roberts, leaped into the sea at Coney Island and drowned, hoping the act would reunite her with her deceased father. She was the daughter of a wealthy family, living with her mother and brother, real estate broker William F. McRoberts. Her tragedy follows her father's death and her declared inconsolability.
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New York
Belef
Ethel Me, Roberts
Brooklyn
Coney Island
William F. McRoberts
Council Members Debate Higher City Pay
Councilmen split over proposed pay raise as the salary committee seeks to amend the city charter to allow councilors and aldermen to earn 900 per year instead of 300. The measure faces opposition and heated discussion ahead of the next council session, with broad interest from lawmakers and residents.
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Dr. Broughton
Council
Through Sleeping Car Line to Memphis Inaugural Run
Seaboard Air Line announces daily service from Union Depot with a dining car. The Georgian newspaper, billed as a top midafternoon paper, offers one month free with a five dollar minimum at Smith and Higgins in both stores.
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Union, Depot
Atlanta
Seaboard Air Line
South
Smith & Higgins
Divorce Mill Grinds Out Heavy Grist
Several divorces were granted in the superior court by Judge Pendleton on Friday morning. Only one was a second verdict, Maude Jones Farris got a second verdict of total divorce from Rosie A. Farris, plaintiff freed to marry again but defendant denied. Desertion was the charge. Other divorces granted were Emm L Farr from Joel Farr for habitual drunkenness and cruelty. Flaney Sahli from Prank G Sahli for habitual drunkenness and cruelty. E H Chavin from Mrs B L Chavid for cruelty. Petitioner said he was old and unable to defend himself. wife beat him with a stick and left him.
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Pendleton
Maude Jones Farris
Rosie A. Farris
Emm! L. Farr
Joel Farr
Flaney Sahil
G. Sahli
I Killed Him of Course Said Mrs Birdsong
Traziehurst Miss Nov 7 Angie Birdsong wife of Dr J F Birdsong and niece of Senator McLaurin faces murder charges in the shooting of Dr Thomas F Butler. Defense argues unwritten law and seeks to prove statements admitted were related to the defendant. Birdsong remains calm as testimony centers on the shooting and motive.
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Traziehurst
Miss
Angie Birdsong
J. F. Birdsong
United States
McLaurin
Thomas F. Butler
Butler
Birdsong
Ballard Bifocal Offers One-Frame Vision Solution
Walter Ballard Optical Company promotes bifocal glasses that combine reading and walking vision in a single frame. The ad touts the product as the most successful invisible bifocals and highlights their prescription department as the country’s most perfect system. Contact 61 Peachtreet.
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America
Walter Ballard Optical Company
Peachtreet
South Carolinians Smoke and Chat at Kimball House Event
The South Carolina Society hosts a smoker at the Kimball house on December 7 at 7 o clock with a large crowd expected. An later program includes speakers and attendees yet unnamed while Winston Churchill denies any candidacy for U S senator in a Concord New Hampshire statement.
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South Carolina Society
Kimball House
Winston Churchill
Concord
N. H
United States
Guides Love of Drink Keeps Miss Peck From Summit
New York December 7 Miss Annie Peck famed as Americas greatest mountain climber failed to reach the summit of Mount Huscaran in Peru 23000 feet up due to Peruvi an porters drinking her alcohol for cooking and their cowardice and laziness She previously climbed to about 18000 feet during two attempts and remained cheerful despite the setback after arriving from Peru via Colon aboard the steamship Trent ing Miss Peck plans to try again with more support.
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New York
Annie Peck
America
Mount Usn
Husacaran
Peru
Miss Peck
Trenting
Colon
Yankee woman rethinks race after southern visit
Misa Florence Fisher of The One Woman Company outlines changed views on Negro race, saying the issue is physical by nature and rooted in varied human development. She compares humanity to a house where different workers fulfill distinct roles, rejecting caste but noting expected hierarchies.
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Misa Florence Fisher
Ruth
One Woman” Company
Thomas Dixon
South
Miss Fisher
Divorce Bid Over Wife’s Conduct In England
William Berridge, suing in the superior court, seeks a total divorce alleging his wife, whom he married in England, treated him with great rudeness and incivility and frequently threw things at him, leading to her desertion. The filing frames the case as a legal action amid social debates on race and education, noting the broader context of white supremacy and unnatural social changes.
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England
William Berridge
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