New Department Store to Rival Anything in the East
M. Rich & Bros Co plans a $100,000 department store in Atlanta to rival eastern shops. The building will feature a national four hundred cash register system with telephone links, fifteen registers, rapid cash or credit transactions, and lounges for employees. The store will have large safeties, skylights, heated vestibule, mahogany fittings, and multiple floors showing furniture, draperies, carpets, and home goods with a focus on comfort and efficiency for patrons and staff.
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M. Rich & Bi Co
Atlanta
Ellalte
M. Rich & Bros. Co
Atlanta Firm Plans 100000 Square Foot Store Expansion
Forty year old Rich firm to relocate to Hunter street annex adding private offices sewing rooms and advertising HQ on the second floor. New fourfold space totals 100000 square feet with $25000 in extra fixtures and a $100000 building cost. Opening targeted for mid January after June construction start. Atlanta spirit noted. Hotel Oglethorpe to be run by Harvey and Weed from January 1.
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Hunter Street
Advertising
Suit Department
Rich
Atlanta
Whitehall
Dan Rich
Pub Me
British cotton presses eyed to fix freight car limits
Washington December 20 H W Macalister chairman of the Lancashire cotton investigation committee arrived in the U S to press a plan for better baling of cotton He urges gin floor presses to densify bales to 35 pounds per cubic foot and standardize bale size so 100 bales fit a box car He notes weather exposure and warehouse storage as major costs and cites densities for East Indian and American cotton with modest cost rises for presses.
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Washington
H. W. Macalister
Lancashire
England
Macalister
Enen Ieee
Southern Cotton Association
J O U A M Banquet Promises Noted Speakers in Griffin
Griffin Ga December 20 The local J O U A M lodge will host a banquet on December 31 with several prominent speakers expected to attend. Members from the Atlanta lodge are anticipated to be present.
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Griffin
Atlanta Lodge
Wreck at Lawyers Is Cause of Suit
Washington December 20 Samuel Cox files suit against the Southern railway to recover 16000 for personal injuries from the wreck in which President Spencer was killed. Cox alleges the railroad was negligent and seeks compensation for damages from the accident that occurred days earlier.
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Washington
Samuel Cox
Southern Railway
Spencer
Deaene Vine Day
Holiday travel begins with rush at Atlanta terminals
Holiday crowds filled the Atlanta terminal and union depot all day Thursday as shoppers arrived for Christmas buys and headed home with bundles. Trains ran crowded with scarce seating, with one and one third fare plus 2 percent rents in effect on all Southern lines through January 7. Commercial men seek holiday time with families while railroad traffic was expected to ease after New Year’s Day.
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Atlanta
Union Depot
Itis Re Rhursda
Southern
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Mount Atry
Macon
Port ‘Alley
Cena
Board
Estern
NICK LONGWORTH MADE NO DEAL
Washington reports a rumor that Representative Nicholas Longworth would not seek a fourth term but Hamilton County Republican leaders deny any bargain with Longworth. Julius Pietschmann refutes the claim saying no foundation and no bargain existed with George B. Cox. Longworth must campaign normally for renomination.
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Washington
Ohio
Nicholas Longworth
Hamilton County
Buckeye
Congress
Julius Pietschmann
Cincinnati
Acws
Ertone Longworth
Aia
George B. Cox
Mr. Fleischmann
Longworth
Calhoun Street Program Showcases Eighth Grade Debating Society
The Calhoun School eighth grade hosts a December 21 program at 11 30 featuring declamation music and a debate. Students from multiple grades contribute songs recitations and a class dialogue as part of the annual Christmas meeting.
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Calhoun School
Hal Hulsey
Snook's Store Shoppers Mecca in Atlanta's Christmas Gift Glow
Thousands of shoppers flood Atlanta's business section seeking practical gifts with furniture as a top choice. P. H. Snook Furniture Co. showcases hundreds of home beautifying holiday articles at 56 North Broad Street, inviting customers to buy and have items laid aside.
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Atlanta
P. H. Snook Furniture Company
North Broad Street
Seaboard Air Line trains run daily to Augusta and Savannah
Rail service through Georgia lists daily trains except Sundays with arrivals near 5 a.m. at Savannah and Augusta. It notes geographic coverage from Nashvil l to Atlanta and Rome with connections to Navillas and Raleigh area. The Brook Company markets prices claimed to be unmatched elsewhere.
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Ravannah Jackroniclie
Rae md
Augusta
Seaboard Air Line
Ratli
Birmia
Bnook
West Suggests Date Change For Georgia Exposition
General A J West of the Georgia division United Confederate Veterans proposes altering the date for the Jamestown exposition. The notice notes potential adjustments and seeks committee input on moving events to a later day in June.
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West
Georgia
A. J. West
Georgia Division
United Confed
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M, Rich & Bros. CO
Brunswick
Harvey and
Weed
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Herald Square
Broadway
Zerepean Plus
Rowe
Parker
Bookle
Sweeney-Tierney Hotel Company
E. M. Tierney
English Cotton Investigation Committee
United States
British Cotton Association
the Central Bank
Empire Clothing Company
West Mitchell Street
Cox
Nick’ Longworth
Talla Annu
Williamson
Fort Valley
Columbus
Piacager
RAI
Washinton
New York
Balartanburg
Ae Herlotte
Kiehmond
Washington York
OGA
Am, Culavill
Jacksonville
Brunsw
Birmingham, Mi
Calhoun Street
Santa Claus
Mariane Cook
Dorothy High
Anderson Drake
Sean Et Murphy
Fred Elseman
Dean Paden
Harold Aronson
Waldo Staton
Edwin Herrington
John Boyd
Snook’s Store
MECCA
Bae Peat
Atlanteo
Nantelle
Rushdie
Nashville
Rome
Navillas
Nashvil Nashy
Tralas
Centifal
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