Atlanta Public Schools Close For Summer Vacation
Nearly 25,000 students in about thirty Atlanta schools end the year as 11 o clock doors open for summer. Superintendent W M Slaton notes enrollment at 24,065 up 1,094 from last year and predicts 27,000 next year amid rapid decade growth and ongoing overcrowding. An August 15 16 teacher examination will be held at Boys High. Washington and local applicants discussed. Atlanta says it needs teachers from across the United States.
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Atlanta
W. M Slaton
United States
Machine He Invented Kills Chicago Genius
John Lenik, a Chicago inventor who spent years perfecting a soil mixing device, was electrocuted at Pohl ycan Bros. & Co. florists when his machine, capable of doing the work of ten gardeners, was left powered on. The death ends a promising career and a likely fortune.
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Chicago
John Lenik
Pohlycan Bros. & Co
Lenik
Marist Cadets Prepare Minstrel Show at College
Company G of the Fifth Regiment known as the Marist Rifles plans a minstrel show at Marist College Half Friday June 13. The event will be directed by Captain E. R Schmidt with great preparations under way.
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Marist Rifles
Marist College
E. R Schmidt
Baccalaureate Sermon Set for Citadel Cadets
Charleston June 6 The Rev Dr W C Alexander of Nashville Tennessee will deliver the annual baccalaureate sermon before the Citadel cadets next Sunday. There are 38 graduates.
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W. C. Alexander
Nashville, Tonn
Citadel
City Life Section Promises Fresh Features Sunday
The Sunday American’s City Life section will be better than ever this Sunday with Matt, Jeff, Powers the cartoonist, and dozens of other contributors offering exclusive features and fun markers.
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Wonderful City Life
Sunday American
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Jeff
Powers
Georgia News In Brief Summary
In Savannah Herman C Shup trine announces a bid for the Legislature to fill the Stovall seat, with June 16 primary. Augusta witness D F Gauthier, key in the Kennedy murder case, is arrested for larceny after trust. Savannah dredge worker Frank Norton drowns. body not recovered. North Georgia College in Dahlonega closes its term. Macon dispute over a bulldog valued under ten dollars attracts over 100 witnesses. Dalton mass meeting on proposed new charter for a commission form government. Ringgold hosts a good roads convention on June 14 to form a highways club. Forsyth begins experimental mail delivery. Columbus bills propose 25 monthly pension for long-time teachers. Forsyth girl Inez Little injured by mower blades. Columbus farmer J F Ritch shows egg marked 10,000 and US. Columbus ordinance proposes $459,900 waterworks bonds. Augusta stock salesman Fred Averett to stand trial for alleged cheating with partner Doughty.
Buy Correctly Graded Diamonds Before Prices Advance
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The House of Our Fathers by Rev Dr John E White
Rev Dr John E White presents a splendid article in The Sunday American urging readers to engage with his piece The House of Our Fathers. The essay frames heritage, faith, and community, highlighting enduring values and moral guidance.
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John E. White
Sunday American
House of Our Fathers
Loyal Ex Slaves Seek Aid From State Officials
A Georgia delegation of 28 aged ex slaves petitioned the State Commissioner of Pensions seeking a pension or aid. They followed Confederate masters into the war and were discharged without support. Georgia law provides no provision for ex slaves, but lawmakers may consider relief bill in the coming session.
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Georgia
Confederate States of America
Judge Norwood Ex Senator Dies: In Savannah Dying at 83
Judge Thos M Norwood former United States Senator from Georgia and longtime Savannah City Court judge is dying at Harrock Hill his suburban home near Savannah Doctors say no hope for recovery after a stroke at eighty three He remains conscious only intermittently as his condition worsens in June in Savannah.
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Savannah
Thos. M. Norwood
United States
Georgia
Harrock Hill
Norwood
Birth of Atlanta Told by Pioneer Women
A Sunday American exclusive highlights the founding era through the voices of early women in Atlanta. The piece frames civic life, community bonds, and the challenges faced by settlers, weaving personal perspectives into the city’s unfolding history.
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Atlanta
Sunday American
Good Auto Roads to Warm Springs Georgia
Take a trip to Warm Springs and you will find one of the best roads in the State. Follow the Central of Georgia Railroad to Griffin and the Southern Railway to Warm Springs. The highway and railways are in sight of each other the entire distance. The 75 mile trip is ideal and a weekend stay at the Springs cannot be beaten. The rates are reasonable and the swimming the finest in the county.
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Warm Springs
Central of Georgia
Griffin
Southern Railway
Atlanta Fight Against Protected Vice Gains Ground
A stern indictment links liquor dealers and landlords to the ruin of many girls, urging readers to join a long battle in Atlanta. It praises Chief Beavers’ crackdown on houses of ill repute, notes ongoing corruption fears, and declares protected vice dead while warning against false morality claims.
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Grady Hospital
Atlanta
Beavers
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