Seven playgrounds open for children in Atlanta season 1913
Seven of Atlanta's best equipped playgrounds opened on Monday for the 1913 season. Parks Director Joe Bean and Parks General Manager Dan Carey praised the new setups while noting two Negro playgrounds at Stoors and Gray's School yards. Open daily 8:30 to 11:30 am and 3:30 to 6:30 pm. Piedmont Lake bathing hours set to 11 am to 2:30 pm due to heat. In Memphis, Mrs Hunter C Raine prominent clubwoman dies suddenly of heart disease.
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Atlanta
Dan Carey
Joe Bean
Grant Park
Mims Park
Joyner Park
English Avenue
Pine Hill
Carey
Memphis
Tenn
Hunter C. Raine
South
Memphis Society
Wife Seeks Alimony From Count deGratresse
New York June 16 Countess Marie de Gratresse wife of civil engineer Count Joseph de Gratresse asked Supreme Court Justice Giegerich to reopen their divorce case and grant alimony. Her attorney alleges possible collusion on 15 dollar weekly payments to the Countess, while the Count’s lawyer denies any collusion. The Count sues Leon J Garcey of 261 Fifth Avenue for allegedly providing funds for the divorce proceedings. Garcey denies the charge.
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New York
Marie DeGratresse
Joseph Gratresse
Supreme Court
Giegerich
Leon J. Garcey
Fifth Avenue
Garcey
Rothschilds Push Oil War on Standard
In San Francisco on June 16, Rothschilds of England engage with Standard Oil in California after the Dutch steamer Kessler arrives with 3,000,000 gallons of gasoline. The Rothschilds dispatch top grade gasoline to the United States, the first of many shipments aimed at breaking Standard Oil's Pacific Coast grip.
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San Francisco
Rothschilds
England
Standard Oil Company
California
Kessler
Sumatra
United States
Pacific Coast
Petticoat Cops to Patrol Newport Beach This Summer
Newport Illinois June 16 two policewomen placed on duty at the beach by the Civic League. Their uniform is a blue blouse with brass buttons a blue skirt and a sailor straw hat. They will patrol the beach all summer and give special attention to women in need of aid.
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Newport
R. IL
Civic League
Sunday Schools Target Record Attendance Boost
Twenty Sunday schools began a campaign to smash attendance records next Sunday aiming for an average yearly rise of over 100 members per school. Total Sunday attendance across the churches in the exchange agreement was 6,690, about 334 per school, up from 5,057 last year or 252 per school. Two large picnics were planned this week, a joint Second Baptist and First Christian Sunday school outing at Grant Park. A piano recital at 405 South Pryor Street featured Miss Mabel D. McIver with violin by Miss McIver, Marie Carlton, and C. P. Agricola, awarding gold medals to six top improvers.
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Second Baptist
First Christian
Grant Park
Mabel D. McIver
Pryor Street
McIiver
Marie Carlton
C. P. Agricola
Turks Fear Plot to Replace Abdul Hamid Back on Throne
Constantinople June 16 commanders of the international fleet in the Golden Horn warned they would defend the city if there is an uprising. Further arrests linked to the assassination of Grand Vizier Mahmud Shevket Pasha. Young Turk advisers claim reactionaries seek Abdul Hamid's restoration. A guard is kept over the son of former Grand Vizier Kaimal Pasha, arrested Sunday.
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Atlanta
Constantinople
Golden Horn
Mahmud Shevket Pasha
Abdul Hamid
Kaimil Pasha
Tight Money Bites Egg And Butter Trade in New York
Money stringency lowers egg holdings in New York City by 350000 cases, about 30 dozen per case, from a year ago. Egg price limits fall from 5.50 to 4.50 per case as receivers struggle to obtain stock. Butter is hit harder with tubs priced down from 15 to 12 as banks curb lending.
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New York
New York City
Mrs Hearst Donates Hopi Idols to California Museum
Mrs Phoebe A Hearst presented an excellent collection of Hopi Indian idols to the University of California anthropological museum at Affiliated Colleges. Assistant Curator Gifford led a lecture on the Indian tepee with lantern slides before a large audience.
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San Francisco
University of California Anthropological Museum
Phoebe A. Hearst
Gifford
Georgia university closes year with speeches and senate changes
Athens Ga June 16 The University of Georgia held undergraduate exercises in the chapel after a large commencement. Speakers came from Athens Atlanta Augusta Dahlonega and Milledgeville. R C Wilson was advanced to assistant professor of pharmacy and Payne and Sallyer received one year leaves of absence. A proposed alumni hall dance was rejected. Law School space expanded and Wooster and Morris swapped rooms with left-overs. Demosthenian and Phi Kappa debate on Philippine independence concludes the day.
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Athens
W. N. Ainsworth
Macon
University of Georgia
Atlanta
Augusta
Dahlonega
Milledgeville
R. C. Wilson
W. O. Payne
M. Sallyer
General Board of Trustees
Law School
John E. Morris
T. J. Wooster
Peabody Hall
Wooster
British Polo Players To Challenge Again
NEW YORK June 16 It was expected the Duke of Westminster the leading English polo exponent will soon send a challenge to the Americans for another international match to be played next year or in 1915 The English are consoled by close scores last Tuesday five and a half to three and Saturday four and a half to four and a quarter A farewell dinner is planned before they sail this week English denounce the umpire in a Saturday game against the Americans claiming the referee acted unjustifiably and had no right to halt the match
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New York
Duke of Westminster
England
London
Queen of Belgians Ill at Sanitarium in Switzerland
Montraux Switzerland June 16 The Queen of the Belgians has been severely ill at Dr Widmer's Sanitarium here for two weeks Her condition forces cancellation of engagements for the fete at Ghent and other events starting June 22 and she may be confined for some time.
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Montraux
Switzerland
Widmer
Ghent
American Colony in Palestine Prospers
Boston report details Jesse A. Yantis visiting to study machinery likely for Jerusalem. The American colony in Palestine, moved to Jerusalem to live as they believe the Saviour would today, seeks industrial growth and development opportunities.
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Palestine
Boston
Jesse A. Yantis
Jerusalem
Woman Forest Guard Is Likely First For U S
SACRAMENTO CALIF June 16 Miss Hallie Daggett appointed forest guard in the Siskiyou reserve likely the first woman to hold that post in the country She was assigned to the Lookout post at Eddy's Gulch to watch for forest fires.
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Sacramento
Cal
Hallie Daggett
Siskiyou Reserve
Eddy’s Gulch
Pastor Uses Films As Agent For Good Sermon
CHICAGO June 16 Rev. Johnston Meyers pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church says moving pictures are a great influence for good and adds he is a regular patron of the movies in a sermon outlining the positive side of cinema.
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Chicago
Moving Pictures
Johnston Meyers
Immanuel Baptist Church
Meyers
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