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Newspaper
Atlanta Georgian
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1906
Page
20
All dresses for children on sale with white lawn styles and lace details. Prices range from $1.00 for $1.50 dresses to $8.00 for $10.00 dresses, sizes 8 to 14 years, featuring Lawn and Batiste fabrics and embroidered accents.
Digging in sand or playing at home children will be more comfortable in cool serviceable rompers. Blue Chambray with red piping offer low or high neck, long or short sleeves, belt and pockets. Sizes 1 year, 75c. Cralls of blue Chambray 25c.
Typical misses shirt waists for 6 to 14 years in sheer white lawn with lace or embroidery yokes. Some feature embroidery bands and small tucks on the front. Prices range from 50 cents to 3 dollars and 50 cents in finer qualities and newer styles.
Lightweight mercerized petticoats suitable for summer wear. Described as silk like with full wide long silhouettes and deep twelve inch accordion pleated ruffles. Varieties include narrow ruffles with tucks or stitched bands in black brown blue and green priced at 1.19 each.
A 16 year old Pearl Matthews sobbed and begged to die rather than leave her mother in police court. Recorder Broyles ordered temporary placement in the Home for the Friend after her mother and the girl’s claims were reviewed, with a brother in Newberry named to care for her.
The Southeastern Passenger Association meeting announced two interchangeable books covering 30,000 miles. The books list major railways including Georgia Railroad and Atlantic Railroad, Norfolk Southern, Seaboard Air Line, and many more. The action unifies operations into one system next month.
Special to The Georgian Columbus Ga June 22 The cornerstone laying for the 50000 Secondary Industrial School will be held at Roche Hill at 6 PM with Masonic honors led by Grand Master Max Meyerhardt of Rome. Speakers include Governor Terrell G Gunby Jordin president of the school board and George Foster Peabody who donated 10000 to the building fund also Dr James B Russell dean of the Teachers College New York City.
Notes list relatives and friends visiting or returning here and elsewhere. C. is visiting relatives in Atlanta. William Armistead improving. A. W. Calhoun and Miss Harriet Calhoun at Wrightsville Beach. Mrs. Mitchell Horner back from New York and Baltimore. J. M. Ray guests of Cave Springs relatives. Mrs. Edward Van Winkle back from Norcross. Mrs. Dunbar visiting Mrs. W. D. Haast. B. Murray visiting Greensboro. Jennie Dargan improved and at Marlborough. A. McD. Wilson back from Asheville. Estelle Baker visiting Waynesville. W. H. Tayloe back in Washington. Marion Hull and Dr. Hull at Wrightsville.
A Private Leased Wire report from New York describes a troubled romance ending in tragedy. The fragment mentions a 40 year old polisher with a wife and five children, hinting at a fatal relationship dispute. The text is incomplete but implies a conflict leading to death.
Special to The Georgian Augusta Ga June 22 The Federation of Labor convention closes with new officers elected and next meeting set for Savannah Pisavarinnh chosen as next convention host Augusta named president Several minor resolutions adopted and officers listed including D Prunell J W Bird G W Lindsay M Alexander J T treasurer W C Puckett Jerome Jones C T Ladson D P O Connell E Puckett and others listed as delegates and executives
In Kings County Supreme Court Justice Maddux resumed the divorce case of Grace E. Lovett a Brooklyn real estate man. Witness Inez Courtney revealed death threats from anonymous letters aimed to stop her testimony. An address printed by Lovett’s wife tied to the letters was shown and Courtney contradicted a prior witness about the letter’s origin.
Thousands listened as speakers addressed the gathering, delivering remarks that included cautious language and unspecified statements about future actions. The event drew a broad audience, with attendees curious about outcomes and implications for the community.
Mrs Kate Miller dressed in her husband clothes and steered a carload of cattle toward Oraba while her husband chased a refugee train back to Denver. He lost all his takes and could not find work. a friend secured a vacant for Miller, who faced a tough desert journey. She also received an offer to go to Omaha guiding a cattle load.
A Spartanburg man suffered severe back and hip injuries after being crushed between a viaduct railing and a speeding electric car on South Forsyth Street. A park worker, George Hudson, hurt both feet when his left foot caught in a wheel, with recovery expected. Patton of Tennessee began a one year sentence after forging a money order for $60. Various legal notices include suits over postal issues and a DeKalb court restraining order. The General Assembly completed its session with Techal Creda elected representative and Bryant Gray losing one vote.
A garbled bulletin lists deaths in progress with names and ages, plus scattered property transfers and street addresses. It mentions W A Timms in Tifton, local street notes near Courtland and West Peachtree, and several parcels changing hands, with partial details and stray dates. The passage ends with an unrelated note about a London sale of English crowns from Forward VI to Victoria, including prices for James and Charles I crowns.
Josh Billings offers quirky weather views with subdivisions for heat and cool nights. Atlanta enjoys clear days and cool evenings as a trough of low pressure stretches from the upper lake region to Mexico with likely showers. Forecast calls for partly cloudy nights, possible showers Saturday, and temperatures around 80s to mid 80s, with cool nights persisting.
Special Cable. London: The Longworths end their London visit as they sail to Kiel to attend yacht races hosted by Kaiser Wilhelm. They expect to return for presentation to the King and Queen. Mrs Longworth says the visit has been cordial and enjoyable and both admire yachting and the forthcoming races. They plan to return to the United States early in August and praise America.
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