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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1910
Page
6
Georgia Tech reports record enrollment across its engineering, night, and summer schools with a total of 593 plus 1534 and 64 students. The average enrollment exceeds 700 while demand for graduates outpaces supply, forcing more students into responsible positions.
The National Association of Piano Dealers of America anticipates a record ninth annual convention in Richmond from May 16 to 21. Exhibitions will showcase piano manufacturers from the United States and beyond, with extensive floor space already reserved. Government entertainment, Marine Band concerts, and Chamber of Commerce hosting add to a three day event expected to attract 1500 to 1600 delegates.
A mailed order offer for Eclipse Catarrh Cure claims instant relief from catarrh and urges readers to send 25 cents for a trial package or one dollar for full treatment. Included is a testimonial from Mrs. A Kennedy of Habile Texas about hearing improvement and personal approval of the remedy. The ad provides pricing and a Chicago/Georgia manufacturing company notice.
One thousand one hundred displaced workers from a major American Tobacco Company facility walked out on March 31 seeking a half cent per pound raise for stemming. Officials note the protests grew disorderly and required police intervention in the tobacco district.
One of Charleston county chain gang convicts died from beri beri at the state penitentiary. An autopsy disclosed the disease as the cause. the prisoner named Bert Berg is identified among the twenty-one inmates in the chain gang.
On the order of Probate Judge Coffey the fifty thousand dollar estate of Joseph Friedman was transmitted to St Petersburg to be distributed among the poor of Lithuania Russia. Friedman, a wealthy merchant of this city, left the funds to aid the poor of his town.
Marie Corelli the navalist is seriously ill at her home Maron Croft Stratford on Avon. She is reported to be recovering from pneumonia and no new condition has raised further alarm.
New York March 31 nerve in cotton trade with early drops from Texas rain news, later partial recovery followed by renewed weakness as rumors claimed a settlement between bulls and a large spot interest. May futures fell to about 1484 and October to 1297, with spot prices in New Orleans quoted mixed amid heavy rains and drought relief signals.
New York March 31 The stock market today showed narrow limitations with traders moving between market sides and buyers and sellers quiet. Investors await Supreme Court actions and rail wage changes as sentiment wavers amid mining and crop worries. Bond activity remained uneven while money markets held steady ahead of further government reports.
Chicago news of March 31 notes crop damage reports from Kansas buoying the wheat market with May and new crop months showing strength despite mixed signals. Corn and oats weakened with cash selling, while provisions slipped. overall grain demand waned and receipts climbed at Chicago, Minneapolis and Duluth.
New York reports revised wide sheetings and a 5 percent price advance for spring 1911 cotton mills. Frost of the Loom may be advanced as orders rise while production curtailment grows. Coffee futures open dull with slight net gains in early trading. world visible supply expectations trigger liquidation and European selling after a day of mixed moves. Rio and Santos quotes and receipts from Brazil are noted, with spot market quiet and mild softness in Cordova values.
Raw sugar firm prices show Muscovado at 9 test and 386, centr ifugal at 6 test and 436, molasses sugar at 89 test and 3.51, refined steady at 495, Granulated 625 and powdered 635. Molasses steady in New Orleans with open kettle at J2 42.
London and Paris report weekly changes in reserves and deposits with notable shifts. Bank of England reserve declined while bullion and public deposits moved. Bank of France notes in circulation rose and treasury deposits fell amid regional financial activity.
In Frankfort Marek reports a landmark question on whether Kentucky's governor may legally reverse a stance. The piece recalls Governor Willson vetoing then recalling a pure food law change about oleomargarine branding and sale, with dispute over journal entry and official timing.
In Greenup Kentucky on March 21 a mistrial was declared in the case of Mrs Saran H Higewing aged 0 charged with hiring Fred Ferguson to kill railroad agent William Culberteen last July The jury disagreed and she will be retried in June when Ferguson also faces trial.
George W Griffin, a Black porter, was awarded 1000 damages in New York for false arrest and imprisonment against Daniel M Brady. The jury in the supreme court followed a ruling from a prior trial that color should not affect verdicts, with Justice McCall affirming that justice has no regard for race and urging a verdict based on the evidence.
An unsuccessful search for a runaway wife led a man to kill his young son then die by his own hand near Ferriston five miles south of London. Authorities report the man gave a name Hynar yesterday and said he was seeking the boy’s mother who accompanied him.
Notices show multiple divorce filings and court orders in Fulton County Georgia from 1910 to 1920. Documents name plaintiffs such as Arthur, Hutcheson, Gaines, and Dawson, with decrees to appear at May terms, dates in February and March, and clerkly attestations by Arnold Broyles and others. The scattered text includes construction bid ads and official secretary seals related to state matters.
Roberta Georgia March 31 Special Roberta has awakened to travel progress with two automobiles now in use Dr J L Johnson made the first purchase followed by Howard Bond of the telephone company and Thomas Barre of the manufacturer company plans to add another vehicle soon
The friends of Miss Mary May Wray and family are invited to attend her funeral this afternoon at from the residence on Glenwood Avenue with Rev Walter L. Lingle officiating. Interment will be at West View. Pallbearers should meet at Greenberg Bond Bloomfield at 1:50 PM.
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