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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1912
Page
9
The article warns 1912 will be remembered as extremely rainy with monthly deficits and surpluses. It notes 54 percent excess rainfall for the month and over .20 inches total in the period, threatening crops. Cotton lands submerged hinder planting, with full planting only after mid May if rains persist, implying large economic impact on farm incomes.
Macon Georgia March 31 Special Hon Walter Defore of Bibb county advocates a bill to prohibit sale or possession of pistols. He says the measure would require amending the constitution to remove the right to go armed and could even bar policemen from owning pistols, with city and county governments supplying them for service use only.
In Macon on March 31 a saloon keeper B F Whitehead shot cotton mill operator W Hill in a barber shop quarrel on Poplar Street Vine and Belle Vue avenues. Hill was wounded but not seriously. Whitehead hid in a nearby house, was challenged by police, and resisted with pistol and hammer. A man named Hinig bit Whitehead during the struggle. Whitehead jailed at hospital. The city reports a siege of shooting incidents including a woman fatally shot and a man killed after an altercation on a sister-in-law’s porch.
Seasonal lure inspires readers to explore easy Kodak products featured by Jno. 1 Moore & Sons at 42 North Broad Street. Prices start at 35.00 and staff offer demonstrations on simple use during early spring.
In Atlanta the final two registration days before the books close at midnight foresee a surge of voters. Officials expect Fulton county to surpass 15 000 registrants as many unregistered men over 21 rush to qualify for the 1912 primaries. After April 2 no name on the list can vote in any primary, including the May 1 presidential primary. Have you registered yet.
Waycross Georgia March 41 Special By the slenderest thread Mrs T O Bunting Jr who was shot by J M Miles near Waycross is clinging to life at Hingn Daughters hospital The bullet entered the left temple destroying the left eye will be removed tomorrow Miles body to Baxley for interment No official investigation has been ordered and Miles had shown odd behavior since last December
Vallosta Georgia moves to extend its city limits by two miles in every direction from the courthouse to include the site of a planned agricultural and normal college. Valdosta pledges sixty thousand dollars to the school, and officials expect about two thousand acres of new territory to be annexed, with little opposition anticipated.
The Passover feast, oldest Jewish festival, begins at sundown and lasts seven days for most, eight for Orthodox, seven for Reform. Known as Pesach or Festival of Unleavened Bread, it marks the Jews’ deliverance from Egypt with unleavened bread, the seder, and the Hagaddah storytelling.
The new painless dentistry equipment installed by Dr. A Constantine at his Peachtree and Decatur street office enhances service as the entire establishment is remodeled and refurnished. 14,000 Carpenters Strike. Chicago March 21 60,000 workers idle as 14,000 Chicago carpenters strike beginning at midnight in sympathy. Wage dispute with contractors over 65 vs 6214 cents ends prior scale at 60 cents. Minneapolis March 5 Thorpe of Minneapolis to preside over real estate division at Nashville session starting April 8.
Boston reports record maritime disaster toll with 121 lives lost and 85 vessels wrecked or damaged off the New England coast. Heavy storms and gales in November caused dozens more deaths and widespread destruction, including the Norwegian ship Antigua.
A strong appeal from C Me B Young to Atlanta readers stresses that parks and playgrounds require more money to equip and operate. He calls on City Council to boost support, notes the city values playgrounds, and outlines needs from bathing facilities at Piedmont Park to competent attendants and improved supervision to ensure safe, healthy youth activity.
The Constitution's circulation campaign distributes four grand prizes in two divisions covering city and outside areas. Division 1 in Atlanta includes Fulton and DeKalb counties. Division 2 covers outside districts. Large prizes include two Mitchell touring cars for Division 1, two for Division 2, plus nine Overland touring cars for district winners. Numerous secondary prizes follow, with voting ballots mailed upon remittance.
Mrs Verna Wilkes of Plattsburg Mississippi praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring her health and aiding a successful pregnancy and healthy baby after years of nervous exhaustion indigestion and female troubles She recalls suffering through a prior miscarriage and credits the remedy with changing their hopeful outlook for motherhood and family happiness
Proceedings start today in Moree as arguments resume in the Will case. Court officials expect new motions and possible rulings, with local interest high over the family dispute and potential legal implications.
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