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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1902
Page
3
A city charter session reviewed streets and sewers changes and proposed wider city limits beyond Peachtree. Committee favors extending wards to ten or twelve and shifting boards to mayoral appointment with confirmatory oversight as work continues.
Wilkes county residents seek an injunction to block a 13 per thousand tax for the new court house. B M Callaway and C A Alexander hired attorneys Wynne and Norman to file the petition in Wilkes superior court, arguing total taxes would reach 28.06 per thousand within Washington corporate limits and that the levy pressures voters to approve bonds. In other news, Rev B J Forrester is called as pastor to the Greenwood Baptist church.
A Independence Indiana woman reports homespun proof that stopping coffee and using Postum Food Coffee improved Cora, a nervous, constipated patient who nearly died from coffee. After trial, Cora slept better, ate well, and grew stronger. she later married and keeps coffee out. Battio Creek Michigan narrator cites multiple believers sharing similar results.
In a police matinee scene Pinkie Lyman faced a judge and a Darktown belle from Crooked Alley. The narration shows Pinkie fined $5.75 for cruelty to animate and criminal negligence with commentary on stepping on social norms and a threat of stockade for nonpayment.
A courthouse transcript recounts Parthenia Berry and Deacon Darwin Berry in a family feud sparked by a smashed Sunday hat. Parthy admits smashing the hat over alleged abuse while old Deacon Berry defends his actions. judge Briles orders a $10.75 fine for the incident. A separate case involves Artie Williams setting a dog’s tail on fire, with Recorder Broyles condemning the act as dangerous and unlawful and ordering thirty days in the stockade for a black dog with yellow spots tale.
State political chatter centers on prison commissioner Thomas Eason seeking reelection with strong friend endorsements and a letter campaign. Terrell and Nesbitt campaigns shape Georgia politics with speeches on taxation prohibition and state funding. Gainesville meetings draw large crowds as Terrell touts positions on education pensions and foreign capital.
At the Atlanta Athletic Club meeting at the temporary Edgewood avenue clubhouse officers for the ensuing year were nominated. President Burton Smith was renominated for reelection with no opposition, while other posts included Arnold Broyles as vice president and B S Dunlap as secretary. A new clubhouse contract with George B Hinman was ratified, costing 28060 and already underway.
London April 8 A J Balfour informed Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman in the house of commons that the government has no important information regarding the peace negotiations in Moutfi Attica after today’s cabinet meeting.
Small ad lists lawn and garden implements with prices for hoes spades rakes spading forks and trowels. Also offers Eureka steel range Good Luck steel range King steel range and King Bee stove with various prices and a rustproof cemetery vase at 25 cents.
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