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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1916
Page
2
A Patoka Illinois woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and enabling a successful pregnancy after five years of marriage. The ad cites relief from displacements inflammation and other female troubles and touts the remedy's roots and herbs.
More than twenty bankers left Atlanta Sunday night for meetings of five Georgia Bankers associations groups in Douglas Dawson Fort Valley Cedartown and Winder starting Monday. Principal topics farm credits and better banking education by F S Etheridge and George B Allen.
An advertisement extols Mothers Friend as a safe effective aid for pregnant women. It claims it relieves pains, eases muscle strain, calms nerves and promotes restful nights. Readers are urged to obtain a free stork book by writing Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta.
At the Forsyth this week Willard presents a famed growing act from five to seven inches with Nellie V Nicholls and Maria Lo and her associates In Porce lair a elaborate act Cranberries by Everett S Ruskay plus Claudine and Schjlette banjo specialty and a clown seal novelty act rounds out the program
Irene Foote and Vernon Castle elope after meeting in New York. their life story forms the basis of the film presented today. The Georgian theater shows Marguerite Clark in Molly Make Believe with a strong Frohman studio cast and Whitney Lubner orchestra providing specially adapted music.
The crew of the detained German steamer Hohenfelderg drew federal scrutiny as investigators probe a plot to destroy Allied merchant ships by hiding fire bombs in cargoes. Authorities seek German consul involvement for arrests, per a Washington directive. In Raleigh, Walter R. Scheele of Hoboken was linked to the bomb plots after a two week prior visit, with a Newport paper bearing his name and address handed to a U.S. Marshal for handwriting comparison.
New Orleans hosts the closing session of the Southern Sociological Congress and opening of the Southern Conference for Education and Industry. Dr C C H Brough of Fayetteville Ark and Charles Zueblin of Boston deliver principal addresses urging education, white reform, and revised immigration policy. The conference, featuring eight allied bodies, runs through Thursday with William J Bryan slated to speak.
Mrs M S Morrison aged 74 died at 665 Highlands Avenue and is survived by one granddaughter Mrs Emily Layton To bey and two grandsons Frank Jones Margeson and Robert M Margeson. The body will be sent to Portsmouth NH. Charles Bolton aged 37 died at 41 Gaskill Street survived by mother two brothers three sisters and a niece. body at Harry G Pooles parlors. Emma Roquemore aged 58 died at residence 178 Whiteford survived by ten children. body sent today to Mansfield Ohio. Miss L J Smith aged 72 died in private hospital lived at 77 West Fourth Street aunt of L L Shivers. body at H Se Patterson parlors. Frank Reynolds aged 21 died at home on McDonough Road survived by parents six brothers and one sister. Meldon Freeman aged 5 months died at private hospital. George A Boyle aged 38 died at home 27 North Alexander Street survived by two sisters.
Milwaukee May 16 supports that George W Peck former Wisconsin governor from 1890 to 1895 and author of Peck n Bad Boy died here today. Born September 28 1842 in Henderson he moved to Wisconsin as a child and served in the Civil War. He founded The Representative LaCrosse Democrat and Peck's Sun before serving as Milwaukee mayor where his humor stories gained fame.
The charitable organizations of the city do not reach one half of the unfortunate colored people who are suffering and need aid, according to Professor Holmes. He points to gaps in assistance and calls for broader community support.
Professor B R Holmes delivering anniversary address for Central Star Benevolent Society at St Philip AME church urged aid for needy colored people. Rev R J Jefferson endorsed Holmes Institute work as churches and secret groups increase relief locally.
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