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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1908
Page
3
Widespread flood damages cut rail service across Fort Worth area. Bridges and tracks failed, trains halted, and connections from Paris to Denison disrupted. Waterworks damaged, city parks flooded, relief efforts organized by charities as recovery begins.
Thousands view the ships as four divisions boat into and anchor near San Pedro and Santa Monica. The Maine leads the fourth division while officers and crews prepare for five days of public welcomes, banquets, and ceremonies in Los Angeles and nearby harbors.
Advertisement letters claim Dr Miles Nervine eases rheumatic pain and nervous distress. A user says walking later improved, sharing a testimonial from Rockaway New Jersey and urging others to write for free advice. The misspelled copy cites Bibles Medical Co. and firms in Elkhart Indiana.
A distressed woman Geor gin Hayden and her three young children were brought to the police barracks after wandering Atlanta in search of her husband. She appeared dazed and incoherent, claiming to be from Dahlonega and claiming connections to local doctors. Police and officers showed sympathy as they cared for the family pending investigation to locate the husband and determine their status.
General Clifford L. Anderson and Major Dunwoody issue orders for Memorial Day in Atlanta. A large parade includes National Guard units, cadets, Confederate veterans, students, and civic groups marching from Dearborns and West Peachtree to Peachtree and East Paces. The order details staff appointments, divisions, formations, and the day’s schedule concluding with a review by Anderson and Dunwoody.
I J Whittemore, an optician of 67 Windsor, was attacked about 1:30 near Forsyth and Mittchell by an unknown Black assailant. The knife wound slashed his face and hands, possibly costing him an eye. He was taken to Grady Hospital and is reported resting.
John W. Burner killed Mrs. Hawthorne in New Orleans La today following an argument about an Italian suitor. Hawthorne's 4 year old daughter witnessed the shooting as the mother and Burner argued over romantic attentions.
A 22 year old white man from Carleton Ge was arrested late Saturday night by Policemen Shaw and Covington on a charge of being a suspicious character. The barn of J W Hubbard four miles from the city on the river line burned about 2:90 am yesterday causing about $1000 in losses. Incendiary suspicion rises from matches found about the scene. Dr Lamld of Danville Va preached to an annual revival at Central Presbyterian church with services ongoing through the week and expected large attendance.
Notices list multiple deaths including Mrs Bernard Callaway of 15 Gordon Street, a son Rolland at Western Electric, and Mrs Annie Burnett of 60 Whiteford Avenue Kirkwood. Other obits cite T L Strickland, Charles Parsons formerly of Norfolk, John N Ingraham, and Mrs J T Barber, with funerals at Poole’s chapel, Greenberg, Toad & Bloomfield, and interments in Hollywood and Westview. Dorothy Van Horne’s infant daughter of Monroe died at A W Jones’s Birmingham home with services in Birmingham and Griffin.
A boiler explosion at the Tipton tea plant in the Dance section of Tipton, Indiana, caused flying debris and damage but left engineer Charles Covert unharmed. Large machinery parts and timber shattered walls and roofs, with thousands of bricks falling around but no injuries reported.
The postmaster general urges congress to establish local parcel post on rural routes to wipe out the postal deficit. He notes 8,038 rural routes serving 15 million people could yield fifteen million dollars in annual parcel traffic, making rural free delivery self sustaining and aiding farmers and country merchants. March 1907 receipts show a 3.11 percent drop at large offices.
The Unitarian sermon at First Unitarian Church, by Rev. Alexander T. Bowart, argues that Christ’s resurrection was not a literal return to earthly flesh but a spiritual renewal beyond physical death. It contrasts Martha’s traditional view with Jesus and Paul, stressing belief in spiritual life over bodily resurrection and urging readers to seek inner vitality in faith.
The text argues that Christ’s resurrection reveals a spiritual law beyond natural death. Adam represents mortal life subject to change while Jesus embodies eternal spiritual energy. The lesson: Jesus is stronger than death, the soul rises to a higher state, and heaven is a world of spiritual life and power that begins here on earth. It ends with a prayer for divine openness to divine influence.
Dawson Ga April 19 special The Terrell county Joe Frown club was organized at an enthusiastic meeting in the courthouse. H A McNeal was elected president D Hatcher vice president and Thomas H Pickett secretary. An executive committee was appointed for each district with plans for a compact organization. Friends of Governor Smith are actively enrolling voters pledged to support Hoke Smith in the approaching primary.
Hartwell officials met Saturday to set the Hart county primary date for June 4 as the first primary nears. The committee also fixed June 11 for a possible second primary and adopted strong resolutions against candidate use of money or other value in campaigning.
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