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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1912
Page
52
The Countess repents as Lord Leigh pays his price. Pat meets his scheming friend in a refreshment place and clashes over a sweetheart. A salesman offers a projecto-opticon for the phone, proves successful, and Pat uses it to spy on his rival and find his lover false. He buys the device to watch developments, then exits with a card sharp trick revealing the betrayal.
London reports a plan to construct eight small fast cruisers for the British navy. Highly armed yet lightly armored, they aim for high speed and long range, potentially reshaping naval design. Experts debate the concept and its impact on battleship dominance and auxiliary roles.
The article notes a wedding involving Musical Comedy Beauty and a real estate dealer who taught her to swim. It references aerial military expansion and a royal exhibition by Salt Bush Bil at Buckingham Palace. It also discusses a 1899 treaty issue on British marriages in Japan and related consular registration changes.
The Woodward Avenue Baptist church dormitory relocates to 20 Connally Street for larger quarters to aid working girls in need of home and protection. The former site at 436 Woodward Avenue housed about fifteen residents. new quarters hold up to twenty seven with telephone contact 5708 B over the Atlanta line for superintendent access.
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission suspended rate hikes on cattle shipments from southeastern points to major markets including Kansas City and Chicago. The new rates, ranging from one to five cents per hundred pounds, are paused from April 25 to August, pending further action.
Benjamin Gaffney, a Brooklyn saloon keeper, driven mad by illness, shot and killed his seven week old baby, then fired at his wife and leapt from a second floor window in a suicide attempt. He survived, fate uncertain. Unmarried life praised at Caxton Hall exhibition in London with bachelor skills and rooms on display. London notes report increased police staffing and the Irish leadership of the political branch. A Barnet street musician seeks recognition as the Duke of Fife’s cousin and a claim to money.
In Haverstraw New York on April 20 a woman aboard her husband’s boat on the Hudson River was blown overboard in a sudden incident. Rescue efforts were underway as authorities investigated the cause and the safety measures on board.
A sailor is believed drowned after a strong gust of wind allegedly swept her from the upper deck into the water. Rescue efforts and an investigation are underway to determine exact circumstances.
New Orleans April 20 District attorney St Clair Adams disclosed sensational details in the Teutonia Bank and Trust looting investigation. Cashier W R Dunn A L Mazuretto and other minor officials were arrested as material witnesses and paroled. President Eugene F Buhler was rearrested on forgery charges and faced $50,000 bonds. Director J H Comila, already jailed, has resigned from the grand jury.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a prom judge and a phrase There a tae for everything but lacks coherent names, places, dates, or events. No clear action, outcome, or identifiable entities to summarize into a factual card.
The American Electric Railway Association leaders arrive in Atlanta Monday at 6:25 AM from Augusta. President Thomas N. McCarter of Newark and others from San Francisco New York Syracuse Boston Philadelphia join local officials for an auto tour luncheon at Piedmont Driving Club and a reception at Capital City Club before departing to Birmingham at 8:50 AM.
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