24 Apr 1912
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1912
Page
1
A matinee of the opera engagement features Farrar and Bella Alten remembered by friends Martin de Segurola Scotti and Reschiglian as most enthusiastic over the performance of Trovatore and Ballet of.
Tonight at four o'clock the opera Leongra in four acts and eight scenes is performed with a cast that includes Marie Rappora Azucemi Louise Homer Inez Emma Bornigegia Manrico Riccardo Martin Conte Di Guns Dinh Gilly Worrando Giulio Rossi Ruiz Vincenzo Reschignan Conductor Giuseppe Sturant Stawe Manager Jules Speck Chorus Master and Guillo Setti Technical Director. The program lists Act I scenes around the Palace Gardens and Gypsy Camp, Act II scenes in a Castellor Palace, Act IV exterior ruins, followed by the Baliat of the Hours ballet and orchestra.
The Metropolitan Grand Opera Company presented La Boheme yesterday afternoon, drawing strong audience emotion as the lovers’ story evoked tears while laughter surfaced during the Quartier Latin episodes. Spectators connected with the human warmth of the tale, feeling its truth beyond mere pageantry.
John Corrigan Jr argues Georgia faces a choice in the May 1 primary between Wilson and Bryan. The piece describes Bryan's plan to swing influence toward Clark at Baltimore and notes his stance on Underwood and tariff policy, framing Bryan as the power broker challenging Wilson's bid.
Railroads operating in South Carolina announce non inter changeable mileage books for intra state travel starting May 1 1012. Interchangeable mileage will no longer be accepted for journeys wholly within the state and a new 1000 mile book at 7 cents per mile will be issued by each railroad.
A dangerous counterfeit twenty dollar gold certificate has appeared in Atlanta since Monday with five or six bills in circulation. Banks and reading businesses on Whitehall Street and a Decatur firm have surrendered or passed the notes. The fake reproduces the 1906 Washington series with two listed numbers D-401526 and D-461527 and shows a poor portrait and dubious color tones.
Brooksville Florida April 23 a Brooksville High School class observing civil government entered the court as a fist fight erupted between State's Attorney Davis and State Senator Dayton who defended a Negro in the case spectators were told to step back by Judge Bullock amid tension as the grand jury had just praised local officials for order amid the incident.
In Sandyville Ohio on April 23 Wesley Olmistead aged 28 used dynamite in a suicide act. He placed a stick in his mouth and lit a match. his head was blown away and a two foot square hole opened in the floor. His seven month old baby lay on a nearby bed, slightly injured.
Local report notes not much change in temperature with fair conditions. Temperatures range with low and high values. mean and normal figures are given, alongside rainfall and month and year totals. The fragmentary data include several unreadable numbers but indicate typical meteorological measurements for the period.
Galveston reports forty seven American refugees from Vera Cruz aboard the Texas tell of brutal killings and kidnappings by bandits in Mexico. They describe families fleeing with little more than clothes and coins, and recount near-fatal beatings, loot, and property losses while seeking consular help in Mexico City.
New York April 22. White Star Line published a revised list of fifteen Titanic victims whose bodies have been recovered and said a total of seventy seven bodies had been found. The crew names identified include an assistant purser and a hospital attendant with several passenger names mislisted or misread in the earlier roster.
Dublin April 23. The nationalist convention under John B. Redmond passed a resolution expressing sorrow at the Titanic disaster. Delegates cheered as Redmond called the third home rule bill the most satisfactory measure ever offered in Ireland.
Police were kept busy as a search for missing youngsters unfolded at Grant Park and surrounding barracks. Officers answered inquiries from anxious mothers as the hunt continued through the afternoon, with reports naming Bradford Smith and Barton Cochran among the missing children.
Washington April 23 witnesses Frederick Fleet and Major Arthur Peuchen told a Senate investigating committee that binoculars would likely have let the Titanic lookout spot the iceberg in time to warn the bridge. They said the ship lacked glasses. a single glass could have helped. Peuchen criticized crew readiness and drills, as passengers recalled hearing cries of help during the sinking.
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