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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1915
Page
4
Rainfall for July showed a deficit of more than 1.60 inches after July 20, described as very unfavorable to vegetation due to bright sunshine and high temperatures. Through July 20 rainfall had been near normal with notable statistics, as released by the Weather Bureau directed by G. I. von Herrmann.
A Ringgold resident writes of recovering from pellagra after using a remedy from American Compounding Co. The letter touts improved health, weight gain, and gratitude, urging others to request a free book on Pellagra and contact Box 2003 Jasper Alabama. The ad promises money refunds if the remedy fails.
The article notes July 1915 was about one degree warmer than normal with a mean monthly temperature of 77.8 degrees from 1379 to 1925 data. July 1915 average 73.6. Max reached 97 on the last day, low 61 on the 6th. Rainfall total 3.22 inches, 1.50 inches below normal. eight rainy days, 1.26 inches in a single 24 hour period on the 20th. Ten thunderstorm events occurred, northwest winds, 36 mph max on the 20th. eighteen clear, five partly cloudy, eight cloudy days.
The Georgia Woodmen of the World plan their annual meeting in Hawkinsville Georgia on Thursday August 5 with thousands expected. The Hawkinsville W O W camp will host a free barbecue and two parades as entertainment. Officers for the state council will be elected and the 1916 meeting site chosen in an afternoon executive session. Albany leads current bids for 1916, with tie possible from other towns.
In Douglas on August 2 a farmer's worker suddenly raved, bound with ropes, then transported by Sheri Ricketson in a car toward Milledgeville. In Athens a 12 year old boy Will Teasley died after contacting a live wire at Mitch ell's Bridge plant of the Athena Railway and Electric company. Cold Wave Red Ash and Daisy Gem Black coal prices listed for Carroll & Hunter.
More than 200 police chiefs will gather in Macon on Wednesday to form a permanent Georgia association. The session opens in the city hall with Cher L. Summer of Cordele presiding. A Dutch supper at the Hoteliner will honor the visitors, while Macon Acting Chief C. W. Moseley will stand in for the ill Chief George Riley.
Oyster Bay, August 2 Theodore Roosevelt returns home and declares he will enroll as a progressive. He commends New York progressives for their three year effort and states he will advise others to enroll as progressives, while noting he cannot enroll Republicans himself.
Clara Kimball Young shines as a millionaire's daughter in Marrying Money at the Strand. Chester Barnet plays her poor suitor who inherits 2600 and plans a scheme. The simple plot yields bright humor, strong photography, and enjoyable entertainment with Strand Orchestra accompaniment.
Court of Appeals of Georgia affirms and reverses multiple cases from Savannah Albany Dublin Waynesboro Macon Atlanta and other cities. The opinions involve judgments in error by plaintiffs against defendants including Citizens' Banking Company Eastman and Saboard Air Line Railways, with counsel listed for both sides and judges named.
A white man’s body was found floating in the Savannah River Saturday near Augusta. A roommate identified him as Frank Rhheney or Frank BR Solty or Frank FR Solley, saying he used multiple names and claimed allies trouble. The man, about seven feet tall, 180 pounds, had a gold front tooth and scar on the left arm, and came from Horse Creek valley two months earlier. A letter from a Langtey woman said he planned to marry. No evidence of foul play was found.
The T. M. A locker club received a city council vote of 42 to 1 to grant a locker club license. After protests by prohibition leaders, the council approved near beer parlors and poolrooms and later issued licenses to sixteen locker clubs, with four more granted at a subsequent meeting. The mayor is expected to sign, and the club may reopen before week’s end.
Colonel John T. Newton, 61, a prominent Madison Georgia figure, trustee of the State College for Agriculture at Athens and former state senator, died Monday morning in a private Atlanta hospital. He is survived by his wife, three daughters, two sons, and two brothers, including banker W. L. Newton.
Arrivals from Constantinople report that 3,000 buildings were destroyed by fire in the Turkish capital last week. The German hospital, filled with wounded soldiers, was among the structures burned.
City building records show 418000 worth of building permits issued in June with several August jobs secured. Notes from the Atlanta Builders Exchange report contractor activity statewide with bids underway for Ath ens Young Men’s Christian Association project and Southern Railway listings. Additional depot and school facility work planned. bids for Palatka and Fulton post offices due late August and early September, while paving on Ponce de Leon avenue nears commencement.
A long list of property transactions and liens dated 1915 1916 features transfers in the seventeenth district 476 by 508 feet parcels on streets like Washington and Fort alongside Vedado and Atlanta avenues. Names include Mrs Lute Hayn Mrs Jan mea H Witherspoon Fred L Wickham and Annis Mas Sykes among others with prices from 1 to 9 thousand dollars and notes of July and October 1915 1916.
Properties along Peachtree Road Central avenue and McDaniel Street are described with transfers between Mortenges Brightwell and Colonial Trust Company and others. Dates range from 1915 to 1945, noting parcels on Grant Street and East Twelfth Street with lot sizes like 36x8 feet and 40x20 feet and payments cited in hundreds.
An old alarmist ad warns calomel as a dangerous liver remedy and touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless vegetable substitute. It claims calomel causes salivation, cramps, and sickness, while Liver Tone supposedly cleanses the liver without side effects and improves energy.
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