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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1910
Page
7
A brisk compendium of scattered items touches Tennessee beer sales, wireless detection of pistols, and likened figures such as Crippen and Bryan. It references Georgia politics, Taft and Wickersham, Roosevelt, Taft’s economy push, and Spain’s turbulent colonial legacy with notes on events from Kansas to Morocco and the Vatican.
The Atlanta park board rejects patchwork construction and vows permanent, substantial buildings. Citing the dilapidated Grant Park cyclorama, President George Eubanks argues against cheap, temporary structures. The $3 million municipal bond issue signals public demand for durable, not patchwork, construction.
The Grand Trunk strike resolution marks a turning point for peaceful dispute settlement in the United States and Canada. Arbitration gains favor as unions and employers avert walkouts, with public support shaping policy toward formal legal enforcement and wider adoption.
The article notes Theodore Roosevelt, though widely known, attempts to stay close to the public by discreetly visiting communities including Pennsylvania’s coal region. It argues such direct contact helped him rise to power and may continue to influence his post-presidency role, with future tours planned to include the south and southwest.
The Constitution notes tonight’s event by the Atlanta Negro Musical Association in the Auditorium benefiting the Colored Congregational church institutional department. It urges white and black citizens to support orderly uplift, with 1,000 prime seats reserved and the mayor invited to attend.
A collage of clippings from Macon News Darien Gazette Statesboro News Rome Tribune Herald Wayneboro True Citizen and Brunswick News discusses Governor Brown and Governor Smith. It critiques campaign strategy, public sentiment, and political rhetoric with references to Hoke Smith Joe Brown and rural Georgia towns.
E H Walker rebuts J W Bailey who shifted support from Hoke Smith to Joe Hrown, arguing factionalism grips state government. Walker urges Georgia voters to elect an anti factional governor, saying past faction driven campaigns failed to end divides and proposing a unified path in the 1912 election.
In El Paso Texas on August 3 a Mexican man was found dead on the Arizona desert near Maricopa after seeking shade under a tarpaulin. The thermometer registered 105 in the shade and the man was frozen stiff when discovered next morning.
Japanese consul in Chicago announced that over the last two and a half years many Japanese have been returning to Japan from the United States, with fewer arrivals than departures, according to a statement prepared by the acting consul general in San Francisco.
Edwin Ruthvia Carswell died suddenly in Savannah and the funeral was held today. He was a native of Screven county and brother of J. F. Caggwell of Augusta G. H. Carswell of Bereven county and Mrs E. Lane of Bulloch county. Also listed are Mr and Mrs Gros and Mrs Anite Gros of Screven county.
Ed Maddox reports from Lawrenceville on a Gwinnett Journal clipping praising Brown and predicting Hoke Smith’s political decline. The piece argues the Georgia machine favors Joe Brown, cites New York bankers withholding funds, and notes August 28 as a pivotal date. John R. Thornton supplies comic verse urging “Brown and Bread” over “Ham and Hoke.”
Tentative program announced by Senator J. D. Price for the Georgia Dairymen and Live Stock Association meeting in Milledgeville on August 30 and 31. Key speakers include Prof J E Nits, Dr A G Richarda, Judge Henry Hammond, W C Willhouse, A B Marsh, and Loring Brown with lectures on fertility, hog cholera prevention, breeding, alfalfa growing, live stock breeds, and herd management. Local officials and agribusiness figures will discuss Devon cattle, herd records, and livestock administration.
Juliette Georgia August 3 Special expects record cotton receipts next fall. Juliette tops middle Georgia markets with strong ginnery and many counties shipping cotton locally. Local merchants report heavy goods shipments and bustling business activity anticipated in the coming season.
The Georgia railroad paid 25093 dollars following a Supreme Court decision on charter exemptions. Washington branch and some cash items were not covered. General Manager T K Scott and Comptroller General Wright discussed the matter in Atlanta as the payment boosted state cash.
A Georgia committee was named to work with the national group led by W A Reynolds of Charlotte to draft a uniform feed law. The group aims to enact nationwide rules, noting cotton seed hulls are often misclassified while proper mixing with cotton seed meal offers an economical, desirable feed for work stock and cattle.
Mrs Mary Margaret Banks oldest resident of Atlanta dies after pneumonia in Marion hotel apartment at 10 yesterday. Widow of Henry Banks pioneer shoe man, born in Oglethorpe county, would have turned 50 this August 9. Survived by two sons James of Atlanta Henry Banks of LaGrange. three daughters Mrs G B Sherman of Atlanta Mrs Mary Berryhill of Berrien County Mrs Enoch Callaway of LaGrange. Body to be taken to LaGrange this morning for funeral and interment.
S C Dobbs president of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America plans a Pensacola stop today. He will address the Pensacola Board of Trade banquet to merchants on advertising a city. Dobbs also recently earned national renown as a speaker and has been invited to Winnipeg to speak before its chamber of commerce, possibly early October.
Linley Sambourne, chief cartoonist of Punch, dies in London at age 55 after a long illness. He began with Punch in 1867 under editor Mark Lemon and became chief cartoonist on January 1, 1901. Born in London in 1846, Sambourne shaped the magazine’s humor with his signature cartoons.
Daniel E Conklin, prominent Atlanta merchandiser, died at Carlsbad Germany after an illness of uraemic poisoning. Born Long Island seventy nine years ago, he settled Maryland before Civil War, later leading firms Lyon Conklin and Co and Conklin Wills Co. He helped civic groups, chaired Merchants and Manufacturers Association hospitality, and supported Oriole celebrations. Survived by widow and brother Charles A Conklin of Atlanta. His death sparked memorials at Continental Building and Merchants Club with half mast flags.
The life contest to select Georgia's fifteen man team for the national shoot at Camp Perry Ohio August 21-24 will be held August 10-12 at Fort McPherson rifle range. Twenty four guardsmen compete for pins with top marksmen from across the states and inactive regiments. Officers named include Major Claude C Smith, Major Armenius right, Captain W E Spratt, Captain W R Dancy, Captain W P Wheeler, Captain J Cr Postell, Lieutenant O T Rudisall, and sergeants G F Cronheim, W Hudson, O J Metcalfe, W B Hale, W B Taylor, J EB Oxford, J Adolphus, W Densall, W Nolan, W Jones, and W Burpritt.
Clovis H McKenzie, formerly of Montezuma, died in Atlanta from uphold fever after a short illness. He was 28. The funeral was held at his parents home with Masonic rites and Knights of Pythias escort. Six first cousins bore the casket to its resting place as a large crowd attended.
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