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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1910
Page
3
A fragmentary discussion argues that education has made readers demand accuracy in ads and news. It claims truthful advertising builds business, while lies force memory strain and risk exposure. Includes a tale about Hull House and immigrant hardship illustrating social issues of the era.
In this old trade notice National Lead Company promotes white leading using pure White Lead a durable film that beautifies and preserves property longer than mere covering. It argues that choosing Red Seal or Atlantic Pure White Lead yields a lasting finish and invites readers to request Dutch Boy Paint Adviser No 16g and other literature.
Havana reports the start of political campaigning ahead of November elections. La Joven Cuba or Young Cuba proposes a radical platform including parliamentary government, church property confiscation, provincial autonomy, army abolition and a rural guard, lottery reform, and banning religious orders. General Manuel F. Alfonso leads the party amid widespread hardship blamed on lottery revenues.
Victoria August 7. The Japanese schooner Kamo Mara was captured by a Russian patrol cruiser off the Copper Islands late last month. When apprehended the crew attempted to flee under fog. The cruiser towed the vessel to Vladivostok where the crews were imprisoned.
The piece recounts Hank Pater of Wilkes-Barre whose joke about an Irish potato bug pin backfired when United States Commissioner Hon inspected the pin and quipped it was the largest bug he’d ever seen. The anecdote hails a humorous early eighties scene and a sharp reversal of wit.
Mike Saul the keeper and companions watched Bloodworth enter the water at a bath house. He vanished within minutes, his body found twenty minutes later at the lake bottom. Coroner to hold inquest. mother away in Mooroe county. funeral plans pending. Nearby, a messenger boy Douglas Bloodworth, nephew of Hon. H. B. Bloodworth, employed at the Southten railway fretght depot, is mentioned. Also notes Cincinnati return rail fare on August 13 with three trains.
The piece recalls Theodore Roosevelt praising Governor Hughes after a Harvard alumni gathering in New York. Roosevelt pledged support, calling Hughes a man of strong honor and public service. It notes prior criticism of Roosevelt’s foreseeing role and endorses the housecleaning in New York politics.
Eleven passengers were killed and five fatally hurt when an automobile carrying eleven people between Tessemer and West Lake was struck by a fast Southern Railway passenger train. The crash occurred near a steep grade before West Lake, with the whistle reportedly not blown at the crossing. Ambu lances and doctors from Bessemar treated the injured at Hobingon hospital.
A wind driven fire swept two blocks in Brunswick destroying nineteen dwellings largely occupied by African Americans, four white stores, and one colored church. Firemen struggled with poor water pressure as flames crossed two streets, with total losses under 50 000 dollars. Local trains listed with times.
A six floor blast at the Corn Products Refining Company corn house in Granite City Illinois at 6 o'clock this afternoon left two men dead and seven injured. The building was wrecked and rescuers freed victims after about half an hour. Dead include John Galo and an unidentified man. Injured named include William Muchle Tony Mike Yellock Hladicks Dritech Steins Yatko Dala Hatson Tilden and Thomas Coffman. Cause reported as spontaneous combustion from dust in the corn house.
A chaotic scene in northern Spain ends with about 150 arrests as authorities thwart a clerical demonstration believed tied to Carlist plots. Clerics denounce repression while Premier Canalejas vows to expose the conspiracy before parliament.
Members consider ending strike actions as unions review a call off. Special trains advertise an August trip from Washington to Richmond and Norfolk with rates and schedule details. City ticket office quotes twelve dollars return via Washington route, with morning service and event dates noted.
The widow objects to the French suspect Wendling, telling Inspector Boyle to keep him away. She boards the Pullman with him under guard as detectives plan further steps toward Louisville. Wendling, accused of Alma Kellner's murder, travels toward Louisville with police and reporters noting his calm demeanor.
At Louis August 7 the eight hour day for freight conductors and trainmen and mileage based pay for extra crews are the key proposals to be voted on by the Order of Railway Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen within ten to fifteen days. A 20 percent wage increase is sought via improved rules and working conditions. Ninety six committee chairmen from western lines attended the Western Association of Railway Trainmen adjournment. If approved by referendum the proposals go to the General Managers Association, with carriers to be notified in thirty to forty days.
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