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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1919
Page
10
Market notes show AOC at Mrarvel Quotations and bank clearings for Tuesday with figures comparing to same day last week and last year. Reported totals include 69,347,740.05 and 7,807,008.84 with related figures around 3,366,732.84.
The corrected White Provision Company report shows cattle and hog prices in Atlanta with steers at 650 to 1,000 pounds from 0.60 to 9.00 per hundredweight, cows 6 50 to 7.50, and primes for hogs and veal calves with calves and yearlings priced. plus hogs 200 to 220 pounds at 18.50 to 30.50, and light hogs 80 to 100 pounds at 14 to 20.
Aug 19 Warsaw dispatch notes Germans attacking Polish lines on the southeastern Silesian frontier. Poles drove them back and seized two villages on the German side. Hoover orders American officers to help seek a cessation of hostilities. Berlin dispatch warns of a planned upper Silesia uprising by Polish groups as unrest continues and miners vote to end strikes.
Two deserters from Cherokee county near Canton, John Butterworth and Jesse Gravely, were captured Monday night in a raid led by Revenue Agent D. J. Gantt and Lt. Ralph J. Bennett with Atlante provost guard. Earlier Sunday two men were captured and, Monday night, three stills and 1,400 gallons of booze were found. About ten raiders on a third expedition, with sugar seized for distilling, and other officials present.
Washington August 19 Complaintslearns the government wheat trades will be placed before Julius H Barnes president of the United States rain corporation next Tuesday at New York by members of congress and state officials from several wheat growing states Representative Young of North Dakota completed arrangements with Bir Barnes today for the conference.
New York August 19 buyers opened lower in the cotton seed oil market as Inter firmed on covering, spurred by sharp lard and cotton gains. Final bids ranged SL to 41 points higher, with 4,800 barrels trading. Prices listed included Prime crude at 24, prime autamer yellow spat at 25, September at 25.25, November 21.45, and March futures.
A Columbus Georgia man about 60 identified as R A McCrenton collapsed on Peach trees and Ellis streets in Atlanta after leaning on a telephone pole. Det Hamby rushed him to Grady Hospital where he died from heart failure. Witnesses said he appeared new to Atlanta and had been on the corner only a few minutes.
Multiple notices report deaths of Mrs Alice Craddock of Philadelphia aged 50 and Lula Sorrow ages 4 in years in Cooper Street area with survivors including daughters and siblings. Also listed are Charles Winford Harris 16 of McDonough Road Norfolk death. Mrs H H Lyle Schrimsher 40 in College Park. Henry G Hay Sr former New York mayor and Steel official dying in Gary Indiana. funeral details and burial at Kingston. The item also includes a short cartoon-verse fragment about a rainy street scene.
A crowded Marietta pageant unfolds with young women portraying spirits of physical, intellectual, and spiritual forces. The production, framed as a tribute to progress and reconstruction, features music and dramatic tableaux focused on community service and hopeful civic spirit.
The Marietta pageant presents a vision of life focusing on physical social intellectual and spiritual progress. An army of Blue Crusaders offers recreation health training teaching and guidance while the audience reacts to scenes of war and peace set to the march Onward Christian Soldiers. The event closes with fifty youngest girls performing a final moment of delight.
British forces engage Bolshevik naval units in the Gulf of Finland near Kronstadt Petrograd. Kronstadt city reportedly burning after bombardment. Bolshevik ships Andrei Ferresvan and Patr ov lavsk reported sunk. British losses include eight officers and three men killed and damage to a destroyer. Royal Navy confirms sinking of Petropavlovsk and Andres Perveavan with possible Russian cruiser damage.
A wildfire swept through Fast Helena Montana destroying the business section and threatening the American Smelting and Refining company smelter. Great Falls reports mention Monerch forest fires near mountainside with sparks showering homes. Bucket brigades held flames. Ratticineke Valley residents near Missoula fled as forest fires endangered ranches. About 200 forest firefighters were deployed to prevent further loss.
Baltimore August 19 3500 workers at the Sparrows Point Bethlehem shipyard walked off the job mostly riveters and helper welders amid a wartime stoppage. Other notes include Roosevelt Memorial organizers setting dates for nationwide fund drives and a placeholder line about French scientists’ tuberculosis research.
A crowd of 2008 gathered for a pageant featuring a marching drama titled Here We Go Round the Berry Bush. A community sing led by Charles P. Morse warmed the crowd as farmers joined in familiar tunes. Wurm's supplied the orchestra. George Beyette led the choir. Local talent shone in acting, staging, and costuming despite a $350 budget.
The Marietta community organized costumes from cheesecloth and dye for war dancers and flower girls, with ivy wreaths, showcasing WCA inspired pageant creativity. Mrs Bessie Fields designed the program cover chosen by the national board, to be used across the United States. Wilder's moonlight scenes will be filmed for release in playhouses nationwide.
Jonesboro Georgia August 19 Special Mrs J C Summers of this place has received a citation for bravery awarded her son Lieutenant Davis K Summers of the medical corps who was killed in action March 4 1918 after a bomb from a German airplane struck him serving with the eighteenth infantry in the Toul See He was born in Jonesboro a graduate of Atlanta Medical College and practiced medicine in Atlanta and Chattanooga before entering the service
Victoria, N. 8, August 19. Ward Albright of Gallatin Tennessee was elected president of the National Editorial Association as they plan to hold their 1920 meeting in Boston Massachusetts.
Telegraphic reports from Chicago say a man believed to be Floyd C. Rhinehart, 31, traveling auditor for General Electric and once in Atlanta, was found dead in Lake Michigan. Rhinehart had been transferred to Schenectady but had Atlanta ties, including 12 Alta Avenue and involvement with a Masonic lodge.
A fragment urges unity and progress through a nationwide call to action. It extols freedom of true brotherhood and a future built by shared effort, invoking grand ideals for mankind.
Forrest and George Adair announce September 2 public auctions of two estate properties. The Mitchell estate includes a 2 story brick at 124 Whitehall, a 2 story frame at 808 and 810 Piedmont, and several other frame buildings. the Scoville estate covers two frame houses at 39 and 41 W Baker and a duplex at 230 Linden. Auctions occur at the Fulton county courthouse. proceedings ordered by Fulton County courts in related cases.
While playing Indian camp on the Hemphill estate near Bellwood on Tuesday afternoon, 10-year-old George Rakestraw was shot in the abdomen by 10-year-old Lawrence Brannon. Rakestraw was taken to Grady hospital with non fatal wounds as investigators ruled the incident an accident.
Fragments from Cartoons Magazine reference Blondine Brunetta and Bionding with playful birthday notes and mentions of delicate stockings. The readable lines suggest light, humorous captions centered on fashion and birthday whimsy.
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