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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1906
Page
6
A retailer appeals to whiskey connoisseurs and warns against cheap mixtures. He claims never to stock anything less than the best for the money and offers a money back guarantee. Quick delivery is available by phone.
Atlantic City August incident at Absecon pumping station killed Joseph Megara after severe scalding from a boiler explosion. He carried word and aid to chief engineer for two coworkers before collapsing. His actions saved others who were less harmed.
Chicago August 23 two hundred strike at Chicago Telephone Company central exchange as 350 workers walk out after refusal to alter order forcing entry through a rear 100 foot passageway. Slippery mud and saloon-hanger annoyance cited as contributing factors. Thousands of telephones in the business district rendered out of service.
In Jackson Mississippi a flock of about a dozen buzzards nests in the capitol dome defying officials. Killing the birds carries a heavy penalty of 28 dollars and costs with possible jail time, forcing the Capitol Commission to seek nonlethal solutions to remove their roost.
Dispatches from Valparaiso report violence and looting after the Montt political crisis. Workers at a telephone company suffer heavy casualties while bands strip jewelry from a dying woman on a street. Peru faces hunger amid regional hardship and mass camping in streets.
In Oaks Michigan on August 23, officials report a typhoid outbreak among 600 residents traced to thousands of sparrows icter dead in the water works standpipe. Mayor orders standpipe emptied and scrubbed after sparrows nested on a ledge and fell into the uncovered pipe, causing twenty one cases of typhoid.
Edwin Madden Assistant Postmaster General arrived in Detroit and addressed delegates to the National Association of Second and Third Class Postmasters and Michigan Poetmasters. He deplored United States postal laws for creating red tape that stifles enterprise, urged modernizing classification laws, and proposed merging third and fourth class rates while reducing second class interpretation and supervision burdens.
Valparaiso reels after August quake as martial law tightens. Government spends 4.6 million for relief. morgues overflow as bodies await burial. New York merchants seek donations, San Francisco sends 100000, Los Angeles relief funds earmarked. 3000 houses deemed unsafe in Santiago. rail and water networks gradually restore service.
A large forest fire near Toulon is believed caused by incendiaries and spreading rapidly. Troops in bedvino jackets fight the blaze as casualties mount with three soldiers burned to death and six missing, feared to have perished.
No new yellow fever cases are reported in Iberia. Sanitation efforts proceed rapidly as no source infection is discovered. The State Board of Health notes a strong, ongoing sanitary program and confirms the current situation is under control with no new cases.
Fragmentary text recalls a 1587 SouthSeeron Court List entry about a troublesome dog named Quoytess. The master forfeits 3s 4d for each offense, with orders to leash or remove the animal. The document then shifts to unrelated 19th century notes on women in Mexico and ancestral memory theories.
Obituary notices report Ida Shelton of St Louis and Beulah McDonald of Charlotte and Montreal, detailing survivors and church ties. Messages note a sudden death in Atlanta and a funeral in Atlanta’s Westview, with honors for Civil War veteran William McGaughey and El Paso manager Austin, among others.
Mexican officials close Ramirez firm Nogales on charge of making false entries on seventy four carloads of wheat shipped from the United States to Mexico. Senor Ramirez and three clerks are in a Mexican jail at Nogales Sonora with bail refused.
The El Paso and Southwestern railroad announced the appointment of 1 OM Schumacher as traffic manager. He was previously traffic manager at Union Pacific.
Waltham Maes August 23. An increase of fle percent wages which go into feed if qnec was granted today to 1000 employees of the cotton mills of the Boston Manufacturing Company.
A terse dialogue features Casey visiting Cassidy who lost an arm in an accident. Cassidy stays cheerful while Casey apologizes and recalls the army vaccination. The exchange hints at lingering pain but ends with tentative reassurance.
Report from a neighboring village states the captain of Po Ave Avgator was killed yesterday while attempting to arrest three agitators. The item references mob action and a fatal shooting amid unrest.
President Roosevelt overrode Navy doubts and ordered the Japanese art of self defense to be taught at least one more year at Annapolis. Rear Admiral Sands had questioned its value, while Roosevelt and Admiral Brownson had previously supported the course and even tested it themselves. The dispute centered on keeping the program alive despite committees suggesting abandonment.
The article catalogs famed figures whose marriages were unhappy or strained. It notes Sir Walter Scott Montaigne and Reynolds as examples, alongside Dickens Byron Hadyn and others, highlighting personal strife, poverty pressures, and artistic impacts of domestic discord.
A victim accuses a jeweler of selling a watch that does not keep time during a vacation at the seashore. Crooks claim the watch has a Swiss movement and was specially designed. The exchange centers on the faulty timepiece and alleged deception by the seller.
Recaps revived support for a Dover Strait tunnel, noting altered British politics and closer Franco British ties may ease opposition. Engineering hurdles are minor, while profitability is argued by promoters, with Parliament likely to reconsider sentiments next session. The piece then shifts to Spare Moments moral on work and money, asserting true success comes from passion and life integration.
A comic quip contrasts a fort with a fortress and jokes that a fortress would be harder to silence, reflecting playful gendered banter from the Tit Bits era. It highlights a witty exchange between a wife and her husband about defenses and propriety.
Fragmented OCR text shows unsure title and scattered phrases about art in Baltimore. The readable bits mention artists, venues or collections but lack clear events, dates or outcomes to form a complete summary.
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