This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1907
Page
6
Raleigh Drennan, ill with typhoid at 7 Cain Street, marries Miss Rowalle I Chandler at his bedside with Rev A C Ward officiating. The couple plan to honeymoon in the sick room, delaying travel until Drennan recovers. Guests attend but rice and shoes are absent. vows binding as nurse wife stays by his side.
Dr A R Holderby denounces a Sunday benefit concert by Misa Ethel Newcomb for the Home for Incurables at Grand Opera House. He says the act violates the Sabbath though the cause is noble, urging ministers to oppose such open theatre on Sundays and citing Judge O Gorman’s ruling against openings of amusements on the Sabbath. He claims to voice all Atlanta evangelical ministers.
Alden Thomas Cushing, missing since November 12 from the Hotel Gates, was found lying face down in Laure Park near Beaide. A hat and a half emptied bottle lay nearby. a loaded St Calibre bulldog revolver was in his hip pocket. The coroner reported death from unknown causes after an inquest at Shepherds undertaking. Cushing, a Lancaster New York druggist and real estate dealer, had come to Hendersonville for health reasons and was engaged to be married.
A morning blaze in Conyers Georgia damaged multiple buildings including Dr Lee and Sons drug store, Rockdale Banner office, and HL A Parker shoe shop, with losses around 16000 dollars and insurance about 6800. The fire threatened the bank and Georgia railroad depot before being controlled. Separately The Tribune denies ambassador Bryce’s return plans and a possible replacement.
The grand jury meets this morning to investigate the murder of Patrolman Manier on Peter Street. If an indictment is returned against Andrew Johnson the negro, a swift trial will follow this week and a guilty verdict could lead to a hanging within twenty days, potentially this month.
Senate expected to unfold the financial debate with resolutions by Culberson and Clay asking the secretary of the treasury for currency crisis information. Senator Tilman to present a financial revolution and Jefferson Davis of Arkansas to address trusts and remedies. Brownsville riot report due this week. House to await committee appointments before substantial action.
Advertises Total Eclipse Catarrh Cure offering instant relief from nasal congestion and ear symptoms. Claims to heal the delicate membrane with a vegetable formula reaching deep air passages. Includes testimonials from R. A. Wear of Osceola Florida and others, urging trial by sending name, address, and twenty five cents for a week’s treatment.
Rev Et R Carter of Friendship Baptist Church condemns the slaying of Officer Manier by Andrew Johnson, commending Bartow Blackmon and others who aided in capture, as the church passes resolutions opposing crime and praising law and order and the officer’s widow. Disqualified cases set for Macon Superior Court session this week with Judge Teforn likely to sit.
Atlanta residents and organizations raise funds for Patrolman James A Manier and his widow after he was fatally shot on Peters Street. The Orpheum and local clubs host benefit performances and open subscriptions push total above $1000, with donations from Turn Verein members and community figures.
The article reports on a Swedish meat extract made from sharks. It describes processing sharks into a thick molasses like liquid, evaporated and seasoned, producing a palatable extract with no fish taste. It claims the product strengthens consumptive or spasmodic individuals similar to beef.
The calendar will feature three double holidays as Washington's birthday Memorial Day and the Fourth of July align on Saturday. Because February 29 shifts dates, Washington's birthday falls fourteen weeks before Memorial Day, which comes five weeks before the Fourth. The result is two consecutive leisure days, with Labor Day similarly adjusted. In 1909 Washington's birthday falls on Monday May 20 and the Fourth of July on Sunday, creating a Monday observance for two years and a Christmas Saturday in the following year.
A fragmentary Westminster Gazette excerpt describes mid September harvest rites. It notes peasants place straw effigies and garlands, once human victims, linked to pagan corn worship. The garlands symbolize the victim replaced by straw figures across rural areas.
Miss Ethel Newcomb gave a piano recital at the Grand yesterday to an audience braving bad weather. The program featured Schumann Fantasia in C major, Chopin's B minor Sonata and Nocturne in D flat, Schubert Impromptu, and works by next composers. the performance highlighted singing tone, poetic phrasing, and graceful Rubénstein pieces. The recital was a benefit for the Home for Incurables and showcased Newcomb's clear embon, brilliance, and vibrant personality.
J W Jackson, stage manager of the Orpheum theater, died last night at a private sanitarium. He was a popular figure in city theatrical circles and leaves a wife, one child, and a brother, CBH Jackson. His death follows a period of serious illness after a long career in theater. Also reported an automobile accident in New York injured several, with Carrie Clark killed.
Athens Ga December 8 Special Sheriff John W Wier, stricken with paralysis yesterday, is somewhat better today. Attending physicians express hope for recovery. Wier has served as county sheriff for twenty seven years and is a popular state official.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.