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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1914
Page
13
President Wilson speaks of clouds over world events and enduring ideals guiding the United States. He urges readiness and condemns despair while highlighting the broadening of night into dawn, calling for unity in facing European turmoil and the duties of leadership.
A violent incident unfolds as a crowd clashes after a young man hurls a beer bottle and a gunfight erupts. Police arrest a suspect as an elderly man disperses the crowd with a shotgun blast before retreating to safety. Witnesses recall Civil War era bravado and a recorder laments reckless firearm use.
Fragmentary notice about stockade placement versus negro reformatory. Unclear names, dates, or places due to damaged text. Core idea references a decision to place individuals in stockade rather than a reformatory and mentions a Joseph or similar figure and a judge or official.
Readable fragments describe bribery allegations in the New Jersey Legislature. The text notes debate over a past legislation or measure, mentions a college or medical nondescript body, and cites confusion over motive and proper process. The governor’s lack of approval ends the push.
Wilkinson, son of Judge John Walkaxson of Fulton County, listed as a patient Wednesday. He was taken to St Joseph’s for an appendectomy after a moonlit onset. Reports indicate the operation was completed successfully.
General business conditions show improvement across the middle Atlantic states with two districts near Pennsylvania and Maryland lagging. The south reports mixed but overall good conditions, while the western and central states see revival in lumber textiles and metals with crop prospects bright and farming districts thriving.
Princeton University received several large gifts at a trustees meeting. William Church Osborne of New York City provided 125 008 to establish the Dodge professorship of medieval history. An anonymous donor pledged 109 000 for an economics professorship. A committee reported $250,000 needed to meet Mr Russell Sage’s matching offer, with 20974 raised so far. Gifts of 100,02 were split between endowment and current expenses.
Aldermen narrowly approve a brick pavement plan for South Pryor Street despite mayoral and purchasing department opposition. Half the council signals a veto if sent for signature but may offer compromise with Second Ward, who demand brick or nothing.
A young woman, identified as Mre Lili Helle Brawit, is charged with assaulting her old grandmother Mre R J Thorenson and with spitting on her sister-in-law, Mrs Brown, in a case heard after an afternoon incident on Jaw Street. The defendant appeared with her sister-in-law present as the court weighs the alleged aggressions and her family’s statements about prior behavior. The record indicates prior confinement attempts and a recent sentence, with a fine of 17 dollars imposed to cover costs and a request from the defendant’s husband to cover the payment.
Schedule outlines Wilnight Express service from Cincinnati to Chicago with departures at 3 10 midnight and 12 10 pm arrival at Chicago 7 45 am and connections for Atlanta southeast travelers. Pennsylvanian lines claim fastest Cincinnati Chicago run with theater and evening options en route to major hubs.
George Hewning, a farmer, told police two white men held him up near Lakewood Park at about 11:30 pm on Wednesday. They robbed him of 217 dollars and his two pairs of ladies slippers and four bottles of beer. Hewning could not describe the attackers as the incident occurred in a dark area.
Dr Adair will address the Athinta Den dab Society on mouth hygiene as a preventive of disease. The event is hosted by the Cluster of the Ante Tuberculosis and is set for Ratirde morning from 8 to 4 40 ecologic with remarks about dental care and public health.
The Emergency Association will continue to aid unemployed women by placing them in job openings daily. Miss McClellan at 19 Auburn Avenue heads the employment and craft sales departments, with Mary Hines running the handiwork auction and a child’s clothing sale led by Mrs Daralon following the Atlanta Woman's Club meeting.
Fragmented wires indicate the Panama Canal is closed after a slide at Culebra Cut. The event halted traffic on the waterway with several ships delayed and repairs expected to resume operations by tomorrow.
A long list of delegates and local members gather for the T P A election of officers today. President candidates and committee members are named as the organization plans events including a luncheon and automobile tour, with attendees from Georgia and nearby towns.
The governor commutes Antonio Fife imprisonment and orders a return to state hospital. The prisoner, once declared sane, is sent to Danne-Iners State Hospital after sanity review. The case concerns a Rochester murder two years prior involving Lanxy Turinno.
A reader reports long lived kidney troubles eased by Swamp Root after five bottles. The letter claims cure for husband and wife ailments, praises the Dr Kilmer’s product, and ends with a notary endorsement dated July 16, 1909 from Michigan.
An old advertisement promises Sevtriio wet Kilner products and Kilmer & Co remedies in a quest to sell sample sixes and a booklet about kidneys. The text urges sending ten cents for a three sample size bottle and notes availability at drug stores, with a reference to the Atlanta Daily Constitution.
The Lanier unveiling honors poet Sidney Lanier with a Tennessee marble monument and bronze bust in a cedar enclosure in Atlanta. Major figures include Governor John M. Bla ton and Robert Maddox, with designer George B Cridland and landscaper from Philadelphia. The observance, the only Georgia monument donated by an individual for an individual, invites all Atlanta residents to attend and pay homage to Georgia’s greatest poet.
Chicago unit and employment agents report demand for 9000 unskilled railroad laborers. Burlington will put 2000 men to work by May 1 as other lines seek the remaining 4000 due to expected heavy tourist traffic and expansion of tracks and sidings across Missouri Pacific Northwestern systems.
Judge Ellis announced plans to seek legislative action this summer to curb easy divorces. He told the jurors that many petitions end with a divorce granted, calling it a simple formality unless checked. The statement came after an unusually high number of divorce hearings in Superior Court.
The speaker warned that harsher divorce rules would force society toward savagery and unveiled a plan to frame an anti divorce bill for submission to the legislature.
Remember John L Moore & Sons advertise auditorium opera tickets at reduced prices for the occasion. Early selection encouraged from Broad Street study. Auction of theater seats and prices offered for grand opera event.
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