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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1907
Page
9
Claims a vaccine could strengthen blood to prevent tuberculosis deaths and notes other nostrums. Includes instructions for a whiskey and pine oil remedy to break up a cold and a warning against inferior pine products, touting Virgin Dil of Pine compound as a federally regulated product by Leach Chemical Co. Cincinnati Ohio.
New York December 13 firemen fought a blaze at a rear building behind a stable on East Ninth Street. Willam G. Souther was found suffocated in a closet, while Robert Dwyer and his wife were rescued from an upper hallway after Dwyer shielded his wife with his coat. Nine horses perished in the stable fire and police later informed Chief Croker that the rear house was vacant. Dwyer survived, Souther died, and the couple narrowly escaped death from smoke.
In Atlanta, Mrs Minnie Hawkins alias Minnie Boggus was sentenced to thirty days in the stockade over a dispute about furniture in a house now vacant after her alleged deception. Hawkins had lived with Boggs, who had furnished the home, and neighbors react to the legal action and potential removal of the furnishings.
Savannah debates on telephone use intensify as the railroad commission bans debates by phone. Southern Bell and Georgia Company face high costs and calls for a single shared line to cut expenses, with talk of a citizen association to unify usage. which phone to choose remains debated and whether a citizen coalition could challenge either firm. Canton Call Draws Pastor B F Lunt from Villanow Walker County to lead Baptist church. former pastor B D Ragsdale resigns to work with Bible Institutes in Locust Grove.
Mrs James Allen Manier widow of Patrolman Manier who died after being killed by Andrew Johnson expresses heartfelt thanks for sympathy and aid from Atlanta citizens officials newspapers and the public The case and contributions are noted with donor names and funds raised including a £15 donation from Bartow Blackman toward the widow’s relief The item also lists subscriptions and a meeting notice for Arabi Lodge with officers elected and a public installation set for December 27.
Special engineer H. A. Daudon has begun an inquiry into Savannah water works. The report will influence any future appropriations for improvements. Daudon, a graduate of the Atlanta Technological School, is directing the investigation.
Atlanta mayor W R Joyner returns from Washington and New York stating he opposes closing saloons before the state prohibition deadline. He argues saloon owners are citizens with rights and notes a plan with police to close within twenty minutes if needed, trusting the city to remain peaceful during the transition.
At about 2 AM Wednesday eight miles from Waynesboro Georgia More Green was stabbed in multiple wounds by an assailant during a drinking party on the Quaker road. He was brought to his home in the city Thursday and is reported improving. Byrom Evans is accused by Green but denies the accusation. No warrants issued as investigators discuss theories and the motive remains unclear.
An old newspaper brief promotes Governor's Cup Coffee as mild pleasing and healthful to drink. It urges readers to ask their grocer for the product, priced at 26 cents per pound.
Twenty five teachers will receive diplomas at Second Baptist Church this morning at 10 o clock. Professor M I Brittain has led a Bible history and doctrine class for two years, with Dr Frost issuing diplomas. Graduates become regular teachers. another class will start January. The school features a fine orchestra and capable music leader.
The Phillips & Crew Co. donated a piano to the Soldiers' Home for social and religious gatherings. John J. Woodside volunteered to deliver the instrument free of charge, a generous gesture that will cheer the residents and supporters alike.
On Friday the 13th in Gainesville Georgia a car belonging to Dr. Nott of Pacelet Cotton Mill Co. turned over after leaving Main street, injuring no one seriously including the doctor who thanked God his wife was not in the vehicle. The incident occurred Friday the 18th of the month. In Canton Georgia president R T Jones said Canton cotton mills may shut down next week for an unspecified period due to money market conditions and weak demand.
In Allentown Pennsylvania a father Nicholas Contravo 36 and his son Joseph 4 died from coal gas as the family slept. The infant’s cries woke a boarder who broke in, saved the mother and baby, and alerted others in the boarding house.
The World reports potential resignation of Heinrich Conreid amid friction with Metropolitan Opera directors in New York. Discontent centers on his management and casting, notably the hiring of singers by Mr Hammerstein for Manhattan engagements. The dispute includes the handling of Mme Teteraz sint’s engagement.
On December 13 King Leopold II of Belgium agreed to present New York's Museum of Natural History with Congo natural history specimens. Some pieces have arrived, a commissioner will select further items, and two large halls may be needed for display in the museum's new wing.
The Street Committee met at 3 pm yesterday to hear petitions. The Georgia Terminal Company seeks a grade crossing at Hunter street instead of a bridge. The Southern Railway asks to raise the Whitehall Street bridge clearance. The committee will meet at Whitehall bridge next Friday at 2:30 pm to review the Whitehall petition and then visit Hunter street to assess the Terminal Company request.
Complaints echo those from canal merchants against government operations reach the navy department from Newport Rhode Island. Allegations state naval officers and others not stationed there buy supplies at preserved prices, depriving local Newport merchants of profitable business. Authority for the Newport commissary store rests with the secretary of the navy and the timebariment seeks to restrict its benefits to the intended class.
In San Francisco on December 19 Professor L. D. Anderson of the 500 Chow university arrived by the liner Siberia and predicted that upon the empress dowager’s death China would face a bloody revolution. He has spent years in China and says the people are awakening to education, the rulers and populace drifting apart, and a revolution is impending, though necessary for future progress toward enlightened administration and national strength.
In Vicksburg Mississippi on December 1 the jury found Jim Lum guilty of killing Ben Guide Sr., a prominent local jeweler. He was guarded by Adjunct General Fridge and thirty men, sentenced to life imprisonment, and sent to Jackson following the trial.
The Fulton county Medical Society holds the second meeting on sanitary and moral prophylaxis in Car Inesse Library at eight o clock. Papers include Genital Prophylatic Education by Dr Sterling Education of Boys by Dr McRae and Education of Girls by Dr Noble. Discussants include Governor Northen Dr Wilmer J Logan of the Associated Charities and others.
The Roberta store at Cherokee Mills, west of Canton, was blown open around 2 am. The rear of the store was wrecked but no money was taken. Two fine geldings were stolen, a day horse about fifteen hands high and a black mule about sixteen hands tall. No clue to the thieves or horses, and a reward is offered for their capture and return.
A garbled report from Hall county mentions a cow owned by Ww BL Smith and a young sow linked to a mysterious incident. The terrified family reported a strange event in the barnyard after the cow stood unmoving, with unclear details about any harm or cause.
In San Francisco a killer storm drove the whale to frenzied seas and the J. M. Weatherwax sought to shed its line. The animal gulped the knot and rotator of the ship’s propeller gear, wandered through the interior of the hull, and perished after the line was cut.
New York December 13 Nervous superstition about Friday the thirteenth caused a fatal accident on the Third Avenue elevated at Seventy third Street. Oscar Anderson and Tony Ziznosiski were rivetting when a remark about thirteen men sparked a blaze from the third rail. Forsman Daniel Murphy aided and suffered severe burns as both workers burned badly. Anderson and Zanosicki are not expected to live.
Paul Niles, a hunter near Freeport, was attacked by a large flock of crows yesterday. He fired at the birds to defend himself, was struck and knocked down, and crawled to safety with injuries while his wife looked on. In a separate dispatch from Washington, President Roosevelt was notified that the Atlantic battleship fleet at Hampton Roads is ready to cruise to the Pacific coast.
Meridian Miss faced police absence after the state supreme court decision on the city charter amendment creating a police commission, leaving the current force without authority. Aldermen and councilmen debated an ordinance to suppress the police board but adjourned without passage. The mayor and police chief lack power to provide protection without sheriff or governor intervention.
Nicholas Dunn, renowned horse breeder and trainer, dies in Rye, New York, from injuries suffered at a recent equestrian event near Madison Square Garden. He was reportedly about to marry Mrs. Henderson of Millbank Virginia, a well known social figure. Dunn, son of a wealthy English family, had been in America sixteen years pursuing horseman work under a lineage of famous English breeders. The accident occurred while he was exercising a horse, Prince Chap, near Kent.
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