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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1903
Page
14
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The council caucus convened amid disorder and acrimony but failed to decide on a police commissioner race. Members debated timing arguing the March election is too distant for a caucus while Alderman Inman and Amorous clashed over authority and purpose.
Chipley Georgia voters pass a municipal election focusing on school improvement. The ticket elects Mayor L E Floyd and councilmen J F Jakins J H Hogan O D Tucker T P Murrah B A Mobley with W Albight as recorder. 53 votes cast. Medal of Honor for Decry case noted in Washington dispatch.
Local executive committee led by Mayor Howell prepares for the National Education Association convention to be held in Atlanta February 23 to 25, 1904. Grand Opera House, reduced rail fares, Cuba trip, and hotel accommodations are arranged, with assurances from General Secretary Sheppard that Atlanta remains the site.
Rev Igleton of Duluth Ga testifies to recovery after using Dr Miles Restorative Nervine. He describes relief from anxiety nerve fatigue and weakness after several bottles and urges others to seek the benefit. Readily available at druggists with guarantee and free literature from Wilbcls Medical Co. Etnhart Ind.
The Senate in executive session today confirmed nominations including Secretary of Hawaii A. L. C. Hatkins of Hawaii and Edward B. Buckler for collector of internal revenue in Tennessee's second district. Also approved postmasters in Arkansas Montana California Kentucky South Carolina and Tennessee with multiple nominees named such as E 68 Parnell Junction Na nig H Savage Monticello L Wood Eldorado F B Schooley England J M McIlmoteck Devall Bluff Yuba City Elizabethtown Bardstown Gaffney Henderson Buckle.
An article argues most heart trouble is functional from indigestion and nervous strain, not organic disease. It promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as safe, effective relief, with testimonials from Mrs. Lydia Bartram and Mrs. Crossley, and notes a 50 cent price plus a free booklet.
Attorneys for condemned Lee Cribb sought a further respite but Governor Terrell refused. Cribb's lawyers argued insanity and sought a jury trial, but Parker denied, pursuing a Supreme Court review via a bill of exceptions. The governor rejected a respite request, noting the Satan law applies, as Cribb faces execution tomorrow in Coffee County. Ferguson telegrams urge prayerful delay. Terrell likely will not intervene.
Frank L Cheney swears as partner of F J Cheney & Co that they will pay a hundred dollars for each cataract cured after age. The notice claims Hall's Catarth Cure acts internally on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials offered free. sold by Fr chine & Co Toledo. Heil's Family Pills touted as the best.
The Homosassa Fishing Club, an Atlanta group, purchased a two story, ten room home with 70 feet of water frontage and full wharf facilities in Homosassa. The club plans its annual January fishing excursion from January 12 to 30, gathering Atlanta notables for the trip and related anecdotes upon return.
In New York on December 16 a decades old romance emerges in the probate filing of Alpheus DuBois a longtime city school principal who died Sunday. His will reveals a fortune possibly between a quarter and half a million dollars and a bequest to a daughter named only by her given name suggesting he hid a prior marriage. Authorities note his wife left with their child fifty years ago and little information about the pair remains though reports tie the wife to a well known local family. DuBois son of a minister saved and invested steadily spending about a dollar a day while his income later reached thirty thousand dollars a year.
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