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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1915
Page
9
Inclement weather drenched Atlanta Friday and into last night with predictions of continued rain today. The forecast calls for a temperature drop as Calder Weathers notes a damp Sunday with the city still in wet conditions.
A mother recalls her three week old baby with a rough peeling, red rash spreading over the face head and body, causing fussiness and hair loss. After three weeks of Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the child is reported to be white and smooth with improved skin. Sample offered by mail from Cuticura.
A western storm has split into two systems, one moving from New Orleans to Nashville and the other lingering over the upper Great Lakes. Rain and snow threaten the country east of the Rocky Mountains, with unsettled conditions except for the south Atlantic coast where precipitation continues.
Dr FEF May urged Georgia ministers to preach charity for Belgium and northern France. He asked congregations to donate to the Belgian relief fund to aid about 3,000,000 destitute women, children, and elderly. Collection planned for next Sunday.
Dublin December 17 A fire destroyed a dwelling owned by Wesley Kea triggering fatal heart failure. The 75 year old had been ill but rose when the blaze began near his window and collapsed in his room. A mantel cut gash and his hat burned as he fell. He died shortly after with physicians attributing death to excitement from the fire. His daughter Mrs Lt. Linder resided nearby with O A Allen in the adjacent home.
Albany December 17 Special Maurice W Tift will become mayor of Albany on January's first Monday, the fourth Tift to lead municipal affairs. He follows generations from Colonel Kulson Tift, who helped found Albany, to Nelson F Tift, and now Maurice W Tift, with Charles W Lawson elected president of the chamber of commerce.
An Atlanta woman named Ann Donnelly, 20, was seriously injured in Savannah yesterday afternoon when struck by a wagon. Witnesses say Donnelly attempted to cross Broughton Street near the blocks, but Atlanta inquiries found no relatives for her at that time.
A misprint in the Constitution Churs Iqlay claimed blacksmith Jim Hendersom was arrested for counterfeiting at 9 Josephine street. He lived on Josephine but was at the Gem hotel Madison GA when arrested. A separate note reports Tucker Brown shot near Madison, with Ed Randall jailed on suspicion after a dispute over attention to Brown’s daughter.
An Ivy street paving campaign in Atlanta seeks sheet asphalt over Belgian block to connect Ivy with Peachtree and West Peachtree. Officials, property owners, and attorneys backed the plan as a solution to congestion, estimating city share around 6000 dollars and total project cost near 15000 dollars. This effort would relieve traffic from Five Points to the north side, improving movement from Edgewood, Decatur, and Marietta streets.
Milledgeville Ga December 17 Special For the past year at the state sanitarium here there has been a great war on rats and over 5000 have been killed An active effort involved traps of various designs both visible and hidden By the institution staff the rat problem caused substantial expense and it is estimated two dollars a year is spent to feed each rat The present campaign is expected to save about ten to twelve thousand dollars annually
Pastor William M Sentel of Gordon Street Baptist Church announces two Sunday sermons. Morning sermon titled Jesus the Joymaker argues that following Masters precepts does not guarantee a joyous life and will address the recall campaign and why voters should recall certain city officials. Evening sermon to be Love Douglas. Special note: Douglas ladies plan to beautify the city cemetery after a six o clock dinner at the chamber of commerce, raising 65 dollars.
Henry Rich a Negro suspect in multiple burglaries escaped from the detective office Friday by jumping from a third story window to a neighboring building roof. Handcuffed to a chair during a safekeeping, he broke the chain and fled unrestrained. Detectives Shew and Maddox were out on a call. recovery of the suspect and cuffs remained unresolved.
Acworth and vicinity enjoy an unprecedented building boom as prosperity grows. Builders named include Dan G Stewart Tumene Wo Ray John R Homphries MoS Mey Walter Lunsford Wol Hass Dirt W Burt A R Wewihen FB Wetox TB Grisham J of Countam Wilt Barron Penn Mitchell fear 81 geant A S Wilbur S Roodoun3 Hf Brenner Prince Younz H Dew 4 worth Cotton Manufacturing Majestic theater Baptist church W oR Logan Tuns ford Henry Lunsford Butler Spray verry.
A farmer in Cleburne County survived a severe fall from a wagon after surgeons removed a portion of his left skull to relieve pressure. He recovered fully at a local hospital with no skull plate needed. The operation involved removing damaged brain tissue and formed a protective scar, and he returned home in good health.
An attempted purse snatching on Courtland Street near Shee wood intersection ends with the would be robber fleeing before police arrive. Mrs Mow Fault of 217 Spring Street and Mrs Gibban reach Grads hospital in a distressed state. another woman, Mrs Cerney of 144 Courtland Street, is noted as ill on the way to Grays hospital.
Macon clothing dealer Sig Roser died at his Bufort home from heart failure after returning from Stephen Popper residence where he had gone to console the Popper family over a death. He collapsed at his house shortly after arriving.
A reader shares relief from stomach and liver trouble with a home remedy. After trying various medicines with no effect, two simple capsules cured belching heartburn and digestion issues, restoring health and easing total worry.
A fragmented plea from a Notre Dame writer urges Kentucky youths plagued by rheumatism, muscular pains, neuralgia, lumbago, and related aches to seek home remedies. The misspelled appeal argues climate and blood condition as causes, claiming relief through tonic treatment and firm elasticity.
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