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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1903
Page
3
New York December 22 The annual New England Society dinner at the Waldorf Astoria drew 564 guests including Whitelaw Reid Andrew Carnegie Pex Dr Newell Dwightitis General WH C Corbin and R M Stuart-Wortley. Reid urged a safe course by turning oceans into a force for unity while warning against revolutionary aims.
News item reports a Gray Opera Company leader returning home to find her mother brutally murdered. The piece notes she had married actor Walter Halbach, and intended to share the Christmas surprise. The passage also contains an extended political forecast about future proposals and public life.
William Puckett and Albert Hales, both about 25, are arrested after a nighttime stakeout outside the city ends in gunfire. Hales was wounded in the groin while Puckett carried a pistol. about 20 boxes of tobacco and 18 pairs of shoes were seized. Detectives say the pair are part of a wider band that has robbed freight cars near Atlanta for weeks, costing the railroads thousands.
James Dean aged 14 was arraigned in Justice Bloodworth's court on a charge of manslaughter for shooting Fred Bradshaw, 10, near Atlanta University’s outskirts. Witnesses testified Dean fired from an embankment above Bradshaw, claiming he aimed at a bird. no birds were seen. The court remanded Dean to jail on a $6300 bond, with bail expected, as prosecutors and defense argued about distances and circumstances surrounding the fatal shot.
At the University of Chicago forty-ninth convocation John Rockefeller announced gifts totaling 1,850,000 with 1,500,000 in real estate near the campus and the remainder in cash for expenses. Hon. George W. Ross of Ontario spoke on The Political Cleavage of North America and urged imperial federation backed by preferential tariffs to benefit empire colonies including Canada.
An injunction suit by the Schuessler Company against the Atlanta Trading Stamp Company opened before Judge Butt and is to be concluded tomorrow. Schuessler seeks to stop issuing stamps to Columbus dry goods firms, claiming a monopoly under a two year contract. Atlanta stamps argue their rights to issue stamps to firms in other states. Prominent local attorneys represent both sides.
Cleveland’s Tom Jenkins defeated Dan McLeod of Canada two falls to one in a catch-as-catch-can bout at Madison Square Garden on December 22.
Greensboro Ga December 22 Special Two of four prisoners who broke jail Friday night last have been recaptured at Crawfordville by Sheriff W Y Edwards of Tallaferro county Charley Chapman accused of bigamy and Herry Jones accused of burning the barn of Mr J H Redmond of Souls Shoals Ed Hall was recaptured the day after he broke jail there is only one prisoner remaining free Harvey Laster charged with assault with intent to murder This was the third jail delivery in eighteen months.
In Columbia South Carolina December 22 a colored hackman John Palmer’s three year old son was fatally burned. The child and his five year old sister were in a room while the mother washed in the yard. The boy tried to push a stick into the fireplace and did not notice his dress caught fire until he reached the other side of the room.
We have had the largest two days in our history and expect today to surpass them. Our store from Peach Tree Street to Pryor Street is stocked with hardware and department goods, with toys and durable gifts for all ages. Choose practical presents including scissors, razors, bicycles, shotguns, parlor rifles, carvers, chafing dishes, and King Steel Ranges. Come up town to see our extensive stock and be pleased before you depart.
Coach J W Heisman of Tech pushes the rules committee to simplify penalties and definitions to ease learning for coaches players and officials. He favors uniform field rules reducing penalties clarifying forward pass penalties redefining scrimmage position extending yardage needed on downs and lowering field goal value to four points.
Alabama will face Georgia Tech in a three game baseball series this season arranged by Manager Mayse. Tech aims to improve on last year while Alabama dominated southern baseball, sweeping Vanderbilt and Auburn. Jack Barrett named Tech track manager plans to bolster the squad, and Heisman contemplates parlor football game production to teach the sport to feminine admirers.
The patent office consistently rejects ideas deemed dangerous or fraudulent including a roulette table and a penny in the slot device. The article notes caution with references to chance or lever devices and cites various items refused recently.
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