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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1914
Page
1
A provocative report suggests disease spreads across racial lines while city officials overlook racial disparities in health. The piece emphasizes public concern over unequal attention to germ-related issues and questions policy responses affecting White Atlanta families.
G Lambert, a prominent Atlanta figure and Slager Sewing Machine agent, faced a diphtheria outbreak at his home in West Fourteenth Street. Diagnosis by Dr H J Batter confirmed malignant diphtheria. With wife, two daughters, and grandson ill, Lambert urged sanitary care for all, including a black servant, noting no official place for negroes with contagious diseases and warning that the disease threatened all residents regardless of color. The Constitution began an investigation into the inability to segregate contagious illness in the city.
Marie Robinson Wright a Newnan Georgia native and noted traveler historian and author died in Liberty Sullivan County New York. She was a descendant of Randall Rutherford and brother of Sir Christopher Robinson. Wright worked as a special correspondent for The New York World and prepared a Mexico supplement for the Chicago exposition. She authored works on South America and was honored in Mexico and at multiple world expos. She eloped with Hinton Wright after a family feud, an event that led to a fatal clash with her brother.
Rev Wilbur M Berry was jailed for four months in Portland Maine for criminal libel against Associate Justice Haley of the supreme court The alleged libel appeared in The Civic League Record the organ of the Christian Civic League of which Berry was secretary The articles criticized Judge Haley over liquor case decisions.
In Lexington Kentucky on February 7 Leslie Edwards 21 and Buford Terhune 22 were trapped when a turning auto overturned into a nearby creek. Edwards died and Terhune remained exposed and at risk of death from exposure as rescuers worked.
Congressman Robert G Bremner of New Jersey, who held the sole radium supply used against his cancer, is near death after December treatment. He briefly rallied to work on a bill, then told his brother to assume control of The Passaic Daily Herald, which he owns. His fight has drawn public support and political mentions, with friends recalling his earlier endurance despite pain.
London February 2 The militant suffragette leader Mrs Dacre Fox described utter contempt during an interview with the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace on January 29 She said the archbishop listened calmly while she urged on behalf of prisoner suffragettes and accused Bishop Ingram of preying on Miss Rachel Peace provoking shouts of traitor and rotter.
Worthy in conjunction the board of county commissioners and the state, Prison commission will this morning open a joint investigation into the altered immoral insanitary and inhuman conditions in Fulton county convict camps. The probe will interview prisoners guards and foremen as grand jurors quiz commissioners on flogging and mistreatment.
A Mexican dispatch reports Francisco Guzman, a promoter of the Madero revolt, was executed in Villa’s front yard after being brought from Havana. The article details the alleged conspiracy, the manner of the execution, and the broader military moves as Villa’s forces advance toward Torreon and Chihuahua. It notes tensions with the United States over neutrality and mentions Raoul Madero’s activities on the American side.
A telegram to Mrs D H W Haslam from Candle Alaska details the romance behind the lonely death of William H Myers whose body was found in Alaska. Myers held mining interests near Candie and Whitehorse passes and had planned to marry L E Hayes, a Kentucky schoolteacher. Relatives expect the body to be moved to Prince Tidward Island when spring navigation opens.
Amid a ministers protest and a heated council session, licenses were granted to several locker clubs including Piedmont Driving, Capital City, Elks, and University We & My Atlanta Theatrical. The Central club’s permit was sent back to the police committee for further investigation, while Unity Vocal and Sixth Ward Literary clubs were rejected.
A tentative agreement aims to settle the Whitehall Forsyth budget quarrel. The plan keeps Whitehall and Forsyth money, restores Dozier and DaAlvigny positions, funds Cherokee street work, and carries across major street widening aims while adjusting a Pryor street question.
A garbled weather prophecy notes fair conditions for Georgia and nearby areas. The text mentions Tuesday and Wednesday but provides no clear forecasts, times, or actionable details.
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