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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1902
Page
3
Ex governors Atkinson Colquitt Brown Northen and Hemphill join business leaders in lauding the Southern Shorthand and Business University of Atlanta. They commend graduates for excellence in stenography typing and practical business training, citing successful employment by banks, publishers, and corporations.
Lem and Julius Bone, prison inmates for highway robbery in Fulton county, were pardoned by Governor Candler after the board of pardon split, the majority report favoring clemency. The governor’s order commutes their five years to present service, discharging them immediately, amid doubts raised about their guilt and identity.
A high tribute pass to the Southern Shorthand and Business University by ex mayor Haourasse Porter Kini of Atlanta praises officers and teachers as respected citizens. The letter notes the school’s high standards, 500 annual attendees, two daily applications, and 250 current pupils. Catalogs available from A G Briscoe president or L W Arnold vice president in Atlanta Ga.
Letters from former students praise the Southern Shorthand and Business University for practical instruction and job placement. Bookkeepers, stenographers, and a civil service candidate credit improved skills, guaranteed positions, and recommendations, with several noting swift employment after graduation and ongoing success.
The New York Staats Zeitung lists toasts prepared for a press dinner in honor of Prince Henry on February 26. Invitations exceed 1,400 for journalists nationwide, with speakers pledging unity between the press and monarchy. Notable toasts include Welcome to Our Distinguished Guests by Herman Ridder and The Press, the Tie That Binds. by St Clair McHlyway.
Fire destroyed a large Bodcaw company mill at Stamps 30 miles north of Texarkana February 7 with insured loss about 55,000 and total damage around 100,000. Several workers injured, planers kilns and vast lumber stocks threatened but saved. fire caused by a dry ripe. mill to be rebuilt.
An updated dining car service offering a full menu with market delicacies. Meals are à la carte and available for order aboard the Seaboard Ate Line railway car.
Court of Last Resort delivers Friday February 7 1902 rulings on motions for new trials across Fulton and surrounding counties. Highlights include chaos over continuances and jurisdiction in the Atlanta Knoxville and Northern Railway case Crummey Hamilton v Bentley and other rulings touching verdicts forgery intestate administration church property and public works. Voices discuss judgments reversed affirmed and writs of error dismissed with concurring opinions noted.
Pittsburg, February 7. John Zaginski of Homestead and his three children, aged 8 to 9, are gravely ill from drinking water believed poisoned with quicksilver. A neighbor woman allegedly demanded the key to a second well, threatened to poison the water, and the tested water revealed quicksilver. The physician says Zaginski may recover, but the children will die. Also noted is a bankruptcy sale in Barnesville, Ga., of J. R. Deavours’ store stock, inventory, and fixtures, to be auctioned January 10.
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