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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1915
Page
6
Frank H. Cook former Livingston county district attorney who aided the Siegel trial in Geneva was named special assistant attorney general to prosecutor Mary K. Thaw. The appointment comes as the government presses the Thaw case in New York.
Mary Byrne of New Brunswick New Jersey testifies that after scarlet fever and dropsy left her child Angela in poor health a fifty cent bottle of Swamp Root relieved inflammation and two large bottles cured her kidneys. She notes a physician failed to help and that the doctor was unaware the remedy was Swamp Root. The affidavit dated July 16 1903 sworn before Margaret P O Donnell Notary Public confirms truth of the statement.
An advertisement urges readers to send ten cents to Dr Kilmer and Co for a sample bottle of Swamp Root claiming it will convince anyone. It promises a booklet on kidneys and bladder and notes available regular bottle sizes at drug stores. Atlanta Daily Constitution is referenced.
Foreign dispatches report Zapata forces closing on Mexico City as anxiety rises. Diplomats seek guidance on contingencies while food scarcity deepens. Villa’s executive power move is confirmed. Carranza denies friction with diplomats amid Monterrey fall rumors.
Simple home ingredients including bay rum glycerine and alcohol are mixed with water to apply to the scalp. The remedy is used daily for two weeks then weekly until used up. It claims to rid dandruff, stop hair shedding, relieve itching, darken gray hair, and promote hair growth by acting on the roots.
Mrs Homer Thompson of 24 Dalney Street was accidentally shot in the left breast by her year old son who was handling an automatic pistol. The bullet grazed her body and caused a minor flesh wound. She was rushed to Grady hospital and returned home after treatment.
Bayne Gibson, head of the Atlante Boy Scouts, will travel to Washington DC to attend the fifth annual National Council of the Boy Scouts of America meeting on February 11 at the New Willard hotel. Colin Livingston will preside, Ernest Seton will report, and a White House reception is set for 2 PM. Demonstrations of scout craft at convention hall follow, with over 2,600 scouts expected and the national figure at about 200,000. Atlanta’s fifteen troops enroll over 300 boys.
A large cit rus fruit packing plant of the Man ted Fruit company in Palmetto Florida was burned today causing an estimated loss of 59000.
Michiel Cairoto, freed from a cellar beneath Paterno after twenty five days without food, described surviving by finding water, drinking from a wet spot and hearing voices above. He recounted escaping a stable collapse and being mistaken for a ghost by rescuers before declaring he was alive.
The annual meeting of the Southwestern association of the Associated Press gathers in Knoxville, with AP newspapers from Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Sessions cover war news, southern news, morning and afternoon services, market and sports reports. Melville E. Stone sends congratulatory message. Luncheon hosted by the Knoxville Board of Commerce. Banquet held with remarks from notable editors. Wiley I. Morgan presides. E. A. Fitzgerald may become next president.
Senate floor scenes near midnight as voting quorum calls and arrests fail to secure action on the ship purchase bill. Senator Galinger urged taking up appropriation bills to avoid an extra session, while McAdoo noted freight congestion at major ports and Savannah and Charleston. Arkansas House urges immediate enactment as Senator Clarke opposes the measure.
Thomas B. Doolittle of Connecticut, credited with inventing the first commercial telephone switchboard, traveled through Atlanta en route from San Francisco to New York. He noted a prior San Francisco trip as part of his bid to become one of four men to receive the first transcontinental telephone message sent January 25.
William H. Emmons, good roads and publicity expert from Denver, is touring the South stopping at the Winecoff Hotel. He aims to boost Denver and Colorado tourism ahead of the Panama Canal exposition in San Francisco and to secure federal roadbuilding aid with western senators mobilized. Emmons was hosted at luncheon by Winecoff manager Letton and convention bureau head Fred Houser.
Secretary of State Phil Cook faces a puzzle about selling 20000 automobile numbers in the sixteen days before March 1. His department can issue 300 numbers per day, implying tardy applicants may have to keep cars off the road after March 1 or drive without a license.
Washington February 8 Calvin M Hitch of Georgia already assistant chief of the division of Latin American affairs in the state department was nominated for promotion to consul of class five and will be sent to England as a consul The post pays 3600 a year Marion Letcher of Georgia now consul at Chihuahua Mexico was promoted to consul of the sixth class John E R Silliman now in Mexico City was nominated as consul of full rank and William P Cresson secretary of the legation at Panama was nominated for a secretaryship and assignment later Under the new law nominations may be made in grades without posting to a specific post and all current service members must be renominated The first group under this plan was sent in today
The Georgia Chamber of Commerce seeks county board support to purchase Georgia raised supplies for about 5,000 convicts and 4,090 supervised males. President Haden has mailed letters to board chairs urging pref erence for local products, noting mule feed can be bought as cheaply here as elsewhere.
Washington reports the 135 million cotton loan plan closed with minimal subscriptions totaling 101.9 million from 487 banks, 185 firms, and 17 individuals across 19 states and DC. The central committee notes loans were scarce yet subscriptions may not be called. costs have largely fallen on volunteers and the fund’s existence ends with no further required calls.
Governor H. C. Stuart placed the Union Stockyards in Richmond Virginia under quarantine today after the discovery of an issue at the yards. The action aims to prevent spread as authorities investigate the source and extent of the problem affecting cattle in the market.
Several cases of foot and mouth disease were found in a shipment of hogs consigned to a local company and penned near the yards. The legislature today appropriated $10,000 to be used in fighting the disease in Virginia.
Dodson's Liver Tone is advertised as a safe vegetable liquid that clears the liver without causing calomel’s salivation. The ad argues calomel is dangerous mercury, while Liver Tone supposedly cures by normalizing digestion, improving appetite, and preventing aches and nausea.
An old Jacobs' Stores advertisement touts Dovers Quinine as a quick, safe remedy for colds, coughs, and grippe. It claims the product boosts circulation, relieves congestion, relaxes muscles and nerves, opens air passages, and purges fever and inflammation with a lax bowel action overnight. Tablets or capsules offered for 18c, by mail 20c.
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