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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1921
Page
9
The Mexican government has formally indicated its desire to come to an agreement with its foreign creditors, signaling a pivotal move in the Obregon era as talks on debts advance in New York in February.
Thomas Lamont of J P Morgan & Co announces that the bankers international committee will defer substantive discussions with Mexican creditors until after the forthcoming Washington transition. The Mexican chargé d’affaires has proposed discussing an agreement within current possibilities, with Lamont to visit Mexico if appropriate, but actions await State Department guidance and the new administration.
A February incident in Lawrenceville Illinois followed a theft of nitroglycerin from a nearby plant. A can exploded in a schoolyard causing the teacher and seven pupils to be killed. Lester Groves seven, survived briefly. His brother Raymond Groves also died.
A testimonial claims Mayr's Wonderful Remedy cured five years of gall stone colic and stomach trouble after doctors advised surgery. The simple preparation allegedly removes mucus and inflammation in the intestinal tract, relieving ailments including appendicitis with one dose, money-back guarantee offered through Jacobs' Pharmacy and druggists.
Advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a quick remedy for colds. Take every two hours for three doses to relieve nasal congestion headache feverishness and runny nose. Cheap, pleasant tasting, and without quinine, a claim made in a Belle Isle taxicab ad.
Oscar Robinson Wilson fourteen son of Mrs W E Wilson of Rock Springs road was accidentally killed Tuesday afternoon after walking into a hanging high tension power wire blown down in Monday night storm. No witnesses. cause unknown. Survived by mother four sisters and four brothers. body taken to H M Patterson Son undertakers.
The board discharged Supernumerary Officer RF Craig for failing to turn in money and paraphernalia from a dice raid. Patrolman Satterfield is publicly reprimanded for arresting Sam Felt over a broken window dispute from a neighbor, and Patrolman G B Lee is suspended indefinitely pending bribery results. The panel also seeks higher pay for W T Morris, and discusses reemployment and hearings for discharged staff.
A Seaboard Airline passenger train struck by Central of Georgia box cars two miles west of Savannah left one dead and fourteen injured. The deceased is A. L. Wilson, flagman of the Seaboard train, from Darlington, South Carolina. Injured were taken to Savannah hospitals, including L. Ozier of Memphis with fractured ribs, and J. Mether of Atlanta among others from Memphis, Philadelphia, Charleston, and nearby areas. Authorities pursued details of the collision and casualty list.
Writs of attachments were obtained by banks in West Virginia Ohio and Illinois against Robert L Norris who escaped from a police station. About $10 000 Norris had on deposit with a local bank is held secure. Detectives thwarted his plan to amass a large cash fortune and proceed coast to coast with alleged nationwide swindling. He used aliases including C E Bee and James P Lewis and reportedly confessed to broader crimes. A diamond left with his Atlanta attorney was attacked by Pinkerton agents.
Fate and Frank Williams, brothers, of Tulip Street, were struck by a car at Bellwood and School streets and taken to Grady hospital. Driver G A Mitchell of Kennedy Street was arrested after claiming he could not avoid the men who stepped into the street while he followed a bogey. He faces a reckless driving charge before Recorder Johnson.
Fried Lewis former city editor of The Constitution and a prominent Atlanta advertising expert was cheered by friends yesterday on his improved health after three months at home. He left his residence Tuesday to visit downtown and greet well wishers.
A meeting of neighborhood organization chairmen, organized with the chamber of commerce and community service department, is set for Wednesday at 11 AM. Chairmen will review each neighborhood’s constructive programs, the work done, the ongoing activities, and local needs.
Washington February 8 The Georgia and Florida Railway company applied to the interstate commerce commission for permission to issue certificates of indebtedness totaling 1 600 000 dated January 1 1921 and maturing in three years Of this amount 800 000 is pledged as security for a loan and the balance to be sold to aid the company in purchasing equipment.
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