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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1902
Page
2
A fragmentary verse tale recounts a rogue engine roamer facing a ten dollar wager to aid a gang and the theft of a cake tied to Beauty Sapp and Miss Sapp, with Judge Briles remarking on the misnomer as a mishap halts the roaming tale.
An officer questions Gip Emerson about railroad yard lounging and is told he was waiting for a locomotive. Judge Broyles fines him 15.75 for loafing and orders stockade if unpaid. A subsequent matinee features Harry Moore and Beauty Sapp, with cake theft and rocking a store leading to additional fines or stockade time.
In Atlanta a window display on Whitehall viaduct shows a large steel engraving of Gettysburg, a gift to A. B. Phillips from Captain L. D. Phillips of Prescott. The tale details their Civil War family ties, former foes now kin, and the broader vignette of veterans studying the scene and the accompanying explanatory diagram.
The forecast covers Moréay and Tuesday in Virginia and North Carolina with fair skies. Monday and Tuesday in the Carolinas show diminishing northwest winds. Eastern Florida expects generally fair weather with cooler southeast, Western Florida and nearby states see fair conditions with light to NW winds. Texas regions show partly cloudy to rising temperatures, Kentucky notes fair conditions with west winds.
Rumor says President Charles A. Wickersham of the Atlanta and West Point and Western of Alabama may resign to become Southern Railway general manager, replacing Frank Shannon. Colonel W. M. Abbott of Selma floated as next president of the Birmingham Selma and New Orleans, while Gannon’s future at the Southern is debated. Wickersham was reportedly in Alabama and could not be seen.
In Louisville Times a scene unfolds where a colored elder named Marie Bob pleads with Governor Bivins to pardon her husband Jim from prison. She argues he is useless, yet the family starves after a ham is taken from Mr. Smith's smoke house. The governor questions the merit of a pardon while the woman emphasizes their dire need.
Trains and schedules listing arrival and departure times for various stations on the Troima Central of Inanats Railway and connections with Western and Atlantic, Georgia, and Kansas rail lines. Highlights include routes to Hapeville, Jonesboro, St Augustine, Marietta, Nashville, Clinton, Norfolk, and Montgomery with times across morning to evening, plus feeder lines and transfer points.
Partial OCR of Southern Railway timetables lists multiple services from Atlanta to destinations including Brunswick Columbus Chattanooga Richmond and Washington. It mentions daily and through sleeping cars with dining and parlor facilities, plus vestibuled trains to Cincinnati Detroit and St Augustine, with notable stops at Macon Birmingham Memphis and Louisville and includes several train numbers and service notes.
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