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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1921
Page
6
Promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a home remedy to darken gray hair naturally and evenly. Claims the product restores natural color after multiple applications, leaves hair thick and lustrous, and makes users look younger. Advertisement style text.
A noted expert attributes most stomach ailments to acidity rather than lack of digestive juices. He recommends four ounces of Jad Salts dissolved in water before breakfast for a week to neutralize acidity and aid digestion, promising relief after the first dose.
A wartime era health ad promotes Foot-Easy to sprinkle in the font bath and shake into shoes each morning. It claims to prevent blisters and corns, relieve swollen feet, and ease burning. The product is marketed as helping new shoes soften and fit with use.
A newly married couple enjoyed a festive banquet with toasts and humor. The timid groom, urged to speak, admitted the moment had been forced on him and joked about furnishing a home with easy terms from Home Art Supply Company at Whitehall Street.
A $500 Liberty bond found near the old Bijou theater in Atlanta is tied to a larger consignment stolen from the mails. Police say the finder was in Atlanta and the bond bore no registration, suggesting it was dropped seconds before discovery. Inspectors pursue leads as they try to identify the thieves.
The article describes a public contest to discover a new screen beauty organized by Thomas H Ince. Entrants from 52 U S cities submit names and photos evaluated by five judges. Five top candidates will be photographed and ultimately chosen by Ince for film prominence. It notes eligibility excludes marital status and promises privacy if requested.
Macon Georgia February 10 W O Swift former city detective was found not guilty of murder by a jury in superior court. He had been previously convicted and given two life terms in the double killing of Abram Kimbrell and Philip Lamar but a new trial was granted. Four other former city detectives indicted in the case had charges nol pressed. Detective L J Stevens would have faced trial if Swift had been convicted. L G Stripling, indicted with Swift and Stevens, killed himself after Swift’s first trial. Detectives Bunch McLendon and Evans faced accessories charges. The state said the holdup men were killed during a robbery at Bobo's store in South Macon two years ago, a claim the state termed a frameup for a sensational capture.
Washington moves erupt as eight year term transitions swirl. Cabinet members and dozens of retiring lawmakers shift homes and careers. Colby returns to New York law. Daniels heads to Raleigh to edit. Baker moves to Cleveland for his law office. Palmar to Stroudsburg to direct railroads. Burleson to Texas private affairs. Meredith to Des Moines farm paper. Houston to university or bank. Tumulty to Washington law. Wilson plans quiet health recovery but active public interest. Marshall tours Europe, lectures, then practices law in Indianapolis.
E. Jackson Winslett national vice commander of the American Legion will be honor guest at two Atlanta posts events. A L Henson state commander plans to attend with local officers urging Legion wives and daughters to join Friday night session to form a women's auxiliary. Winslett and Henson will arrive from Washington with Rufus Barnett and J G Bloodworth heading the delegation.
In Great Falls Montana on February 10 part of about 2000 unemployed men who had city work payrolls at five dollars a day were sent home as waterworks employees and federal union members threatened a walkout unless emergency workers received five fifty daily. The mayor has not announced the next move. Park Felder Sr dies of meningitis after a brief illness at 119 Sinclair Avenue. The nine year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W P Felker, he leaves four grandparents and two uncles, with funeral planned Friday at 10 at home, Rev S R Belk officiating, interment West View Cemetery.
LeRoy McCoy, young white man, was arrested by Narcotics Inspector Nations and Agent Hicks for allegedly stealing a narcotic prescription from nurse Mrs Maud Monk of 172 South Forsyth street and altering it to obtain morphine for himself. He appeared before U S Commissioner Carter and was held for a federal grand jury on Harrison anti narcotic act charges.
Washington February 10 Samuel Gompers President of the American Federation of Labor told a senate committee that labor would oppose any Calder bill unless trades uniting are excluded from government regulation of coal. He pressed against provisions seen as weakening labor rights amid heated testimony over mine operators alleged looting of the public and charges linking the National Coal Association to price fixing.
Following a report by Dr. W. J. Auten the county physician to Solicitor Boykin on the condition of R. J. Red Wilson held under indictment the article notes a review of safety and stability concerns at the site and implies ongoing legal proceedings.
Instant relief for colds with a dose of Pape's Cold Compound every two hours, claimed to unclog nostrils, relieve headaches and feverishness, and cost only a few cents at drug stores. The ad urges insistence on Pape's brand.
Fulton County Tower case prompts Atlanta Humane Society to report prisoner Wilson, accused con man, in advanced tuberculosis sharing a cell with others. R B White urges action and funds, with a $10,000 goal. A dinner at Peacock cafe Monday to rally support from reading clubs and unions.
London February 10 Premier Lloyd George told the Locomotive Engineers and Firemen's union its implied threat to trigger a general strike over the Mallow Ireland shooting would not sway government action. He said the Leeds resolution would be sent to Ireland for information and that lawful administration would guide decisions despite threats. The Mallow shooting on January 31 wounded District Inspector King and killed his wife.
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