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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1910
Page
7
An ancient advertisement touts Papes Diapepsin as a remedy for indigestion and stomach trouble. It promises relief within five minutes, prevents fermentation, and claims to digest food as if the stomach weren’t there. Papes Diapepsin is sold in 30 cent boxes by pharmacists.
New Orleans February 12 Editors adjourned after electing officers for the ensuing year and many planned to sail tonight on the steamer Turrialba for Panama, with others to follow on Cartaga tomorrow. Officers named include President James P Baumgartner and several vice presidents, while next convention dates remain to be set by the executive committee.
Ante bellum slaves and their children held a meeting Friday night at Beale Avenue Baptist church colored Memphis February 12 to discuss establishing a permanent home for dependent ex slaves. A planning committee including I. W. Wallace H. Af Hume Henry Gavin Sol Bradshaw M. B. Trigg Barton Porter and J. M. Phillips was appointed to raise funds and finalize the plan.
Frank Helsrig itinerant preacher from Omaha, arrested in Evanaville on February 12 for passing a bad check to fund travel and pulpit engagements in southern towns. Police say he admitted needing money to buy stock coal. Authorities charge him with issuing a forged or fraudulent check.
Four men arrested after a broad brimmed sombrero found at the crime scene linked to a Missouri Kansas Texas train robbery. One suspect confessed guilt. Hat traced from St Louis maker to Texas then Kansas. U.S. will prosecute all four with possible hanging or life terms. $1800 reward for each arrestee to be shared by detectives.
The forecast predicts fair skies and warmer temperatures today. Local officials caution that regional conditions may rise gradually as experts acknowledge the slight increase in warmth amid continued pleasant weather.
The report notes a light temperature change from 29 to around 26 degrees with a freezing day earlier, while a humorous local observation mocks unnamed friends and a widower’s visit. It also recalls a visit where a girl’s title as Queen of Hearts was questioned by locals and a family was drawn into a mock “new mamma” request.
Washington February 12 Former Governor David K Francis of Missouri was elected today first vice president of the Southern Commercial Congress at a meeting of the executive committee. The plans of G Grosvenor Dawe managing director of the congress for a sustained publicity campaign throughout the country were approved and authority given to broaden the work already begun by the congress. Georgia Day observed Talbotton Ga February 12 Special Georgia day observed in the Talbot county public school yesterday under an interesting program sent out by State Superintendent Jere M Pound.
Berlin, February 12. The German foreign office has tried for weeks to learn when former President Roosevelt will visit Germany. It is widely reported he will be in Berlin on April 28, but this is not official. Emperor William plans depend on arriving guest, and officials seek Roosevelt's reply with urgency. The emperor has invited Roosevelt to be his personal guest.
The rough-woven Shantung is predicted to be a spring favorite by top designers in Paris and New York. Keely’s window displays on Whitehall Street in Atlanta showcase Shantung in the foreground and versatile suits and dresses in the other pane. The twin display aims to attract Atlanta’s fashion-minded shoppers ahead of a Monday sale of Shantung silk.
In Columbus Indiana February 32 shouts proclaiming Roosevelt will be the next president interrupted a eulogy before a Lincoln League gathering. President B E Neil delivered the eulogy. Also appears a humorous ad line about asthma cure and a furniture fixtures firm listing.
Nashville Ga February 12 Twenty two hundred votes polled in Berrien county primary. J K Knight led for congress with 1370 votes Hoddenberg 629 Spence 288. City court judge William D Bute and clerk L C Turner reelected. J H Gary defeated W J Smith for solicitor of city court. I C Avera reelected over four opponents. Elisha Moore beat Carter and Talley for tax receiver. Luke edged Shaw for treasurer. Sweat led county commissioner ticket. Hutchinson Lovett and Chisholm also elected officials.
The house voted down the majority committee plan to submit a $1,000,000 bond issue to voters after a two hour debate. A minority measure to buy land for the asylum plant was adopted. The senate handled minor matters and banking bills from the State Bankers Association.
Cartersville Ga February 12 A petition for a new trial for Seana Cook the condemned murderer of Joe Cannon late December has been denied and an appeal to the Supreme Court made Sheriff Charles Smith has begun erecting gallows behind the county jail yard for a February 27 hanging unless the sentence is stayed.
A French steamer General Chanzy with 166 aboard sank after hitting a reef near Minorca in a terrible storm. Among the inferred Americans were Miss Elsie Henry and jugglers Leon Derenda and a partner named Green, all traveling with a vaudeville troupe. Survivors include Marcel Rodel, an Algerian customs official, who clung to wreckage and washed ashore on Minorca.
An advertisement claims Absol Lloyd cures consumption and lung troubles. It cites a wife’s recovery after ten days and urges readers to mail for a full month’s treatment, offering a money back guarantee if unsatisfied after fifteen days. The piece attributes merit to Judd J Lloyd and promises no risk to customers with eligibility details.
Villagers describe a deadly Wednesday night sea storm that wrecked vessels and left a mass of wreckage along the coast. Even if small boats had been launched they would not have survived the raging sea, authorities report.
Elyea-Austell Company leases 119 Peachtree Street from Underwood Typewriter and will open an exclusive Victor talking machine store. They will retail Victor One exclusively with the largest stock in the South under manager A. E. Severe, known in talking machine circles.
Harrisburg February 12 The state railroad commission rules that exclusive contracts between the Bell Telephone Company and the state Bell Telephone Company of Slaitington Pa are illegal and recommends interchange of local business. The decision is believed to have far reaching effect.
February 12 notice states Ryme Brothers Manufacturing Company will establish a large lumber plant near the Cariga Foundry and Machine Works on March 1, joining Cartersville industries. Machinery is being installed and operations begin early March under Hardy Rhymen togmefly of Jasper Ga. and Ruyala of Marianna Fla. are among managers. Family of Mrs. D R Gardner and S A Middlesbrooks send thanks for sympathy after illness and death of Mrs H B Middlesbrooks.
Chicago report claims murder motive was revenge after Charred Wiltshire, a glove maker, was found slain with 37 stiletto wounds in his factory. Police tie the sheath to brother of suspect Lorence Bartell and Frank EbPole, with Chris EbPole still sought.
General Charles T. Cates attorney general of Tennessee holds locker clubs are flimsy to avoid the 4 mile law and penalties in an opinion to the state board of equalization. The Chattanooga and Hamilton county case stems from the county clerk's refusal to issue a distress warrant to collect privilege tax as retail liquor dealers.
Chicago February 13. A municipal court condemned mugging as a system of photography for rogues. Judge Fudge Gemmill ordered Detective James McCarthy to justify why he should not be held in contempt for having photographed Roy Whitmore, a student fined $6 for disorderly conduct, in the bureau of identification using terms outrageous and condemnable.
In remarks about prisoners, Gemmill condemns the rule that a person must be fined over eight dollars before being photographed and sent as a rogue around the country. He plans to file a complaint to argue why the court should not deem him in contempt.
Nashville court ruling affirms the loyalist faction of the Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House in a landmark ownership dispute. The Supreme Court decision ends a high profile church constitutional conflict that drew widespread attention in Tennessee.
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