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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1903
Page
12
A highly garbled OCR fragment lists scattered letters and phrases. The readable bits reference government, religion, and discipline in vague terms, but contain no coherent event, names, places, or dates to summarize into a clear news item.
William Raiden of Athens says his 18 year old son Willie vanished after being persuaded by convict Skelton Sherney to take $90 from the bank and run away. Raiden offers a $100 reward for the arrest of the pair or recovery of the boy and possible murder, with descriptions of both men provided to authorities.
Sale of seats for Sorrentino's Banda Rossa in Atlanta opens at Miller's Book Store. The famous Italian band will perform two concerts at the Baptist Tabernacle next Wednesday, with a matinee and evening show. Subscriptions to RM Mitchell at 20 Grant Building will also be sold. Dr. Broughton leased the tabernacle for the event to accommodate the open date, a move enabling the Grand to be avoided.
Pugh MacRAb & Co announces a Washington branch at Kellogg Building with Henry A. Pressey, former USGS and current Columbia University civil engineering professor. The firm will expand handling water powers, electric railways and lighting projects alongside continued Southern investment securities, focusing on cotton mill stocks. Communications to either office receive prompt attention.
In Macon Georgia on February 18 Judge Felton of Bibb superior court suspended court sittings and discharged jurors. A large number of Macon attorneys are in Atlanta at the state Supreme Court, delaying the Macon docket and raising questions about county costs.
The note cautions readers to evaluate diamond purchases with diligence and patience. It warns against careless or rushed decisions, underscoring the need for informed, prudent consideration of value, quality, and market conditions before investing in diamonds.
Col Scruggs argues that German threats and imperial pressures demand U S relief measures and colonization options. He warns against abandoning or altering the Monroe doctrine, urging support for strong national governments in South America and steadfast American policy to avoid European domination and conflict.
A seed planter and fertilizer distributor invention sparks a patent dispute in United States court before Judge W. T. Newman. Three men claim to be the inventor and seek injunctions against rivals while Foster sues to bar Henry and Merrill from using their patents. Attorneys from Atlanta and Carrollton argued as the judge took the case under advisement.
A new book by Hugh McHugh titled Back to the Woods recounts a fall from grace. Published as a first edition, it is offered at 75 cents postpaid by John M. Miler Co at 89 Marietta St in Atlanta, Georgia.
Macon Ga February 18 Special The Central Labor Union of Macon has appointed a committee to approach the State Fair Association and seek that only union labor be used on the work at Central City park preparation for the fair It will be economy for the fair management to secure the best class of labor possible Then the work will be done better and more satisfactory than if non union men are employed
Dr Ward hosts a formal banquet at the Capital City Club in Atlanta for Prudential Insurance agents from Georgia Florida Alabama North and South Carolina and Tennessee with James Wynn as toastmaster. Attendees include Fidelity Trust official Usal McCarter and several high ranking company officers. A Piedmont hotel meeting and a Peachtree Street luncheon precede the event with many guests arriving by late afternoon.
The city council agreed to buy C W Hunnicutt property near Hemphill for reservoir use with a 1907 mortgage assumption totaling 21 000 over three years and debated reallocating funds to schools or a new engine house while approving a weights and measures standard plan.
Passersby at a Greater Georgia banquet heard Governor Terrell and President Spencer discuss the new passenger depot due in about two years due to material delays. In Atlanta, Ben Hur stage workers began rebuilding the Grand Opera House for next week’s production, installing a large power and scenery system with two twenty horsepower dynamos and rotating canvases delivering a 1340 feet per minute view.
Letter notes dramatic health claims for Duffy Malt Whiskey from users in Richmond Virginia and Hamline Minnesota dated 1902 praising pneumonia recovery and general throat and lung disease cures. Advertises broad antidotes to coughs colds bronchitis and nervousness with assertion of purity and doctor endorsements.
Plans reveal a new large peach venture in Houston County, already the nation’s top peach county, with $54 000 raised by an Ohio led company headed by J Peterson. The group seeks land options, expects immediate planting, and anticipates Ohio migrants joining Georgia's peach boom while officials and other visitors tour agriculture sites.
Huntsville Alabama February 18 Ned Rice one of Madison county's oldest citizens died yesterday at his home near New Market aged 88 years All of his immediate relatives have been dead many years Sam Butler formerly of Fosterville
Call at leading drug stores for a free sample bottle of Morley’s Lemon Elixir the perfect laxative.
Two fibre alarms rang in Macon Georgia on February 18 as a fire struck the home of Wallace McCaw, law relation of R H Plant. Prompt action by the city fire department prevented major loss. A small blaze started under a second floor hearth on College Street and was quickly contained with minimal damage. The house on Magnolia Street later drew the department’s attention as crews fought but prevented extensive harm.
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