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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1916
Page
7
Spokane February 20 five Parsons were killed and six injured when a Northern Pacific North Coast Limited passenger train collided with the rear end of a Northern Pacific and Bur-Magtor train at La Chenes, Washington, about fifty miles from Spokane.
A Richmond woman reports relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to ease hot flashes dizziness and nervousness during the Change of Life. The ad emphasizes warning symptoms such as suffocation head backaches dread tremors and irregularities and promotes the product as restoring normal health.
Murray E Randell arrives from Chicago to present a speech by his late father James B Rendell at the Atlanta Association of Building Owners and Managers banquet at Hotel Ansley. Rendell, former president of the National Association of Building Owners and Managers, authored the work shortly before his death.
Forsyth Ga February 20 Special Hubert L Worsham son of W A Worsham former county representative and current state senator named farm demonstrator for Monroe county salary paid by government board of education and county commissioners Worsham is a University of Georgia graduate and served two years as county demonstration agent in its county
In Augusta on February 20 a Richmond Academy alumni banquet spurred a drive to build a $20,000 alumni hall. The motion to start the project was offered by a 1859 alumnus and seconded by a 1930 cadet. A committee to organize the initial step and reconvene includes Professor Lombard Kelly, Gwin Nixon, Thomas Barrett Jr, John Phinizy, and William H. Fleming.
Fragmentary note reflects on time, future, and the value of present actions. Text suggests contemplation of generations and the impact of books and learning, but readable details are sparse and no clear event or person is identified.
A today event features dances at the Atlanta Auditorium performed by society girls of Atlanta. The festival highlights community celebration with music and light refreshments.
The sermon at St Mark's by Dr W R Hendrix centers on first Corinthians thirteen. He argues charity surpasses faith and hope, transforms service into happiness, and endures beyond death, urging love as the supreme Christian virtue directing daily life and efforts toward others.
Helen Kellar, renowned blind figure, viewed Atlanta yesterday with Miss Thompson, touring the city by car and registering at the Ansley hotel before a Rome lecture. She praised Atlanta as a fine and beautiful city, while Milas Kellar drew attention at the hotel dining area.
At Forsyth the vaudeville program features Walter C Kelly in The Virginia Judge, the Farber girls, Fred V. Bowers, Irene Martin, Hireot Gallagher, and Bisis Williams in acts. Grand screens Blanche Awest in The Black List with newsreels and laughs, plus A Cafe Hiptode by Cola Russell. Strand offers Fighting Blood with Farnum and Bernard, and Georgian shows The Turmoil starring Valli Valli with live music by Percy Lynn.
The state board of health convenes in a special morning session at the capital to decide how the $10,000 Ledbetter amendment funds will be used for treating drug addicts. Dr. Ledbetter favors placing treatment outside cities and may push using Franklin Springs property in Clarke County pending Senate confirmation.
Rome Ga February 2 Special Hershel Lay a negro employed at the Plant of the Fairbanks company in West Rome has been taken to Atlanta for safekeeping after an attack on foreman Arthur E Jimmerfield a white man. Lay picked up a heavy iron piece and hurled it at Jimmerfield injuring him. Lay was spirited to Atlanta to avoid trouble and is held in Fulton county jail awaiting trial.
America's Master of Mirth Henry Clay Barnabee known in America and Europe as a leading opera singer and original Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood. He starred with Boston Museum company and Boston Ideal Opera, famed for Loving Heart and Cork Lee. The paper distributes a volume of his songs including Heart Songs.
An advertisement touts Schiffmanns New Concentrated Expectorant for bronchitis whooping cough croup and colds. It claims a money back guarantee and states one bottle makes a full pint with sugar and water costing about 30 cents, offering economical family use and safety for children.
Fragmentary obituary note outlines the death of an engineer named Mays in Battle Mountain Nevada after pneumonia. It mentions relatives including Mrs. Right, Ector Latham of Washington, and Conklin of Atlanta. Funeral arrangements traced through local undertakers in Atlanta.
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