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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1910
Page
15
The ad promotes boys Bloomer Suits priced from $1.15 to $1.65 and matching hats for girls and boys, with silk and mercerized fabrics, ruffled trimmings, and adjustable brim hats. Caps for larger boys range 5c to 50c, with linen, crash, and worsted fabrics in multiple colors.
Mayor Howse issued an order prohibiting Italian organ grinders and monkeys from Nashville at the request of prominent local Italians. Twenty three organ grinders were notified to leave the city to prevent prejudice against the better class of countrymen.
Delegates from forty four cities across the United States converge on Pittsburg for a national conference on Protestant Episcopal church extension work. The sessions, organized by the Laymen's Missionary League of the local diocese, will open tomorrow.
White Plains New Jersey February 24 A jury in the supreme court awards Peter Mandy Ossining $4000 for the loss of four fingers from his left hand after a factory accident. Meanwhile reports from San Antonio Texas on February 24 say millionaire Thomas F Walsh is seriously ill and improving, with close aides confident of recovery.
Washington February 24 While Senator Gordon of Mississippi occupied the vice president's chair during Senator Brown's income tax speech he reportedly wrote poetry on a paper handed to him along with the gavel. The verses mocked Brown's intellect and included lines about his supposed inadequacies and constitutional knowledge.
Chicago report tells of two bold robberies thwarted by quick actions of residents. Mrs Fred Brown caught a burglar climbing from a basement, held him with a hug until help arrived, while another pair faced two armed men who fled after a string of bolgona sausages hit their faces. Herman Barnikow pursued the burglars for two blocks after using the sausages as improvised projectiles.
More than a thousand hens from the United States and Europe will meet in an egg-laying contest in Mexico Missouri next fall. The event will be held at the new poultry experiment station operated under the U S Department of Agriculture and modeled after an Australian trial.
Athena Ga February 4 Special J R Montgomery found a ten foot alligator wandering the new UGA athletic field near Lumpkin street. He captured it and took it to the business district for public viewing. This is the third alligator captured in the city in six to seven months, with others found near the State Normal School. The third gator may be sent to join its relatives.
Paris February 24 Senators Millies-Lacroix and Lintilhac dueled with swords in Parc des Princes. Millies-Lacroix cut Lintilhac on the forearm after a parry. second duel effort halted. The feud stemmed from a Senate committee dispute on secrecy of ballot. Both are heavyweight members. Millies-Lacroix is 60, Lintilhac three years younger. Both wore soft cloth blouses and trousers.
Washington February 24 the pure food and drugs inspection board of the department of agriculture will investigate interstate shipments of watered oysters. It is held such shipments violate the pure food law and the department proposes to stop them if possible.
A promotional pitch extols Cardui as a vegetable tonic to strengthen nervous fatigue and general weakness in women. It cites letters from users like Mrs. Kate Cook praising improved health after eight bottles, claims gentle action without after effects, and urges readers to ask the druggist for Cardui.
New York February 24 witnesses labeled the black horse cavalry testified in the Conger Allds bribery case. The group, all former assembly members, faced questions about highway regulation influence and bridge company interests dating back to 1901 with bids to sway Allds and two others for 6000 dollars.
George G. Ward vice president of the Commercial Cable Company announces plans to lay an additional trans Atlantic cable. This sixth cable will connect Europe and America, expanding facilities and speed to meet rising public demand.
Delegate James Wickersham testified before the house committee on low territories urging a mining law revision. He painted Alaska as rich in gold yet burdened by crude laws and harsh enforcement, noting last year’s virgin gold output of 20.9 million dollars and trade with the United States at 60 million.
Richmond February 24 The house finance committee sent the senate Insurance bill introduced by Senator Heedall and adapted by the senate to the house with a recommendation that it be adopted with an amendment. It requires life insurance companies doing business to pay a tax of one and four tenths per cent of their gross receipts. The bill, originally 17 per cent, was bitterly fought by insurance company representatives.
Boston quotes Charles E. Magoon urging strong U S influence in Central America after deposed leaders Castro in Venezuela and Zelaya in Nicaragua. He stresses Monroe Doctrine dominance and holding governments accountable for duties to citizens and international obligations.
Washington February 24 Major Carson chief of the bureau of manufactures presents annual report urging extension of the bureau under the department of ores and labor. He cites existing results and broad manufacturer interest showing continued support and potential gains from further work.
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