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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1910
Page
4
An ad urging readers to try a new laundry service promises the luxury of absolute cleanliness. It emphasizes self-satisfaction from drumbeat laundering and asserts once experienced, nothing else will satisfy. The notice mentions dry cleaning and dyeing services.
Piedmont Laundry Co located at 145 147 Central Ave advertises phone lines Main 2273 and Atlanta 2690 offering laundry services to local customers.
Philadelphia delegates vow a citywide walkout if the transit company fails to reach a deal with striking workers by next Friday. Rioting erupts across the city with 75 arrests as cars are stoned and passengers struck. Police and state troops disperse crowds after brutal confrontations. two suspects are held in a dynamite plot case and Archbishop Ryan urges restraint.
London February 27 The Commons will debate reform of the House of Lords with the outcome hinging on Premier Asquith's statement to the House after last week’s cabinet discussions and the king's interview. A postponement of reform or limited veto changes could allow the ministry to survive weeks or months, while a general election remains averted but uncertainty prevails amid ministerial divisions and nationalist tactics.
In Rome Georgia on February 27 Special report shows Ordinary Davis completed paying Confederate veterans and widows for the year, except one man W BR Williams who has not claimed his pension. If Williams does not call by next Wednesday, Davis will report to the pension commissioner and return the $60 allotted. Two hundred and eight pensioners have received funds this year totaling $17,265.
Mabel Taliaferro starred in a rare Pippa Passes style production in New York, later touring Atlanta where she played Pippa, a demanding role. The piece featured a long solo speech and a sequence of scenes linking tragedy and joy, with audience delight at her performance. Also notes on vaudeville figures and theater leadership in Atlanta, including Jake Wells and the Orpheum.
The second annual contest between senior and middle class students at Berry School featured original orations on contemporary figures of Washington. A quartette and Glee Club performed patriotic songs. Walter Heyte of Upson County won the $10 gold prize, announced by a three-teacher judges committee amid applause.
Mrs Charles W Morse travels from New York to Atlanta to visit her husband in a federal prison. She plans to discuss a Boston and Maine petition campaign aimed at securing a presidential pardon from President Taft.
Charles Morse ex-ice trust king at federal prison attended his first theater show on Washington's Birthday after a six week absence. Warden Moyer arranged the entertainment featuring professionals and Atlanta amateurs with Lupo the Wolf and His Band among arrivals. The program included selectronas, pieces from Miss Clyburn and Guy Harris, and recitations by J C Wardwell.
A severe February storm hit Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, with winds up to 40 miles per hour and heavy rain. Flood risks rose as melting Cascades snows increase danger, and rail lines including Great Northern and Chicago Milwaukee Puget Sound routes faced washouts and landslides.
Rome Ga February 27 Special Discovered in flames at 1 20 o clock this store stocked with groceries belonging to C T Harris on McGhee street just outside the city limits near the Central of Georgia and Southern railroad crossings was completely destroyed ins urance covers the loss Officials do not know how the fire started the blaze covered by insurance
Representative James A. Tawney of Minnesota denounces the government naval program as a conspiracy of U S shipbuilding interests. He warns of bankruptcy, higher taxes, and bond issues, condemning Secretary Meyer's plan as exaggerated, unnecessary, and dangerous amid peaceful times and fiscal deficit concerns.
In New York on February 27 a letter from the Tiger Hunters, led by the Law Enforcement League executive committee, seeks official permission from Atlanta authorities to hunt down and destroy blind tigers. The group claims to operate as authorized officers to enforce existing prohibitory laws, presenting their plan as a public service without connections to temperance organizations. They argue Atlanta’s open violations justify their action as a lesson in law enforcement.
Widespread floods push farmers from homes as Sanctuaky near Bucyrus rises five feet and threatens cities. In Fremont half the town submerged, stores boarded up. Akron’s Aitle and Big Cuyahoga rivers spill over. Crawford county largely underwater. relief measures urged amid fears of famine. Ice gorges cleared by dynamiting. Cleveland reports rising rivers but no immediate danger. Pittsburgh area flooded with streets inundated. Brestere reports worst flood in memory as ice blocks the creek and dynamite clears obstructions. Residents near Carnegie face relocation to upper floors as waters surge.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices list names and ages, residences, survivors, and burial plans. Annie L. Gunthorpe, 27, wife of Oscar A. Gunthorpe, died at 468 Georgia avenue. funeral in Macon. Rhoda C. Scoggins, 80, died at 2 Cornéla street. four sons and one daughter survive. funeral at home, interment Hollywood cemetery. Mertie G. Dennia’s funeral was at 17 Fortinss avenue. interment in Red Oak, Ga. T. J. Hill's funeral at Greenberg Bond & Bloomfield chapel. interment at West View. Roy Ridgeway, 13, died at private sanitarium. funeral and interment in Royeton. Lawrence J. Pant, son of Rev. and Mrs. L. F. Pant, funeral at Barclay & Brandon's chapel. Rose Hill cemetery. L. D. Welch, Alexander City marshal, died. funeral planned. Stephen Cocke, of Dawson, broke left arm during University of Georgia baseball practice. out for season.
All machinists offermakers and blacksmiths employed in Americus shops of the Seaboard railway will accept a 24 percent increase per hour. The rise, though not expected by the joint committee, was agreed after a conference with railroad officials in Portsmouth last night. The Americus shops show a large volume of business in recent years.
Investigators in Rome, Georgia probe the death of an unnamed Black man found in a blood pool at 513 Morphine Street. Officials consider whether it was homicide, suicide, or natural death after the man, while shaving, died. no identification or clear motive is known.
A vintage advertisement promises Smith's Pineapple and Butternut Pills improve aging symptoms from sluggish circulation to constipation. It claims liver cleansing, blood purification, and skin benefits, asserting no habit formation and wide use for all ages with letters from satisfied customers.
An 19th century ad promises cures for constipation biliousness and sick headache in a night. It claims any medicines dealer can obtain Smith's Pineapple and Butternut Pill or Smith's Buchu Lithin Kidney Pile from a wholesale druggist and offers mail order delivery from a Boston area address.
Well known contractor J B Lee died at his residence 261 N Boulevard after acute indigestion. Funeral service at Tabernacle Baptist Church at 2 pm. Interment Casey's cemetery. Survived by wife Bally J Gee six daughters and one son Arthur F Lee, plus brother and several sisters.
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