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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1913
Page
2
A cyclonic windstorm swept west of Americus in Stewart county destroying the Omaha village church and multiple residences. Three African Americans were reported killed, with others missing. no white fatalities. The storm moved northeast, hitting Buena area as well.
A patient from Rosalta Washington recounts severe back and side pain, breathing difficulties, and failed doctor visits. After using Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root, the writer reports relief and urges others with kidney, bladder, or urinary issues to try the remedy, offering to answer inquiries.
A dated ad letter to Dr Boller and Con Binghamion of Binghamton NY proposes a sample battle and promises a booklet of valuable information about kidneys and bladder. The Atlanta Daily Constitution is cited as selling regular fifty cent and one dollar bottles at all drug stores.
Severe cyclone struck Baldwin county near Milledgeville around 11 am injuring none seriously while destroying a hospital area, prison buildings and the Harper wellhouse. Teachers and twenty five children narrowly escaped as the house collapsed. Wires down, blocked roads and damage extended to Albany and Leesburg areas with widespread outages.
A February cyclone crippled Lutler Crenshaw and nearby counties, destroying about fifty buildings and causing at least one death with a believed dying injuries. Greenvale and Butler County suffered major property loss, while Birmingham reported heavy wind and rain damages delaying traffic. Telephony and telegraph lines failed as floods threatened Warrior and Tombigbee rivers. In Troy, wind and rain wrecked over forty structures, with damages exceeding $50,000.
Councilman A. R. Colcord leads a sweeping reform push affecting permits for locker halls dance halls and beer saloons. The committee may bar new licenses on Pryor Street and consider closing negro dance halls while targeting various clubs and lodging houses. Public protests are anticipated as members debate withholding or altering licenses and transfers.
Kirkwood forms a new commerce chamber with officers A C Burr as president A Warl as vice president J B Cook second vice president A W Ripley third vice president O Ray secretary Edmond English treasurer and directors A Armstrong T R Allen and J M Brownlee. The group aims to improve Kirkwood with a sidewalk plan and street work outlined at a Thursday meeting.
The Lucy Cobb Institute pupils present The Piper on Friday night in Athens Georgia. The play is a recent American work based on The Piper of Vamelin with Emma Jordan and Fey Dobbs of Atlanta in prominent roles. It won first prize in a national contest among 350 entries.
Jacksonville Florida newspapers report a heavy windstorm on February 27 lasting from 9:15 p m to dusk with a peak 65 mph and gusts 50 to 65 mph. Several buildings were partially unroofed, trees and fences blown down, awnings damaged. no injuries reported. Rain followed at 7 pm with thunder and lightning and cooler air.
Washington February 27 the senate ended congressional distribution of seeds by striking from the agricultural appropriation a provision for 256100. The bill included a new bureau of markets in the department of agriculture and passed with 28 000 000, nearly 1 000 000 more than the house bill.
Archdeacon Webber leads two more days of lent noon services at the Grand with sermons and lectures across St Luke's Church and the Church of the Incarnation. He plans a Friday evening sermon at St Luke's on the Passion Play and a Friday afternoon talk at All Saints on the Ritual of the Church. He will also celebrate Holy Communion at St Luke's Friday morning and at the Incarnation Saturday morning. Greensboro Ga February 27 Phil Up Greene dies at state sanitarium after yearlong illness. He was a Presbyterian deacon, survived by wife, two children, and his mother.
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