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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1921
Page
5
A vintage ad text touts Dr Blossers Remedy as an antiseptic inhalant with a 2x combination of medicinal bobs flowers and berries. It claims the smoke vapor reaches head and nose, soothing catarrhal troubles, with no cubebs tobacco or habit forming drugs. Available as a pocket size trial at 36 cents or via mail order from The Blossers Co. Atlanta Ga.
A January survey in Labor reports 2 328 000 unemployed in the country with industrial groups most affected including building trades 300000 automobiles 259000 textiles 225000 clothing 159000 railroads 200000 steel and stone 350000 shipping 125000 food products 100000 amusements 75000 metal mining 80000 ship building 50600 rubber 60000 shoes and leather 60000 and printings 50000. Clint C Houston long prominent Atlanta figure and former Georgia legislator edited the Denver Labor Bulletin and is tied to the Plumb Plan. He calls the unemployment surge the greatest since the money panic.
New York, Feb 5. Federal agents seized $250,000 in liquor at Singer Brothers on Lower Third Avenue in the biggest raid since Prohibition. Dozens of cases of champagne and wine also found. Moe Herman and drivers arrested. Louis and Joseph Singer not charged. Walsh, without authorization, and Herman linked to changes in liquor receipts.
Snow trails lead toward Cochrans Ontario where three American naval balloonists retreat inland after a perilous ascent. Relief parties with dog teams track toward Missanebi and Abitibi river routes, hoping to meet the airmen within days as Indian guides are awaited and conditions stay cold and clear.
Macon Ga January 5 Special Two white men Emmitt Smith and John I Corbett will be tried on indictments charging murder during the criminal term of the Bibie superior court which convenes next Monday Smith who is murder of Mrs M E K Marsh better known as Kelly will go on trial Tuesday January 11 Smith will enter a plea of not guilty and will base his defense on the ground of insanity it being alleged he had been mentally unbalanced since he fell from a motorcycle several years ago Mrs Marsh was shot and killed while seated in an automobile in Wall street alley several months ago she having gone there to upbraid Smith for having attempted to have her daughter Minnie Mae Marsh arrested Smith also shot the younger woman and she died a few days later but her death was attributed to pneumonia physicians testifying that the bullet wounds were sufficient to have caused death The case has attracted widespread attention Mrs Marsh being widely known for her charitable acts and in her younger days was considered an unusually beautiful woman She left considerable wealth which goes to her mother why crebides In at Mth es a end teens the Corbett case is the outgrowth of a dispute which arose over the election of Thomas E Watson to the United States senate Corbett and Le Masnongale a carpenter were forther on election night and after heating the returns went to the home of Corbett where an argument arose and the shooting followed Corbett claims self defense He will be represented by Attorneys John Band cooper maa Bee Bae Wo
A nationwide manhunt has begun for a layer in a fragmentary report. The suspect is described as recently from the army and possibly wearing a uniform. The text is unclear on location and full details.
LaGrange Georgia January 5 special Pat Cohen charged with the murder of William T Howard. He was lodged in the county jail with Boyd who aided him after the shooting. Cohen denies complicity by others and says he and Boyd drove to Columbus then Preston where a large restaurant bill led to their arrest. Sheriff Carley of LaGrange and Sheriff Webstar county connected authorities. Cohen to be represented by Hatton Bovejoy and Leon Meadows.
Republican senators began a fight on a government corporation plan to take over the Muscle Shoals nitrate plant. Amendments would cap corporate power and scope, proposing stock and bond funding and limiting products to ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate. Senators urged investigations into prior waste and warned the bill could cost hundreds of millions more.
New York December telegram from William Grove to Senator Reed says the Polish relief funds were misreported. the aid funded civilian needs and not military use, under Hoover’s direction, while Grove disputes Reed’s claims. Also, Lloyd Supreme Court order invites bids for Kem Cotton Cultivator assets in Lanhamton including machinery and patents with bid by January 7, 1921.
War Department decided to abandon and salvage Camp Lee Virginia with immediate entry of buildings and real estate held for disposition. Meade Md will be retained in the third corps area camp leaving Camp Lee without function.
Athens January 5 King Constantino appeared with Queen Sophia and royal children in mourning as police lined streets to the chamber of deputies. The king spoke from the throne outlining needs to fund the army at Smyrna, maintain allied relations, and uphold the Serves treaty while seeking internal harmony. Parliament adjourns to January 24 without a president or new cabinet.
Several hundred citizens led by William H Beck attorney and Griffin Spaulding County board of trade filed with the Georgia railway commission on Wednesday a petition to restore the prewar schedule on the Columbus division of the Southern railroad. The 1917 wartime discontinuation of a line is cited as the reason for seeking reinstatement amid wartime conditions.
January 6 Special: City tax assessors filed a report with the mayor today indicating an increase of more than ten million dollars in the taxable value of the city for this year. The document signals a substantial rise in assessed property values and potential tax implications for the borough.
A fragment from a Birmingham area news item notes a court matter involving the Birmingham organization and a proceeding described as a transportation or tribunal result. No further details are readable.
Mrs Laura Moncrief died at the family home on Vernon Street early this morning. She leaves a husband, a daughter Mrs Boyd Ragsdale, and a son Talley Moncrief. Funeral services were held from the residence on Wednesday morning at 10:36, with Rev A G Shankle of the Oia Methodist Church officiating.
Dora Pittman, sister of Mrs John Jp Stenetbergen, reportedly died suddenly, with sightings in Anniston and Albertville. The obituary notes she was well known and had recently visited, described as popular in the community. The report cites a street incident in Albertville as part of the sequence leading to her death.
Misspelled obituary fragment states Mrs Nancy Cl Snaney at residence on Hast Street. Survived by three daughters Miller Minter and Roberts and four sons B J B D and Ly Byro n. Names and details are garbled.
M L DeLay aged 38 died Wednesday at his home 41 Doda avenue. He is survived by his widow, his parents Mr and Mrs James Myrtle as well as sister E73 Thorne and brothers A O and Aranic Myrtle.
William P Murphy Jr and Mrs William P Murphy Sr are listed as survivors along with grandparents Mrs William P Murphy Sr of 425 Cherokee Avenue and the paternal grandfather Mr Bargia. The body will arrive in Atlanta Thursday night and be taken to H M Patterson Sons chapel.
Ed Sloan was acquitted today after a two day trial of the shooting death of Wright Bishop in a road duel sparked by a feud among farmers. Sloan’s brother was present and both men were involved when they met, and Sloan surrendered immediately after the deadly exchange.
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