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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1904
Page
11
Mrs W L Cosgrove hosted forty guests at a buffet supper last evening, with decorations and mingonne shades in green. A questions game followed, awarding cordial glasses to top male and female players, while other social notes cover DAR meetings and forthcoming card parties across Atlanta venues.
Miss Julia Porter hosts a grand party for her guest Miss Turk of Washington DC with dancing on the tower floor and a sunset supper at 1 o'clock. Attire includes black lace gown, pale blue satin, and white point d esprit. Miss Turk is daughter of railroad official W A Turk. Several others assist in entertaining. Recital by J W Marshbank postponed in mourning. August Gerner lectures on Musical Notation at Klindworth conservatory tonight.
Mrs Charles Giddings hosts Tenn guest for Tuesday evening cards and dancing at Booth Pryor street. About thirty guests are invited. Dr C G Jones is advertised to lecture Friday January 5 at St Mark church on Lover and Husband with strong reviews from Louisville and Epworth Era. Mrs E B Woodard Jr entertained young married set at cards yesterday afternoon for guest Mrs William Hinds of Milledgeville. euchre and luncheon followed.
nv D Ellis and Dr Amos Fox visit Colonel and Mrs. Ellis yesterday. Miss May Pope plans to return to New York school this week. A customer notes value of extracts and burns, discounting price.
Andy Morgan and Henry Gaddy were found guilty of killing farmer Ben Stroup in northern Fulton County. Judge Roan sentenced them to life imprisonment as the jurors recommended mercy. The event began in a fodder field with a later pursuit and multiple gunshots.
Edwin Warfield was inaugurated as governor of Maryland in Annapolis on January 13. He was escorted to the executive mansion by a legislative committee and militia. At the state house he heard addresses by retiring governor John Walter Smith and Warfield on uniting the franchise to intelligent voters and urged a higher qualification standard. Warfield’s first act was appointing Colonel Oswald Tilghman as secretary of state.
A supplementary act proposed in Manila on January 13 seeks a gold standard by taxing all contracts payable in Mexican, Brazilian, or Spanish currencies and other non gold monies in circulation. It would also require a license tax on firms conducting any part of business in those currencies.
Jefferson Ga January 13 special report notes the Martin Institute spring session opening with 275 attendees. Principal Professor Joseph D Smith leads a skilled staff as enrollment is expected to rise beyond last year's high water mark and break previous records.
Jefferson Georgia January 13 Special report says Judge Starr adjourned the city court to this week. Civil docket finished and criminal docket taken up. Over a hundred cases now on docket ready for trial and an unusually busy session expected for disposition of criminal cases.
Laudernick Ganett of near Aversville Ga was shot last week by an unknown party Sheriff Grant has just left the scene of the crime near Earsville Clarkesville area authorities investigate the shooting with few known details and no suspect identified.
A blaze at the South Dunn Furniture Manufacturing Company started early in the finishing department and destroyed the entire facility. The loss is estimated at 50009 dollars with only partial insurance coverage.
Chief Justice and Mrs. Walter Clark and their daughters Susan and Eugenia left Raleigh for Cuba tonight. Moody-Gudger Contest in Washington involved House Elections Committee No. 1 considering the disputed North Carolina tenth district seat amid claims of fraudulent ballots in Buncombe County.
A three year old child dies of rabies at the Pasteur Institute while three others are treated. Harold Latta died today after kissing the child whose illness spread to his father W V Latta and to Forest Birdsall a 12 year old who also kissed the child and was bitten. The parents mourn as the tragedy unfolds.
New Orleans January 13 description of a Woodmen of the World lodge initiation where a goat was used. M. F. Jumper sues the Sovereign Camp for 20000 dollars claiming a guard shoved the animal during a blindfolded ritual in Water Valley Mississippi causing a hip fracture.
Ithaca January 13 Cornell University data show men students in the arts and sciences work about one hour more per day than women. The statistics cover the largest college where most coeds are enrolled and indicate higher labor among male students.
A January 13 decision by the United States general appraisers extends duty free entry to nearly all articles imported in good faith for educational institutions, excluding ordinary furniture. The ruling sustains eight protests by a Chicago firm challenging duty assessments on items imported for schools and colleges.
Sixteen damage cases against Coal Creek Coal Company and superintendent G M Camp over alleged misrepresentations to secure miners brought from St Louis on December 4 were ruled for the miners in a justice court. Each case awarded $250 and costs. the company plans an appeal. Fraterville mine remains guarded by detectives and deputies.
Knoxville Tenn January 3 W C Berry a city fireman was killed when a Southern railway freight train locomotive and tender separated and Berry fell between them. The tender and fifteen cars passed over him causing fatal injuries in a grisly accident near Johnson City.
Miss Ruth Brown Thowncon eldest daughter of John Brown of Harpers Ferry fame lies at the point of death at her Pasadena home.
A testimonial extols Grape-Nuts as a powerful steadying food that fuels physical and mental effort without fatigue. The speaker credits four teaspoonfuls with cream for breakfast for sustained work and notes the product as condensed pre-digested wheat and barley. The ad promises the Little book in each package.
The Georgia Supreme Court issues rulings on multiple cases dated January 13 1904. Decisions cover criminal and civil issues including fare evasion, eminent domain limits for out of state mining firms, evidence rulings in ejectment, railroad damages, and mandamus procedures with detailed explanations of when extraordinary motions for new trials may be entertained.
Buford Georgia January 13 at the third annual meeting of Shadburn Banking Company stockholders a dividend of 2130 per share was declared. Capital stock increased from 25000 to 40000 dollars. Officers elected W B Shadburn president Rona Allen vice president RH McCrary cashier EW Vance S J Bush L T Buddeth T C Shadburn H L Shadburn and Thomas J Pirkle as directors. The bank opened in February three years ago with 58000 dollars in deposits and now holds 72800 dollars.
Family in Bargerton Tennessee watched Mrs M L Bobbitt decline to consumption as doctors tried remedies. Dr King s New Discovery gave immediate relief and progressed to a complete cure, with bottles 50c and 1.00 offered by drug stores.
Made of Lemons. Mogley's Lemon Elixir is the most pleasant laxative as well as the most effective, Sold by all druggists Reduction in the Time to California. The Iron Mountain Route shortened their time to California 12 hours now three days from Memphis to Los Angeles. Standard sleeping cars operated daily Tourist car every Thursday. For further information call on or address J. B. Rehlander T. P A Chattanooga Tenn Townsend G. P Rett Louis Bro.
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