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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1910
Page
8
A detailed report condemns profit driven stockade practices and calls for major reforms in food, clothing, bedding, sanitation, discipline, and governance. It urges a dedicated superintendent, independent prison office, cleaner kitchens, proper staffing, better medical oversight, and limits on corporal punishment with humane, supervised methods.
An old advertising notice promotes Ozomulsion as a curative for coughs colds and lung ailments. It claims to contain Norwegian liver oil glycerine and hypophosphites among other ingredients and invites readers to send for a 3 ounce trial sample by mail from the Ozomulsion Co New York.
The committees propose separating stockade superintendent and commissioner of public works duties, creating a prison superintendent and a prison physician role. They also suggest appointing a special whipping bows, subject to prison committee approval, banning sales of prison farm products, and forbidding city-owned farm possessions.
Committed officials release statement by Henry L. Col asserting the council investigating committee vindicates him from accusations of cruelty graft and corruption. He rues un principled denunciations while noting the panel backed many of his reform ideas and cites funding and staffing as core issues.
A city committee urges sweeping changes to stockade rules including weekly prison reports to the prison committee and city clerk, strict stockade inspections, and new sanitary authority for a prison physician. It calls for mayor and council power to remove the superintendent, places the superintendent in charge of the stockade farm, and outlines control of construction, whipping regulations, and farm product use for city charities. The report recommends appointing a whipping boss with prior approval, and assigning public works foremen for wagons and stables, with property remaining under the superintendent after 1940. It concludes with drafting an ordinance to implement these changes and notes a prior misunderstanding about stockade trials.
Fragmentary OCR text references a Brasil coat of arms and a date plausible for a coat of arms discussion. No clear event, person, or organization is identifiable. Provides limited readable nouns and lacks context to determine a complete news item.
David M. Vining and Pete Cornett seek a new trial after their convictions for beating a prisoner at the stockade. Vining is fined 180 dollars or six months, Cornett 100 dollars or six months, as Judge Roan presided. Attorney Arnold argues trial publicity may have influenced the verdict. motion to be ruled within two to three weeks.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company announces a Christmas bonus program for industrial policyholders. Over seventeen years the company paid policyholders twenty-five million dollars beyond promises. For 1910 retirees over 75 receive a yearly premium, 30 year policies get six months of premiums, and older policies earn five weeks. In 1910 death claims include extra bonuses up to 30 percent, with total voluntary payments estimated above five and a quarter million dollars.
Norfolk Va January 18 The National League of Commission Merchants in a thirteenth annual session endorsed the Lafean bill now pending in congress for standard packages of apples including boxes and barrels after lengthy discussion.
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