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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1916
Page
7
King Peter of Sermia sails from Saloniks aboard a French warship to the island of Euboea in the Aegean Sea. He will tend the goat at Aedepsos noted for warm sulphur baths and a famous remedy.
An advertisement extols Mothers Friend as a stretch mark and pregnancy comfort remedy. It claims deep penetration to ease abdominal stretching, promises calm nights and relief from morning sickness, and urges buying from a local dealer and writing to the catalog for a guide with letters from mothers.
Friends of Representative Walter P Andrews of Fulton county push him for a race in the thirty fifth district. Andrews weighs the move likely and may run for senator instead of re election to the house. The rotation rule could place Fulton’s pick this year. If Andrews runs it may leave two Fulton delegation vacancies in the lower house as Blackburn teases a run against Howard while Spencer Atkinson seeks re election.
Mrs Nannie R Senter of Columbus Mississippi dies suddenly tonight. Widow of JT Senter the late founder of The Columbus Commercial Gazette and long a political figure in the state.
An advertisement from Schiffmanns Drug Stores touts a concentrated remedy for bronchitis whooping cough croup and colds. It promises a money back guarantee and argues buyers receive eight times more medicine than standard preparations while asserting no narcotics and broad customer satisfaction.
AL JENNINGS delivers revival sermons at the Baptist Tabernacle in Atlanta noting his past as a train robber. The audience braved the weather as he spoke in a casual, conversational tone, recalling frontier days and prison episodes while avoiding hellfire rhetoric.
Former outlaw Al Jennings speaks at the Tabernacle revival in Atlanta. He portrays his past, rejects reform as evangelism, and urges support for his work while detailing moves to moving pictures and stage work. More than 3000 heard him Sunday night as he outlines plans for his campaign.
Removal of Southern Guarantee Loan Company offices next week prompts a sale of safes, desks, tables, cabinets, fixtures, furniture, mirrors, and carpets in current offices. Items in perfect condition offered to the highest bid. Call RB. D. Crusoe, RB. S. Lang, or Dorsey Brewster Howell Heyman, second floor Kiser Building, corner Hunter and Pryor streets.
In Leesburg on January 31 GW Chance Claud Chances Minter Kennedy and Ike Garter face murder charges in the AD Oliver case. Judge Littlejohn will issue a special session order and draw jurors, aiming to secure a full panel. Trani Hooper of Atlanta assists the prosecution, as the case stirs local interest.
Dr Flynn the colored evan gelst of North Carolina made a powerful plea at the First Congregational church yesterday afternoon to men out for clean living. Despite bad weather a large number of young men attended. One took a stand for Christ after art conversions up to date. Meetings will continue every week at 4 o clock prayer meetings held daily in the afternoon.
Rev Richard Orme Thinn spoke at North Avenue Presbyterian on The Christian in Hilar Relationship to Business. Dr Flinn warned the pace that kills is gripping America, tainting Sundays and wrecking the lives of many business people, urging Christians to reject the open Sunday and harmful Sunday movies.
Epworth League officials from Atlanta district Methodist churches held a lengthy conference to boost interest and broaden scope for 1936. President Jack Sayes led discussions, with representation from most city leagues despite bad weather. Attendees pledged support to make 1936 a banner year in league history.
S W McElroy will direct newspapers men in a staging of Slias Jimmy Valentine at the Atlanta theater on Washington's birthday. The Police Relief Association benefit will feature many newsmen and amateur actors, with former Players' Club members in key roles. First rehearsal Monday at the Avanta theater, with parts distributed and progress expected to speed.
Police struggled to quell a large free-for-all at the corner of Plum Street and North Avenue last night. Four white youths were arrested on drunk and disorderly conduct charges as officers Kirk and Watson eventually called in reserves. Suspects identified as Mayor Parker, 14, Lee Avenue. D T Butler, 19, Lee Street. DS Butler Jr., 18, Greenfield Avenue. BW Whitehurst, 28, Hemphill Avenue.
A period ad style article extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as restoring health and fertility. It cites a Worcester mother claiming the remedy helped her bear a healthy baby boy after an operation was advised, urging others to consult the medicine company for confidential advice.
A fragment discusses the hawk as maligned yet capable of loyalty and defense. It cites William Caver and actor Faversham in The Hawk, noting Dasetta’s complex motives, and quotes Hamlet and Henry VI lines about hawks. The piece links literature, theater, and biblical imagery to hawk virtues and flight.
In the Third District the congressional race may feature only two contestants, incumbent Charles T Crisp and Thomas G Hudson former agriculture commissioner. Rumors name Roscoe Pickett Charlie McCrory B H George Emmett R Shaw and John R Mercer as possible entrants though McCrory and Mercer deny plans. Hudson tours the district while Crisp remains in Washington. Sumter County residents anticipate strong local support for both candidates.
Doctors and druggists hail Lucapine salve as a practically perfect antidote to croup coughs hoarseness and inflammations of the air passages. The new preparation promises instant relief and lasting effects with easy directions and widespread availability through drug stores or mail order from Du tapine Chemical Co Atlanta Ga.
The program includes The Girl and the Game with Helen Holmes, The Fourth Estate with Ruth Blake, The Missing Links with Norma Talmadge, Because He Loved Her with Sam Bernard, and An Affair of Three Nations at The Victoria.
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