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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1904
Page
24
Unusual buying chances arise as long contracted purchases enable a sale of first quality Bugs rugs at prices well below current values. Mill prices for equal merit are not much lower, with rugs offered now at 1140 for about 318.00, any size made up immediately at similarly low terms.
Washington January 1 There was a pure food catastrophe in the members lobby of the house today Representative Mann in charge of the Hepburn pure food tilt brought in samples of pure and adulterated confections bottled and canned to prove the need of pure food laws. He spilled olive oil on the marble floor and General Bingham of Pennsylvania slipped but was not injured. Chairman Cooper of the insular committee also slipped while trying to move through the slick. Officers roped off the area as the oil was cleaned up.
J M Mathis a constable and Dick Castleberry are charged with arson in Weyerass Georgia. A preliminary hearing was held before a justice of the peace but continued to next Tuesday due to a missing witness. Mathis released on own recognizance and Castleberry jailed on 500 bond. The case involves Georgia Cooperative Fire Insurance Company and Mathis as a tax assessor candidate.
Public works officials and the fire chief announce immediate inspection of all buildings. Any structure three stories or taller must be equipped with adequate fire escapes. The move follows the Chicago theater disaster and targets enhanced safety across the city.
Georgia members hear provisions for future life practices contests governing army rifle competitions. Teams must show 75 percent prior year military duty. Winners who shot must sit out two years from team events. Repeats cause two year debarment for all two-year winners. National match opens to twelve man teams from U S Army infantry cavalry Marine Corps state militias. Prizes total $1,000 plus trophies and cash awards for top six teams. Toler Confirmed as Marshal. Washington January 19 The senate confirms James A Toler for the northern district of Mississippi.
J F Nutting was elected president of the Georgia Association of Life Insurers with Eugene R Black as secretary and treasurer. J J Coggins, J H W Haas, W Woogs, and M E B Bardwell, all of Atlanta, were named on the executive committee. The meeting in English American Building drew widespread local membership and discussed a bureau for detecting unfit agents as valuable to life insurance.
Advertisement from Bessemer Alabama praising Cheney s Expectorant medicine. RODE SIMPSON says a dose cures his cold quickly and he buys it from all druggists.
At New Orleans on January 19 Allegrette and Lady Lavish, both backed heavily, were upset in a fast track card. Six furlongs saw Ostrich ahead of Bound ing and Presentation while a strong field including Safeguard and Tally Easter contested the first of multiple races.
At Oakland track on a cloudy day three favorites and one second choice won. Sir Preston led the first race in a Futurity course selling, with Kleinwood and Scherzo placing in the second. Rockaway and Ben Med Hot secured wins in later sprints, while betting odds favored several top contenders including Mil dred Schultz and Be Happy in the day’s program.
Haralson Superior Court convened in Buchanan with Judge A L Bartlett presiding Solicitor Flekler in attendance on the supreme court trial of State vs Alf Talbert charged with murder. F S Ault of Cedartown organized the court and will represent the state. Many civil and criminal cases stand for trial with a favorable outlook for rapid dispatch.
Los Angeles January 19 reports Ascot crowd cheering as Tim Timist and Ruedeath top the day. Slauson fixtures yield gains in maiden sprints, with Bio Chico and De Grammont each placing, while Madam Bishop and Lady Belar lead in other races. Monty Progress and Theseb Dupont also noted as contenders in forthcoming legs.
In Buchananna January 19 Special Dr FE B Hutcheson the present representative from this county was seized with what seemed a severe cold but developed into smallpox The town authorities confined the contagion to his immediate family The doctor likely contracted the disease attending a patient three weeks ago Mr Goings a Central railroad employee recovered and returned to work The cases are light and cause little excitement with several people afflicted in Tallapoosa and Bremen.
Richmond January 9 4 il Will be introduced tomorrow in the House of delegates by P B Smith chairman of the Sons of Veterans story committee for the establishment of a bureau of Confederate archives and history similar to those now in operation in Alabama and Mississippi.
Charles E Turner a Seaboard worker and construction train conductor was killed when his car was struck by a construction train near Irondale during work on a new division. He was 40, lived at 148 West Worth Avenue, leaves a wife and young son, and was a member of multiple fraternal orders. The body to be sent to Birmingham for funeral services at Tajns Memorial church with interment at Westview.
On Batl eroad trace near Harlem Georgia a frame boy named Joe Watson age 3 was found dead with a skull fracture and near freezing in the early hours. He was identified as J T Watson's son from Hartem. The fatal injuries are linked to a Georgia fast train passing at about midnight. He was brought to Augusta hospital and operated on. consciousness returned but no report of the accident. His condition remained critical.
Fire of unknown origin broke out at night causing about 200 dollars damage to the residence of Henry Hendrix, Louisvide and Nashville ticket agent in Decatur Alabama. The incident is reported as a special item from the city.
In a fragmentary notice a Chicago address bottle tree and a treatment formula from Dralé Formula Company are listed for sale by Jacoby Pharmacies in Atlanta.
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