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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1902
Page
9
Mary Delsarte, about 40, in a short skirt black cap and red jacket, came to police headquarters seeking a bed for the night. She described a four year nomadic life as a tramp traveling toward Florida, saying she prefers a free wandering life and has no intention to work.
A proposed police matinee in the recorder's court room aims to spoof genuine events. Noted performers including Monroe Darnell and Nancy Hanks will appear under police relief committee auspices with ten minute court segments, a gold medal prize, and witty legal jests judged by a jury of women.
The Right Rev L A Pilkin, head of the African Methodist Episcopal diocese in South Africa, returns from Umbria and reports forty to fifty churches and ten traveling ministers, with plans for a college and an industrial school near Bloemfontein, but war turmoil hinders progress as Boers resist arbitration and fight guerrilla. A Bainbridge Democrat note adds fear of northern migration of Black southerners.
A series of comic court scenes feature Charlie stealing from a dummy and dressing in its clothes, Recorder Broyles delivering sharp quips about dummies and punishment, and Amelia Wall fretting over a vaccination and profane language in Crooked Alley. The dialogue mocks urban street life with playful dialect and moral jabs.
Short items report R H Randall critically ill at 199 Courtland St with pneumonia. L A Millican dies at 252 Haynes St after two weeks illness. Chief of Police investigates Edmund J Sarpy over a sham advertising contract swindle affecting 150 firms. John Lowe bound over for larceny. Police seize a box of eyes from a thief. a nearly new overcoat found and cigars. Election of commissioners prompts chairmanship speculation. Atlanta Juvenile Dramatic Society plans first performance next month near Grant Park.
The Turdia theater presents Mrs Jarley s Wax Works and a Dime Museum Freaks program with a short comedy. The entertainment aims to be among the best juvenile shows in the city as young actors receive instruction to improve their acts.
Santos-Dumont recalls how a 1897 Paris to Amsterdam race sparked his idea to power a cigar-shaped hydrogen balloon with an automobile motor. He faced early hostility and warnings of dangerous explosions but pressed on with the experiment.
A humorous exchange quotes a boarding house landlady describing Plymouth Rock and a sarcastic boarder debating cobblestones. In Detroit Free Press humor, Ciara asks Harry about a new hat, with Clara commenting it looks too permanent and tumbling stylishly.
A study notes that half the inscriptions in the revived Pompeii are graffiti. Citizens scribbled love verses, greetings to friends, curses, notices of deaths, and steps counted along walls. School lessons and Virgil lines echo in chalked marks along columns and walls.
January 24 Texas Dales reports the Texas League of Baseball Chiba organized with Cor Sicana and Denison Sherman admitted. Clubs posted a $50 guarantee to join the association for Class D protection and to secure play arrangements.
Professor Davidson reports in The National Geographic Magazine that four years of inquiries traced the name Cape Nome to a chart aboard H M S Herald. An inked mark on an unused name was misread as Nome, giving the enduring label. Also noted is the St Louis franchise sale to Hedges and plan to form a new club organization.
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