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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1910
Page
5
A vintage ad claiming several doses of Pape's Diuretic cure kidney and bladder troubles, backache, and other urinary symptoms. It touts rapid, thorough results and urges readers to buy the fifty cent treatment from any drug store, noting the maker Pape Thompson & Pape of Cincinnati.
Mrs Alice Vanzandt was found dead and scorched in her kitchen with oil soaked clothes and binding curtains. Police hold her husband Jesse Vanzandt for questioning though he refuses to speak as investigators note no outcry and believe the crime occurred quietly while children played nearby.
Stanford University officials and undergraduates at a joint meeting debated hazing saying supervision of newcomers by upperclassmen could be beneficial while condemning indiscriminate hazing. Professor Clark, chair of the student affairs committees, supported controlled hazing as good for the newcomers and the campus culture.
Jesus Langbein known as the little drummer boy of New York dies at his home. He enlisted at age twelve as a drummer in Hawking sousves and was the youngest volunteer from New York to the front. After the war he served as a district judge in the state.
Augusta Ga January 1 Special General Superintendent W G Brand says within 90 days the Georgia railroad will install a telephone based dispatch system for trains on the Augusta to Atlanta line and Macon branch. Forty three stations will carry telephones allowing the Augusta dispatcher to contact all stations quickly and coordinate trains. The system aims to speed operations, improve safety and cost about 25000 dollars with quick payback.
Chicago pastors and their wives and congregants parade along the south battle levee to gather firsthand information about reports there. Leaders include Rev Malhourne P Boynton of Lexington Avenue Baptist and Rev John Belcom Shaw of the Second Presbyterian Church. About 190 participants joined in song and prayer at street corners.
In Newark on January 24 Miss Virginia Wardlaw Mrs Carolina Martina and Mrs Mary Snead were arraigned for the murder of Mrs Ocey W M Snead and pleaded not guilty Chief Justice Gunn presiding set the trial for the first Monday in April and requested that all lawyers in court wear black reviving an old NJ custom.
The state immigration board reports several thousand Servian families planned to settle in Louislane, with 400 already arranged to locate in this section. If conditions meet expectations, hundreds more relatives are to follow, as of January 29 in Melville, Le.
Ringgold Ga January 39 Special bearing on condemnation proceedings of Catoosa county lands for the war department in federal court at Atlanta was continued to February 19. Lands near Catoosa Springs to be used to enlarge the rifle range east of Ringgold after farmers complained of cattle killed during target practice. An injunction earlier blocked use of the range from Fort Oglethorpe garrison. Government seeks options on adjacent land and will acquire about 76 acres more, adding to a large existing tract.
In the state capitol yesterday three figures, two ex governors and one current governor, were seen but made no joint plan as they visited various offices. A Fertiliser Estimate at the Georgia agriculture department forecasts about 200000 tons and a $16000000 expenditure by Georgia planters this year, while farmers diversify from cotton. The Peoples Bank of Savannah secured a charter with 64000 capital, and Tate Wright of Athens, rising Georgia lawyer, spent a city visit in Atlanta’s court scene.
New Orleans January 29 federal officials from the Department of Agriculture will bake in court to test bleached flour. The United States district court will host a demonstration with Dr H W Wiley and a chemical corps to judge the process and outcome.
Baton Rouge January 29 The annual report of crops and industrial resources from the Louisiana department of agriculture shows 5 645 588 acres in cultivation statewide 414 988 901 acres timberland and 6 646 916 acres marsh meadow and pasture 647 manufacturing plants with a combined investment of 920 806 202 dollars.
Georgia law requires a $100,000 guarantee deposit from chartered insurers. State Treasurer J Pope Brown currently holds $200,000 in bonds from Georgia Life Insurance Company due to Alabama requirements. The extra $100,000 was deposited to meet Alabama debt rules, prompting questions about legality and possible legislative action this summer to allow official holding of additional deposits under interstate reciprocity.
Norcross Ga January 2 Special The Southern Railway completes a passenger and freight depot ready for occupancy. Furnishings for waiting rooms and offices arrived today. The new structure costs several thousand dollars and ranks among the best depots between Atlanta and Charlotte.
In a humorous scene at the ordinary’s office, Ananias Brown fails to recall his fiancée’s full name. The clerk and onlookers tease him as he stumbles through options like Mary Margaret Liza Jane and Beatricia Portinardo, then exits mumbling the remembered bits.
Rev J H Michaels the Baptist missionary to the deaf preaches at St Mark's church at 11 a m and at the First Baptist church 9 45 p m today. He arrives unexpectedly but offers two services for the deaf, using signs, with strong attendance hoped for at both times.
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