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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1909
Page
8
The article argues that costly glasses prove wasteful and fail to provide relief, urging readers that affordable, scientifically fitted spectacles are available with guaranteed work. It stresses that many users regret expensive purchases and that better results come from properly measured glasses offered at reasonable prices.
Senate committee supports borrowing by county boards to pay teachers and honors Georgia Day February 12. Lawmakers propose tax law review and broader measures, including recall for officials, court report exchanges, and a $2 marriage license fee. Also see proposals on automobile injury bans, initiative and referendum, and Confederate survivors’ distribution.
New Orleans reports Pat Whitfeld of Lake Shore Land Company was blown up by dynamite while stump blasting, with his body found late yesterday. He had recently moved from Georgia and reportedly attempted suicide eight times. Carrie Simms of 410 Wilier Street attempted self destruction with sugar of lead last night in New Orleans.
Rev C M Ledbetter condemns five education bills in the Georgia House as unnecessary costly and centralizing He argues they would create a powerful state board of education undermine county control expand superintendent authority and threaten local rights He warns the McMichael plan would centralize power and harm public schools in Cordele July 7 1909.
Manila reports Sergeant Robert Johnson of the artillery died from wounds suffered in the Patian on Jolo fight where Moro outlaw Jikiri and his band were exterminated. Cor poral Hauser also wounded, not expected to live, while three officers and others recover. The engagement by regulars and constabulary killed one private and wounded four officers and twenty enlisted men. Lieutenants Kennedy Miller and Wilson of the sixth cavalry among the wounded.
The Rev Hugh Wallace of the tent church on Ponders avenue faces a counterattack from Rev W H Tiltiman of the Marietta Street Congregational church. Tiltiman disputes Wallace’s claim that thousands nearby are destitute and unconverted, detailing his own three years of pastoral work and contrasting multiple nearby churches with Wallace’s statements.
Reports claim To Make Butter From Kerosene inventors have devised a process to yield butter as a byproduct of crude petroleum. Plans are said to be ready for a large butter making plant at a new department of Standard Oil works in the Bayonne area.
Madrid July 8 Portuguese Duke of Albuquerque was arrested at the request of Portuguese authorities and taken to Lisbon. Authorities say the arrest stems from alleged complicity in the assassination of King Carlos and Crown Prince Luis of Portugal last year.
In the Shenandoah valley nearly all blast furnaces are firing with pig iron output up about 40 percent in four months. Five of the twenty hot mills of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company will operate Friday, marking increased activity in Bharon and surrounding mills.
Washington reports Taft era economy reaching the Isthmus zone. Coronel Goethals orders sale of transport and equipment, barring use by commission members, while the French quarry remains sold. The canal commission also offers 89 000 to 100 000 tons of iron and steel left by the French. Two killed by a train near Forest Park, Chicago. The couple, presumed husband and wife, were struck on the Aurora Clgmn and Chicago Electric line. a Mary Kelly certificate was found, no identity clues for the man and woman remain.
In Cincinnati at dawn a speeding auto driven by individuals nicknamed joy riders struck a mounted officer and horse on Forest Avenue near Walnut Hills. The horse broke its back and was shot by a veterinarian. officer Alf sustained back injuries but pursued in a garage, leading to the arrest of Joe Schmals, chauffeur for F A Spencer of Mutual Life Insurance, on speed ordinance violations.
In St Joseph Missouri a formal division of the Burnes estate will occur tomorrow through a local corporation. Stock was allocated weeks earlier with Mrs Marjorie Burnes Love of Chicago receiving 99 of the 992 shares. The estate, incorporated in 1588, includes the fortunes of Congressman James N Burnes and Colonel F Burnes. Estimated value stands around 6 million dollars.
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