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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1912

Page

4

Boundary of Costa Rica Fix Is to Be Decided

Boston June 12 and to determine exactly what line former President Loubet of France fixed in 1900 as the boundary between Costa Rica and the portion of Colombia now forming Panama. Frank W Hodgdon and Ashby sail for Port Simon to interpret Loubet finding for Chief Justice White. Commissioners Hayford and Leland assist. work to finish by October 1 after extensive surveys.

Boston Loudet France Costa Rica Colombia Republic of Panada Frank W. Hodgdon Bomon P. Hashby New York Port Simon Messrs. Hodgson and Ashby M. Loubet Justce White United States Supreme Court Panama Justice White John F Hayford Northwestern University G. M Leland Cornell University Central America

Deaths from Lithonia to Atlanta prompt obituaries across DeKalb

Notable locals mourn as three individuals die Friday morning. Confederate veteran David B Chupp, 72, of Lithonia, and widow Mrs Jane Chupp survive with two daughters Lizzie Clay of Walnut Grove and Ida Carron of Decatur. Interment at Cha Chupp cemetery near Lithonia. Also grieving Mrs Charles Handford, 76, at 66 Bonnie Brae, with service at Church of Christ West End. interment West Jackson. Dr J T Lillis, 79, veteran physician, dies at daughter’s home. survivor list includes son John Ellis and daughters Mrs Mary Alentine Reeves and Mrs R E Stanford. Mrs Mary Alentine Reeves, 17, dies at 84 Piedmont avenue. husband Leon Reeves survives. funeral in Hogansville.

Lithonia Gaosuig Veeile David B Chupp Nes Havying Company C. Cobbs Legion DeKalb County Jane Chupp Mra Lizzie Clay Walnut Grove Ga Ida [T Carron Decatur, Ga Cha Chupp Cemetery Charles Handford Bonnie Brae Church of Christ West End Avenue Wilburn Street Rey S H Hall West Jackson J T Lillis Ware John Ellis New York Tohn W Moore Atlanta R E Stanfield Y A Wright Jack Mary Alentine Reeves Piedmont Avenue Leon Reeves Hogansville

Obituary for J R Lawless and family spat dialogue fragment

J R Lawless aged 44 dies at 37 Curran Street Friday morning at 10 30. Survived by wife and two children. Funeral at Ponders Assembly Baptist Church at 1 p m, interment Mason Cemetery. Then a disjointed domestic scene shows a couple arguing over temper and chores, including a joke about ears and a monoplane.

Lawless Curran Street Ponders As¢nmue Baptist Church Mason Cemetery

Little Girl Lobbyist Bribes Governor Brown With Kiss

Nine year old Rachel Idelson from Montgomery county works a political charm at the capitol urging the creation of a new Kent county. She visits desks, secures promises to vote for the bill, and explains she wants to grow up there and attend school, noting the Oconee river as a dividing line. The piece also mentions a St Louis Globe-Democrat clipping about Cuban rebels and Mexican revolutionists.

Brown Kent Rachel Idelson Kent County Oconee Rachels Alamo Montgomery County Hent County St Louis Globe-Democrat

Women urge government to buy Monticello home

Washington July 10 special two hours of testimony before the senate library committee prompted a favorable report on the Martine resolution for an investigation into government purchase of Monticello the Jefferson home Mrs Littleton urged the plan as a pilgrimage site akin to Mount Vernon and cited access limits at Monticello tied to Jefferson Levy the owner and a Randolph family reserved grave rights with a decaying oak and damaged obelisk while senators weighed the issue and heard letters supporting the measure from governors and notable figures including Wilson Gaynor Choate and Stetson despite objections by Judge Duke on ownership details

John Corrigan, Jr Washington Martin W . Littleton Monticello Thomas Jefferson Senate Committee On the Library Randolph Jefferson M Levy Congress New York Levy R. T Duke, Jr Charlottesville Littleton Martine New Jersey Discuasslon Gore Oklahoma Woodrow Wilson William J Gaynor Joseph Choate Judge Lovette Francis Lynde Stetson Thomas Jefferson Coolidge Jefferson Levy Senator Cummins Littiston Judson Harmon Mathew T Scott Mabel Boardman Perry Belmont

Mother Loses To Drink As Son Goes To Stockade

A mother’s devoted effort to reclaim her son John M Lee ends as he returns to drink after a Milledgeville asylum stay. He pleads for one more chance but is sent to the stockade for thirty days following a probation breach. The dying appeal to his mother elicits no answer in the courtroom.

John M. Lee Milledgevile Atill Het

Vaniman's Airship Faulted by German Expert

The New York Tribune notes Dr Paul F Gans condemned Vaniman's airship as engineeringly deficient after inspecting its cloth bag design. Gans contrasts Zeppelin and Parseval methods that prevent gas compression, warning that Vaniman's use of balloonets risks overpressurizing the envelope and hydrogen explosion. Vaniman, a bold but cautioned builder, relied on his own theory.

Vaniman New York Tribune Paul F Gans Germany Atlantic Ocean Count Zeppelin Parseval Luikders Europe Ure

The Smoke Inspector Wonders at City Smoke

A Chicago politician imported his cousin as smoke inspector in the old days. He was given no instructions and reports after 30 days that he has inspected the smoke of the city and finds plenty of smoke of good quadrix. Respectfully submitted.

Kansas City Journal Chicago Thia

Direct steamship links boost southern trade prospects

Washington reports direct New Orleans to South America steamship service and Mobile routes to Brazil Argentina and Uruguay inaugurate September 11. April trade data show U S exports to Central and South America and the West Indies rose 14 percent for ten months ending April 30, 1912, while imports from these nations rose over 16 percent.

Washington South Atlantic Gulf Finley Southern Railway Company New Orleans South America Mobile United States Bureau of Statistics Department of Commerce and Labor Central America West Indies Brazil Argentina Uruguay

Rev Hugh Wallace Preaches as Park Adair Park Accepted

In city news Rev Hugh S Wallace will preach at morning and evening services with topics The Church Its Teachings and Practices in the New Testament and The Past Forgiven and Forgotten The future Untouched. A dedicated committee accepts Forrest and George Adair’s donation of a new park in the tenth ward opposite the new schoolhouse.

Hugh Wallace Hugh S Wallace Ones Avenue Tenth Ward Forrest George Adair

Appellation Suggests Pro-Public Health Controversy

The Quegonian in Portland argues that Medical Freedom material hints the cause is funded by quack doctors and patent medicine dealers. It opposes a national health book and vaccination, with readers skeptical of antiseptic safety. The piece jokes about renaming the league to the League for the Propagation of Death.

Portland League For Medical Freedom League For the Propagation of Death

Egg Insurance at a Southern Station

A commercial traveler in a southern town orders two boiled eggs for breakfast. The server brings three, explaining he added a third "just in case one might fail." The traveler notes a comment on teaching children not to worship money. The exchange hints at thrift and resourcefulness in everyday life.

Harper's Weekly Darkey

Hesters Weekly Cotton Statement Shows Movement Shifts

New Orleans July 12 Secretary Hester reports weekly cotton movement rising for the 12 days of July and for the season overall, with totals ahead of last year and 1909. The World Visible Supply declines for the week but remains higher versus last year, while American spinner takings show regional variation.

New Orleans Hester United States Mississippi Ohio Potomac Milla Canada Southern Mills Northern Mills North South Seaboard Egypt Brazil India Great Britain Europe Yea Leirre

Unnecessary Hardship in Cup Ban Public Health Issue

A historical complaint argues that banning the common drinking cup burdens the poor and children who cannot afford paper cups. Central Park’s fountains remain but no substitute exists, forcing youths to drink from bottles hats and dirty paper. The push is suspected to mask profit from selling cups.

Central Park New York

What Will Become of Thomas F. Ryan

Thomas F. Ryan of Wall Street stands near alienation from his party after eight years of influence in Democratic circles. Once a key adviser to Parker, he faced harsh criticism at the recent convention and opposed Wilson’s nomination. Now, beaten and rebuked, he may not back Democracy’s candidate this year, and Bryan’s side would prefer his disengagement.

Thomas F. Ryan Wallst Alton B. Parker Ryan Wilson Bryan Democracy

Atlanta Live Stock Market Report Summary

Atlanta notes scarce quality cattle in yards this week with prices steady to firm for better grades and about a quarter lower for graders. Demand for Tennessee lambs grows, while overall receipts are fair. market shows mixed signals across regions with Texas and Oklahoma trading under pressure and wholesale levels fluctuating amid foreign demand and crop reports.

Tennessee Texas Georgia Hubbard Bros. & Co New York Oklahoma St Louia Kansas City Chicago Sheen—Receip Gibert & Clay Frade Adilees John F. Black & Co Wallatreet Alabama Liverpont

Bagging and Ties and Cotton Imports at New York Port

Imports of merchandise and dry goods at the port of New York for the week ending July were valued at 415,743. Imports of specie for the week totaled 111, in silver and 624,070 gold. Exports amounted to 827,167 in silver and 2,480,025 in gold.

New York Ailver

All His From Judge Senator Vardamen Story

A fragment recounts a plot where Judge Senator Vardamen, then ex-governor, rented land to a Black neighbor to grow corn and would receive one fourth. After harvest the neighbor admits no such fourth existed, saying there were three loads only. The tale, told in dialect, reflects unequal sharing and past racial tensions.

Vardamen

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