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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1921
Page
12
Elizabeth Mather aims to send out girls with high ideals and definite life purpose. Each student receives careful personal training, building on a solid elementary foundation as teachers tailor emphasis toward business, professional careers, or homemaking under Miss Blanche G Loveridge at 65 E Fourteenth St Hemlock 5291.
Judge W C Ellis of Fulton Superior Court heard evidence from East Point citizens seeking to enjoin a paving project on Chattahoochee Avenue valued at about $10,000. The challenge targeted the city charter and claimed contracts were let without citizen input or proper consultation. The judge planned to rule the following day.
President Harding signed the annual naval appropriations act in Washington on July 12. The measure totals about 410 million dollars and retroactively covers the naval funds from July 1. The bill ends a funding lapse and includes a Borah amendment urging a three power naval disarmament conference. It drops roughly 86 million from the initial request and is about 14 million less than the house’s early figure.
Post graduate clinics under the United States board of health are this week at Emery University. Morning lectures begin at 9 o'clock in the Southern Dental College assembly rooms and clinics run at 51 Armstrong Avenue. Wednesday evening films from the government will be shown in the Southern Dental College auditorium. City physicians are invited to attend.
Spirited debate on the resolution by Senator Brown calling for an investigation of the state commissioner of agriculture ends with the measure referred to the agricultural committee. The senate acts on multiple bills including a favorable report for a state board of examiners for chiropractic professionals and a proposal to abolish the current tax equalization system.
London reports the death of famed aviator Harry G. Hawker at Hendon airfield when his aircraft burst into flames upon landing. He had completed a record air voyage across the Atlantic from St John’s Newfoundland on May 18, 1919, with navigator Lieutenant Commander Mackenzie Grieve. The pair were rescued after a days long disappearance, aboard the Mary, the Little Danish steamer, and Hawker was decorated by the king on return.
Senator Dennis Fleming faces a dilemma over a proposed bill to restrict women's dress. A letter from Albany outlines rules limiting shoulder exposure to four inches below the neck, waist coverage, and skirts nine inches from the ground, with penalties for violations. The note urges Fleming to act to curb public commentary.
Cleveland July 12 Mrs Catherine Eva Kaber will testify in her own defense tomorrow and plans to take her life with her murdered husband Daniel E Kaber, a Lakewood publisher. Her father sister and uncle testified she is insane, describing childhood temperaments and strange traits. The defense cites embalming powder arsenic and a hypothetical question to alibi witnesses, while the state cites a medical chemist who says arsenic enough to kill 20 men was in Kaber's stomach.
A testimonial cites three years of stomach trouble, bloating, and gas. After trying doctoring with little relief, the speaker seeks Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. The ad says a single dose can prove its safety, claims rapid relief, and offers money-back refunds through Jacobs' Pharmacy and druggists.
Two purity meetings in Atlanta will be held August 14 after the Methodist Ministers association condemned social dancing, especially in public schools. The exact church locations were not announced, planned for North and South side churches with details to come. The resolutions denounce dancing and urge pulpit readings, aiming to curb social evils in schools.
A group of teachers and residents denounce mixed sex dancing at school events. They demand the city board of education remove policies promoting such dances and urge a closed approach aligned with Methodist values. They authorize distribution of resolutions to newspapers and request they be read from Methodist pulpits in Atlanta.
Lumber men from almost every hardwood producing state met with Southern Hardwood Traffic Association directors to plan an appeal to the Interstate Commerce Commission for a downward revision of freight rates on low grade lumber. They argue current rates hinder marketing of lower grade timber.
Street cars on McDaniel line will stop at the Southern Railway track on McDaniel street from this time on to permit three weeks of much-needed repairs. The schedule change goes into effect in about three weeks.
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