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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1910
Page
5
A reflection on the value of accurate advertising and honest methods, praising reader support and the newspaper's role in promoting square dealing. The piece notes widespread reader letters urging truthful messaging and collaboration with other papers to thwart advertising fakirs.
Columbus Ga July 23 Special Saturday July 80 the anniversary of Georgia prohibition will be celebrated with public exercises at the First Baptist church. A program by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union features Mrs Mery Haorria Armor of Eastman and Mrs E Patterson of Griffin. Prominent locals will give 10 minute talks on practical working of the prohibition law. The event is expected to be one of the state’s most elaborate celebrations with the visiting leaders boosting interest.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert F. Ames was released from prison today and resumes command of the Twelfth Infantry, United States. The court martial findings have not been published here, but it is understood the accused was reduced twelve notches in rank.
Ominous reports say Spain's government faces an inevitable rupture with the Vatican after Premier Canalejas rejects the Vatican's last note and presses anti clerical reforms. Don Jaime the Carlist pretender issues a manifesto signaling readiness to lead a religious conflict as tensions heighten in San Sebastian.
Port Townsend Oregon July news reports James Wilson secretary of agriculture arrived from Seattle and announced he would open suitable lands within government forest reserves for settlement. He said lands with soil good for farming and under 4000 feet of timber per acre would be offered under the 1908 act, noting many reserves are more valuable for agriculture. Five or six million acres may be released this summer after maps and proclamations are prepared for the president's signature.
Hon. Charles P. Edwards, member of Congress from the first district, spent yesterday in Waynesboro Georgia attending a Masonic barbecue as a special guest. The visit highlighted local civic events and featured interactions with residents.
The Hon. Jos Hill Hall will address voters of Decatur County at the courthouse Saturday July 30, with a meeting of the Joe to follow. The event aims to discuss local concerns and civic matters, inviting attendance from residents and supporters.
Beverly Massachusetts July 29 President Taft asked Senator Winthrop Murray Crane of Massachusetts to tour the western states as far as Seattle to gather firsthand political conditions. Taft relies on Crane for sagacity and aims for an impartial survey of field conditions beyond party leaders. The move, kept secret, signals major administration trust in Crane's ability to inform policy direction.
Chicago July 29 A coroner's jury empaneled to inq uire into the death of Ira G Rawn former Monon railroad president returned an open verdict at 3 o'clock in the morning but found he died from a bullet fired from his own revolver by his own hand The jury weighed whether the act was accidental or intentional but could not determine The verdict suggested the death might be by own action or accident and left final questions to family and insurers The panel noted the need to word the document to protect legal rights and insurance claims Representatives of the Illinois Central railroad declined to testify citing pending litigation
A notices listing Wrightsville Beach and Return trains via Sea Board with 8 percent rate and City Ticket Office details repeats in the column. It also notes a July 49 Speeches series in Swainsboro Ga by Hon. Enoch J. Giles announcing a tour including Adrian Nunez Gramont Garfield and a courthouse stop in Swainsboro. There is a misprint and duplicated lines.
Interest grows in the county adoot commissioner race between Elder W H Crouse and Robert Rountree. Rountree, a county native, is urged by friends as a reason to elect him, while Crouse is a native of Indiana.
Louisville Illinois July 1938 Henry Krintz aged 75 married his 60-year-old mother-in-law, Elizabeth Faehes, amid 100 degree heat. The couple had lived in Ophalopea and had a daughter who divorced Krintz years earlier. Friends seek to determine their exact relation.
Columbus roads erupt as rioters stone cars, injuring about a score of railway workers. Troops arrive but police duties limited, Governor Harmon not authorizing militia for policing, and nightfall brings new threats while car service resumes briefly before night. Local leaders urge legislative action for compulsory arbitration.
Ex Secretary of the Treasury John G Carlisle lays ill in New York City after a week of illness. Doctors at the Hotel Wolcott attend him for an attack of acute indigestion and report he is improved but remains in serious condition due to his advanced age and chronic infirmities.
Mrs ML H Simms aged years died at home in Kirkwood. Funeral and interment planned in Griffin after removal to Barclay Brandon. A Hardy died at private sanitarium aged , survived by wife and three children. Body to Barclay Brandon. funeral at old La Grange home. Bertie Irene Boazman infant daughter of D P Boazman died at 149 Rockwell street. Funeral arrangements to be announced. Mrs Janie Chaffin funeral held at Harry Poole chapel. body to Sanford Fla for interment. Mrs Mary Fields died at 12 Bunker street aged 45. husband CS Fields connected with John J Woodelde’s private office. Funeral arrangements later. Mrs W A Johnson aged 84 died in Dawson Ga. Survived by two nieces L Mire and Dora Hobbs of Brunswick.
Tacoma Washington reports Company I of the Twenty-ffth Infantry under Second Lieutenant G C Lawrasen pushed forty five men and gear over a 10 foot wall then ran fifty yards more and fired a shot in 35 seconds, near the army wall scaling record of 38 seconds. An Atlante, Berman of Atlanta has patented a straw dispenser for soda fountains to keep straws sanitary and readily available.
An editorial excerpt notes the Georgia legislature failed to pass a compulsory school attendance bill by 68 to 87 amid absenteeism claims. It criticizes the 40 absent members and invokes a Lumpkin county rebuke while urging accountability and broader support for compulsory attendance.
A list of real estate actions including transfers to the Protestant Episcopal church of the Diocese of Atlanta. Multiple parcels on Oak Street, Spring Street, Dill Avenue, and surrounding streets change hands via warranty deeds and bonds for title. Notable entries include JoBo transfers, mortgage-like bonds, and quitclaim details among G. W. Woodfin, C. A. Thompson, J. T. Thompson, Mrs. J. A. Smith, and others, with values ranging from 1,000 to 5,000 dollars and parcel sizes described in feet and blocks.
Nervous activity marked the July cotton trading on the New York Cotton Exchange. July opened 16.90 with shorts covering. deliveries rose to about 20 000 bales. Brown’s bid to buy all August at 15.28 sparked rally to 18.73 before renewed selling pushed July down to 13.60 at final sale. S
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