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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1907
Page
5
A jumble of remarks references September aid to Fifth Jamestown, weather brands, Georgia commencements, and peacher contentions. It mentions Colonel Watterson on a moustached president, Roosevelt’s crop of children, Jamestown Exposition plans, King Edward, Mr. Bryan, and English social chatter.
An urgent municipal measure seeks to create a permanent five member cemetery commission to oversee Oakland Cemetery and other city burial grounds, replacing patchy management with a professional system. The plan requires removing political influence, making the board self-perpetuating, and ensures caretaking of plots, with council debate on amendments and underground trolley safeguards mentioned as ancillary civic concerns.
Thousands walk the streets daily unaware of the death testing danger from broken trolley wires. In recent days two incidents in central Atlanta showed the risk as wires fell and hissed on Whitehall near Hunter and on Broad near Alabama. The Georgia Railway and Electric Company holds a vast franchise to string wires over citizens, raising questions about weak spots and upcoming breaks and the duty to prevent deaths by electrical contact.
The Chicago Chronicle argues against removing women teachers, asserting that women’s sympathy and tact aid primary education, while claiming male teachers would degrade teaching. It warns of a retrogression to older, harsher methods and notes reform has already reduced corporal punishment.
A New York Times style commentary questions Christian Science healing amid insurance mortality stats. It cites Charlen G Bliss comparing Christian Science claims with state rates, noting far lower deaths among adherents and raising the issue of “extra hazardous risks.” The piece contrasts doctors and faith healing, suggesting a shift in perceptions of medical authority.
The Atlanta Constitution reports two Georgia mules killed by lightning. The Rome Tribune notes lightning recently killed two Georgia males. The piece questions the outcomes of the lightning and its effects compared with mule casualties, using terse, tongue in cheek phrasing.
Atlanta criminal court convenes for daily misdemeanor hearings with Judge Calhoun and Judge Reid sharing space. Injunction suit by Mrs. Dooley set for next Saturday before Judge Pendleton. County commissioners await new courthouse work start, consider alms house sale proceeds up to 160000 for construction, and discuss temporary offices in former Christian church building. Divorce case involving Annie May Ventura vs Serafin Ventura features alimony, custody, and countercharges. Germania Park Association seeks charter to establish hunting and outdoor recreation park with several property deals planned, led by Clark Howell Jr and others.
A collage of sensational clippings from The Americas Times-Recorder The Waycross Herald and other papers describe a Chicago millionaire pursuing a Atlanta school girl amid talk of marriage The pieces lampoon Atlanta society and its fascination with wealth and romance noting sensational headlines and odd anecdotes across several Georgia towns
An Atlanta woman dodges a Chicago millionaire who seeks to marry her. Reports from Atlanta and Cordele portray reporters chasing romantic high jinks, with later notes that the tale was a mistaken sensationalism. Also: King Oscar and Queen Sophia to celebrate golden wedding in Stockholm with gifts for the poor and patients.
The Dawson public schools held their graduation exercise in the chapel Friday evening. A large and appreciative audience witnessed an enjoyable program marking the completion of the term.
Lawrence Cooper, a saw mill employee at J. J. King’s Consul mill, was fatally injured Saturday when a dry kin fell on him. He died this morning. Cooper was a member of a large family and brother of ex-sheriff W. B. Cooper, now mayor of Linden.
Readers discuss federal education aid, arguing for national partnership, opposing strict state control, and urging constitutional revision. They call for compulsory schooling, expanded funding, and taxation reforms to fund schools, with Georgia and the South urged to lead in educational modernization.
A marriage in Atlanta stirs talk as the bride, a chorus performer, is claimed to be an Atlantan by some and a Georgian by others. Locals recall Miss Wheaton as a Savannah-born granddaughter of Major Wheaton, a Confederate veteran and former mayor, with family ties reaching to New York. The piece notes the bride’s social standing and questions of home ownership, while a Vienna report marks Emperor Francis Joseph’s fortieth Hungarian throne anniversary with a two week celebration.
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