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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1912
Page
10
Prices across a city market ease with the close of strawberry season. Georgia peaches fetch 40 to 60 cents a basket while melons, okra, tomatoes, corn, beans, and other produce show modest declines. Meats follow lower averages with rib roast 5 cents, lamb 26 cents, and tenderloin 26 cents per pound. Squabs cost 50 cents each.
A cyclonic windstorm swept east Fayetteville, North Carolina, injuring no fatalities but causing extensive damage. Buildings collapsed, trees were uprooted, and the West Box factory along with A. J. Bullard's lumber mill were partially wrecked. A ginhouse with 50 bales of cotton at D. A. Breece’s farm two miles from town was lifted and torn apart. Debris filled roads.
Four robbers looted the Bank of Huntsville in Fort Smith Arkansas, making off with about four thousand dollars in gold. A posse left Fayetteville pursuing the gang toward the northwest corner of the state, believed heading overland toward Oklahoma.
New York June 14 Six army horses, top American service mounts, will be shipped to Stockholm to compete in the international army contests. Recruited from various army posts, they will be accompanied by officers whose skill aids the trials for trophies. Horses named Connie Chiswell Baizan Poppy Deceiver and Fencing Girl.
A garbled fragment discusses foot problems such as corns and burning sensations and warns against experimenting with remedies from others. Mentions callouses and a man named Fox and a store repair context, but details are unclear.
Macon reports 37 carloads of peaches sent to northern and eastern markets marking the peak shipment day of the season. Other items note Lockhart exonerated after killing a Black man, hospital injuries, league standings, a YMCA fundraising shortfall, end of Macon public schools for summer, water rate complaints, potential reopening of the hospital dispensary, Judge Speer’s return from Virginia, and Charley Evans receiving a six months on the chain gang with a $200 fine for illegal liquor sales.
Chicago June 14 Mrs Della Lawrence a 26 year old seamstress aided in the escape from Fort Sheridan of five soldiers from Troop A Fourth cavalry Frank Carr Frank Messin Fred Meyer Harold Smith and Charles C Underwood The men fled after breaking a door and boarding a black automobile later one soldier escaped when her companion leaped from an elevated train The five prisoners were awaiting transfer to Fort Leavenworth.
Nineteen people were injured when a Central of Georgia passenger train from Birmingham crashed into fifteen coal cars at Everettes near Macon. The engineer and fireman were badly scal ded and many others suffered internal or sprained injuries. A public investigation is planned at Fort Valley with local citizens invited to serve on the inquiry committee.
Auction at 2 o clock today for 50 residence lots in College Park. Take a car at Forsyth and Alabama Streets for the sale.
Georgia fruit cars fill nearly every siding as the peach belt readies for transport. Yellow fruit growers express cars line sidetracks and await July shipments. An West Georgia orchard owner eyes about 26000 dollars from the season amid ideal crop conditions.
Notice announces schedule changes effective Sunday June 16 with train No 1 arriving Atlanta at 1 50 pm and train No 25 arriving Atlanta at 2 10 pm at Tacheon F P A.
A New York clerk notes that fitting a truss correctly needs professional understanding of the human form and extensive experience to choose a truss that helps rather than worsens the condition. Rupture is too serious to risk improper fit.
Jacobs Pharmacy proclaims over 27 years of experience in properly fitted trusses and a large stock of elastic hosiery belts bandages and abdominal supporters. The main store offers private fitting rooms and expert advice from male and female attendants inviting consultations to help potential customers.
Marietta, June 14 special report. The heaviest rainfall since 1884 hit Cobb county Thursday night damaging or destroying multiple bridges. The Barnes mill dam washed away, the Roswell road steel bridge and a McUrreathCreek concrete bridge were badly damaged, and the Austell Atlanta road bridge vanished. Many smaller bridges were destroyed or heavily damaged. Farmers fearfully report freshly plowed fields ruined as reports estimate three to four inches of rain.
A garbled OCR excerpt from New York cites Charles Hughes as an NoFa candidate. The readable words indicate discussion of a candidate named Hughes and references to the United States courts, but the fragment lacks coherent details or dates.
London June 14 The board of trade inquiry into the Titanic disaster discussed the speeches of counsel. Lord Mersey regretted that Captain Lord of the Californian could not be directly charged and stated he had no jurisdiction to direct conduct. He added that Ismay's conduct mattered only to its possible influence on Captain Smith.
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