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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1912
Page
9
A shipment of men s suits arrives and goes on sale featuring solid colors and fancy effects in the latest styles. One line offers suits at 20 dollars matching prices charged by merchant tailors elsewhere. The material is grayish cassimere in a neat checked pattern with a three-button sack coat and a modern straight front.
The Republican National Committee opened with 30 members and tackled the Oklahoma third district contest as Roosevelt delegates fight for rightful seating. Delegates from Texas Virginia Washington DC and North Carolina face further contest rulings while Taft supporters push claims of regular procedures and accusations of illegal conventions.
June 14 Spectator reports Mrs. Brown Alsop has landed in Washington with her health restored from illness. She travels with her 72 year old husband and joins Mr Alsop’s two Harvard students sons. Mrs Ella Wilcox praised her devotion on the voyage. Mrs Alsop denies laughing in a New York police court over a cafe bill dispute involving friend Mrs Tom Fierce.
Lieutenant Leighton W. Hazelhurst Jr a Georgia army officer killed in a Wright biplane crash at College Park was buried at Arlington at noon with full military honors. Chaplain Brander led services at Fort Myer attended by officers and aviators including Orville Wright. Pallbearers wore full dress uniforms and a cavalry field artillery escort plus a bugler played taps. Parents and brothers arrived from Indiana and Memphis. Arthur Welch another war casualty from the same crash was buried yesterday.
The Roosevelt campaign and Taft forces clash over control of the temporary convention organization. A Mississippi delegate is alleged to have received funds, prompting taft headquarters to urge careful reading of a Banks letter. Rumors of overtures to La Follette surface as Iowa delegates hold cautious hope for resolution.
Amid disputed delegations from Tennessee Texas and Virginia Taft and Roosevelt camps clash over seating rules and strategy Roosevelt heads to Chicago with plans for a major rally while Taft aides push quiet handling and avoid spectacle Roosevelt's arrival triggers hotel and headquarters buzz and speculation on speeches at the convention venue.
A special showing of Craftsman chairs priced at 27 dollars showcases armchairs and rockers with spring seats and sheep skin backs. Oak frames in a soft brown finish offer sturdy, timeless pieces. The advert argues Craftsman marks a historic, valuable furniture period akin to Colonial and Chippendale. Buy now to furnish a room with chairs likely to grow in value for generations.
Roosevelt supporters in Chicago rally at Congress Hotel with talks by contesting delegates as Col Roosevelt may address the convention. Taft camp prepares a rival reception area as delegates arrive, with plans for continuous events and escorted movement between headquarters and meeting rooms.
The Roosevelt train drama recounts a boulder wreck on the track near a Pullman car. Engineers cite a two foot stone destroyed airbrake lines and damaged the pilot as Roosevelt helps organize delegates and plans a Taft demonstration at the armory in Chicago.
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