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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1912
Page
11
A terse classified style note from J. K Orr Shoe Company in Atlanta invites requests for catalog or samples. The brief ad signals ongoing promotion seeking inquiries for White Canvas footwear.
In Chicago at Union Station yard a collision between a Pennsylvania passenger train and empty coaches injured more than twenty people. Delegates from Georgia to the Republican National Convention were among the injured including A N Finker of Argyle and Henry Lincoln Johnson of Atlanta. Several others from Valdosta Athens Sparta Macon Columbus and Dawson were listed as hurt.
Pekin June 17 Premier Teng Shao li abruptly left for Tien Tain without notifying cabinet members. He announced his intention to retire saying he had lost foreign confidence. Efforts are being made in several quarters to induce him to return.
Hundreds of former Georgia students converge on Athens for commencement week activities. Alumni Day promises large turnout while university speakers and athletic officials discuss exams, programs, and campus improvements. Faculty promotions, law building funding, and new commerce school beginnings dominate trustees meetings.
Mrs. Perry Wilcox, a 26 year old brunette, testified before Judge Calhoun that she had beaten herself with her temper and defended her husband, a contractor, saying she needed all that she got. She admitted temper, blamed cooking and visiting her father for spats, and stated she loved him more for it. The judge dismissed the case on prosecutor guidance.
An advertisement by Dr. J. B. Cannaday claims a ten year study and a guaranteed cure for eczema also called tetter salt rheum and several other names. He offers a trial treatment by writing today and promises real comfort and proof within a day.
Warfield, Vanderbilt-linked head, arrives in Atlanta with Capps and Watts to discuss southern control of Seaboard Air Line. He praises Atlanta growth, aims to give locals a voice in management, and ties plans to Southern Settlement and Development Association.
Tom Weaver, tailor of 14 Luckie Street, announces vacation clothes at reduced prices at his shop Cut Rates.
R. B. Pigott once lived as a Bell House boy in Atlanta and now visiting as narrator for Hiawatha the Indian passion play. A reunion of his old Atlanta friends is planned to attend the performance and then entertain him at the Capital City Club.
Chicago, June 12. A quarter of four million dollars was wagered on the outcome of the Chicago convention, declarations show. A bookmaker claimed handling $50,000 for New Yorkers and an Arizona ranch owner bet $26,000 that Taft would be nominated, as Pennsylvanians joined in. Even money held as the standard, with Roosevelt slightly favored in sentiment.
In Somerville New Jersey on the Lincoln line Rev Nathaniel Foster pastor at Cuyler Presbyterian Brooklyn and Mrs Samuel Zucker of Pelham Manor were killed when their car was struck by a New Jersey Central express train at Cedar Lane. The crash occurred tonight with minimal details about a 3:30 pm car auction and a Bedford and 8th location fragment lingering in the report.
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