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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
13
The Atlantic Frances Willard Woman's Christian Temperance Union will hold a business meeting Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Sunday school room of Trinity Church. All members are expected to be present.
Mrs Memminger and children left for Asheville and Flat Rock while Miss Chartie Melain visits Garrotton and Bremen. Alex Stephens returned from Wrightsville Beach after a house party hosted by Ella Willcox. Notices of illnesses recoveries follow, with updates on John Ryan, Foreman, and others. Several social engagements, travels, and upcoming marriages are noted along with club gatherings and visitors from multiple states.
Bishop Candler denounces Andrew Carnegie's 21 million donation plan for Vanderbilt medical school as reckless and aimed at destroying denominationally controlled education. He warns the gift would dismember departments and empower Carnegie's own board, provoking widespread church and public disapproval.
A strong earthquake rocked Fort de France in Martinique on June 18, with residents feeling the tremor across the city. Local authorities reported no immediate major damage or injuries, as reports continue to surface from across the island.
At a chamber of commerce luncheon in the Majestic hotel Atlanta leaders urged expanding the boys corn club program to address Georgia’s economic strain. Wilmer L. Moore chaired as promoters announced 1913 corn club contests and Georgia corn show, with committees to rally support. William Mansel of Baltimore praised corn clubs as key to soil health and self sufficiency, urging Georgia to export less and feed itself.
Edwin P Ansley agency schedules sale of 25 lots in Ansley Park Annex this afternoon at 4 30. The annex continues the high class residential line of Ansley Park, with lots sold for 10 percent cash and the rest in monthly payments of 25.
Fire in Fitzgerald Georgia wipes out a large two story frame building once built as a business college by Professor Mackintosh. The structure, later rented to families, was occupied until the blaze. Current owner Colonel E Cutts held one thousand dollars in insurance on the property.
In a long and spirited Fulton superior court case, Matthew Delaney et al. v. Guarantee Trust and Banking Company ended with Judge John T. Pendleton ordering a receiver due to insolvency and alleged mismanagement. The plaintiffs claimed fraud and improper transfers, while the defense argued solvency. an auditor reported findings supporting the plaintiffs, who seek appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court with a supersedes order requested.
In Valdosta Georgia on June 18 special dispatch reports the death of Sonnyboy Jackson a young Black man bitten by a mad dog four weeks earlier Despite prompt Pasteur treatment hydrophobia developed three weeks after the bite and he died yesterday The boy’s companion a Jewish merchant’s son bitten at the same time shows no hydrophobia symptoms and is believed to have been treated successfully
An old standard tonic claims to strengthen the liver, purify the blood, and drive malaria from the system, marketed for adults and children as a general health tonic.
Atlanta dairymen met to adopt rules of the Fulth County Medical Society milk commission for certified milk. Participation is voluntary, with the commission promising its brand to compliant dairies. Public education and lectures accompany the effort, and two bills aim to legalize certified milk and reimburse farmers for condemned cows due to tuberculosis.
In Macon Georgia Tudge Mathews obtained an injunction against the city council barring interference with Patrick Cronin’s Joon operation until July 4. Cronin had been convicted under state prohibition law and his license shortly revoked. Attorney John Cooper sought rescission pending court of appeals ruling.
Woman reports infantile eczema on baby's face neck and scalp cleared using Cuticura Soap and Ointment after trying a sample. Hair regrew thickly in the adult case after shampooing with the same soap. Advertisement notes prices and free samples from Cuticura Company.
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