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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1909
Page
4
Public notice style advertisement urging attention to kidney and bladder health. Claims Swamp Root as a remedy from Dr Kilmer & Co and offers a free sample by mail with a booklet. Mentions Atlanta Daily Constitution and prices of fifty cents and one dollar.
A crowd attacked officers attempting to separate clash between strike-breakers and strikers friends. They dragged officers toward a high bridge over a ravine and warned to throw them over. Police arriving in time prevented probable deaths. Later, crowds at Herron Hill car barns obstructed tracks with lumber as rumors spread of nonunion crews taking cars.
Dalton Georgia June 28 Special. Mrs Dotlie Detter sister to Mrs Martin wife of ex Senator W C Martin drove three telephone linemen from Colonel Martins property armed with a brickbat. Linemen had begun to cut limbs from shade trees the family prizes highly. Telephone company says service hindered and may seek court action to complete the work. Property owners had complained before awaiting court ruling. Linemen were eager to desist when Mrs Detter appeared with brickbat.
Mobile Alabama June special reports Detroit will acquire two Mobile players. Pitcher Lelivelt and outfielder Neighbors are on Detroit's books for future delivery and will be turned over at season's end. The deal is described as a straight sale.
Mississippi lumber trade shows improvement as mills cut output, with price gains from 9 cents to 1.50 per thousand feet. Manufacturers and mill agents credit fewer active mills, including several large plants closing for the summer, for boosting prices.
President Taft entertained cabinet officers senators and representatives at a dinner on the White House roof garden. The gathering was non-partisan with many southern Democrats present. Guests dined amid green trees under red lighting with a cooling breeze from the Potomac and later moved to the south portico and roof of the east wing.
Busk and Starick announce a closing surplus sale offering a 15 percent discount on spring and summer woolens. Makers of fine clothes located in the Fourth National Bank Building at 1304-1307.
At Chattanooga Tennessee the annual Sons of Veterans convention adopted resolutions urging a peace monument by federal and Confederate soldiers in Washington D C The Tennessee Alabama Florida contingent elected officers and selected Knoxville as next meeting site Delegates included Bert G Covell R W Biese J A Lankester H J Shaw and others representing three states
Harvard professor George Herbert Palmer, age 67, advocates flirtation as essential for college life. He argues Radcliffe and Harvard students focus too much on study and bury themselves in books, urging a balance of frivolity to gain social knowledge.
Little Rock Arkansas June 28 Special Two players from this year's Little Rock team head to the big leagues next season Catcher O Connor is rumored to take the St Louis Browns managing job and Casey is reportedly being sought by the Chicago White Sox Managers praise Casey saying he is fast and could hit well with strong interest from Comiskey Finn Molesworth and Capecchi all rate him highly
The Lyric last night staged A Bachelor's Honeymoon with Misa and May Spooner leading a strong company. The farce follows a man with two daughters who marries an actress, hides the marriage to win his sister’s consent, and unfolds a knotty, comic tangle as the relatives converge in one house. The ensemble delivered bright,-capital performances, drawing expectant crowds for the rest of the week.
Seven prisoners, all negroes, escaped from Calhoun county jail near Albany Georgia yesterday around 10 am. A 12 year old boy was recaptured. the boy said the lower cell door was unlocked by error when two inmates opened it and reached the key to the upper cell, then fled.
County Prosecutor Hunt leads a raid with ten deputies on Consolidated Stock and Grain Company offices. Arrests include A Acton and B Fox. books seized and wires cut. Earlier raid yielded indictments of Louis W Foster and W H Kisnaman for defrauding the public. ten customers detained to identify witnesses.
Frank D. Munson aged 28, chief clerk for the superintendent of the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic railroad, was thrown from a railroad bicycle in the southern part of the state. He sustained a skull fracture and died at a local hospital after being brought to the city unconscious yesterday night.
A closeout sale at Starick Makers of Fine Clothes located at 1304 1307 Fourth. The advertisement highlights a 15 percent discount to attract shoppers and clear stock.
Capt Louis C. Nuttman chief of the commissary department of the department of the gulf was attacked by appendicitis yesterday afternoon and removed to St Josephs Infirmary from his Palmer apartments at eight. He underwent an operation by Dr W P Nicolson and was reported resting nicely late last night.
Brooks Morgan chairs a committee meeting this afternoon in the chamber of commerce rooms to discuss important matters affecting local manufacturers. A separate item notes the death of Aunt Mahaley Plus, a 70-year-old enslaved woman, killed near her son-in-law’s home. authorities may pursue the son-in-law in connection with her death.
The list records Captain John Williams of Mobile’s port, Mrs Sam Hawes of Bainbridge, J Meacock of Eastman, Mrs George Brown of Forsyth, Miss Manks, T E Bayne of Chicago, infant deaths of Charles William Pinion and Joseph M Brizendine, J S Granden of Ellenwood, and J I Granden of Hazenwood. Funeral details and survivals are noted for each.
Professor G H Gardner of Riverside Military academy returns from Cumberland Island and will visit Atlanta this week to meet patrons. Office at 248 Broad Street. About fifty Atlanta boys enrolled. the summer term promises a great success amid Guineaville climate and Blue Ridge location in north Georgia.
Will Rudd, a Greenwood traveling salesman, attempted to cross Seaboard Air Line tracks at Salak in Greenwood county. His auto car was struck by a westbound train and he died almost instantly. Witnesses dispute whether he was on the track or between car and locomotive when struck.
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