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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1912
Page
2
A 1909 testimonial promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root claiming it restored health after kidney and bladder trouble. The letter by N L Huggins from Welch Arkansas attests benefits and urges others to try the product. The document also references political dispatches about postmaster politicking and investigations in Alabama.
Bristow moves to investigate whether post office inspectors are used as political emissaries to influence postmasters in presidential delegate elections. He demands Senate inquiry into whether postmasters with Hood records face removal or discipline for supporting or opposing specific presidential candidates.
Amid Mexican unrest and U S consulate activity, refugees stream toward the United States. Seventy five Americans, many women and children, leave through Laredo with reports of attacks in rural areas. Monterey rumors of more departures surface as anti American sentiment grows and Taft warns Americans to leave. Rebels claim victory at Chihuahua while authorities rebuff attempts on the governor.
Annapolis Md March 4 Senator Meloy introduced in the senate a resolution to form a joint committee to investigate Baltimore hotel charges ahead of the democratic national convention. Speaker Trippe backed a bill to curb extortion by inns and hotels during the convention and the public service commission would set maximum rates.
Reports describe mutineers in Pao Ting Fu torching areas and driving trains under orders to protect foreigners, while Yuan Shikai shifts troops in Pekin. International forces from the U S A Japan France and Britain rush to keep order as fires spread and gangs loot in Tiensin and along the railway toward Pekin.
Deaths and funeral arrangements for G W Withers aged about 30 at 47 Jones gverate. Also notice of W J Waters death in Sihirla Alabama and removal to Poole's chapel, with mother Mrs Pama Waters at 83 Stokes avenue. James L Bynum, son of Mr and Mrs T W Bynum, died Saturday at 51 Hayden Street. funeral at residence, interment West View. W B Mell 70, Waycross, Confederate veteran, survived by wife and three sons and two daughters. services tomorrow, remains to Savannah. George W Sheridan 57, Columbus, former councilman, died after paralysis. H M Aids 43, South Macon carpenter, funeral Tuesday 10 AM 2080 Second Street.
George S Brown aged 85 died yesterday afternoon at 440 o'clock at 185 Plum Street. He leaves one son and two daughters. The body will be taken to Rome, Georgia for funeral and interment on Wednesday with Masonic services.
The body of Thomas F. Corrigan, who died Sunday at midnight in Tampa Florida, will be brought to Atlanta early this morning. The funeral is set for 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at Sacred Heart church. Interment arrangements will be announced later.
Miss Mary L Cunningham aged 70 died yesterday at 5 30 pm at 296 East Linden Avenue body taken to Patterson chapel and later to Heath Springs SC for funeral L G Hash aged 43 died in a private sanitarium body removed to Patterson chapel and sent to Fort Gaines for interment L O Thompson died recently in New Orleans brought to Atlanta and placed in West View vault funeral held yesterday Mrs Sarah Hoffman aged 67 died yesterday at 47 Rosalia Street survived by three daughters and one son body to Greenberg Bond and kept there for a month
The American secretary of state and party left San Jose for Punta Arenas where the battleship Maryland awaits to carry the secretary aboard tomorrow to Corinto Nicaragua. He will briefly stop and continue to Managua by rail. His son Hugh and wife travel to Kingston. A banquet by President Jim Inez marked the visit with praise for U S freedom and republicanism. Masses of flowers greeted the Knox party at their lodging after the banquet.
Pittsburg March 4 Governor W R Stubbs of Kansas and Senator Clapp spoke at the first Roosevelt mass meeting in western Pennsylvania. They argued for self government and Roosevelt’s nomination. Stubbs predicted Roosevelt would win big if the people register their will in June. Clapp warned Taft’s nomination would split Republicans and lead to defeat, urging support for Roosevelt.
The Junior Philharmonic Orchestra of the Atlanta Musical Association will give a concert next Friday afternoon March 8 at 430 at the North Avenue Public School building. Attendees include Forrest Avenue and Tenth Street schools. Conducted by Mortimer Wilson, soloist Mrs John Lamar Meek. Program includes A Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Woward Grieg I Once Had a Sweet Little Doll Dears FE Nevin The Pine Woodman Album Leaf Wagner Military March Schubert.
Mrs J R Statham of 88 Woodward Ave, who runs a city grocery, says Tone Vita restored her energy and ambition after nervous debility and digestive issues. A Jacobs Pharmacy Company specialist claims the tonic can remove the condition and restore body organs to health, with hours listed in Atlanta.
The article touts a Dr Turner backed method that claims to reduce fat without drugs or starvation, noting Agnes Steudtner's death from obesity as a warning. It argues previous extreme dieting is outdated and presents a scientific breakthrough that supposedly makes fat vanish with minimal risk and embarrassment.
Agnes Steudtner, thirty two, five feet nine inches tall and weighing over 400 pounds, died Saturday at her Hoboken residence. Her obesity caused mortification to her family who said she would not be weighed and kept records as much as possible. A brother called her condition a tragedy and noted her appetite for scraps.
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