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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1900
Page
8
Fragmented OCR text references a city, Maygr, and individuals including Joseph, with mentions of inspection, prohibition, and a death. The readable segments are incomplete and offer no clear event or context to summarize beyond generic wartime casualties and civic references.
H V Albaugh a Kansas accountant assisting in auditing Hunter's books for the Atlanta and West Point railroad disappeared in Atlanta around noon Thursday. He left to lunch at Young's hotel and was not seen again, leaving his wife and four children in distress. Relations suspect possible brain fever from work stress, while officials offered no explanation.
Large turnout last night for a Pure Food show at the Gate City Guard armory. Professor Charles Lane headlined with a humorous lecture. Attendance has grown since opening night with visitors from nearby cities. Schmann Grand Concert Company to perform tonight. cooking lectures scheduled for morning and afternoon.
The Water Commissioners met at city hall yesterday afternoon to discuss financing an extension of the Atlanta waterworks system. They planned to urge favorable action on an ordinance authorizing bonds and to appear before the council. No other actions were reported.
Birmingham March 9 Special The tax commissioner seeks back taxes for five years on university lands in Jefferson County nearly ten thousand dollars. Hearing set for March 20 before the board of revenue with later regular taxation urged. Controversy follows university exemptions claimed by friends of the institution. Will also review other nonused lands for taxation. Will be bitterly fought. New Deratur March 9 Special A county Democratic committee call plans an April primary to choose a US senator and reconstitute the party committee. This counters claims of no April primary. Candidates demand a primary for instruction.
In Thibodeaux Louisiana Thomas Nathaniel a colored man was hanged in the jail yard today for the murder of his paramour Mary Parker in the presence of legal witnesses. He admitted guilt and said he deserved death. The trap fell at 12 09 neck broken by the fall and he was pronounced dead after fourteen minutes.
At the capitol column notes that Jack J. Spalding of Atlanta is to be presented as one of Georgia four at large delegates to the national democratic convention in Kansas City. The move stems from the Young Men's Democratic League of Fulton County, where he was an early member and a leading figure for over fifteen years. Many league members, including officers, support the effort.
The Georgia Republican convention produced a platform seen as hostile to state nominees and sparked doubts about a viable state ticket. Delegates confront central committee action by June 1 to nominate candidates, with talk of no governor candidate and a possible Senate race in the Eleventh district featuring Dr. Stewart or Baldwin of Randolph. Governor Candler accepts an invitation to speak in Chattanooga on March 19, while the Northern circuit faces Supreme Court arguments next Monday.
The article recalls Rev. Daniel Lindley of Rocky River Presbyterian Church near Charlotte as the first Protestant missionary to South Africa in 1835. It credits Lindley with teaching and shaping a young Paul Kruger, who later became a prominent leader and statesman. Lindley’s work left a lasting religious and intellectual influence on Kruger and the Dutch republic.
Scientific notes claim brain building properties in Grape-Nuts cereal. It says life forces select nutrients from wheat and barley to feed the brain and nerve centers, using phosphate of potash to rebuild delicate brain cells daily. The advertisement touts Postum Cereal Co. Ltd Battle Creek Michigan production.
Thos H Northen and Walker Dunson of Northen & Dunson Realty list close in properties and rents including a brick corner store for 11,000 with 12 per year rent, a 2 story steam house at 211 Washington Street, and several lots on West Peachtree Piedmont and Juniper streets for amounts between 1,900 and 4,000. Office space for rent at 409 Equitable with telephone use. call Bell Telephone 2187 for buying, selling or borrowing.
In Washington DC state supreme court refuses Mrs Matte A Hughes appeal and she will face another trial for her husband’s murder. The case has suffered two mistrials with the defendant arguing double jeopardy. A confectionery store venture and alleged use of counterfeit flavors are noted as a side issue. The murder charge is deemed the priority as court reconvenes.
New Decatur March 9 special report states Mrs Myrtle Green, boarding Miss Bessie Winsett, trusted her home and visitors. On returning from paying a call she found trunks rifled of clothes money and jewelry while a man named Peter Moran, her alleged paramour, fled with Winsett. No trace of the pair remains.
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