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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1913
Page
3
Paris March 9 The Dutchess De Talleyrand once Anna Gould says she never wrote a letter cited by Vatican court as proof she would remain Protestant to obtain a divorce. She protests the trial, lacked notice and counsel. De Castellane refuses to discuss trial details, says letter appeared through indiscretion.
March 9 report notes setback for Zapatista forces in Coahuila and Sonora, with several hundred rebels laying down arms while negotiations with Zapata stall. Amnesties and shifting allegiances seen as key to stabilizing the Orozquista issue, and telegraph and railroad communications resume across regions.
Martin Tex reports Themas Hanle a young pitcher for the New York National League club died during practice in Marlin after ten days of intestinal trouble. His condition worsened, a surgeon performed an operation, and the body is expected to be sent home. The piece notes his Ohio Pennsot ties and brief illness duration.
Advertisement notes two men rent typewriters for five dollars from the American Writing Machine Company. The fragment mentions AAATHIVE likely a garbled term but confirms rental offer and company reference.
The article discusses José Yves Limantour, former finance minister under Porfirio Diaz, as a potential successor and a target of rivals. It notes Limantour’s age near sixty, his stature as a premier financial expert, and his past influence within Diaz’s government, including his rise as a dominant policymaking figure.
Col Peter Smith, Atlanta lawyer and noted philanthropist, died of paralysis. He mentored twenty one young men including Frank Clark now a Florida congressman. a woman, Mrs C L Bovard, read law in his office but Georgia law barred practice. He avoided publicity and once ran for Congress, withdrawing after a delayed count. later, he wrote essays and a clear treatise on the use of words.
Ottawa reports a five day naval bill stalemate in the Dominion Parliament with 129 hours of debate. Premier Borden rejected an opposition motion and Sir Wilfrid Laurier proposed a naval service plan linked to the imperial navy as an alternative to a 35 million dollar government appropriation. The deadlock paused sessions for Sunday and is to resume Monday.
The article recounts Harry Lauder telling reporters of his golf match with ex President Taft at Augusta, recalling boyhood days in Musselburgh with Arthur Craig. Lauder says he won two up, and Taft joined Burns club plans in Atlanta with a Burns cottage visit.
A lively reminiscence on the editor’s craft from 1914 with Cale Fluhart’s humorous view of duties. It describes the editor as diplomat, observer of human nature, and master of restraint, while noting the endless callers, diverse readers, and the toll of long hours. The piece blends caricature with reflection on responsibilities, temperament, and the persistence needed to guide a newspaper.
Poem depicts a silent ascent on a white peak where gods seem present and the landscape below feels distant. The speaker lists familiar New England places such as Saco valley Ossipee Champlain Bethel Androscoggin and Katahdin, suggests a widening of perception, and muses on a door between earth and heaven opened by divine winds.
Havana March 9 President Gomez vetoed the general amnesty bill after a remonstrance from American minister Arthur M Beaupre. Rumors circulated in Havana that Congress will pass a stripped version. Authorities say hundreds of Negroes captured during the Oriente revolution must be released to relieve overcrowded jails and depleted prison rations. The president also vetoed a concession to the Cuban Sporta company to revive the Spanish hall game Taf Mlal and permit public gambling houses in major cities.
Seventeen cases on the docket for today in the United States court. All involve whisky. The criminal calendar is unusually crowded this term, prompting Clerk Fuller to augment his jury list. The largest roster comes Wednesday when twenty eight names will be called by Deputy Clerk John Steward.
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