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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1905
Page
5
A dated ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills as life changing medicine for spring impurities and vitality, urging families to begin use now. The piece asserts blood purification, increased appetite, vitality, and better overall health with a promise to cure and a note on widespread testing.
London dispatch reports growing speculation that the Mukden defeat will influence war outcome, with Russian fighters likely to retire further while morale remains fierce. The Daily Graphic notes overtures to peace discussions toward Nicholas and Japan, amid credit for Japanese strategy and imperial dynastic concerns.
News wires from Tokio and Yinkow report Mukden fallen, thousands captured and vast stores seized. Russian officials voice gloom as Kuropatkin faces potential loss of the army with retreat lines under threat amid a dust storm and costly defeats.
Last Report from Europatkin argues against placing full responsibility on him. General Euro patkin notes nine serious engagements with the enemy southward. He cites enemy advances near Krougan east of Mukden and efforts aimed at cutting the railroad. Fighting continues near Thenouting with two quick guns captured and prisoners taken. Tasintoung reportedly occupied by Japanese as they move northward.
Reports indicate General Kuropatkin's army retreating from Mukden with heavy artillery and supplies mostly captured or abandoned. Public reaction in St Petersburg is muted as officials confirm only the retreat, while discussions of peace and potential uprisings surface among elites and observers.
Covington Georgia March 1 Special A large party from Newton County will embark on a ten day trip to Oklahoma Territory to purchase Oklahoma City lots from the Frisco Hallway Company. Participants include O S Porter J A Farmer C A Home Evans Lunsford R O Usher John M Aaron Claude Bryan N Johnson and L Jarman.
In Cedartown Georgia on March 10 a Polk County jury convicted Clem Green a white woman of the murder of Jim Davis dating to May 1904. The defense filed a motion for a new trial and the case will move to the state supreme court. Judge A L J Bartlett presides with ex-Congressman R W Everett as grand jury foreman. About thirty five true bills were returned this term.
In Macon Georgia police investigate a morning sighting of a blood trail along Second Street near Pine. An unknown Black man was rushed to a city hospital with multiple wounds, then disappeared from his bed. officers offer no explanation for the stains or the vanished patient while a theory centers on his attempts to avoid questioning. The page also contains an unrelated advertisement for Underwood typewriters noting improved accuracy and ease of cleaning.
A R Wilson, sought by Atlanta police, was arrested by Officer Kirby this morning in a local Negro restaurant. He faced charges regarding a grip believed to contain two employees’ clothes from the Southern Railway. The case moves to city court for trial.
Henderson of Mana field flees a voluntary bankruptcy plea. A stock of goods valued at 2000 and assets around 2500 with several Atlanta houses listed among creditors. The case filed March 10 in Covington Georgia.
The contract for a new Elks club room to replace the fire damaged previous hall has been let. It will be among the nation’s finest, with a large sum already raised for furnishing and equipment.
In the state supreme court today the case Rand versus Russell Sage, signer to the Hastings and Dakota Railway Company trust, was reversed and sent back to the lower court for a new trial. Rand previously won a large commission claim for land sales.
Advert says rheumatism is a nervous disease affecting kidneys and joints. It promotes Dr Miles' Restorative Nervine as a cure, claiming nerve restoration and neutralization of uric acid. Anecdotal testimonial from Racine Wisconsin praises relief after dosing. Sold by druggists with guarantee.
London March 10 Count Tolstoi in a letter to The Times says all governments are intricate institutions sanctified by tradition for committing violent social crimes. He argues improvement comes from individual moral perfection, not political action, and urges liberation from all government to abolish its authority.
Obituaries and funeral notices report Maggie Massey of Greenville Americus Ga Mordaunt and Lee Linden of Hartwell Ga died in New Haven Conn with Maryland and Columbus Ga
The J C Ayer Co plans to print complete formulas on each bottle of medicines. Dr Charles H Stowell says the move will reward merit in genuine drugs while inviting fraud in untrustworthy products. He explains alcohol use in extraction and compares it to beer, arguing the medicine remains safe and effective.
A Hamburg restaurant faces a suit over a pearl found by a diner. The jeweler offered 500 to a finder who kept the gem, while the woman who originally found it refused to surrender it. The proprietor claims such items and bones become the restaurant’s property by custom and use.
Savannah March 10. In superior court Arthur McArthur and his son Wo Ro McArthur were tried for larceny after trust and acquitted. The McArthur firm, piano dealers, faced claims of obtaining a piano from Masne and Hamla and disposing of it. The defendants argued any disposition was without their knowledge. By consent three remaining indictments will not be grossed.
Will Lovingood an engineer on a Central of Georgia yard engine was attacked by three men at daylight near Rome. The assailants demanded money, searched him, and struck his coat and skin. The incident led to a chaotic scuffle, with the robbers dispersed and a public health note raised about fumigation and the sale of goods. City authorities consider enacting an ordinance to regulate the situation.
Rone Wa March 10 Spectal Jonn Addington of Chattooga county charged with stabbing Aaron Adams at Summerville earlier months ago was arrested here today. Addington had been in hiding near Rome with efforts to locate him failing until Sheriff Glenn of Chattooga led the search and captured him this morning. All parties are well known in Chattooga and Floyd counties.
L A Johnson was arrested at a city union depot while his family waited for a train. He was placed on the docket after allegedly overindulging in whiskey in Atlanta during their travel from New Holland to Rome Georgia. Mrs Johnson and four children, stranded, were taken to the police station and placed in the care of the matron Mrs Bahnefeld.
Rumors persist in Bone to fla that the man who fired Zach Hall and is now in the state sanitarium may be returned to Rome next week as a cured patient. He was declared not insane by a commission of physicians after his trial and ordered to the sanitarium for treatment.
Special petition filed with the U S court clerk in Macon Georgia requests a meeting of creditors for Schedeld Manufacturing Company in bankruptcy. The petition seeks consideration of the offer of composition in the case.
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