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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1909
Page
12
Thread and Thrum Rugs offer solid wool mats in greens browns and harmonious tones with borders or stripes. Atlanta dealers promote customization for size color and placement suitable for living rooms libraries and craft style homes. Butterick patterns and publications highlight spring dresses corset talks discuss growing girls and small furniture items like pedestals racks stools and tabourets.
Actress Ethel Barrymore is expected to marry Russell Griswold Colt, elder son of Colonel Samuel Pomeroy Colt of Providence. The quiet Boston ceremony is planned for Sunday next, with details guarded and the couple to travel to Europe after marriage.
Captain Jack Crawford the poet and orator will lecture Saturday evening at Marist college hall for the benefit of Georgia Catholic orphanages under the Knights of Columbus Atlanta council. He is famed from coast to coast and has drawn praise from many newspapers for his pleasing address and eloquence.
A fire in Pine Forest near Summer on March 10 destroyed the Pine Forest Missionary Baptist Church building. Rural Mail Car Parks from Ty Ty reported seeing flames beneath the structure as the blaze started.
Stated that Williams, a man over sixty, assaulted his young stepdaughter in Bulloch County Georgia. He was arrested in Statesboro and jailed for trial in April. Neighbors say the abuse spanned more than a year and note he fled after a warrant. He allegedly returned to the former home for further acts, while denying guilt and claiming it was an estimate.
A testimonial filled ad offers a trial sample of Eclipse Catarrh Cure, claiming instant relief from catarrh and deafness, with a vegetable formula that reaches air passages for a permanent cure. It urges readers to mail name and address to Echoas Medicine and Manufacturing Company in Atlanta, Ga, for twenty five cents worth of treatment and a booklet.
Athens Ga March 19 Special The Athens chamber of commerce under President Bichner and Secretary Brooke is busy with meetings and plans. An elegant banquet at the Hotel Georgian is scheduled for the first week in April to energize public movements. The 16th instant traffic representatives of the Southern Railway Company will meet in the city at the Georgian. A committee works on securing a new union passenger station, to be discussed with railroads later. J W Thomas of Seaboard Air Line will visit Athens this month and be hosted by chamber committees. Preparations are underway for entertaining the Travelers Protective Association convention this month, with a committee appointed to supervise plans.
A violent passenger on a Southern train between Atlanta and Jesup claimed he was being shot and stabbed himself in the chest with scissors. He then attacked the negro porter and other crew members. Found dead in his berth on arrival at Jesup, presumed drug influence. Body sent to Jacksonville.
Wickersham indicated a reply from President Wickersham is expected today regarding publication of passenger schedules in Atlanta. The commission will discuss a new depot project, railway bonds, and stock issues as well as a study of the statewide publication of schedules. The supreme court affirmed lower court rulings in three murder cases, and a warehouse lien ruling clarified notification before sale of cotton to recover advances. Tax officers met with Governor Smith and Attorney General Hart on the new registration and dis franchisement law ahead of elections. Military and National Guard appointments and inspections were announced. The supreme court reversed Fulton county on temporary alimony in the Stalvey case.
Atlanta cannot revoke a business license once issued for a fee of one cent, except liquor licenses or police-regulated cases. The supreme court ruled the nuisance abatement lies with the recorder court, not the city council, and ordered that an injunction to stop the license revocation should have been granted.
In Birmingham on March 10 Mracali Richardean was acquitted of the miner murder charge regarding Hames Resea from last fall. The jury returned a verdict after deliberation, with Bell-defone established as the defense.
The store reports a surge in activity in the Ready-to-Wear Department with exclusive novelties. Millinery openings attract thousands as customers browse gowns suits hats and accessories under one roof. New York buyers supply latest models including two and three piece suits Parisian lace waists and spring parasols. Heavily promoted are Max M Schwarcz tailored suits and varied dressy gowns from linen princess outfits to foulard and satin dresses. Corsets lingerie gowns and a large staff of salespeople and expert corsetiere complete the shopping experience.
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