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Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1909

Page

11

Coffee Tax Fails To Move Tariff On Free List

Washington reports the coffee duty remains unresolved as Ways and Means discusses the tariff bill. Treasury officials fear a coffee tax would prompt a rush of imports, with millions of bags potentially shipped before the duty takes effect. The panel ponders inheritance tax and a stamp tax on checks, bonds, and stocks, while coffee stockpiles abroad threaten to flood the market.

Washington Ways and Meana Committee Treasury United States Europe

Plans Completed for Two Apartment Houses in City

Architect A Ten Eyck Brown has drafted plans for two apartment houses to be built soon. One will stand at Edgewood Avenue and Courtland Street by G Van Dyke with four ground floor stores and four apartments. The second, on Washington Street between Cruffley and Richardson, by Jenna Straus, is a three story brick veneer building housing all apartments and costing about $27,000.

A. Ten Eyck Brown Edgewood Avenue Courtland Street G. van Dyke Ateve Isto Washington Street Cruffley and Richardson Streets Jenna Straus

Protone Rejuvenates Flesh Builder Nerve Fortifier Claim

Advertisement extols Protone as a new flesh-builder and nerve strengthener promising quick gains in flesh for men and women. It offers no cost to try and urges readers to prove the remarkable effects on themselves, claiming nothing else like it has been produced before.

Svery Protone Company Protéine “Bidg Detroit Mich greatOc L. T. Cooper Dayton Ohio

Enthusiasm Grows for Atlanta Mobile Festival in May

The south's music fever surges toward Atlanta for the festival opening the largest southern auditorium. Plans include Caruso and Fremstad with a vast array of artists, priced season tickets and limited boxes. Rail rates likely within a 309 mile radius, sales start next Tuesday at Phillips & Crews and Cable Piano.

South Atlanta Florida Kentucky New Orleans Charlotte A. EB. Sussex Greenville I S Sunsex South Carolina Spartanburg Charleston Goth Carolina Georgia Southern Central Southwestern Birmingham Atlantic Seaboard Tt Im Caruso Madame Fremstat Fwe Phillips & Crew's Cable Piano Company

Georgia Marble Marks Confederate Graves

John Corrigan reports from Washington that the Blue Ridge Marble Company of Nelson, Georgia, has a contract to furnish 20,000 headstones for Confederate graves at 16,000 dollars and seeks to supply ornate monuments. the firm also secured marble for Holy Cross Academy in Durbarton near Washington, valued at 30,000 dollars.

John Corrigan Washington Alex Anderson Blue Ridge Marble Company Nelson, Ga War Department Anderson Holy Cross Academy Durbarton

Indicted Officials in Jersey Graft Probe

In Utica New Jersey march 18 a grand jury returned indictments in the Gnelde county graft investigation. F E Bwancett chairman of the republican county committee and gun supervisor John Collins furniture dealer ex Sheriff S J Jones and A H VanDe walker democratic clerk of the board of supervisors were named.

Utica N. J Gnelde Grand Jury Egainst F. E. Bwancett John Collins S. J.jones A. H. VanDewalker Board of Supervisors la Aleo

Cooper's New Discovery claims stomach cures across the nation

L T Cooper of Dayton Ohio promotes a stomach based health theory and a remedy called Cooper's New Discovery. The text touts wide acclaim across the United States with testimonials citing relief from stomach trouble indigestion dyspepsia liver and kidney issues constipation rheumatism and related ailments.

Cooper United States

Cooper's New Discovery Gains Rave Reviews From Users

A flood of testimonials lauds Cooper's New Discovery for digestive and overall health. Customers cite restored appetite, improved digestion, stronger energy, and relief from rheumatism and other ailments. W. Cathcart of Tempe and John H. Fripp of Tampa share life changing improvements after use. Cooper's New Discovery is advertised as available nationwide at leading drug stores.

Cooper's New Discovery Sample Offer

In Dayton Ohio The Cooper Medicine Company invites readers to request a free sample bottle by mail to prove the remedy’s merita. Readers are urged to mention they saw the offer in The Atlanta Journal.

Cooper Cooper Medicine Company Dayton Ohio Atlanta

Rule for Auto Drivers at Railway Crossings

In a March 21 Philadelphia filing the Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that automobile drivers approaching rail crossings are not bound to follow the usual stop rule if needed to exit the vehicle and weld to the track to proceed when a street car conductor is involved. The opinion, issued yesterday, concerns the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company and the Westshore Railroad Company versus Alexander H. G. Maidment.

Philadelphia United States Circuit Court of Appeals For Third Circuit New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company Westshure Railroad Company Alexander H. G. Maidment

Captain Smith Dead Oldest Conductor on Central of Georgia

Captain Henry T. Smith died suddenly of heart failure at his Cuthbert home. At about seventy, he was the Central railroad’s oldest conductor in service, and had worked forty four years on the Fort Gaines branch. He was a Confederate veteran and a member of the Order of Railway Conductors. He will be buried at Fort Gaines. survived by his wife and a daughter in Macon.

Central of Georgia Cuthbert Henry T. Smith Central Railroad Smith Fort Gaines Central Road Mira Smith Captain Smith Order of Railway Conductors Lves Macon

DeMiracle Hair Removal Endorsed by Physicians

A testimonial claims DeMiracle hair remover safely removes superfluous hair with minimal pain. The user reports two applications, one month apart, leaving the lip clear and hairless. The company advertises a $1.00 price, a money back guarantee, and a free booklet, with sales through Breonen’s Drug Store and other outlets.

Cowler Deificade Chemicals Dean Park Ave New York Breonen Bture

Mistrial Declared in Cain Case Over Chief Forrest Killing

Cordele Ga March 3 A mistrial was declared in Bert Cain charged with killing Chief of Police W H Forrest on February 16 after forty nine hours deliberation The jury split with eight in favor of conviction eight in favor of mercy and two for acquittal all members saying no verdict was possible before the court judged the trial unsettled by mistrial

Cordele Bert Cain W. H. Forrest Judes

Sick Man Seeks Damages Over Train Transfer Incident

A petition for damages filed in Macon Georgia on March 8 seeks $5,000 for injuries claimed while transferring between trains at Central railway station. Special M. 8. Gilmore of Oglethorpe alleges two porters dragged him from car to car on the way to Atlanta, causing a hip dislocation as he was too ill to walk.

Macon Gilmore Oglethorpe Central Railway Atlanta Herald

Hillyer to Speak at Tennessee Bankers Meeting

L. P. Hillyer, vice president of the Georgia Bankers' Association, will deliver an address before the Tennessee Bankers' Association in Chattanooga in May. He has accepted the invitation and will represent Georgia in a concise, efficient manner.

Davis Patriarch of Large Family Dies in Dallas

Joseph Davis aged 48, veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars, died at his Dallas home today. He leaves eighteen children, fifty grandchildren, and fifty great grandchildren. Born in Georgia, he was a native of the state.

Dalla Texa Joseph Davis Georgia

WRECK ON THE SEABOARD Kills Fireman and Injures Several

Norfolk report states fireman Lindsay was killed and several others injured in a head-on collision between a Seaboard Air Line passenger train and a freight near Aberdeen North Carolina. Injured include engineer awards Robertson conductor W T Cox ex press messenger W F Rowe bag gagemaster E D Duval and two unknown passengers. The train traveled from Hamlet North Carolina carrying passengers from Portsmouth and Richmond to Atlanta Georgia.

Lindsay Norfolk Seaboard Air Line Colon N. C Aberdeen Robertson W. T. Cox W. F. Rowe E. D. Duval Hamlet Portsmouth Richmond Atlanta

Terrell County to vote on $626,000 bond issue for steel bridges

The Terrell County board of commissioners has ordered an election for April 16 to determine the issuance of bonds totaling 626,000 to fund steel bridge construction over watercourses in the county.

Dawson Bpecial Board of County Commissioners of Terrell County

Injunction Sought Against Hatters in New York Case

Samuel Mundheim Company files for an injunction to restrain United Hatters of North America leaders and officers in New Jersey and Trenton from fining and intimidating workers seeking to return to plants where a strike is in effect. John A. Merritt, president, and about sixty officers are named to show cause on March 29.

New York Samuel Mundheim Company John A. Merritt Tnit+ ed Hatters North America Oreoge N. J Mofttt United Hatters Trenton Dasire Planta

Strike Ends Telegraph Operators Tie Up Paris

Paris authorities report a city wide telegraph strike ended this afternoon after government threats of instant dismissal prompted operators to resume work. Service returned to normal as guards were stationed and an ultimatum swayed the workforce.

Ppris

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