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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1913
Page
13
A large crowd at Baptist Tabernacle hears ministers and leaders oppose the Sunday moving picture show scheme. They defend religious observance and charity drives while denouncing the proposal as a threat to the Sabbath and moral order.
A St Johns Methodist church service adopted a letter addressed to Mayor Wood Ward and the police board chairman Mason opposing movie theaters opening on the Sabbath. The letter, signed by church stewards, argues such action would violate God's law, threaten youth, and indicate societal anarchy, urging denial of petition for Sunday operations.
A lyric sketch praises the average man as humble, healthful, and loving. It extols his contentment with simple joys, a devoted wife, tranquil home, mild strength, and trust in life amid nature. It paints steady domestic bliss and cherishing common pleasures in vivid rural imagery.
Readable fragments describe a masked ball for guards and cadets at the armory tonight with music and festivities. Details are garbled but indicate a community social event with a parade or procession and a request for attendees to attend central festivities.
Citizens pledge faith in Marlon Jackson and allies in a public stand against corruption and vice in Atlanta. They commit to supporting law and righteousness with church and community backing, affirming duty and divine guidance in maintaining order.
The Atlanta church faction votes to boycott opening Sunday films in protest of Sabbath desecration. They urge patrons to avoid any theater showing movies on Sundays and pledge to withdraw support from such venues to preserve Sabbath observance.
A fragmented report on a controversial play in New York cites reactions from American critics and theater figures. Irving and Shaw are noted in connection with the drama's reception, with discussion of its themes and staging in the early New York theater scene.
Dr and Ta Hanscom at the Central Congregational church yesterday morning denounced moving picture shows on Sunday as a major violation of state law. He argued education features cannot justify Sunday exhibitions and condemned permits that allow law breaking, urging public officials to enforce the law and oppose Sunday film showings used to aid charitable causes.
Controversy over Sunday moving picture shows in a southern city grows as residents and church leaders clash over the morality of cinema. Supporters argue for tradition and caution while opponents insist on personal choice and religious freedom. The issue centers on the impact of Sunday entertainment on community values and propriety.
Norwell Massachusetts officials including Deputy Sheriff Condon and State Officer Scot visited the late Admiral Liton's house today and spoke with family members before leaving. Crowds gathered as the Salter TD Osborne, on duty, indicated circumstances around the visit and the widow, Mrs Liton, was reported to be improving and may attend the inquest.
A fragmentary OCR passage discusses Brieux’s play The Silent Little Wife and its treatment of marriage, gender roles, and the dynamics between wife and husband. It argues the drama exposes the unfairness of a wife’s subservience within a patriarchal system and highlights motherhood, childrearing, and marital constraints as central themes.
Chief Beavers spends a strenuous afternoon uptown visiting multiple theaters to avoid crowds and photographers. He attempts Savoy Montgomery Alcazar Alamosa Superba and Dutch MIM, but each entrance is blocked or crowded. He is followed and finally photographed, ducking behind strangers and fleeing as cameras follow.
Grand jury foreman Mr Owens, an officer of St Mark Wethest and a Fifth district fireman, toured several Peachtree and Whitehall street theaters Sunday afternoon. He said he opposed Sunday picture show operations and sought firsthand knowledge of conditions. He noted no current plans for action and stressed personal observation of crowds and conduct.
Roosevelt aides Josephus Daniels and Franklin D. Roosevelt receive support from an unspecified source. The passage notes endorsements by Senator O Garmin and mentions no notable opposition from unnamed sources, with references to political figures and counties in a garbled report.
Services were held tonight at the old First Presbyterian Church in Caldwell to honor Grover Cleveland with a Cleveland Memorial dedication. President John H Tinley of the College of the City of New York presided and read a letter by Cleveland from 1884, reflecting on his father’s former pastorate and the church’s centennial.
A crowd of about 10,000 rioters confronts suffragists in London with shouting and booing at Hampstead Heath meetings and in public spaces. Police escort few but tensions rise as women report assaults and fear for safety while protests continue.
A draft proposal outlines establishing a five member New York minimum wage board to set and appoint local wage standards. The board would investigate wage levels, report findings by a specified date, and allow public input before recommendations are approved or adjusted. Similar actions in Wisconsin and Minnesota are noted.
In Philadelphia on March 16, Cornell professor Ir MoG Schapp argued industrialism drives jail and asylum growth. He blamed birth declines and infant mortality in the first year, due to factory life and modern competition, saying factory life and worker stress aid mental breakdown.
A Buffalo woman, about years old, fell from a vantage on Lunt Island while viewing Niagara Falls with friends. Her body was not recovered after the fall and search efforts continued.
A 1920s style piece argues modern hotels must have personality. It praises the Martinique for its nonintrusive, personal service, trained staff anticipating guest needs, and a homey atmosphere that makes guests feel welcome far from home. Walter Chandler Jr. is listed with the hotel address on Broadway and 32nd–33rd Streets in New York.
Eminent doctors endorse Sulfosol soluble sulfur as a dependable remedy for rheumatic conditions, sciatica, gout, and uric acid elimination. The ad claims rapid blood absorption, blood taint eradication, and overall vitality, urging readers to obtain it from druggists or request a free book from Sinfosol Company, New York.
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