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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1913
Page
14
Fire probe widens as Mayor Woodward names testifiers and the city authorities schedule hearings. Rafter the Fabric Hose agent remains missing amid subpoenas. Widespread witness list includes city officials and associates, with possible bond and contempt implications.
The water board may install a 600 kilowatt electric generating plant at the river pumping station, estimated cost about $9,500, to cut pump costs. Turner, city electrician, cited bids and efficiency baselines showing electric operation could beat steam costs, with four months to install once bids finalize.
In Iosville, four male students from the colored branch of the State School were held in connection with last Monday morning’s fatal assault that killed Louis Mann, son of the superintendent. A coroner's jury charged Mayne Terry with murder and named Hiram Armstrong Wade Woodtails and Hiram Johnson as accessories. Among the injured, Mayme Breele remains unconscious after being struck with a blunt object. others are recovering.
Health officer and witnesses urged a whipping post for traffickers and seducers, stricter child training, and abolition of dances as remedies. The Timuis senatorial vice commission pressed for a national conference with President Wilson and proposed a Capitol Commission to study vice in DC. A minimum wage for women and sex hygiene education were also discussed.
Questions celebrate a June 4 publication of a special WOMANS EDITION of The Atlanta Constitution with over 60000 copies. It praises Atlanta and Georgia women for publishing and advertising support, and notes social betterment goals through the Endowment Fund, urging men to notice the edition’s significance.
The Committee of 100, appointed by Captain James W Moglish, will present resolutions to the council demanding the Candler McCreland Hopkins Charter be submitted to the people within sixty days. J K Orr will chair, with a mass meeting marching to the council at 3 after assembling at 2:30 in Mayor Woodward's office. The list of committee members includes numerous named locals. the effort follows a lengthy charter fight discussion and straw ballots. Continued on Page Three.
R M Brown, once a circus performer, sits in solitary confinement at Fulton county jail accused of larceny. He allegedly aided others in a plan to escape, but Brown refuses to name any fellow conspirators as investigators probe saws and a bottle of acid found under his cot. Visitors later allowed during Saturday services as officials reassess rules.
Ministers urge congregations to skip weekday movies as ten or more theaters open today at 2 pm for a charity show benefiting tuberculosis treatment and prevention. Proceeds from all performances go to establish a charitable institution, with a later 3 30 pm Wesley Memorial church showing by Associated Charities.
A weather notice notes increasing cloudiness with rain likely by night and through Monday. The report mentions a Georgian locale and urges readers to expect further changes as the period progresses.
Atlanta florists sold out as Easter decorations fill homes and hospitals and even graves. Hydrangeas hyacinths and tulips symbolize the season of resurrection and the city’s churches echo with green palms and bright blossoms. West View Cemetery reports over ten thousand dollars in Easter bouquets marking the graves of Atlanta’s dead, a pattern echoed across other cemeteries.
Henderson Ky March 22. Twenty eight minutes after Judge Rooney issued a decree dissolving Mrs Effie Allen from her husband of only a few months, the judge married her to Ernest Clark in the same session.
The piece urges careful ad preparation and timely placement in the fertile field of The Constitution, implying strong returns if ads are well sown during productive periods. It reads like a timely guidance note for effective advertising strategy.
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