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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1909
Page
8
Los Angeles reports that six men launched the America balloon from Pasadena at 3 PM and vanished after rising into a warm S Sierra Madre crossing. Relief parties search the Mojave desert amid adverse weather and rugged terrain, fearing the explorers perish.
At Local No 1 Brotherhood of Blacksmiths in Atlanta a homecoming gathered members families and guests at 113% Whitehall Street to mark the International Union’s nineteenth and local union’s twentieth anniversaries. Officers including W. Golden were elected earlier. speeches by James Woodward ex mayor and others preceded the officer installation.
Grant Park introduces Dr. T W Douglas as lecturer for the Cyclorama replacing Crawford who was dismissed by General Manager Dan Carey. Park board will act on further lecturer changes at the April meeting under new rules requiring committee approval. Crawford to be paid as custodian at Piedmont Park at 57 dollars monthly.
Pine Bluff Ark March 22 D Henry Duncan vice president of Blut City Lumber Company and one of the state's wealthiest men was shot and killed at Clio where a plant is located. John Day master mechanic surrendered claiming self defense with no eyewitnesses and Duncan died shortly after five gunshot wounds.
Ex-president Theodore Roosevelt sends a full family group photo with autograph for sale to benefit the Uncle Remus Memorial fund. The image is on display in Cole Book Company window on Whitehall Street, amid plans for widespread donations of notable autographs. Mrs Lotlie Belle Wylie leads the effort, hopeful the drive raises thousands for the memorial.
Ki Orr consents to act as chairman of the committee of arrangements for the Southern Industrial Conference to meet here on April 14 15 and 16. The executive committee of the Southern Educational Conference met with Allentown officials to outline the program. Notables mentioned include Dr Wickliffe Rose Dr B A Alder man President Van Hise Hamilton W Mabrie and Gifford Pinchot with Governor Smith delivering the principal welcome address. President Robert C Ogden of New York will preside during the conference.
The Atlanta Federation of Trades will mark its anniversary tonight at the federation hall on Forsyth Street. A large gathering of union members is expected. Resolutions condemning sentences handed to Gompers Mitchell and Morrison by Judge Wright will be presented. Notables include Asa G. Candler and C. T. Ladson with other speakers.
Mnator J. F Hanson, president of Central of Georgia and Ocean Steamship, returns from New York where Ocean Steamship sold the Kansas City to San Francisco and Portland Seanship for about 260000. Ship to be repainted and prepared for the South American trade, built by John & Son in 1896, sailed New York to Savannah routes.
Advertises poss sam as a revolutionary treatment for eczema acne and other facial eruptions. Claims overnight results with a small amount, and offers 20 cent trial packages and a $2 jar at Atlanta outlets. Samples available by mail from Emergency Laboratories New York.
Fragmentary text reports deaths and military assignments including Lieutenant Gordon Kimball and Brigadier General Potts with pending returns to duty. It mentions a divorce case involving Howard Gould and testimony sought from Bankhead and L Anderson. A damages suit against Georgia Railway and Power Company is noted after a collision on March 1.
The Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America, based at Union City Georgia near Atlanta, undertook multiple enterprises for southern farmers. A large Wueno fertilizer plant at Union City is nearing completion with a capacity of 36 000 tons annually, expanding a growing list of manufactories.
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