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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1912
Page
3
A short feature notes the arrival of spring and the rise of spring clothing interest. It promotes Hart Schaffner & Marx and Rogers Peet Co. suits as stylish, high quality all wool garments with proper shrinking and superior tailoring, each bearing its label.
A call to action urges readers to open savings accounts with four percent interest. It highlights that over four billion dollars sit in bank and trust company deposits nationwide and asks, what are you doing to secure your funds? One dollar opens an account today.
The notice extends available hours to Saturday afternoons from 4 to 6 in addition to the existing morning hours. It specifies updated operating times and may affect shopper access and staff scheduling.
A conference of fifty eastern railroad managers and locomotive engineers deadlocked over wage increases. Engineers sought minimums of 4.40 to 5.25 dollars per day plus overtime and electric train pay parity. Managers cited a 19 percent cost rise and warned wage gains could jeopardize finances and future improvements. No strike talk. a rank and file referendum may decide policy.
The Atlas Oil Co announces today a vial barrel or half barrel shipment of their Per fecto Auto Oil branding The Oil of Quality with a faucet in every barrel ready to draw for convenient dispensing and use by customers.
Spectal onenneeMmerts by Roy Dall Hudson and F Fi Pike for the LaGrange council race. Primary election set with no declared candidates for council. Prominent local business figures and company executives among listed hopefuls.
Detective T M Timlin of Philadelphia said Mia Eugene H Grace endured a miserable first marriage to Ople Opie, a heavy drinker. He noted Opie’s social circle in Philadelphia and lavish lifestyle at Sixtieth Street home, with Grace later marrying Opie’s companion. Timlin visited Atlanta on route to Rome to discuss the case.
Louise Dooly reviews Viola Allen in The Her Fords at the Grand. Rachel Crothers's work argues for women's power and sacrifice through a sculptor wife whose art disrupts family life. Cast includes Waldron, Fawcett, Bilston, Collins, Westley, Johns. audience. reception mixed yet strong.
Forsyth theatre hosts a bustling bill led by a hard edged underworld drama. The courtroom tale stars Armstrong and Wickpocket with a twist at the Tombs as the heroine foils the thief, while Australian Wood Choppers and the Brown brothers provide high energy variety. Theresa Valerie delivers a tentative musical turn before a crowd of mixed reactions.
Ida St Leon headlines Polly of the Circus at the Atlanta with Rev John Doughiss played by Joseph Harris. Applause greets the cast including Walter Weasley Frank Woods and the Steen acrobats as the St Leon riding team impresses audiences. A matinee and night show is announced for today.
In the ongoing Grace case Eugene Grace is gravely ill with a spinal injury after being shot. Physicians say he cannot recover, and his wife Danay Opie Grace remains confined in the Kimball hotel as prosecutors hold to no trial. The public watches for funeral news in Newnan and any new moves by the prosecution.
One of the citys largest revivals is in progress at LaGranges First Methodist church led by Rev Dr Fraser of St Pauls Methodist in Atlanta. Daily and nightly services last week with three on Sunday and local business houses asked to close between 9 and 11 each day this week via a petition circulated by prominent merchants including C V Truitt J B Faver and C N Pike.
A voluntary bankruptcy petition was filed in federal court by M. W. and J. W. Goss, trading as Goss Brothers in Fannin county, with assets of 1785.56 and liabilities 1087.74. A. W. Calloway of Atlanta, a grocer, also filed, showing liabilities 9385.96 and assets 9600. Blodgett, once in railway mail service, was arraigned on fraud charges totaling just over 26. Trial expected to last three or four days. Thieves loot city public schools amid complaints from W. F. P. Slaton, urging investigators under Chief Beavery.
A fragmented review notes a stage piece involving a tall prop that straightens, mock dialogue about a repairing scene, and a wholesome comedy with a dog incident remembered by the audience. It mentions rehearsals on Monday morning and Van’s preparation scene amid behind the scenes glimpses.
Grace insists his wife holds only a modest fortune, denying rumors of a large trust. He notes she paid for their honeymoon expenses and the costly ring in Savannah, says the aim was to cure her drinking, and he remains convinced she shot him. The town follows the case with intense interest.
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