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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1912
Page
3
Promotes Tone Vita as a powerful modern tonic to cure nervous debility and fatigue claimed to rapidly restore health and energy. Also markets Rhubarb Laxative as a gentle natural remedy for chronic constipation with pleasant taste and family use. Jacobs Pharmacy in Atlanta claims agency and offers money-back guarantee.
Moultrie Ga March 28 Special The second district club women convened as guests of the Worth-While Club. Sessions opened at 1 with prayers and programs including greetings from Daughters of the Confederacy and Christian Temperance Union, reports of federated clubs, and talks on Schools the Social Center Junior Civics and Prison Reform. Afternoon sessions featured state officials and health lecture with delegates staying as guests for several days.
The Cen a Baptist church will welcome Dr. Caleb A. Ridley from Beaumont at 11 o’clock this morning. A new pipe organ recital by Charles A. Sheldon Jr. will feature the program. Tickets are 25 cents, available at the church. Ridley preaches Sunday morning and Sunday night, starting a week of revival meetings.
An Atlanta test of a Kelly Springfield inner tube shows extraordinary strength. C B Van Dusen used a minor tube as a link tying two heavy Overland tourers with hemp ropes. The tube stretched to six feet while parked, then contracted instantly. it pulled a five person car uphill on Alabama Street and remained flaw free after removal.
Mia S D Astin of 210 Murphy Avenue recalls her daughter Miss Hva A Astin and Aaron B Valentine aged 21 revealing they wed after running away. A telephone call reported they were at Mr Ward's, where the ceremony occurred with a welcoming reception. The couple had been longtime friends and soon returned home as storm clouds gathered.
Mary Moore, dying from a gunshot wound in Macon, says Leo Meyer shot her unprovoked after she refused to reveal a man’s name. She alleges Meyer fired into the ceiling, then shot her when she reached for a pistol.
Press Huddleston announces candidacy to challenge incumbent T M Armistead for Fulton county tax receiver. Former Atlanta city clerk and mayoral aide promotes salary system, says campaign will not be a foul one, signaling a municipal politics platform.
George P. Wiggins, long a prominent Savannah businessman and Grace Methodist church steward, was arrested on a lunacy warrant after passing numerous worthless checks. He also faced charges in police court for seven bad checks and several more before arraignment, with relatives arranging the lunacy arrest as his condition was deemed insane. He claimed funds in banks and disputed the payment of five checks.
Athens Georgia March 28 special at the University of Pennsylvania a medallion in the medical building corridor will be unveiled with ceremony and addresses to Dr Crawford Wy Long the Georgia physician credited as the discoverer of ether anesthesia four daughters Mrs A O Harper Mrs Florence Long Bartow Mrs Frances Long Taylor and Miss Emma Long travel from Philadelphia for the event Dr I H Goss a close friend of the Long family will attend to represent Dr Kefley of Johns Hopkins at the occasion
Fulton County voters number about 15 000 eligible for the 1912 primaries with 14 000 already registered and another 1 000 expected before the April 2 deadline. Registration is at the tax collector’s office and Govan’s cigar store on Peachtree Street. The upcoming campaign for president nominee, and offices of ordinary and solicitor general, draws the most attention.
In Columbus Georgia on March 28 special report says deputy sheriffs from two counties, Russell and Lee, pursued Policeman Otis Perry for a fatal shooting of James Floyd last Saturday night. Perry was arrested briefly in Seale and detained, with Russell County grand jury set to meet again next week to likely take up the case.
Macon Ga March 28 Special Judge Emory Speer of the U S district court denied an involuntary bankruptcy petition filed by Standard Oil against Beach Manufacturing Company of Appling county Naval stores firm capitalized at several hundred thousand dollars The judge said bankrupting a going concern of that size would be serious and he wanted the company to work out its indebtedness
The Atlanta Music Festival Association reports strong interest as season tickets for the 1912 igland operas to be staged at the Auditorium remain available for two final days. Tickets can be purchased at Cable Plano Co. on Broad Street and Phillips & Crew on Pryor Street, with single ticket sales starting Thursday, April 4. Demand is expected to surge once single sales begin, and best seats will go quickly.
Fredericksburg Virginia March 28 wealthy merchant C W Weeden ended his life by cutting his throat. He left a daughter and a brother as survivors. The cause was not immediately stated.
An ex postal clerk, long trusted by the railway mail service, faced an ex parte indictment based on paid spies. A federal jury acquitted him, exonerating the employee after a hasty department dismissal sparked by internal sleuths. Questions linger on apology, reinstatement, and costs.
Brooks County commissioners approved 156 to aid state board of health in hookworm eradication. Dr. Henry telegraphed Fort describing sixth county to fund the campaign, money used for advertising disinfectants and medicines. Work completed in several counties, Brooks to begin next week, Ware to be next.
School board found bids for heating and ventilation too high and rejected them. Special committees will try to obtain a lower bid today or re advertise. The heating needs at several older buildings, notably the Tenth Street school, were discussed with emphasis on improvements. Clark, a teacher of twenty six years, was noted.
Prospective pupils urged to enroll for April at the Southern Business College in Atlanta. Miss Dorothy Smith, a standout graduate, reports rapid stenography work for the Warren Manufacturing Co. and praises the college. Officials Briscoe and Arnold invite calls or letters for enrollment and inquiries.
The interstate commerce commission rules that a railroad or terminal company may grant exclusive rights to a transfer company to solicit business on trains and its property and issue passenger checks. It also says the railroads cannot regulate baggage transfer charges at stations. Atlanta Baggage and Cab Company maintains the leased privilege at the Terminal plaza after court disputes. Immigration travel is heavy, with many immigrants heading to the Northwestern states and Canadian farmlands. New Orleans and Frisco terminal projects plan nearly $1.0 million in terminal work, while Big Four faces engine condemnations delaying Michigan division moves. O. P. Bartlett and H. J. New are noted railroad officials involved in regional travel and staffing.
Completion of Chalmette slips along the Mississippi river will allow ships to enter roads at the Frisco wharves. An additional $200,000 will fund improvements on Frisco warehouses ashore Chalmette. The project ranks among the south's most extensive road undertakings this year.
Rome Ga March 28 Special The death of James H Spullock occurred this morning at his office on Third avenue near Broad Street He was about 50 years old and had been seriously ill for a month He was notary public and Justice of the Peace for the Rome district and was recorder of the city of Rome for Nina years He leaves two children several sisters and a large number of relatives to mourn his death The funeral will occur in Rome tomorrow.
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