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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1909
Page
7
Buck's catalog highlights Misses Slipper with a school heel and sturdy welt sole offering sensible yet graceful style. For larger girls a higher slightly pointed heel is listed. Prices range from 3 to 3.50 dollars. Child's model Buck's Nature shape features a spring heel with sizes all available from 1.75 to 2.50 dollars. The ad promises careful fitting to find the exact size.
Lakewood lake flood scene as a small party in a canoe capsizes during a night outing. Mina Jublin clung to a submerged boat while rescuers dragged the lake with hooks and dynamite considered to recover the bodies. Miss Withrow and her brother were among those lost, with authorities pressing on under dark skies and mounting local memories of earlier Lakewood tragedies.
An electric storm in Monréa Ga. killed Mirabeau Barrett his wife and their seven year old daughter at their home four miles from Monroe. A ten year old son was seriously injured while the other child survived. The lightning entered through the chimney.
In Waycross Georgia on April 30 Robert Riteford is fatally hurt after a wreck on the McMillan Company road from Beach. The first train derailed after rails were removed at two trestles three miles from Beach. An engine and car plunged through. About twenty men on the flatcar rear suffered injuries. deputies with bloodhounds investigated as three or four people were seen near the points where rails were moved.
A mortuary page lists S P McHugh funeral notices for relatives from Thuford and Atlanta. Infant death of an unnamed daughter to Mr and Mrs Ea F Pentel is noted with funeral plans at Poole's chapel. Miss Nannaline Myrick of Dovedale Ga and Mrs A K Holleman of Hickory are named among deceased residents with burials scheduled in Jonesboro and Newberryville. Other obituaries mention W Vandergriff and Louis Berman with arrangements at Green berg and Bloomfield chapels.
War news via Rev W W Peet treasurer of the American board reports from the American boards headquarters in Constantinople. Missionaries in the area are safe as investigators examine peonage cases before US courts, with Rep Bennet of New York and Rep Burnett of Alabama leading the inquiry.
An advertorial touts a medicine called Hood's Sarcaparilia claiming to boost health by strengthening corpuscles described as Little Soldiers in the blood. It asserts a formula of over 20 remedies, kept secret, and cites thirty years of proven effectiveness with no substitute matching it.
Eight people dead and many injured in an incendiary blaze at the Spring Street five story tenement. A kerosene soaked hallway and candle started the fire, trapping residents on upper floors. Firemen recovered several bodies while others were saved from windows by rescuers amid panicked mothers tossing infants to safety.
The Seaboard Air Line announces effective May 2, 1909, changes to eastbound departures and local trains. Train 32 will depart 11:26 am, Train 36 renumbered from 3% departs 9:46 pm, Train 38 departs 4:15 pm, new Ath ena local Train 5A departs 4:30 pm, Train 41 becomes 27 arriving 6:09 pm, Train 50 local from Birmingham arrives 12:09 am, Train 32 arrives 11:15 am, Train 36 arrives 8:30 pm, and Train 53 moves to 7:20 pm. Central Standard Time used.
At a banquet of the Atlanta Ad Men's Club at the Argon Hotel, members voted unanimously to join the Associated Advertising Club of America and to oppose the Hepburn bill pending in Congress imposing a two cent tax on all outdoor advertising. They urged petitions to representatives for protection from the tax, warning it would wipe out outdoor publicity. Ags G. Candler of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce presided and was named honorary member. The gathering planned weekly luncheons and further events. Speeches included Arthur Minter of Texas and Suarra, manager of Leo News Memphis.
Purify centers, sinks, drains, and dusty corners to prevent sickness. Platts Chiarid rit an edoriosa, a colorless liquid disinfectant, destroys odors and germ spread. Diluted with tan parts for household use costs a few cents per quart. Sold every quart bottle. Prepared by Ty B Pratt. Free booklets on sanitary information mailed to address on Gude streets.
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