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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1908
Page
10
Amid the Atlanta blaze spectators found humor in bravado and mishaps. A crowd of thousands watched as a woman raced through the crowd and photographers ducked as debris flew. Firefighter Nem Hart saved a child and a cat, earning a Carnegie Medal recognition.
The Bijou presents Around the Clock by the British London Comedy Company next week. The Grand hosts The Man on the Box by Giffen Company, closing the week with a popular romance by Harold McGrath, likely a sold-out run. Politician A A Wiley from Alabama’s second district is sidelined by rheumatism for five weeks and plans to visit Washington.
Guests at the Terminal hotel praise bell boys for guiding all guests to safety after a devastating fire. An officer and an elderly visitor were helped to the street. a bank pouch and papers were recovered amid the chaotic scene. Observers recall past dangers as flames spread, sparing some properties while destroying others.
A Caldwell reader cites a wife who credits Wine of Cardus with curing long standing female complaints. The letter claims several bottles relieved pain and enabled normal housework, insisting Cardus is the greatest medicine for women amid growing endorsements.
Southern Pacific Company public warning denies any connection to L Graham of Texas and his self styled Southern Pacific Immigration Company. The firm notes Colonel C C Gibbs as the only authorized Texas agent and alleges Graham’s outfit defrauded hundreds through land deals.
An article extols side cut shale brick as superior for building fireproof walls and bonds. It notes broad preference over river bottom brick and cites government use on the Atlanta post office, with manufacture at Rockmart, Georgia.
Victor E. Bender of The Daily Nonpareil testified before a house committee on wood pulp and print paper costs. He said prices rose from 1.70 to 2.50 per hundred pounds, blaming timber scarcity and higher production costs. The panel left for Corinth to inspect Hudson River Paper Mill and seek worker cooperation.
A break in the Texeo and Pacific embankment near Bougero Louisiana halted all southbound traffic from Shaw to Le, flooding fully a mile of track. About a thousand acres in Concordia Parish will flood as the river falls on the Mississippi side by two tenths of a foot in twenty four hours. The government levee behind the embankment is incomplete but existing work holds.
Cleveland Ohio May The UCLA Avenue Trust Company of this city to day made lament to the Cleveland Trust Company in the insolvency court. No statement of assets or liabilities given. The statement issued by the concern shows assets 1700000 and liabilities 1700000. J P Madigan county treasurer is the president of the bank. It intimates the bank was the only financial institution in the city to be audited by the associated banks during the recent panic. It is believed depositors will be paid in full. It is probable, however, that the stake holders will suffer more.
May 8 Special notes say Walter Baldwin of Wake Forest College may be elected assistant editor of the Busettan Bociety monthly magazine. The swans friends from May-Madison and Worth Caroling are referenced, indicating campus literary society activity and a potential junior year completion.
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