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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1908
Page
2
Newark’s rapid hotel boom sets a new standard as the Regis at Fifth Avenue and Fifty Fifth Street becomes a symbol of luxury and refinement. The ornate property draws prominent guests with its famed restaurant and exquisite service while reflecting the city’s broader postwar hospitality surge.
A congressional committee session today reviewed a dispute over letters allegedly connected to Mr Lilley. Chairman Boutett stated the administration sought production of documents from the Tucker firm and the Ewu torpedo boat concerns. The panel plans to report to Congress and may seek further testimony and consideration of permanent actions.
Reverend J M Callaway 77 died at his home in Pensacola early Tuesday. Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist Church, 27 Hill Street, with burial at West Point. He served as pastor in the county and was father to Mrs D qrads and a son of Revibomas Callaway Fall. Surviving wife and children.
The kaolin mines and quarries of the Peerless company in Ak en county were sold to western potters for a substantial sum. The nine 10 acre claims show 15 feet of kaolin, with rapid value expected from China clay and chalky seams.
Weather forecast shows increasing cloudiness with possible rain across the area. Temperatures trend lower Saturday morning as moisture moves in from the Atlantic, bringing damp conditions and a chance of showers.
Fragments describe unsettled weather and uneasy sentiment. Vague notes mention flowers green apples and lights, with reference to nervous disorders and medical additives. The text reads like garbled OCR with stray phrases about forecasts and nerves, lacking coherent events or names.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions reading studying or seeing, with garbled phrases and a stray mention of a company and scientific adapters. No clear event or named entities to anchor a complete news item.
New Orleans May 11 delegates to the national convention were selected by the Louisiana Republican State Convention. Pearl Wight and Lawrence Meury McCall head the ticket with alternates including J. Heriten Morgan City and Isaic Bell Shreveport. Pearl Wight was named Republican national committeeman for four years. A stamp contest questioned whether a negro should be named among delegates, and the anti negro faction was defeated 462 to 49.
Martin Schleyer shot and wounded his divorced wife Martha Seller at Renesia Wisconsin after a struggle. He then turned the weapon on a bystander, Hernan Koehler, who was nearby. Koehler, who lives at Kenesia, was mortally wounded. Schleyer surrendered to police. Mrs Schleyer was shot through the abdomen and is not yet out of danger. Three shots hit Koehler, one piercing a lung and another breaking a wrist. Schleyer is said to be a member of a well known Rochester group.
A well dressed woman, claiming to be Carrie Amites de, was arrested at the Tenth Street depot in Louisville. She stated she lived in New Rochelle and tried to board a train to Washington to kill President Roosevelt. She was described as rambling and was charged with lunacy.
A New York meeting of the Cooperative Education Association discussed promoting adult schools in the southern mountain regions. Miss M Bell Hofer opened the session at Teachers College outlining aims to enlist educational clubs for summer projects and plan a mass fall gathering with speakers from University of Tennessee and Teachers College. Professor Claxton highlighted southern conditions and urged eliminating poverty to unlock wealth for local education.
The Orpheum hosts a Monday entertainment event featuring a program from start to finish. Promoter notes strong social and city significance with ticket sales underway and expected soldout seats.
In Alabama today Charles A Jones and two young children were in a buggy when a horse bolt dragged them downhill toward a bridge. Jones shielded the others but was hurled 30 feet, striking her head. The children were also thrown and injured but all injuries are not expected to be fatal.
The Norfolk session of the African Methodist Episcopal general conference featured Bishop Henderson Junior making his first appearance since illness. Bishop Turner urged care for Africa and suggested eight-year tenures for bishops on single districts amid a tense effort to unseat Walter, a lay delegate from the Southeast China conference.
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