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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1909
Page
2
A rushed last minute sale announces 10c price reductions on flowers buckles ornaments and hatpins with displays on the first floor. The notice mentions a busy schedule with carpenters and builders vying for space and urges customers to come quickly for bargains likely not seen again for a decade.
A visitor praises the St Regis in New York for superior service and harmonious operation from owners to staff. Dr. R. M. Hean is credited with organizing excellence and the hotel’s departments work in unity as a model of efficiency. Rates shown include single rooms at low daily prices and suites with parlor and private bath.
A ladies auxiliary to the Order of Railroad Telegraphers organized this morning in Piedmont Hall after approval of War-time support. Atlanta editors and labor figures attended, with committees named to visit the Railroad Telegraphers and formalize membership while plans to sustain the group were outlined.
Bishop C. K. Nelson of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta urged the general capital claims committees to compensate for damages he says Washington Street property suffered from the Viaduct project. He noted three years of appeals and questioned whether the plots near the rectory and Sunday school building were harmed enough for mercantile use. The committee said the matter would be considered.
The jury returned a verdict for the defendant in a suit brought by Mrs Annie Ellenberg and husband against Southern Railway Company and Colonel James Wilson. Damages sought were 29000 for the homicide of the plaintiff's husband, a local constable of Haya district. The accident occurred about seven in the evening with the body later recovered. The engineer in charge was Colonel Wilson.
The state case against C M Doby and Mike Manes for the April 5 fatal shooting of Andrew M Smith at his Powell street home in Hellwood went to a sealed verdict in the superior court. Judge Roan warned fines after a courtroom dispute between Doby’s attorney Clinton F Thompson and Solicitor Charles D Hil over questioning and behavior. The crime is said to stem from insults directed at the defendants' families.
The Seaboard offers three daily trains to Birmingham with Pullman and dining car service. The route promises smooth, efficient travel with scheduled hours and full onboard dining and comfort features.
A small boy in Meffernonville Indiana on May 13 tossed a lit match into a circus cage, burning seven trained monkeys as attendants struggled to save them. Police search for the boy as a crowd witnessed the incident.
Montgomery Alabama May 13 Special Colonel Sam Will John Jefferson county legislator attending the supreme court says he will reintroduce his pistol bill at the extra session and expects it to be passed and recorded in line with state laws. The bill would ban sale and ownership of firearms over twenty four inches and prohibit ammunition sales for excluded weapons. The bill was ruled unconstitutional for misrouting in the senate. John plans separate bills for firearms and for brass knuckles slingshots to strengthen the statute without trauma.
J. W. Ferguson, a prominent building contractor, was shot and killed in Hernando Mississippi today by his wife who fired four bullets into his body while he lay in bed. Mrs. Ferguson surrendered to the sheriff claiming self defense.
The Birmingham bound service from Seattle runs 414 hours with departure at 4 15 PM and arrival at 8 45 PM. Dining car service available with a la carte offerings.
May 18 Tillaburg a small boat attempting to save five cents sank in midstream of the Monongahela river at McKeesport. Three men drowned. Five hundred school children witnessed the tragedy. Union Cts Tenn reports an order recalling remaining Reel Foot lake region troops dated May 13. Troops will depart today with July postponement tied to authorities in hand.
The forty second annual Vermont G A R encampment denounces violence outside war rules. It condemns Colonel Bennatt H Young of Louisville Kentucky for a raid on St Albans in October 1844 and notes he may decline a St Albans anniversary invitation while praising soldiers who fought within war rules.
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