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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1912
Page
7
A garbled 1912 dispatch from Atlanta discusses Roosevelt and Taft politics with provocative editorial asides. It mocks campaign rhetoric, notes the Washington Bureau, and reflects bearish sentiment toward the GOP prospects.
The obituary honors Major Butt as a gentleman of Anglo Saxon traditions whose life blended courage and charity. It notes his final rescue deed and Calm acceptance of fate, praising his manhood. Augusta women support the memorial association led by Mrs. Landon Thomas with Mrs. Thomas as treasurer, contributions welcomed.
The analysis suggests growing hope for stable government in Mexico as Madero’s forces crush Orozco’s resistance. Insurgent generals fall or defect, northern rebels wane, though turmoil hurts business and American investments. If Madero maintains discipline, claims that he is idle or dreamlike may be proven wrong by tangible results.
A public health leader Dr. Oscar Dowling, president of Louisiana's state board of health, challenged lawmakers for breaking health laws. He warned of possible prosecution unless they complied, praising his courage and urging strict enforcement nationwide to curb laxity among leaders and improve sanitary regulation.
Habersham County urges faster road development under a new law allowing felony convicts to work on public works. The county plans to claim its allotment around June, previously farming out its quota to Stephens County. Officials expect eighteen to twenty convicts to work on roads, reflecting a wider push among Blue Ridge counties to improve access and development.
A collage of dialect poems and songs with references to Georgia melons in a well, rural humor about harvest and heaven, and a tale of Tribulation at a settlement. The text blends folk style lines from “Hills of Light” and the “log Cabin Senthmorts,” noting humorous phrases and a caution about disturbing the peace.
The Ware Progress orchard area boosts production with nearly 100 cars of peaches shipped from a bumper crop two years ago. An immense new cannery, owned by New Yorkers, will process about half a million bushels of peaches this season. Two other canneries exist with one more in prospect, ensuring meat fruit is not wasted. Vegetables follow peaches with large stores of sweet potatoes for canning.
Washington May 18 Special Representative Adamson proposes a regulation of the Panama canal prohibiting railroad owned steamships from operating in American waters. The bill risks facing Canada as many Canadian ships are rail owned and could be barred from Great Lakes ports or the canal. Debate centers on treaty compliance and commission led rulings with an amendment to empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to determine ownership or control of ships.
Seattle May 1 two persons drowned and forty or more injured when a temporary end of a plank on Colman dock failed as passengers prepared to board the Sound steamer Flyer for Tacoma. The dead are Mrs. C V Larned of Seattle and Carl Broder, infant son of Mr and Mrs Broder. Most injuries were minor and all are expected to recover.
Confederate soldier appears as a passing type in a reunion era poem. It honors a man who bore a flag for a lost cause, notes his enduring fame on historic roads, and portrays his later battles of life, duty, and sacrifice. Atlanta, Ga. context emerges amid fragmented verses by O. T. Gorman and others.
Oklahoma City May 19 delegates and visitors at the Southern Baptist convention held a monster memorial in tribute to Adoniram Judson pioneer missionary who sailed to India in 1812. Lt Governor Charles Smith of South Carolina spoke as overflow crowds attended a mass meeting by the Woman's Mission Union and Indian delegates sang hymns in five Indian tongues. The convention work is expected to conclude tomorrow with many delegates already leaving for home.
Weather forecast predicts warmer conditions across the southern states and much of the western districts next week. Cool early in the week in northern states east of the Rockies, warming by Wednesday. Generally fair nationwide with possible local showers and thunderstorms. no storm system expected to cross the country.
Stinson leads a rally supporting the Normal Institute amid local education protests. The event drew participants from community groups and church attendees. Officials emphasized stable funding and continued operations at the institute.
Citizens of Augusta form the Archibald Butt memorial association to honor a Georgian who aided Titanic victims. They seek contributions to fund a suitable memorial and invite gifts to Mrs Landon Thomas, Treasurer, Augusta, Ga, with Mrs Thomas Barrett as Chairman.
A Savannah Press report and Macon Telegraph column clash over Georgia’s second choice at the Baltimore Democratic Convention. Editors argue Underwood was the people’s pick and the Georgia delegation should vote accordingly, not endorse Wilson as a second choice.
New York report states two animals declared dead were revived by a new artificial respiration method devised by Dr. Samuel J. Meltzer of Rockefeller Institute. The technique involves a pharyngeal catheter, tongue pressure, abdominal weight to prevent stomach inflation, and air forced into the lungs with a bulb respirator.
In Philadelphia on May 19, twenty young daughters and sons from prominent families staged leap frog in the Bellevue Stratford ball room after presenting A Snug Little Kingdom a Bohemian comedy for hospital funds. Participants aged 16 to 21 wore costumes. patronesses returned to find the secret not kept.
Chicago May 19 A paper by Dr Karl Von Ruck of Asheville North Carolina read before the Chicago Medical Society reports a germinal vaccine that may confer immunity from tuberculosis The preparation contains soluble protein constituents of a tubercle bacillus with fat extractives He claims the vaccine is normaless and effective after one or two applications Tests included children and animal studies and suggest the germ is attacked while latent
Watkinsville May 19 When men put his political headquarters in the country friends from across Georgia visit Pearlington to discuss his plans for agriculture and what Jim Price is doing on his farm. A visitor notes his Duroc breed and Kee ne Duroc hogs, highlighting farm progress and interest from statewide supporters.
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