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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1924
Page
17
With two days left to submit, The Constitution’s elephant puzzle contest warns participants to send solutions now to avoid missing out on the 30 cash prizes totaling 32,510. The largest prize is 1,000, while subscription options help qualify for larger awards. The article also notes that a participant may submit under another name and mentions the American University of Beirut as a nearby fact.
An advertisement touts Aspironal as a superior cold and cough remedy claiming to be faster and more effective than whiskey or other tonics. It urges purchase at drug stores for half a dollar a bottle and promises two minutes to prove relief, targeting both adults and children.
The largest manufacturer in its line offers a high class remunerative post for a capable rep to present a profitable soft drink proposition to Atlanta retailers and nearby territory. Preference for brokers or distributors of mechanical goods. must carry stock and devote time. Address F-288 care Constitution.
New York November 6 John W Davis defeated Democratic nominee for president will resume law practice in New York after a Mediterranean cruise. He will visit his former home Clarksburg West Virginia and has been at Frank I Polk’s New York home and Locust Valley home. Davis resigned from Stetson Jennings Hassell and Davis upon nomination and gave up several corporate directorships.
Raleigh November 6 North Carolina voters rejected the port terminal bill that would have issued bonds for seaport terminals and a state ship line while apparently approving constitutional amendments limiting state debt exempting half the homestead mortgage from taxation and restricting sinking funds. Early returns show strong support for a veteran land bond proposal and a likely defeat of a legislator salary rise.
Dr J E Summons pastor of First Baptist Rome Ga will be principal speaker at Inman Park Baptist Church tonight. The service closes a series called enlistment meetings aimed at young people with his talk Saving the Saved Judge A V Whipple Cordele will speak at Sunday morning services to end the program.
Richi Okada received six months imprisonment for removing the American flag from the staff at the destroyed embassy grounds on July 1. His two accomplices got four and two months respectively with two years suspended, judged leniently for motive and good behavior potential.
Covington Kentucky November 6 attorneys for John W Langley congressman from Kentucky tenth district and Milton Lipschutz of Philadelphia arranged for an appeal from their conviction in federal court for violating the prohibition law The defendants yard was sentenced to two years in federal prison Attorneys filed the necessary papers and presented bonds for the appeal to the United States circuit court of appeals
Josephus Daniels former secretary of the navy will lecture at Emory chapel on a political topic titled Passing the Buck the Friday night program also includes a Civitan club luncheon at Ansley hotel and a dinner at the Biltmore Atlanta Daniels who helped lead the Navy through world war I is lauded for his national and international grasp and plans to discuss government and policy in frank plain English
Leaders from Atlanta Trust, Atlanta Georgian, Foote Davies, George Muse Clothing, and Second Baptist Church spoke at a Friday night meeting of the Baptist Men’s Club. The gathering included tributes to former church members and a turkey dinner prepared by church women.
Worcester Mass November 6 a son born yesterday to Charles Shing Dear cashier in a Chinese restaurant and his wife Gem Cook Dear. The brief item notes the birth as a local record with names and relation to the parents.
A fire at the Shirley home two miles south of Clayton on Stecoa Creek early today fatally burned Shirley 26 and lightly burned visitor Nessbet Mosely. Doctors fought to save Shirley as the blaze gutted the Rabun county property. origin unknown though gasoline may have sparked the 50 gallon drum explosion.
Security Tent No. 2 of the Order of Maccabees in Dalton Georgia reports a record membership surge. Eighteen new members were initiated while the drive shows more enrollments in the last 60 days than in the previous five years. J B TaWitte leads the Dalton degree team, with M D Gleason of Atlanta guiding caravan planning for national conventions in Washington next July.
Berlin editors debate if modern bobbed hair women should tip their hats to each other and whether to extend tobacco use to pipes. Pipe smokers display dainty items yet none used publicly. Women cigar smokers appear in hotel lobbies as Swedish visitors join husbands in smoking cigars.
Tientsin dispatch notes 5000 Manchurian troops 400 Japanese arriving from Shanhaikwan with a sandbagged gun car and orders to maintain order. Feng Yun Hsiang’s sentries at the railway station signal approval of the northern advance and hint at forthcoming actions near Nanking and ShanhaI.
Paris on November 6 Alejandre Millerand former president of France reentered politics as chairman of the executive committee for a new party the National Republican League He issued a manifesto attacking the present government and radical socialist coalition The document signals his candidacy for a vacant chamber seat in a soon to be held special election
President Coolidge won a large majority in the Crow Indians first ballot with 143 votes for Coolidge, 32 for Davis, and 26 for La Follette according to returns from the Crow Reservation Agency. The Crow gained the right to vote late in the Harding era.
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