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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1909
Page
6
Americus bankers report strong cotton receipts in September and late August with warehouse receipts expected to top 18000 bales. Collections are excellent and prices satisfactory, signaling a robust market in Sumter and nearby areas.
Judge W Memminger dismissed the jury in the John Black bribery case and ordered a new trial after jurors admitted to seeing a local paper with coverage of the first trial day and related comments. Farnum, charged with contempt of the dispensary board, remains under oath and the court suspended further action pending the retrial.
An apparently fractured fragment found in the Chattahoochee River near Columbus, identified as a jaw bone from a likely animal. The piece had been in the stream for months and shows enamel and amalgam remains, with limited clues to origin or species.
The report details troops being mobilized in response to a wave of arson and violence across multiple counties. It notes investigations into killings andQuelled uprisings, with mentions of specific locations including California, Columbus, and West Bo. Authorities press for swift action, and a guard is dispatched to protect key sites while potential suspects face legal actions in what appears to be a broad security crackdown.
A garbled report describes a fatal poisoning linked to a hospital in Indianapolis. A specialist examined a patient before death and suggested a poisoning cause. Details remain unclear due to the damaged text.
An afternoon blaze in Frankfort Germany gutted the naval exhibit at an international air navigation exposition. Authorities and Mmes efforts to control the fire failed as the structure burned, with other wings of the exposition damaged and the cause undetermined.
Atlanta Street Committee hears extensive expert testimony on wood blocks for paving. Gulfport Creosoting accuses Southern Wood Preserving of noncompliant blocks. A $10000 damages suit is served on R S Manley as hearings adjourn after late day tests and conflicting opinions.
Special report notes a repeal of a 1908 law relieving school trustees from poll tax. Trustees who did not pay before February 1 are debarred from voting this year. The same rule applies to maimed or injured persons seeking to vote. Attorney Garbur reports many questions on these two points.
The Southern Shorthand and Business University offers a Friday noon Lyceum series attracting interest. Lectures feature Dr J Lee on Canada, Dr John White on the Big Persimmon and Long Pole, and Dr S P Belk on Sunshine and Laughter. Mrs Orrie Bryan Jackson provided instrumental music. next may be Lucious Perry Hillis.
Nashville correspondent reports two men William Mitchell and Cecil Palmer were executed at dawn near the state prison for murder and criminal assault of Squire Wandman of Rutherford County and Roma Moore. They faced the gallows as the first under the new law mandating state prison executions after prior reprieves and last minute efforts to save them failed.
Fragmented OCR style text discusses government actions related to the war effort and financial pressures. Mentions Supreme Court decisions, petitions to send troops, and references to Texas and Ludntor Har per for the war department in a murky national debate last night.
The aeronautic federation revises rules for the United States host contest in 198 so Glenn Curtiss’s Rheims win is recalled. The distance is extended from 103 miles to about 110 miles and the course must be not less than 310 miles in length.
An advertisement offers a “3.90 Recipe” that supposedly cures nervous debility and weakened manhood. It claims a physician-created prescription can restore vigor quickly and quietly, sent free in a plain envelope to any man who writes for it from Detroit Michigan.
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