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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1902
Page
54
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Mrs Lugan Mier was robbed outside her gate on Whitehall Street as a man seized her pocketbook and fled. Officers Doyal and Tibbs investigated, securing a partial description. police heightened patrols after a string of similar incidents.
Time limit for renewing old licenses expires tomorrow afternoon. City Clerk Campbell and assistants issued licenses yesterday to business houses. Last day for renewals is the 6th, but Sunday extended to Monday afternoon. Those failing to renew face recorder court action.
A historical tally shows Georgia paying out 7 290 622 to disabled and indigent soldiers widows and the Soldiers' Home since 1866. The record covers artificial limbs pensions for veterans from 1866 widows starting 1892 indigent pension additions in 1894 and annual payments after 1880 with yearly totals led by 1884 through 1889.
Bodies of 11 year old John Coffin and 44 year old Price Jennings were found in the Camden suburbs after disappearing from their homes. Police arrest 18 year old Paul Woodward on charges of causing the deaths. no violence marks on the bodies and authorities suspect poisoning.
The Baptist City League in Atlanta plans a rescue mission near Decatur Street with a chapel lodging room and dining facilities. Rev John H White Dr W W Landrum Rev John B E Purser and J F Cooledge lead the effort supported by a $100 monthly church pledge and merchant contributions to sustain operations and employ men in local services.
Public school teachers in Atlanta received their first fall payroll, about $15 per teacher after absences and deductions, with the full payroll totaling a bit over $16,000.
A camp meeting in Rough and Ready Alabama marketed as the greatest of all camp meetings ran October 1 to 6 at St. Mark A M E church. It advertised spirtitual feasts, prizes for Bible verses and songs, and various contests with notable community figures and clergy listed as organizers and sponsors.
Henry S. Davis, an American lawyer, was remanded in police court on a charge of obtaining money by means of a worthless check. He had just arrived from South Africa and claimed the cashed check was needed to return home to America. The magistrate noted the check came from a stolen book but remanded Davis.
In Birmingham on October 4, despite United Mine Workers plans to suspend operations at Blue Creek the mine will still operate for part of its workforce. About 160 of 600 miners oppose the union strike over a $1 assessment and will keep working, while union opponents recruit daily. Deputies will guard the mine Monday to prevent interference with workers returning.
The Baltimore and Ohio plans to ease coal scarcity by delivering 50 carloads daily of cheap coal from Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania at $4 per ton. The Santa Fe announces daily service of the California Limited will resume in November with faster timings and new equipment. Georgia and Tennessee railroad officials visit Atlanta. notes on Grand Army encampment travel and a new Southern booklet on hunting and fishing accompany earnings figures for the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis line.
Constantinople reports Grand Duke Nicholas arrived aboard the Russian ironclad Georgia Pobledonosetz allowed to pass the naval forts by Russia’s insistence. The vessel anchored before the yildiz castle, provoking strong Muslim reaction as censored news avoided the term ironclad. The sultan treats the grand duke with high regard.
A drunken father chased his 13 year old son Jep through Decatur Street near the police barracks at 1 AM. The boy bled from nose and mouth after alleged beating. the father was arrested and held for trial while Jep washed up at the station. The incident sparked morning commotion as neighbors and officers intervened.
Ashland Wis October 4 Dr FE Davidson of Lyne Tenn physician for La Pointe Indian agency Minnesota and Wisconsin was found dead in bed at the Athearn hotel here. The inquest showed he had taken about 300 grains of chloral last night for insomnia and possibly with personal crisis intent. He earned a reputation for stamping out smallpox among the Chippewa Indians and was known in Minnesota Wisconsin and Tennessee.
Utica North Dakota resident Abram E M Eimer credits Duffy’s Pure Malt Whisky as his sole medicine for thirty years, claiming it extended life and kept disease at bay. Long Branch North Dakota man Thomas Hult, aged eighty, writes he remains vigorous and looks younger than his years thanks to the tonic. His wife Mary Hunt also swears by the whiskey for dyspepsia and heart issues, noting rapid relief and renewed strength after doses. Adam Livingood of Elverson Pennsylvania, ninety-one, and his eighty-four year old wife attest to continued health and ability to work on farm duties, saying the whiskey renews strength and may prolong life.
Townsend Miller of Jamaica L L proclaims vigor after celebrating his 104th birthday and marriage to a third wife. He credits constant daily use of Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as the reason for enduring health, strength, and continued work, calling it the greatest medicine for the elderly.
Ralph Bullick of Brooklyn New York at one hundred five testifies to Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey sustaining vigor and long life. He claims daily use for years keeps him healthy, with strong appetite and energy to perform chores, describing it as a blessing to the elderly.
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