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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1906
Page
6
Fragmented OCR describes a state commission hearing concerning railroad car operation and eligibility rules. It notes testimonies from petitioners, time constraints, and references to Johnson, Vernon, Wadley, Geerety, and other entities, with claims about ownership and operation under new rule provisions.
Pensacola reports describe Santa Rosa island breached by new channels from a hurricane, three feet deep and up to a hundred yards wide, threatening the coastbreakwater. One victim identified as the son of J T Mathews, and relief efforts continue despite uncertain housing and clothing needs. The Axminster relays sighting of a disabled schooner and oil slicks linked to a missing barge, while Tarpon reports no fatalities but widespread damage to wharves and warehouses.
Atlanta city council refused thirteen more saloon licenses in a crusade against dives closing 36 saloons to date. Reconsideration efforts failed. reports show 16 beer saloons and 41 wholesale licenses approved, with 13 beer saloons and one wholesale house denied. Anti-saloon meeting called at Wesley Memorial Tabernacle to press for a cleaner city.
A 1905 advertisement asserts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets aid digestion without drugs. It cites natural digestive agents, endorsements by a London chemist, and claims of reliability for indigestion insomnia loss of appetite and other ills. The text promotes a fifty cent package and a free trial offer from F A Stuart Co.
Savannah October 4 a colored janitor at Patrick School was shot near State Street by JE Sims proprietor of Carolina Trading Company in a money lending dispute over $420. Both men were arrested and taken to the barracks. Sims says the negro struck first and he shot in self defense. Shellman contends he was sent to collect debts and had no money.
Twenty five members of the Paris by Nugat company are stranded in Americus since Tuesday. Attachments were issued against the troupe’s properties and the unsettled group is being housed in the courthouse basement. The stranded actors receive sympathy but little financial support as they await resolution and departure.
Davis, superintendent of the International Harvester Company's exhibits at the fair, was lodged at the police station in Macon on a libel charge. Friends seek details. authorities in Commerce expected to be reached to obtain his release. The prominent figure is unsure what conduct led to the indictment.
Macon Ga October 4 Special with a shot hole through his right lung Hump Bell a hack driver was found dead in his hack at Plum and Third streets tonight No trace of the slayer or the firing of the shot was determined The hack moved down the street and a sting of blood showed that after the gro was tied his horse was slammed
A bold proposal to publish a new weekly magazine simultaneously from New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston San Francisco Washington New Orleans Seattle Atlanta Denver Cleveland St Louis Pittsburg St Paul Minneapolis. Local editors wire midnight updates to New York editors who craft national editorials then ship three to four pages back to the branches. The venture promises clean up to date news lively features humorous departments by Joseph Conrad serialized story The Secret Agent set in London and a Burgess humor department with illustrated sixteens pages of half tone art plus weekly cartoons.
Special notice announces Hebrew instruction at the University of Georgia in Athens starting October 4. Rabbi J Koptowicz offers to teach Hebrew and Mrs Fannie Wellhouse of Atlanta has accepted a role in the university program. The class will be small with several young men from Atlanta preparing for the ministry. Mrs Wellhouse has sons in Atlanta and splits her residence between Atlanta and New York. Funeral plans for a New York City resident who died at 70 are undetermined with arrangements to be announced.
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