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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1902
Page
4
Macon Georgia battles over the upcoming judgeship vacancy as Judge Nottingham seeks reappointment while Terrell and other contenders vie for support. Police and city life fill the day with uniform updates, routine health reports, and a slate of autumn religious services and public events.
A partial OCR reading shows scattered weather related terms and stray phrases about windows, property and a cat. The readable fragment lacks clear event, place, or date details to form a coherent local notice.
Comer Georgia October 5 Special John Floyd a machinist was struck by a freight train and killed instantly last night. He had gone to Athens for foundry work and the exact time of return is unknown. Blood and human fragments were found on the railroad track and the mangled body was recovered, torn in pieces.
Soldiers at Fort Riley Kansas spent a sunlit Sunday drying damp bedding after four days of overcast weather. Officers viewed the clear day as restoring dry roads and signaling a return to maneuvers and marches at Camp Root.
In Macon Georgia a man named Yancey, a state convict from Fulton County serving four years for assault with intent to murder, died suddenly from dropsy in the police barracks after transfer to the prison farm. The death occurred shortly after four convicts from Pact coal mines were moved through Macon.
Brunswick Georgia notes a naval stores consolidation by six to seven Georgia and Florida firms, with Brunswick expected to gain receipts. Savannah loses three large firms while Brunswick and Major Downing’s firm maintain operations, shifting south Georgia operators to Brunswick and improving local shipments.
Athens Ga October 5 Special The university sees a surge in attendance with 300 students registered, the highest for this point in the year, and expected growth as winter enrollments come in. An extra bulletin titled What is the University outlines the oldest state university in America, its branches, and trustees.
The Beta chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon in Atlanta hosted an elegant dance at its Prince Avenue chapter house for fourteen new initiates. Attendees included Savannah, Augusta, Albany, Thomasville, Atlanta, Washington, Rome, Monroe, Athens, Americus, and other area residents, with chaperones Mrs. Bloomfield and Mrs. Hull and a list of attending young ladies.
Macon Georgia October 4 Special Tomorrow opens the third day of aldermanic registration for December election. Only 13 voters registered. candidates begin announcements. Registration will be on Mondays Wednesdays and Saturdays in October for the white primary. Ten to be held November 4 for one alderman from each ward. Potential candidates listed by ward with several names noted. formal announcements limited so far. Alderman Mayer, to seek reelection, chairs finance and water committees.
Rev J E Wray preached the fifth in a series on living subjects to a large Columbus congregation. Dr W W Pinson spoke on Prayer at St Lukes Methodist as a new choir sang again. Rev Frank Willis Barnett of Birmingham preached at First Baptist. Dr W H Smith away aiding meetings in Anderson S C. Christian Endeavor Society marked its third anniversary at First Presbyterian with a pleasant program. The new St Paul Methodist church nears completion.
Columbus postoffice receipts for September rise 2 percent from the same month last year. Officials anticipate a substantial increase this year compared with 1901 receipts. In Odessa, Russia, October 5 reports say the Kerish metallurgical works failure of $9,000,000 unsettles markets and leaves about a thousand workers idle.
Judge Butt granted a charter to the Coweta Power Company to develop the Chattahoochee river for miles in Muscogee county. Dams to Harris county line will enable many manufacturing ventures to use cheap power. river drop on company land is about 160 feet. Officials say this scale may surpass any prior industrial push in Columbus history.
Muscogee County will likely haul children to school again this year. Last year the county board arranged wagon transport for extreme northern township pupils to a school five miles away. The board discussed locating four new schools but favors transporting pupils to a larger adjacent school to reduce the number of schools.
An Atlanta physician J R Leatherman M D markets a home cure system claiming 74 percent debilitation relief for varicose veins, strictures, hemorrhoids and related ailments. He offers treatment by mail from 609 602 Austell building Atlanta Georgia.
We offer the largest stock of Razors ever brought to this market with about 50 patterns. Special note on five Baker Razor patterns, each guaranteed as sold.
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