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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1909
Page
9
In a bold sales pitch a Georgia shoe company claims rapid service and a half million stock of ready-to-ship Georgia-made shoes. The ad touts mail order speed, warns against out of sizes causing losses, and promotes J. & Orr Shoe Co. and Red Seal Shoe Manufacturers in Atlanta.
Mrs Helen Armstrong spoke at Cable Hall to about a hundred women on cooking and dietetics. She praised scientific food study, noted rising female involvement in nutrition, and highlighted career paths for trained women in dietetics and food service. The lecture emphasized health, cleanliness, and the growing cottage industry in cottonseed products.
The Mount Vernon Baptist Association will convene in Wrightsville starting tomorrow for a three day meeting. About thirty churches from Laurens Emanuel and Washington counties are represented with around two hundred delegates expected. Rev M R Little serves as moderator and Rev J Mobley as clerk. the opening sermon is by Little Tuesday morning with visiting pastor Rev George T Rowe of Dublin also delivering a sermon.
Waterboard to consider using the Lakewood plant for fire pressure and sewer flushing with an electric pump. Project would cost under 100000 and save river water for domestic use, targeting congested business districts with minimal pipe changes and existing double mains. Lakewood water is deemed sufficient to fight fires, flush sewers, and water streets, with action to follow a recommendation from General Manager Park Woodward.
About 75 to 100 prominent editors and sporting writers will visit Atlanta on October 22 as guests of the Atlanta Automobile Association for Automobile Week In Atlanta. They will be entertained at the Speedway with trial events and by the entertainment committee of the chamber of commerce.
A quirky newspaper item portrays children eating flour and feeling fat and happy. The piece centers on a domestic moment with no broader context or credible claims.
In Washington on October 11 John M Parker of New Orleans, president of the Southern Commercial Congress, is in conference with business leaders to raise funds for a million dollar home in the city. The second annual congress meeting on December 6 and 7 will feature extensive exhibits of southern products. Evie famine in New York.
An advertisement urges women to understand the phrase good value in embroidery at five cents per yard. The seller claims they bought the stock to sell it and aims to educate shoppers, warning against misleading ultra cheap imports while promising brisk sales if buyers grasp the value.
Washington October 11 On a petition for a writ of certiorari presented to the United States supreme court today that of Majors v Williamson dealt with the right to enforce the collection of a note given to pay as debt incurred in speculation Williamson contracted a debt speculating in cotton through Majors in Memphis Tenn and in payment made a note which was secured by real estate located in Memphis He afterwards refused to pay the note on the ground that it was given to pay a gambling debt gambling being prohibited in Tennessee and Memphis The United States circuit court for the district of Memphis gave judgment against Williamson but the court of appeals for the first circuit reversed that finding in accordance with Williamsons contentions.
Walter Ballard Optical Co promotes “invisible” bifocals at 75 Peachtree St Atlanta Ga claiming no seams or lines and easy reading and walking. The copy urges a store visit to prove leadership in the field. Blood hounds track night riders after October 11 attack on James Devon’s Shennon near Lexington home. Devon, a tobacco pool member, braces for possible future assault.
Berlin October 11 The engagement of Grand Duke William of Saxe-Weimar Greenach and Princess Carola daughter of Prince Frederick of Saxe-Meitningen was suggested by the German emperor and empress during the grand duke's summer visit at Wilhelmshohe. The princess, 19, is a second cousin of the empress. The grand duke, a serving with the Prua alan artillery, will marry for the second time after his first wife Princess Caroline of Maus, who died in 1998. Court Convenes. Ellington October 1 The supreme court of the United States convened at noon for the term 1809-10 with seven justices present. Justices Peckham and Moody absent due to Jones. The court sat about forty minutes, admitted ~thirty new members to the bar, heard many motions, and dismissed several cases on stipulation. Docket call starts tomorrow.
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