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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1915
Page
2
Levis Fuile, 13 Lucy Street, abruptly left Grady Hospital Friday morning with a broken arm awaiting setting. After a search failed to find him, police traced him to his home. The boy feared further pain during the operation and fled, but will have his arm treated today.
Governor Harris travels from Florida to Daytona Beach for undisturbed work on a special message to the extra session of the General Assembly. Officials expect the document to be among the most important in years, with focus on the Western Atlantic telegraph commission bill and prohibition. He will return after attending Governor's Day at the state fair in Macon and traveling to Atlanta.
Ex Governor BK B Glenn of North Carolina will address First Congregational Church colored Sunday night at eight on Prohibition. At 11 am Dr H H Proctor will preach True Tests of Men. The church choir will provide music for both services.
College Park Indge O F entertained the sixteenth division of the I Q C F with over 200 delegates in Fulton county. Judge Frank Harwell and T L Robertson addressed the gathering as Fred Hatibron presided. The next division meeting is planned for Fulton lodge with the grand lodge meeting set for May 1916.
Pelham Ga October 15 Special. The state case against Cuthbert Adams charged with murdering his father was taken up in Camilla Superior Court. Adams pleaded insanity. The case will go to the jury. The grand jury has adjourned until Monday.
D Freeman humane officer was praised as an efficient officer at the Atlanta Humane Society annual directors meeting in the Chamber of Commerce hall. The police commission had previously urged Freeman be supported in arrest policy. Freeman’s year’s record lists 5 improper harness, 36 cruelty to children, 8 police court cases, 41 fines, $915.75 total fines, 67 horses with sore necks, 73 taken off streets, 153 miscellaneous omelets. New officers elected include C Congdon president and A D Freeman humane officer.
The Atlanta program features Drury Long Legs at two houses with Jean Webster adaptation praised for humor and sentiment. Mrs Patrick Campbell to star in Pygmalion at the Atlanta Opera House, plus Second Man Tanqueray, Henrietta Crosman vaudeville, DePace Opera, and star- studded films Blackbirds and The Soul of Broadway.
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce executive committee unanimously backed engineering plans to mark streets citywide. The proposal targets both white way and residential districts, urging the city council to provide uniform signage and involve proper committees to carry out the plan. The body also welcomed Johnson Land Co as members and named Mel1 R Wilkinson as national counsellor for the U S Chamber, succeeding J R A Hobson. The group endorsed an outdoor fire safety show Fighting the Flames to educate the public on life saving and firefighting techniques during the corn show.
Citizens meet after court clash with street car firm to demand a permanent concrete base. They condemn the Georgia Railway and Power Co for noncooperation while urging restoration of the street to its prior passable condition if concrete cannot be secured. George Freeman presided. speakers included Karl W. Brittain Albert Thompson and Fred G C Woodall.
Salt Lake City Utah October 14 the state board of pardons will consider Joseph Hillstrom who was convicted of the 1914 murder of J G Morrison Hillstrom was to be executed October 1 but was reprieved September 20 by Governor Spry at President Wilsons request The president noted the Swedish minister to the United States request that Hillstrom be treated fairly The reprieve ends tomorrow and a second board decision could set a new execution date if commutation is again denied
The article reports rumored plots to free Victor Innes and his wife in Texas to avoid extradition to Georgia for prosecution. Marshall Nelms, connected to the case and mother, travels to San Antonio amid unclear details, while Inneses await U.S. Supreme Court action. Indictments by a federal grand jury loom if extradition proceeds.
President Wilson announced plans to spend next summer in New Jersey at Shadow Lawn near Long Branch. The Elberon estate, formerly the John 4. McCall home, hosts a magnificent house and grounds as the president prepares for an extended stay.
Mr Weaver features a $25 suit fabric laid out to fit individual style and quality. A practical cutter and tailor of reputation, Pam Weaver at 130 Peachtree upstairs opposite Candler building. First Presbyterian. Sabbath October 17 sermon by Dr Lyons titled The Path of Life with special music.
A fragmented obituary page lists deaths and funeral details for Benjamin White of Atlanta and multiple Brogdon Carswell families in Georgia and Chattanooga. It names dates, places such as Suwanee and West View Cemetery, and notes Barclay & Brandon as funeral directors with service times and railway transport instructions.
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