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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1902
Page
6
A fragmented OCR ad promotes Williams' Pink Pills for the treatment of blood and nerve ailments including rheumatism headaches and palsy like symptoms. It claims cures and general health benefits with a direct mail approach and mentions price and availability through physicians and dealers.
A fragmented item notes price changes or listings in a southern market section, mentioning Vail and “Prices now.” The readable text is sparse and lacks clear names, dates, or concrete figures, making precise details unavailable.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions near Reed, seven sounds or items, a lead, lenses, and work. It references an ad from New a leak and machinery, suggesting an entrance and an assist related to a plant or City.
An October 17 dispatch from Haiti reports government forces will enter Gonaives after surrender negotiations. The German gunboat and foreign marines guard consulates as revolutionaries evacuate. Nicolas Mole announces capitulation, with American support and no clashes expected in the Bahama route to Mathewtown.
Washington reports an inquiry into a Pennsylvania letter purporting dead Filipino bodies lay unburied with soldiers shooting Filipinos. General Chaffee found no basis. Private Logenberg may have heard the tale from another. Lieutenant Reeve confirms the letter’s author has never seen action. The claim is deemed imaginary.
Flashes from the wires report conflicts in Guayaquil between Pacific Steam Navigation and the board of health over the steamer Guatemala and yellow fever disclosures. Other items claim Russia-Turkey revival talk denied by Austria Hungary, Mitrovitza instability, Archbishop Guidi and Father O Connor sailing to Manila, Lord Kitchener heading to India, and Rochelle chosen for a new Presbyterian school in Georgia with Americus and Cordele contending.
London reports General Corbin Young and Wood have urged Earl Roberts to visit the United States with a possible December 1903 crossing to see the international yacht races. Ambassadors and generals attended a social dinner at the Carlton in honor of Roberts and other dignitaries.
In Berlin on October 17, Boer generals lamented failure to raise money for Beers relief during a continental tour. About $67,500 was collected, with cheers from crowds but little cash. They visited the reichstag where public attention and a Balfour reference shaped the reception.
Paris October 17 Premier Combes defended government actions to close unauthorized schools amid opposition attacks on the law of associations. He said Christian congregations were misled, denied depriving children of education, and urged repression of monastic influence. The chamber approved the government by 329 to 23 and Combes introduced a bill to curb reopening efforts. Cardinal Gibbons visited Baltimore after a trip to New Orleans and reported improved health. General Botha quipped about poverty, and a Boer meeting drew crowds with a $6,750 gate, military uniforms scarce.
General Perdomo announces he has assumed supreme command on the isthmus and ministerial duties. He says Panama is the exception, with Magdelena and Bolivar still troubled by small guerrilla bands. He notes surrender of revolutionists, praise for American forces, and plans to clear the railroad of guerrillas once a strong army is formed. He emphasizes friendship with the United States and support for a canal.
Lexington Oct 17 Favorites won four events on today card while strong opposition kept the racing exciting. Direct Hal led 2:20 pace to victory with 2:09 2:07 times and Monte Carlo Belle Kiser Major Delmar battled in 2:09 and 2:07. Attendance 6,000 as track stayed fast and meeting closes tomorrow.
The next session of congress may be a dry one as the district court of appeals weighs whether Capitol liquor sales are licensed. Senate and House restaurant proprietors were arrested for selling liquor without a license and challenged district laws applicability. An appeal is pending awaiting a final decision.
The State Department received a cablegram from United States Minister Bowen reporting the ongoing Venezuelan battle around Victoria and the cessation of communication with Valencia. The Marietta naval vessel remains at LaGuayra as a ready guard if Bowen requests personnel for Caracas.
A party of twenty Georgians led by bridge contractor John W. Dent will sail from New York next week for Ecuador to work on the Guayaquil and Quito railway. The team includes J. M. Howell, E. H. Alien, John Fein, and others, all contracted for one year. Dent, formerly of Knoxville, Ga., has lived in South America and promises steel bridges and high pay for skilled labor.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer urges continued optimism amid famine and winter. It contrasts American humor and resilience with European seriousness, praising humor as a safety valve that keeps spirits high and avoids hysteria while expecting the sun to shine again.
Special to The New York World itemizes weekly losses from the coal strike. It lists operator costs for coal price and production, wages and idle labor for strikers and other workers, railroad and business impacts, maintaining coal and iron police, non union operations, troops, mine machinery damage, and a grand total.
The Indianapolis News reports a Spokane message to the president saying no bulldog in the post office to bite the public. The president laughed and directed Postmaster General Payne to remove the cause of the protest.
Lightest weight wool underclothing four cashmere drawers and shirts to match priced at 1504 garment. Suits one-half wool gray only priced at 1.00. Suits three-quarters wool for cold weather at 1.50. Brown or blue balbriggan fine tile-best quality at 1.00. Medium and heavy all wool gray or brown at 2.00. All-wool winter weight salmon colored at 2.50. Blue better quality at 3.00. Mercerized underwear that looks and wears like silk at 2.50.
Boston dispatch reports John E Redmond M P chairman of the Irish parliamentary party John Dylan M P for East Mayo and Michael Davitt arrived from Queenstown and Liverpool. Redmond asserts United Irish League is the ruling power and predicts a settlement of the land question followed by national self government amid coercion act imprisonments. He notes opposition to the government in the Commons is led by the Irish party.
The article reports on a proposed food trust led by Horace Gould Frederick Seward and Kenneth McLaren with Rockefeller as sponsor. It claims a $58 million capital to absorb packing firms and a daily profit requirement of $100 069 to service interest, threatening to place a mortgage on every head of livestock.
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