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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1909
Page
7
Fragmentary text lists numerous state names and individuals with scattered terms like submitted and argued, but lacks coherent event or outcome to summarize into a clear news item. The readable bits show a sequence of state attributions and person names without a unifying action or result.
The Georgia Supreme Court began its criminal docket reviewing about a score of capital cases on Monday. Willard Webb of Cobb County appeals a death sentence for assault on Mrs Brown at Vinings, claiming insufficient identification and an alibi. Other cases include Lyen, Leonard, Goolsby, Nipper, Stephenson, Pride, Tucker, Day, Joiner, Westbrank, Andrews, and Burge, with offenses ranging from murder to rape and varying sentences including life imprisonment and death.
A brief item notes children enjoying meals made with KKK Flour, highlighting their cheerful mood and satisfaction during meals. No further names or places are provided in the readable text.
In cold weather households waste heat by burning coal inefficiently. The Model heating system enhances coal economy by fully burning coal in a well designed fire box, drawing heat into water, and circulating it via pipes and radiators. This method cools chimney gases, retains heat in the home, and can halve coal consumption through hot air or hot water variants.
Bristol Tenn October 18 The Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio railroad, the new through line through Southwest Virginia and eastern Tennessee, will reach Spartanburg by October 20 with the first train into the city. The project cost between 25 and 30 million dollars, built through rugged mountain terrain with extensive tunneling, defining a remarkable railroad achievement.
You can meet friends at Boyd's or ride the Seaboard to Memphis leaving Atlanta at 25 minutes past and arriving in Memphis at 7 40 jam. Through sleepers and dining cars operate from November 7. Walter Badard Optical Co at 75 Peach Tree Street promotes horse show pleasures and related line offerings.
On October 18 the George Wo Collier wrecked in Chesapeake Bay after a Friday incident. Sailor O Donnell was trapped in the fore peak for 18 hours, saved by an air chamber under the hull. Crew believed him lost, but around noon Saturday he surfaced barely conscious, was warmed, and later recounted the harrowing escape.
Nairobi reports a dangerous hunting incident as Mr Roosevelt narrowly escaped a charging bull elephant. Guides Mr Cuninghame and Mr Croswell aided, bullets fired at close range, Roosevelt taking cover behind trees until the animal was turned away.
An inquest into the death of American diplomat William T Buchanan, body found in Park Lane, will be held Wednesday. Papers from his Claridge's hotel rooms have been given to the American embassy as investigators seek details of his last hours. no signs of assault or robbery, heart trouble or stroke suspected. Buchanan was the US arbitrator at The Hague for Venezuela questions.
Warren Foster a well known East Lake City Utah newspaper man declared I have paid rent all my life, I mean to quit when I die in a letter opened after his Ogden death last night For cremation if possible then Potters Field if not convenient or costly and never burial in a cemetery that charges for lots or rental in Boyd's edition.
London stocks rose modestly led by Union Packie and United States Steel, closing steady at noon with several fractional gains from Saturday’s New York close. United States Steel eased later, Consols strong, money rates steady, and foreign exchange mixed as bullion and bank balances shift in London.
An ad crowding health claims touts Eclipse Catarrh Cure with a sample offer of twenty five cents and a full price later, accompanied by testimonials and urging readers to send for a treatment. Included are snippets about potato chips and Naval Academy delivery, plus an optics dealer promoting high power field glasses for sale at 75 Peachtree Street.
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