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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1913
Page
8
Col R J Redding discusses cotton market outlook, advising farmers to sell enough cotton to pay debts and hold or sell the rest based on judgment and warehouse guidance. Also includes practical fall seeding notes on oats and vetch with rust prevention and inoculation tips.
Mayor James G. Woodward announces he will enforce the city charter to curb spending by the park board on Grant park’s new refreshment stand. He warns board members face personal liability and possible removal for illegal debts, insisting full funding before any contract.
A passenger train crossed a trestle moments before a wreck killed twenty U S soldiers and injured many more, with fifty doctors and as many nurses dispatched to the scene from Mobile and Meridian.
St Louis dispatch reports fifteen injured in the Chicago and Alton Midnight Special wreck at Alton Illinois. A steel cable brace from a telegraph pole saved thirty three others from overturning as chairs cars toppled. Most seriously hurt include Mrs Nora H Clark of Springfield Missouri and Mrs Joseph Lowe Jr of New York. The cause is blamed on spreading rails and 103 passengers were shaken, with several injuries treated in St Louis.
The Big Four passenger train wrecked three miles south of Tiffin, Ohio, injuring seven people. The engine baggage car and two coaches left the track and rolled down an embankment, with three believed fatally injured including Harry Day A W Shraggins and James O'Brien. A relief train brought physicians to the scene and a farmhouse served as an emergency hospital for minor injuries.
Mexico City report says fifty six federals died when a troop train of 1,500 men on the Mexico City to Torreon route was blown up by a rebel mine north of Saltillo. The locomotive and two coaches were destroyed after authorities allegedly ignored a warning.
At the Atlanta theater tonight and tomorrow plus a Tuesday matinee the show promises bigger and funnier than prior versions with 20 new songs 25 chorus girls and dazzling scenery. Salome the Massenet opera in English opens with Joseph F. Sheehan leading a strong cast and a 25 piece orchestra and 60 member chorus.
Keith Vaudeville lists Forsyth week attractions headlined by the Florentine Singers and a Lynn Overman comedy. Welch Mealy Bell and Welch join the bill with patter songs. Bert Wheeler, Rober t Fulgora, Five Martels and Eugenie Blair star at Forsyth and Lyric theatres, with Madame X and Quo Vadis at Grand.
The Bijou features Hal Held's scenic melodrama Knobs a Tennessee set in the Tennessee mountains with Joe Preston and Madeline Batley facing moonshine conflicts with revenue officers amid lively escapes. At the Columbia a burlesque The Poor Ship Nancy Hanks and three special acts headline the strongest Columbia bill this season.
Rain kept hundreds home but 15 Sunday schools reported 5100 attendees, an average of 346 per school, up from 4471 last year. First Christian led with 985 present on Rally Day, far above last year’s 294, as churches posted an overall gain of 45 scholars per school.
Dr S and C Redd of 203 Peachtree Street reports someone took his Maxwell roadster from in front of the Second Baptist Church last night while he attended services. The car bore license tag 9066.
The body of Rollin Lee Rogers aged 27 dies in Miami. Saturday arrival in Atlanta and transport to Patterson undertaking chapel. Funeral services at 2:30 this afternoon conducted by Rev. W. Smith. Interment at West View Cemetery.
Charles W. McClure a five and ten cent store operator and Kroonland passenger who assisted victims of the burning Volturno returns to Atlanta. He describes sight of flames wrecked forward ship deck and frantic passengers while rescue boats attempted lifesaving amid rough seas. He notes eighty nine survivors saved aboard Kroonland and a relief fund raised.
Lupeta Perea, a new Mexican performer joining the Barnum & Bailey show on Monday October 27, brings agile aerial feats from Mexico City and a noted eye for fashion. Her early feats wowed schoolmates, and a December bull ring display before President Madero launched her professional career. Offstage she drafts portraits of fellow acts, carries twelve costumes, and is famed as the best dressed girl in the circus.
Police will thoroughly investigate after three arrests linked to complaints at the Montgomery station by Annie Howell and Winnie Moore. Albert Tate a Brittain hotel bellboy was jailed on improper proposals allegations, with Annie Howell’s account implicating Mr and Mrs Harry Harris of 199 Mills Street leading to their arrest warrant and a court hearing today.
Odds favor Bl Jones, the outlawed driver who once hurled his mechanician from a car, as Lloyd and Lemont Brown prepare to clash in the colored motorcycle races at the motorhrome next Thursday afternoon. Brown vows to crowd Jones from the top, aiming to prevent a Jones victory. The event is a major social affair with the cream of colored society in attendance.
A ginnery and cottonseed house belonging to John F. Wise at Warwick Cordele Georgia burned yesterday afternoon. The blaze caused about 12000 in damage with partial insurance coverage. The fire is believed to have started from a match in cotton being ginned.
Rome, 13. A Special Claiming that his daughter Mrs Hart Dobbs has been forced to lead the life of a vagrant by her husband A M Carver a wealthy farmer of this county is offering a reward for information that will lead to the apprehension of the wandering pair. They were last seen at Bluffton Ala about two weeks ago. Mrs Dobbs who was Miss Minnie Carver married in July and since that time her father claims she has been compelled to go about from place to place without being allowed to make a permanent home.
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Lost article notices describe delays in recovery and urge honesty. A Friday night loss of a gold stein with monogram I O K and a chain with blue enamel lock are sought with rewards offered. Other items include a bunch of keys and a watch fob with a chain, with contact details for return.
A collage of early 20th century classified items including dental offers from Georgia Dental Parlors with prices for bridges crowns and fillings, beauty and hair services at Home Beauty Parlor, a maternity sanitarium ad, a florist, doll hospital, corsets, and a variety of professional cards. Also mentions funeral home calls, combing services, and a request to sell household items via Constitution want ads.
Classified helps wanted ads show positions for salesmen solicitors printing and upholstering foremen and shop staff. Listings include barber and training schools Peachtre e Street Atlanta and other Georgia locations with pay and advancement notes. Many entries seek experienced and entry level workers, students, and veterans for immediate hire.
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