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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1906
Page
13
The Atlanta Constitution editorials about the need for a proper auditorium in Atlanta to host conventions and public gatherings. It criticizes the skating hall as inadequate for acoustics and capacity, urging swift action and funding from any source for a suitable venue.
A meditation on Nature's wrath cites the San Francisco quake, South American upheaval, and a Chinese typhoon as grievous signs. It surveys the world’s grim tone, then shifts to Canadian fox farming during Lord Gray’s Newfoundland visit, detailing black and silver fox breeding, pelts, and export trade with England and the United States.
A garbled collage of verse and prose notes from a Georgia exchange recounts playful morning salutations and moral quips. It threads poems about life, faith, and perseverance with quips on weather, sunshine, and local characters, concluding with rustic reflections on happiness and trouble.
Des Moines Register notes a traveler, Belle the banker from Freeport Illinois, spent summers for three years walking from Chicago to Omaha and back. He averages about 400 miles per trip, beginning and ending in Des Moines with a two week outing each year. He adapts his path each time, enjoying the rough country trek and returning tanned and rested.
The Georgia Jamestown Exposition Commission chairman W N Baidell met with Governor Terrell to discuss upcoming work and plan a full commission meeting soon. Governor Terrell named A Anderson judge and J A Dixon solicitor for Jenkins County, a newly created county. Senator W C Bunn commented on expense questions for Soldiers Home investigation. People's Savings Bank of Thor ville filed for a charter with capital of 25000, with Thomasville men as incorporators. Georgia team from Seagirt to compete for a gold medal in a home-station contest, scores from Seagirt to be counted. J A Blachan to tour Scotland lecturing on Georgia resources and seeking settlers.
A young white man named Gravy Willis remains charged with embezzling from Knott & Awtry Shoe Company where he worked as cashier. Willis admits taking small sums, totaling perhaps 230 dollars, then says losses may be higher. Company officials will verify losses as they check his accounts, with final figures not known yet.
Thomas Hi Jeffries deputy clerk of the superior court returned to his post this morning after a two week vacation. He traveled from Atlanta to Niagara Falls New York to attend the grand council of Red Men of the United States as a representative of the state organisation.
At a recent gathering of the Associated Press group 300 delegates attended the council session. Key figures including Judge T. Daniel and Griffin officials were elected to chair judiciary and other committees. Amendments on liquor dealer membership caused debate with limited support. A new ice plant project in Bathworth, Ga was announced with capacity expansions and price adjustments.
The letter from Attorney General John C. Marsden to Comptroller General Wright outlines an opinion on local school district taxation for railroads. It explains that the 1908 act sought to tax railroad property within school districts, but returns filed before the act’s passage complicate collection. The opinion states the amendment is prospective, not retrospective, and that the original act and general law govern current tax collection, with future returns affected by the new rules.
A Friday chat among Congressman Wardwick Gartlett and Speaker Slaton discussed John Sharp Willame of Mississippi as a potential loss in the next congress. They predicted Champ Clark of Missouri will win the berth now held by Williams, with Williams as floor leader under question.
Albany reports three thousand five hundred physicians from 601 cities signed a petition to Governor Hines for a commission of disinterested medical experts to reexamine the Rice Patrick murder case. The petition argues expert testimony and possible embalming fluid influence on autopsy findings, and cites letters from prominent physicians urging review.
Fragmentary report from Cetlbert Ga notes a September opening of a female college with large pupil turnout. Mentions new president Malone and active campaign, with references to plans and regional involvement.
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