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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1906
Page
3
An Atlanta seller touts a fully stocked mail order business with guaranteed pure products including wine, whiskies, brandies, rums and cordials. The ad highlights prepaid freight, same day shipping, and a popular Mistletoe rye, offering a complete price list on request.
A September report from Rome Georgia describes Black attendees at a seven hundred person camp meeting coerced to remain in woods after trains failed to transport them home. The event prompted jeers at railroad officials, with complaints settled by Southern Railway paying about $4,000 and some locals receiving $8. the piece notes unrest and lingering bitterness in Chattanooga.
Albany Ga September 22 The city court of Albany adjourned until Monday morning after five days of heavy criminal and civil cases the heaviest in the court s history Many cases remain to be acted upon and several days may be needed next week to clear the docket Civil business is expected to be much heavier following a recent legislature amendment widening city court jurisdiction in many cases formerly handled in justices' courts.
Knoxville news reports the Cuillahan Construction Company secured a contract to build 20 miles of railroad for the Atlanta and Birmingham railroad near Tallassee. The project is valued at about 3.1 million dollars and work is expected to commence soon.
Sanitol display by Sanitol Chemical Laboratory Company of St. Louis draws praise at the Dentlate convention. J F Cunningham Southern sales manager oversaw a striking exhibit of Sanitol tooth and toilet articles, featuring a vivid background and a renowned life-size painting of an American society girl, earning wide acclaim.
Albany Ga September 22. The Albany city council discussed the application of Joseph M Roman of Atlanta and associates for a street railway franchise. The ordinance was referred to a committee of the mayor and Aldermen Tuyver Ehrich and RL Jones. They expect to report at the register council meeting Sunday night. The applicants agree to nine months of dense construction work and to complete at least three miles of track within fifteen months from grant date.
Macon Railway and Light Company workers walked out at 2 pm, throwing the system into disorder. About 100 workers affected, with one third of cars in operation. Dispute centers on wage demands and treatment of employees under prior arbitration. City authorities asked to provide protection for street cars as negotiations continue.
Revival services at Firat Methodist Church continue under Charles Nelson Crittenton. The world famous merchant evangelist from New York brings generous support and a strong plea for rescue work, sharing the origin and scope of the Crittenton homes and their impact on thousands annually. Dr. Lewis and Crittenton will lead Monday night proceedings.
A dense roster of Atlanta churches lists various congregations, pastors, and service times across Episcopal, Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran, and Unitarian churches. Entries include Holy Communion, morning prayers, sermons, Sunday schools, litany, choir, and seasonal special services across central and outlying districts.
A dense notice lists sermons and services across multiple churches in Atlanta. Dr W T Cheney of Tome Ga delivers religion without superlatives at Cumberland Presbyterian. Morning and evening worships are scheduled with choir music, Sunday school, and a sequence of talks by Rev Rav Tunnicutt and others. The Universalist and Christian Church notices invite attendance, detailing service times, pastors, and program highlights.
Commissioners and police officers conducted a detailed tour of Peters and Decatur streets visiting dives and eateries. A similar inspection occurred last Saturday night and led to reforms and potential prosecutions at the recorder’s docket for Monday.
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James E. Hearn of Memphis Tennessee reports that three bottles of Smiths Blood and Liver Syrup gave permanent relief from nasal catarrh, performing what douches and local applications could not.
A September fire damaged The Morning News building in Savannah on the fourth floor in the job printing department. Water caused most losses as the editorial rooms on the third floor flooded and later cleaned, while the top floors avoided serious damage and the press plant was not used. Editor Pleasant A. Stovall and Colonel J. Rall witnessed the blaze, with Lester & Ravenal’s law library flooded. The cause remains unknown.
Algernon Dana Brown, cashier of the People's Bank in Talbotton, Georgia, died yesterday at St. Joseph's Infirmary after eight weeks of illness from typhoid fever complications. He leaves a wife, Alban Martin Brown of Columbus, and siblings Dowdell Brown, Armatead Brown, Mrs. Thomas E. Lovejoy, and others. The funeral and interment are set for Talbotton today at 2 PM after the body is sent from the hospital this morning.
Washington dispatch reports the Navy Department issued orders clarifying the spelling rule for the word past in official terms. The decision addresses whether to preserve Roosevelt’s past in certain titles and uses, affecting engineers and medical officers and the form of the great dent/e order relating to spelling.
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