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Newspaper
Atlanta Georgian
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1913
Page
4
Princeton seniors reveal through a class survey that 206 men write to 579 girls with an average of about 2.5 correspondents each. About 203 of the 206 admit kissing their correspondents, totaling roughly 1,792 kisses. The survey notes finances, habits, and discipline, and asks if Harvard can top the record.
New York June 7 A 6 year old boy fell into the East River at Roosevelt Street and was saved by former New Mexico cowboy John Lopez who used a rope noose to lasso the youth and tow him to shore The boy suffered only minor choking and was kept at home by Dr Crane after the rescue with a crowd of onlookers and Lopez hailed as a hero
Official Army War College reports credit pigs and preparedness for Balkan allied success. The staff note soldiers subsisted on locally available pork, saving transport. They praise allied discipline and training while faulting the Turks for lacking in areas where enemies excelled.
New York reports Ethel Barrymore declares she will not tour again, prioritizing her ill daughter and home over theater while Fritzi Scheff criticizes the industry. Barrymore says she may appear in New York but cannot be away from home.
Miss Barrymore announces she will not tour in New York or Philadelphia to be with her children, accepting a likely annual loss of about 75,000 dollars. She remains devoted to family, while noting past earnings and a forthcoming addition to the Colt household.
Paris June 7 French Minister of Public Works M Thierry has sent a circular to railway companies ordering enforcement to prevent women from wearing long hatpins aboard trains. The move aims to curb hazards and maintain safety on rail travel nationwide.
Lee Rial, alleged head of a national banco syndicate, seeks a new trial in Los Angeles claiming juror George H. Peck, San Pedro realty operator, slept and snored repeatedly during the trial. Rial was convicted of swindling Illinois farmer G. P. Friesz out of 5000 dollars via a fake horse race.
In Morgantown West Virginia on June 7 local church members filed complaints with the Board of Education over high school teachers who dance. Petitioners threaten to keep their children from school if dancing continues while about two thirds of teachers attend dances regularly.
Gov Joseph M Brown and Mrs traveled through Commerce Carnesville Lavonia on a friendly goodwill tour. They greeted residents, kissed babies, and spoke briefly at Carnesville court house. Brown praised Georgia people for openness and hospitality during the old fashioned style visit.
In Baltimore on June 7 4000 terrapins rose from a mud pond at Tawes Co Crisfield to respond to a dinner bell. The event drew Governor Goldsborough and party to observe a false alarm as 4600 heads appeared above the surface.
San Francisco June 7 Mrs Clara Bradley grand president of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen spoke here endorsing women as engineers conductors and even firemen in railroading Transportation companies may soon employ women to operate oil burning engines and enter the industry in growing numbers as the levels and tasks expand to them.
Farrell, PA June 7 William Owens master doorkeeper of the Protective Bachelors' Club was expelled after a stormy meeting. He admitted his intent to marry his wife as soon as she named a date, becoming the first member to break the oath of the ironclad institution.
Boston notices a one handed woman seeks left hand glove savings through Mrs. Annie Huntress Orcutt of Melrose. She lost her left hand and wears gloves sized five and three quarters to six. The plan uses cooperation with another left hand amputee to share gloves, aided by a story of lost and mourning.
A Baltimore hospital completed a complex reconstruction of a burned girl's chin and mouth after weeks of treatment. A flap of skin from the abdomen, attached to the arm, was used to create circulation and grafts, finally joining to the lips and chin so the child could eat speak and move normally. The patchwork appearance remains visible only upon close inspection.
Boston June 7 A Unitarian pastor denounces Genesis chapters as myths at the Free Religious Association convention. He urges discarding the Garden of Eden tale and post mortem Christianity, proposing a new civilization symbolized by a white flag with a star over tenements.
Henry Francis Shoemaker, famed rail financier, learns from Seattle that his grandson Henry Perry, born through adoption by Dr. Richard Perry, must revert to the Shoemaker name as the will condition required. The court voided the adoption, restored the name, and kept custody with Mrs. Beatrice Barclay Shoemaker Perry.
Mt Vernon NY June 7 Mrs Cora C Hughes sues George Hughes a wealthy Poughkeepsie resident for separation asking $50 weekly alimony and counsel fees pending trial. he is 70 and worth about 200000 while she is 42. In his answer he says his wife did most of the courting and proposed to him.
Mrs Kate Trimble Woolsey outlined plans for the Woman's Farm Colonization Society before the Woman's Press Club at the Waldorf Astoria. She said 8000 letters came from lonely, affluent women expressing interest in joining for companionship and purpose. The group has an option on 1000 acres within 50 miles of New York and will announce location and details soon. The colony will be an Adamless Eden at first but will not implement an anti matrimonial policy. each woman will be self supporting from produce.
In St Patrick's Cathedral Harrisburg during an early morning service a few days old baby girl was found in a rear pew. A note attached to the blanket asked that she be baptized Margaret Mary Vincent and placed in a Catholic home.
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