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Readable fragments mention a constitution and various names such as Howell, Hemphilly, Bas, and Mate with unclear context or roles. Further details are not available in the surviving text.
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1900
Page
5
Readable fragments mention a constitution and various names such as Howell, Hemphilly, Bas, and Mate with unclear context or roles. Further details are not available in the surviving text.
Public notice from the Constitution Publishing Co announces subscription drive with agents listed for travel in Alabama and other regions. It invites Southern London readers to use facilities at Trafalgar Buildings and outlines postage, edition, and rate details.
Atlanta April 4 1900 Georgia proclaims its progress in political reform tracing the rise of the primary system. The piece credits Oglethorpe era settlers and describes how racial unity and democratic initiative shaped the modern Georgia primary and state election process.
A Georgia political call to action urges immediate voter registration as the state moves toward a legal primary system. It emphasizes democratic duty, warns against neglect, and advocates early enrollment to mobilize voters and strengthen the party's influence nationwide.
A letter from Honry Crawford of Lowndes County supports an early primary and mandatory registration. The county committee has set a May 15 primary for county officers, with county clerks visiting districts to ensure full registration. The letter argues the plan enjoys broad voter approval and will yield record registration for the Georgia primary.
A Sun letter from a Kentuckian in New York urges Mr Murphy to bring maize products to the city and open a corn bread making school. He says New York hotel cooks mismake corn bread and argues the subject has national importance as the Constitution references refinement and civilization.
A nostalgic essay on corn bread and corn meal, praising water-ground meal for health and flavor while condemning steam-ground and adulterated flours. It recalls Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and Alcott enjoying corn dishes, notes regional tastes, and urges laws and public sentiment to revive corn meal cuisine with authentic methods and skilled millers.
A reflection on impostors and swindles across the nation. The piece argues cities like Chicago and Boston join New York in being paradise to impostors, with cranks birthing sects and bogus schemes thriving amid population growth. It notes reformers and politicians inwardly criticizing, while satire targets figures like Ex-Speaker Reed and Beveridge as hypocritical promoters of dubious ventures. The article ends contemplating whether a "brand new deal" would help or harm the republic.
A cluster of poems and literary notes from a Georgia page. It includes lines on Nature's indifferent power, the resilience of time, and the beauty that dusts thrones. Also features verses referencing mules, spring humor, and praise for The Goose Quill magazine with excerpts from Ernest McGaffey and Rudyard Kipling.
Seventy plus graduates were awarded medical licenses at a grand Atlanta ceremony held in the Grand Opera House. Dr Charles E Dowman of Emory delivered the annual oration, praising the profession while trustees reported the college’s strong merger success and rising status in southern medical education.
The Georgia College of Eclectic Medicine and Surgery will hold its annual commencement at the Grand opera house tonight. Ree W B Stradley will deliver the address as part of an attractive program inviting public attendance.
In Charleston, South Carolina, federal circuit court carried over to the next term the case against Lake City citizens charged with lynching a postmaster named Baker and burning the Post Office in 1898. The 1898 trial concluded with an unclear result and no final conviction.
On the list of forty eight young ladies who recently graduated from the law department of the University of New York appears Katherine Reed daughter of ex Speaker Thomas B Reed of the national house of representatives. Few will practice law. most took the course for understanding. Reed gains a chancellors certificate authorizing her to assist her father in court if needed.
The article notes Miss Kathdurine Reed as a social figure in Washington, described as bright and intellectual and fond of riding. It then surveys Boer leadership after General Joubert’s death, naming commanders Hans Botha Olivier Tom Kelly Franz Joubert Schoeman and others, with Kruger and Cronje discussed and Olivier praised for a tactical retreat to safety under British pressure.
Racine is now Democratic with a March victory as the treasurer ranks high in Wisconsin. Fondu Lac Democrats sweep their ticket by roughly 50 percent. Tacoma reports a Republican win for mayor over a citizen candidate by about 50. In Galesburg Illinois the Republican slate carries the city by 1,500, with one alderman re-elected.
South eastern Tariff Association plans its annual gathering at Shoreham hall Washington DC on April 18 with 16 to 20 Southern insurance men expected. President Gay and several Atlanta figures named as possible new president. Rates likely to be discussed with possible boosts in Savannah Augusta Columbus and other cities.
Telegram reports the death of Captain B M Turner of Barnesville from Brights disease after a five year illness. Born 1926 in Barnesville, he was Mercer and Lumpkin Law School educated, served as railway mail service superintendent in Atlanta, led Barnesville Blues, later presided over Gordon Institute, and sat on the county board of education. He married Miss Mary Ela in 1869 and leaves a widow and four children. Surviving siblings include C A Turner of Macon and E Turner of Atlanta.
At dawn Withiam B Lowe, critically ill for days, remained in a deteriorating state with doctors reporting little hope of recovery. meanwhile Rock Island reports a new Republican council with twelve Republicans and two Democrats, a gain of six Republicans, and Republicans winning three county board seats.
The article notes internal debate over choosing a successor to Hugh McComer as president of the Central Railway system. Directors plan a meeting next Monday to elect a new head, amid uncertainty about attendance and the direction of the railroad’s leadership.
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