The Democratic Party of Georgia Urges Voter Registration
The Georgia Democratic Party promotes continued political activity ahead of October and November elections urging wide primary registration. It warns of northern efforts to suppress Southern ballot rights and stresses the need to show militant civic engagement through up-to-date registration.
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Democratic Party of Georgia
Party of Tomorrow
Charles L Bartlett
Harrison
Bartlett
Macon News
Georgia
Congress
Khim
State Committee
Quitman
J. Pope Brown
Brown
Neeto
Georgia white primary argument stirs reform drive in farmer-led stance
The piece argues that Georgia should abandon negro votes and rely on white primaries to curb crime and restore order. It cites President Brown, Atlanta, and county shifts, praising stricter registration and white voter supremacy as democratic duty. It also critiques The St Louis Globe Democrat and Porto Rico tariff debates as partisan tactics.
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Brown
Georgia
Atlanta
Democratic Party
H 3B Milne
The Globe-Democrat on President’s Sugar Trust Bill
The Globe-Democrat claims the president’s signature will magically resolve the sugar trust bill, declaring honesty and justice depend on that act and predicting a sweeping 1900 Republican victory. It attacks reform-minded Republicans who oppose party leaders and warns that dissenters are slandered.
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St Loui Globe- Democrat
McKinley
Porto Rico
Globe-Democrat
Sugar Trust
Globe- Democrat
Grosvenor
Ohio
St Lows
Middle West
Hanna
Republican Party
Hve
Thais Globe-Democrat
Quitman's Call to Organize Trade and Civic Enterprise
An editorial urges Quitman and Georgia towns to form boards of trade to boost local industry, attract external business, and build cotton factory opportunities. It argues every county seat could become a thriving center with organized effort, stronger enterprise, and frequent business meetings.
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Quitman
Board of Trade
Georgia
Just from Georgia A Spring Ditty and Political Snippets
A collection of verse and satirical vignettes from Georgia, mixing rural imagery with political humor. Includes poems about springtime beauty and progress, brief notes on education campaigns, and a humorous account of a candidate’s failed bid for office with social commentary on voters and prices.
Free Rural Delivery Grows Divides System Into Four Divisions
The Post Office Department expands its rural free delivery into four divisions. Eastern division centers in New York with E H Hathaway in charge. middle division in Indianapolis led by F M Dice. western division based in Denver under William E. Annin. southern division headquartered in Washington with H. C. Conquest Clark in charge. Effective May 1.
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Postoffice Department
Washington
New York
Insta Territory
New England
Pennsylvania
E H Hathaway
Indianapolis
Lnd
Ohie
Missouri
Louisiana
F M Dice
Towa
Tsa
Denver
William E. Annin
H. C. Conquest Clark
Peck's Sun Suspends Publication in Milwaukee
The weekly humorous Peck's Sun announced suspension in Milwaukee on April 8. Ex Governor George W. Peck, its publisher, cited the rise of cheap daily newspapers and magazines eroding the market for weekly comics and light reading.
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Peck’s Sun
Milwaukee
Wis
Peck's Sun
George W. Peck
Old Gate City Guard flag to be returned to memorial hall
A reminiscence by Wallace Putnam Reed recalls Captain William L. Ezzard and the Gate City Guard of the Civil War era. The coming presentation of the old flag, never captured and returned from the north, is seen as a significant civic event. Reed praises Ezzard, notes the guard’s era, and shares anecdotes about Ezzard’s leadership and charity. He also comments on Atlanta engraving progress and local newspaper quirks.
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Gate City Guard
William L. Ezzard
Ezzard
Georgia
Pennsacola
Macon
Daughters of the Confederacy
Confederacy
Wallace Putnam Reed
No Exclusive Leases For Mining Lands Proposed
Washington April Several congressional bills referred to Commissioner Herman for judgment on merits. One seeks exclusive leases for taking purposes on lands below high water mark with a 3000 bond. Herman opposes, citing Cape Nome as implicit area and danger to poor miners. Another bill would lease arid public lands for grazing.
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Washington
Congress
Herman
General Land Office
United States
Cape Nome
Provao
Passing Throng and Oddities From Atlanta Note
A sprawling column surveys springtime topics in Atlanta including women’s evolving roles, biblical authorship debates led by Dr Harnack, Dewey Hobson political talk, and local oddities from a spring parade of incidents. It also reports Easter planning, church floral displays, and remarks by Ignatius Donnelly on Baconian theory in Shakespeare.
Flowers for Grant park from a southern lady editor
A reader urges city council to beautify Grant park with southern flowers especially the yellow jasmine. She praises its natural beauty and odor, notes it grows along Stone Mountain, and urges planting while in bloom. Roots should be secured within ten days.
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Southland
Grant Park
Stone Mountain
Why a Racial Mistake Was Made About Julius Harris
Julius Harris of Newark and later New Orleans rode in the blind baggage on the Atlanta and West Point line. He was mistaken for a Black man by a police sergeant, then housed with white prisoners after a dust-filled arrival in Atlanta. Harris joked he is white and seeks a proper wash to remove soot as he contemplates more cleaning. He is slated as a star performer in a police matinee.
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Navy
Washington
Jefferson
Congress
Supreme Court
United States
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Engish
Hfe
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Theodore Harnack
Berlin
St Paul
Harnack
Priscilla
Aquila
Dr Harnack
Dr Harnacks
Germany
Dr Warnack
Dewey
Gus Morrow
Jonesboro
Hobson
Colonel Calloway
Cus
Liabso
Jow
Atlanta
West Point
Montgomery
Julius Harris
Newark
New Orleans
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Stat On Sergeants
Julius
Julies
Inilus
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