Atlanta Feeder Strengthens Its Railway Web
April 9, 1902 Atlanta bulletin notes the Louisville and Nashville system acquiring the Atlanta andville and Northern railroad, promising a direct feeder to Cincinnati Louisville and St Louis. The piece extols Atlanta as the South’s gateway and dynamo, linking East to Southwest and North to South, with rail networks feeding growth and industry. It praises Atlanta’s leadership in railway consolidation and the expected expansion of trade and resources.
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Atlanta
Atlantaville and Northern Railroad
Louisville and Nashville
Cincinnati
Louisville
St. Louis
Rome
Southern
Seaboard Air Line
Nashville
Chattanooga
Central of Georgia
Knox
The Augusta Labor Trouble and Mill Lockouts
A strike over a 2 10 per cent wage increase at King mill triggers wider conflict as Augusta district mills lock out about ten thousand operatives. The piece emphasizes lawful rights of employers and workers to organize and accept terms, and cites a New York court of appeals decision reinforcing democratic labor principles.
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Augusta
King
New York Court of Appeals
Journal of Labor
Georgia Constitution backs southern mills against eastern agitation
The Georgia Constitution pledges support to working people while warning against disruptive strikes or lockouts tied to eastern textile organizers. It argues mills are migrating south to leverage climate and cheaper labor, promising broad job opportunities and fair wages for locals, and urges workers not to be misled by agitators seeking to halt southern mill growth. The piece cautions that idle summers hurt workers as demand weakens in other sectors.
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Georgia
King Mill
Fall River
Algo
East
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Agriculture
Major Otey
Congress
Committee On Agriculture
Madger Otey
Freedmen’s Inquiry Commission
Irwin
Kentucky
United States
Louisville
Colonel Smith Declines Gubernatorial Run
Yesterday the Hon. James M. Smith of Oglethorpe County declined to enter the Democratic gubernatorial race. The Georgian farmer and former legislator is praised for his honest service, influence, and faithful public spirit. He remains a leader of opinion and a patriotic example, with future support anticipated.
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Colonel Smith
James M. Smith
Oglethorpe County
Georgia
Smith
Atlanta Concert and Festival Association Plans Next Season
The Atlanta Concert and Festival Association praises the past winter season for bringing N ordica Schumann Heink Witherspoon Gerardy and Bauer to Atlanta and notes a brilliant line up. Officers are elected and plans for the forthcoming season are underway. Interested bidders should contact treasurer F J Paxon to join before slots fill.
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Atlanta
F. J. Paxon
American Horses Abroad Demand Grows Worldwide
Reports from abroad show American horse flesh is rapidly in demand. Over six years Britain spent 35 million dollars in the U S for horses plus 600 million for males. Last year at least 75 thousand horses were shipped to England. Other buyers include Germany France Russia and Austria.
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Great Britain
United States
England
South Africa
Canada
Cuba
China
Philippines
Japan
British Columbia
British West Indies
Germany
France
Russia
Austria
Political jibes and notes from a diverse press moment
A sweeping, satirical column reviews political theatrics in 1900s America. It mocks Massa chusetts Democrats and Olney, laments Roosevelt and Hanna posturing, notes Charleston expo politics, Jingo stabs at Diaz and Diaz, pokes at Platt, Foraker, and Foraker’s fence view, and hints at a rumor mill about europe, the Schley case, and Spalding.
Atlanta Subtreasury Push Reported In The South
The piece notes Atlanta’s push for a subtreasury with support from regional business interests. It contrasts prison escapes in Atlanta with weather woes and political snippets from multiple Southern papers, including comments on Guerry and ongoing press scrutiny. It also cites a New York Press observation on shoplifters and satchels affecting shoppers.
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Douglasville
Atlanta
Birmingham
Ala
Birmaimgham
Age-Herald
Augusta
Gr) Herald
Union Depot
New York
By the Sounding Sea. Philadelphia Preas collage fragment
A fragment from a Philadelphia press column notes a fashionable young woman at the shore during Lent. The text includes garbled dialogue about a teenage advisory line and a cryptic remark, reflecting a fragmented OCR reading with unclear names and events.
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Philadelphia
Just From Georgia A Song of Memories
Fragmentary verses query memory and longing set against Maytime music and rain-sweetened air. The text contemplates dreams and shadowed lands, contrasting hopeful song with despair and a glimpse of lifelike beauty amid sorrow. An inserted dialog hints at a speech lesson for Johnny and a remark on potential fruit crop damage.
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Johnny
Replant the Forests and Oxford Scholarships Notes
Letters discuss forestry reforms inspired by the Illinois Central plan to plant catalpa for ties, advocating Georgia reforestation with native species. Other items explain Oxford Rhodes scholarships, and a long satirical column on diplomas and politics with local notes from Georgia in 1902.
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South
Illnois Central Railroad
Catalpa
Chicago
New Orleans
Georgia
W. W. Poole
Cochran, Ga
Royal Theatergoing by King Edward After End of Mourning
King Edward resumed theater visits after royal mourning, visiting five theaters to support managers facing losses from war and public mourning. He pays for boxes via agent George Ashton, avoids public notices of visits, and sometimes delays shows when boxes are prebooked by others. The king’s selections are carefully tested by entourage and press reviews.
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Edward
Prince of Wales
George Ashton
Bond Street
Prince
Albert Edward
Wales
Sandringham
London
Royal Box
Nwo
Lkely
Imperial Russians to Represent Court at Coronation
Grand Irioress Sergius of Russia and her husband the grand duke will represent the Russian court at the coronation in London. Sergius, a niece of King Edward, is praised as a beauty by many, daughter of Victoria’s line through Alice and the late grand duke of Hesse. Her possible marriage to Germany’s emperor was blocked by Bismarck.
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Bismarck
Sergius
Russia
Edward
Czarina
Victoria
Virgoria
Alice
Grand Duke
Hesse
Germany
Elizabeth of Hess
Novel Post Currency Plan Presented by McMillan
Washington reports on bills by Senator McMillan and Representative Gardner to create a postal currency called post checks. The plan would issue small denom paper money with blank spaces for sender and payee names and a 2 cent stamp, convertible to U S currency via post offices. It would destroy the note when canceled and issue a new one to maintain circulation.
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Washington
Congress
McMillan
Senate
Gardner
Michigan
House
United States
National Banks
Payéa
Treasury Department
Helder
Treasury
Sign
Meny
Otey
Peter Otey
Virginia
Atlanta
Sach
Goer
Window Gardens and the Secrets of Successful Boxes
Window gardens fail mainly from too little water. Apply at least two tablespoons daily and more in heat, ensuring runoff through cracks to saturate the soil. Choose sturdy varieties like geraniums, heliotrope, fuchsia, lantanas, petunias, phlox, sweet alyssum, and trailing vines to drape the box sides. Train a morning glory over a framework for a floral awning.
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Lippincott’s Magazine
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Sunny Beth
W. H. Overey
E. P. Guinn
W. G. McNelley
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L. L. Loving
James T. Carter
Claude A. Virgin
Constitution Publishing CQ
Nichols G Holliday
Charleston
Massachusetts
Ricard Olney
Tom Platt
South Carolina
Fitzimmons
Jeffries
Florida
Berlin
Waller
Ohio
Mark Hanna
Cleveland, Ohio
Roosevelt Club
Senator Foraker
Ea E
Manchuria
Presidente Roosevelt
Diaz
Champ Clark
John Chinaman
Arkansaw
Clay Evans
White House
Fairbanks
Indiana
Spalding
Paderewski
Kansas
Daffy
Albany Herald
Atlanta Constitution of
Atlantic Coast Line
Constitution
Gmerry
Bearseevale
TEL
Oxford
Oxford University
Cecil Rhodes
UN Mays
Badgefield
Dickey
Brother Dickey
Billville
Weather Bureau
Balzac
John
Edwin Markham
Edward Everett Hale
Mr. Markham
Br. L
W. R. Green
Berry Green
David Green
Alabama
Chairles Kenedy
Frost
Nathan Bennet
Hall
Fiost B. H. Hoodawson
R. N
Uniontown
P. Burt
Royal Theatergoing
M’millan
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