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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1902
Page
8
The notice states uniform annual rates for subscriptions: five dollars a year for The Daily Constitution six days a week, seven dollars for The Daily Constitution and The Sunday Constitution with no exceptions. No traveling agent may offer subscriptions at a different rate. Also listed are terms for daily and weekly subscriptions and a partial annual rate with Sunny South.
A 1902 notice from Constitution Publishing Co and affiliates lists traveling representatives and city collectors. The editorial defends the South’s right to fair shares of high government appointments and critiques Republican neglect of southern officials including cabinet posts and Supreme Court seats.
The article notes a shift in foreign trade as consular reports for the current month show rising exports to various nations while the US begins shipping more goods it previously imported. It highlights how American manufacturing is advancing in products once dominated by foreign suppliers, signaling a shift in global trade dynamics.
The text extols rapid growth in American manufacturing, highlighting silk production for export to France, tinware dominance over Wales, and cotton goods sales in England. It notes shifts from dependence on European suppliers to self sufficiency, with continued expansion in agriculture and favorable trade momentum.
The piece disputes Poultney Bigelow’s claim that Prince Henry of Prussia’s U S visit was aimed at unsettling German American loyalty. It argues German Americans remain loyally patriotic and ready to defend the United States, urging Bigelow to adjust his perspective and avoid broad misreadings of international events.
A historical note traces the bicycle craze decline from 103000 League of American Wheelmen members in 1895 to under 10000 in 1902. It recalls the era when bicycles influenced politics, journalism, and daily life, with broad adoption across society and even party platform discussions.
The piece notes the bicycle craze is a thing of the past as pedestrians fear safety and social chatter revolved around wheels. It recalls political sniping, extradition debates, and Cabinet wars while labeling recent talk as overdone and temperate cycling likely to return only modestly.
Readers from Alabama and Georgia debate the date of a historic freeze. John F. Ralls recalls a 1849 event on April 6 with wheat destroyed and May 16 proposed by others. OE Callaway argues the impact occurred in May, not April, based on crop conditions and local memory.
A compilation from Augusta Tribune Thomasville Times Enterprise Knoxville and Nashville papers questions Atlanta’s status. It ponders Chicago inviting Kruger linked to Jeffries Fitzsimmons, social stigma and a blue book of top residents. It notes Atlanta’s water pricing and the urge to study its methods.
A clipped note from Quitman Advertiser and Thomasville Times Enterprise cites The Constitution as scooping on a Plant system angle. It highlights Sam Smeli’s sharp paragraphs in The Constitution and their direct, spot on critiques.
A collage of verse and prose notes on springtime in Georgia, poems about weather and nature, light humor about authors and magazines, brief jokes, and regional observations. It includes quips about poets, a coffee and milk joke, and small local references to Whitsett and Georgia topics.
Washington April 1 Officials of the post office department back a bill to extend pneumatic tube mail service to large cities. New York has long used the system and promoters seek gradual expansion to Boston Baltimore Philadelphia Chicago and St Louis with Atlanta noted as a future beneficiary.
The Philadelphia Press notes a question about streetcar stopping rules in Pittsburg. It discusses near side versus far side stops, arguing far side stops reduce multiple stops and avoid mud around rear platforms, while near side stops once ensured cross streets were clear. It compares city practices and transit efficiency across major cities.
Georgia editors praise Rome as the northwest region's agricultural, mineral and industrial hub. They cite cotton receipts, Coosa valley wheat, peach orchards, and rising textile mills in Lindale and surrounding towns, plus potential oil prospects and strong investment from Chicago capitalists planning multiple wells.
Macon Georgia April 10 special report says Jon Winn Jr traveling representative for the N K Fairbanks Company in Jacksonville Florida telegraphs his brother in law J F Oliver and his sister Miss Fannie Winn that he is safe and asks publications about his disappearance to be dismissed Winn formerly worked for Winn Johnson Company and McCaw Manufacturing Company of Macon
In Macon Georgia a call was issued by the Democratic executive committee for the twenty second senatorial district to meet at the courthouse on Tuesday April 15 1902 at noon to fix a date for the senatorial primary and adopt rules. The meeting aims to set a date perhaps aligning with the state primary and a Forsyth mass meeting urged this action. Also noted are events from Americus Quitman and Macon involving travel to a Dallas reunion and a jail sentence for a local figure, plus a mining company attachment in Macon court records.
In Aiken on a sunny April afternoon Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt Mrs Elliott F Shepard and Miss Gladys Vanderbilt arrived by private car. After failing to find a carriage due to the town’s funeral crowds they hired an old hack pulled by a small colored boy and visited town. The party reportedly considers purchasing real estate.
General Boynton arrived from Columbus to urge a bill in the Ohio legislature to appropriate 25,000 for four monuments on Missionary Ridge. Each of the 71 Ohio regiments that fought there would have markers erected in their honor.
B Reynolds of Clio, Ala, about 50, was found dead at home this morning. Described as robust and highly esteemed, he leaves a widow and several children. Cause given as heart disease or apoplexy, shocking family and friends.
Indiana Geologist Blatchley warns that Indiana Illinois Ohio and Kentucky will endure a seventeen year locust plague this summer with Indiana bearing the heaviest burden. Appearance expected around May 1. He advises limiting fruit tree planting as the insects will destroy crops. Also reported Conductor J A Stutts killed in offerman Georgia after falling from a Plant system freight train. 25, Ravennah origin, one known relative in McColl South Carolina.
The Alabama Supreme Court today dismissed the appeal of Frank Duncan, the escaped Birmingham murderer. The ruling followed an order requiring him to appear by April 9 and submit to the court or have his case dismissed.
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