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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1900
Page
2
Property between two Peachtree roads totaling 36 1 7 acres has been subdivided into 64 lots with 80 foot streets and 20 foot alleys. Written bids for 30 to 35 acres nearest the city will be received until April 15. If unsold, land will go to public sale May 1 by lot with one third cash and balance in one or two years at 7 percent interest.
The weekly crop bulletin shows favorable conditions through April 9 with fruits gardens and wheat improving. Mild weather and little rain supported farming while southeast regions faced cool spells and some frost. Corn planting advances from Kansas through Missouri into Oklahoma and southern Illinois.
Recorder Broyles presides as Darktown factions clash over a giraffe and a guinea pig act. Mary Ells and Johanna Thomas trade accusations while the crowd sides with their faction. fines are levied, and Johanna mocks the proceedings as Pat Cronin jokes about new town trouble.
District by district notes show winter wheat generally poor in many states from Michigan to New York, with Indiana and Ohio facing plow-ups for other crops. Southern states report variable wheat, cotton planting advancing, fruit outlook favorable, but with severe frosts in parts of the Carolinas and Georgia.
The report covers Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri. It notes mixed progress with delayed farm work in parts due to moisture and cold, but generally improving conditions, widespread planting and promising yields for cotton wheat oats and fruits including strawberries, vines, rice and cane, with early oats and corn advancing and gardens productive.
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