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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
7
An eclectic 1908 Atlanta based notice page includes ads for NICHOLE & HOLLIDAY and CONSTITUTION PUBLISHING CO, mentions Joseph Torrigan, street addresses, and miscellaneous notices. It mixes Mercury travel notices, editorials, and humorous remarks about politics, war talk, and local curiosities reflecting a national news tone.
The Athens city commission approved a 75000 bond issue with absolutely no opposition to fund sewerage water facilities and park recreation improvements. One third of the issue will expand the state university campus park, while the measure aims to reduce disease risk, improve fire protection, and provide healthy living conditions, contrasting Athens progress with Atlanta’s delays in essential services.
The piece argues New York GOP and Democratic bosses feud over leadership and revenge. Murphy against McCarren paves the board for future mayoral battles, weakening New York's national political influence amid intraparty strife and corruption allegations.
Dr. Jen G. Broughton raised about 10000 in a month to support his hospital project in Atlanta. Donations from Georgia, the United States, and England fund an infirmary, with wards for children and cripples and private rooms for specific cases. The piece praises spontaneous public support and invites further Georgians to cooperate.
Georgia citizens urged to stay calm and analyze politics themselves not be swayed by others. The Constitution provides unbiased material to form verdicts on grave issues, with gravity and conservatism urged. Mentions candidates, Beveridge talk, and college audiences in a periodary plea for independent judgment.
A collage of verse and snippets from a rural settlement, noting cheerful calls of hooray and observations on life in the green old world. It features humorous anecdotes about train timetables, local stores, and a cheeky court ruling over a two gallon jug break. The tone recalls a late 19th or early 20th century rural newspaper column.
Fraser Davis, a traveling salesman in Atlanta, argues against the county unit rule and suggests the public should demand fair nomination processes. He criticizes railroad passes for insiders, warns against interference with property rights, and calls for workers to seek prosperity without toppling value systems. He urges Georgia leaders to stop demagoguery and support genuine reform.
Dr A M Soule head of the agricultural department at the State University will address the Georgia Normal and Industrial College in Milledgeville tonight. President Parks is to be congratulated on bringing Dr Soule to the city and farmers group led by George Hollingahead and John A Ridley adds to local interest in sericulture and scientific agriculture methods.
A chorus of Georgia papers from Dublin to Vidalia argue over reform plans and the 4 June primary. They criticize county representation shifts, whisky politics, and Governor Smith's tenure, while some papers back Brown's campaign and call for change to revive business and finance statewide.
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