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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1912
Page
54
Describes the prison farm with eighty five cultivated acres including wheat oats and rye, a well supplied dining room, and a new system adding pleasant meal hours. Details the tuberculosis camp with sixteen tents and a sun room, surrounded by flowers and vegetables tended by inmates, plus the presence of many pets and skunk capture incidents.
A six month experiment at Atlanta federal prison ends with 800 inmates enjoying meals and conversations under a policy of lenient rules. Warden William H. Moyer nurtures reforms, education, and work programs to reshape inmates into law abiding citizens while expanding prison facilities and preserving humane treatment.
A traveling salesman in a southern railway eatery asks for two boiled eggs at breakfast. The waiter, a smiling old darkey, explains he brought three because one of them ought to fail the customer, reflecting the era’s casual humor and racial stereotypes.
A garbled advert claims a bowel machine must be treated gently and laments clogging. It touts pills named Casca Royel-Pilla with Castor Oil as a natural purge, urging care over violent methods and promising relief from sickness.
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