London Office advertising and subscription details
Announcement for the London Office of The Constitution, Trafalgar Buildings, Trafalgar Square. Readers invited to use facilities and make the office their headquarters. Subscription rates, traveling representatives, city collectors, and postage rates listed. Based in Atlanta, Ga.
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Trafalgar
Trafalgar Square
London
Constitution Office
Geo
Horton
W. Wi
Ovfrary
Charles H. Donnelly
O. Cain
L. BR. Wit
LCDX
T. BR. Cargill
Alabama
M. J. Willingham
J. M. Jackson
Monsta
The
Postoffice
Atlanta
Nichols & Holliday
Constitution Building
The Inscrutable Turk a Diplomatic Chess Master
Atlanta April 26 1900 The Inscrutable Turk is praised as a skilled diplomat whose restraint and tactics keep his ramshackle domain intact amid European pressure. Observers, including General Lew Wallace, suggest the sultan Abdul Hamid deserves admiration for prudence and shrewd penetration as he guards his realm against encroachment.
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East
United States
Lew Wallace
Abdul Hamid
Europe
Moving the Fruit Crop At Fort Valley Railroads urged to support farmers
The fruit growers at Fort Valley lament missing railroad representation and appeal to the railroad commission for action. They note an expected crop of at least 3,000 carloads and press Central and Southern Railroads to provide transportation and market access to sustain earnings and dividends. The column criticizes railroads for silence and urges decisive cooperation to enable farmers to grow and ship produce.
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Fort Valley
Railroad Commission
Central
Southern
Railroads urged to seek farmers’ meetings for mutual gain
A speaker argues Georgia railroads ignore a vast opportunity in engaging with farmers. He likens a hidden gold mine to unexploited potential profits and urges managers to attend farmers’ meetings, break routine, and foster state collaboration to raise stockholder wealth.
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Deen
Georgia
Duty and ridicule mark a presidential moment in public cheers
The audience and Harrigan's listeners reacted to a plain duty joke aimed at McKinley over Porto Rico. The piece notes how the administration’s use of duty as a political cue provoked laughter and good natured scorn, a rare instance of presidential absurdity in public favor.
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Harrison
Sensible Tom Watson Remains Steady In Public Life
The article lauds Hon. Thomas E. Watson for his consistent common sense and firm political stance. It notes his dazzling rise to Congress, reputation in the federal legislature, and disillusionment after a failed vice presidential bid leading him to vow never to reenter public life and to focus on law and literature.
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Tom Watson
Preas
Thomas E. Watson
Iis
Paracht
Watson
Hke
Record urges juvenile reformatory for Atlanta voters
Recorder Broyles appeals to Atl ante residents to back a May 15 vote for a juvenile reformatory to spare young offenders from city stockades. He warns that mixing youths with hardened criminals corrupts their morals and impedes reform, urging citizens to consider their neighbors' children.
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Recorder Broyles
Atlanta
Recorder
Audience Roar Highlights American Humor at Missionary Conference
At a New York missionary conference ex President Harrison joked about the “simple duties” of the President provoking laughter. The moment drew a giggle and a roar as observers noted the American taste for humor in public life.
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New York
Harrison
McKinley
Vacation boarding bonanza seen in Georgia rise
The piece argues that rural Georgia could reap ten million dollars yearly by offering affordable summer board for city families. It cites New Hampshire’s bureau of labor findings on summer lodging revenue and suggests farmers in Gilmer and Cherokee counties can profit by hosting visitors.
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New Hampshire
Bureau of Labor
New England
North Georgia
Boston
Farmer Jones
Gilmer County
Cherokee County
Atlanta
Georgia
Segee
Augusta reform candidates in Richmond County politics
Richmond County politics see a reform push as two Augusta citizens Henry B. King and E. A. Baxter announce for the legislature on a clear businesslike platform. Colonel W. F. Findley and J. D. Lawrence also declare, with others listing. The column blends local candidacies and a joke from The St. Louis Globe-Democrat about a butter judge.
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Richmond County
Augusta
Henry B. King
E. A. Baxter
Gacy
Long Range Shooting and Florida Growth Highlight Historic Column
A column recalls Boer riflemen in Transvaal and Georgia Colonel Burke marking long range shoots with Creedmoor rifles at 100 yards, noting wind and distance effects. It then shifts to R. A. Hemphill’s Florida trip, detailing orange groves, celery near Sanford, Punta Gorda cassava, Ft Myers vegetables, and burgeoning citrus and pineapple production, with rail transport boosts and Atlanta trade optimism.
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Transvaal
New Hotaha_ Springs
J.f.burke
W. R. Hammond
Emory Speer
Creedmoor
Burke
West Point
Tampa
Mr. Hemphil
Gulf
Punta Gorda
Edward Atkinson
Ft. Myera
Charlotte Harbor
Savannah
New York
Martyrdom poem and editor letters on loyalty and justice
Louise Hodges shares Sam Davis homage with John Trotwood Moore poem in Tennessee martyr narrative. W. C. McCall of Quitman criticizes Langley on Jim Baker case, defends speedy trial and accountability, questions lunacy claims and community role. April 24, 1900.
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Sam Davis
Constitution
Southland
Palaela Bera
John ‘Trotwood Moore
Tennessee
Louise T. Hodges
Langley
Community
Particepa Criminis
Baker
Mr. Langley
Mr. Baker
Georgia
Judge Candler
Atlanta
Rosen
W. C. McCall
Quitman
Bee culture hopes and fruit crop optimism in Georgia
The Busy Bee notes Camilla and Miss Coachman’s home apiary as a testbed for profitable bee culture with Italian stock. Oglethorpe area reports abundant fruit blooms and strong garden prospects despite frost and dry weather. Marshalville residents anticipate a bumper fruit crop and high quality produce, with country editors excited about blackberries and peach trees full of fruit.
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Camilla
Clancn
Stoken
Walton
Camila
Miss Coachman
Oglethorpe
Marshalville
Pneumatic tubes eyed in post office plan for Atlanta
The post office appropriation under debate in Congress would fund pneumatic tubes to move mail faster, with Atlanta among southern cities listed for inclusion. The system would cut transit times, lower costs, and extend to large stores like Wanamaker's in Philadelphia. A farmers meeting in Macau on the 12th aims to unite cotton producers into a South wide association to better market crops, while national politics ponder potential Exposition impacts on the election.
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Congress
Atlanta
New York City
New Orleans
Memphis
Harlem
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Wanamaker's
Batchelder Company
Batchelder
Post Office
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Senate
Atlante
Macau
South
Farmerag
Georgia
Southern Cotton Producers’ Association
Paderewski Critique Draws Mixed Wedding of Wit and Doubt
A Kansas paper sketches a biting but amused portrait of Paderewski, detailing his erratic approach to the piano and the disconnect between sensational polish and genuine artistry, while readers react to the performance with sharp sarcasm and disbelief.
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Paderewski
Kansas
Critlc
Palander
Bible Institute Planned by Tabernacle Church
The Tabernacle church plans a permanent Bible Institute on a lot behind the Tabernacle on Harris Street. Dr. Broughton, with supporters including A. C. Dixon and R. A. Towey, aims to house classrooms, libraries, and missionary offices in a two story brick building costing about 10,000 dollars. The institute will be non sectarian with daily Bible instruction and missionary training and a nationwide trusteeship.
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Tabernacle
Tabernacle Bible
Broughton
Tabernacle Church
Harris Street
Bible Institute
Jr. Broughton
A. C. Dixon
D.D
Brooklyn
R. A. Towey
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Bible Training and Missionary Institute
Bible Conferences
Ita
E. H. Peacock
Powers Street
Baptist
Love Lock Hidden in Century-Old Cottonwood Remnant
In Chicago Heights a large cottonwood cut for stove wood revealed a wooden peg and auburn hair inside a five inch cavity. The tree stood seventy five feet high and thirty inches at the stump, with the pin placed about five feet above ground. Authorities estimate the hair remained for forty one years, dating back to a romance tied to pioneer Jack Forge’s farm. Local efforts seek the lovers or their heirs and the story has stirred community interest.
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Pittsburg
Chicago Heights
W. H. Drake
Jack Forge
Embarrassed Mother Draws Stares on Germantown Car
A well dressed woman with a baby attracted passengers on a Germantown car. The child tugged a bonnet revealing no hair, causing amusement until the mother quickly left, cheeks flushed, walking with the baby tucked under her arm and cooing about her pretty hair.
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Philadelphia Times
Spring Garden Street
ONeill withdraws from Atlanta race amid fee dispute
Former judge James F L Neill announces his withdrawal from the race for Atlanta’s solicitor position after a controversy over fees and impartiality. He cites duty to the public and his legal practice, urging voters to consider fairness, while noting the impact on the upcoming election and the race’s four candidates.
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Salict
Atlanta
Kis Ds
Hu B. Blackburn
A'R Bir
O’neill
Almecif
Ato
O Neill
Orcasion
Rinal Court of
Atlantic Son
Fulton
Futon
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