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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1908
Page
11
Snatches of political commentary and satirical remarks touch on senators governors and elections. The text mocks statements about Thaw Congress and casting votes while referencing Castro Rockefeller and Hobson. It preserves names like Senator Davia and Governor Jotnran in a garbled old newspaper voice.
Telegraphic reports warn that a drop in cotton prices harms all southern industry and prompt calls to apply cause and effect. Richard H Edmonds argues the south caused its own misery through anti-corporate and anti-railroad sentiment and urges sanity, justice, and conservatism to restore capital and employment.
The article argues that political and business interests shifted to back Taft after fear of losing influence. It claims these interests would rather back the party that has previously favored them, seeing the Republicans as more favorable to their aims than the Democrats. It predicts Taft at Chicago and Bryan at Denver, with interests seeking a favorable outcome for the next president.
An exhortation praising postwar reconciliation across America. It recalls Gettysburg and Manassas, honoring sixties veterans while urging unity, peace, and prosperity. The author laments past bloodshed and salutes a new generation carrying forward sacred convictions for a tranquil, cooperative national destiny.
A Georgia newspaper recounts a memorial parade in Billville with humor about the coroner’s wooden leg and a lively postwar reminiscence. Readers hear verses about the Civil War, old soldiers, and a chaotic hat toss during Dixie music as townsfolk reflect on memory and endurance.
A Georgia reader presses Governor Smith to state his position on immigration. The letter alleges a lack of clear answer and criticizes perceived political attacks. It also notes controversy over immigration agent privileges amid a broader 1908 campaign context.
The Chinese boycott has disrupted the Toya Kisen Kaleha line with South American service suspended as ships lack passengers and freight south of China. In Nashville Tennessee Dr Thomas A Madden aged 84 renowned southern physician has died at his home.
Interview with Richard W. Edmonds, editor Manufacturers' Record, argues capital seeks safe, well-protected investment but politics and muckraking deter southern growth. Highlights Argentina and Canada investment, railroads, and southern potential, noting England and northern capital shifts and the protective stance needed for durable development.
Farmlands along Lake Kije east of Huron report hundreds of ducks found dead near the Maumee river mouth. A small insect resembling a flea fetters many heads feathers, but experts cannot yet determine if it explains the wholesale destruction.
The United Presbyterian Church in the United States will close a fiscal year with a deficit between 175,000 and 200,000 dollars as the boards of foreign missions home missions freedmen and church extension respond to the appeal. The general assembly is set to meet in this city on May 27.
Roth Colt of Chicago, and 42 year old Dalley of Aurora, were killed when a car struck a vehicle in front of an Elgin and Aurora area farm. Dalley, 42, was on his way to the farm and intended to travel to California to be with his wife.
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