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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1903
Page
5
A jumble of political and social musings from marginal columns references to Roosevelt, Georgia pink peach blooms, post office finances, and rural trust concerns. The piece mocks public figures, New York fashions, and local journalists while weaving in satire about democracy, race, and entertainment. The tone is editorial and fragmented, reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper style.
In Augusta, a former congressman prosecutes a case against loan companies charging up to 20 000 percent interest. The piece denounces these lenders as parasites preying on the poor, calls for registration and police oversight, and urges caps on rates across the state. It also pushes for a city milk inspector to ensure clean milk and health. The column discusses labor, immigration, and race, citing McAfee on negro labor and Booker Washington’s path as a model for Southern progress.
Andrew Carnegie becomes a keen British political admirer, closely aligned with John Morley since Morley inspired his library grants. They mingle in London and at Skibo Castle, with Carnegie traveling to Westminster to support Morley and even applauding from the gallery, amid a lifestyle of intense political reading and discussion.
Special correspondence from London notes Sunday schools born a century ago on July 13 in Surrey Chapel. The centenary features American involvement led by Ambassador Choate and Mrs Choate, with a bazaar and ceremonies around July 14. Speakers include Rev F B Meyer and A Gurney Smith. celebrations span July, with aims to add a million scholars and raise 250000 for a centenary fund across Britain.
A new rural free delivery route will begin September 1 in Clarke County connecting Athens with Shackelford's store and linking to the Jefferson route, providing Athene a direct line to Jefferson with daily mail from both directions.
London July 24 The editor Sir James Crichton Brown fuels renewed debate over Jane Welsh Carlyle and Thomas Carlyle with posthumous revelations by Froude. Medical figures and aristocrats weigh in on Harris tweed claims while Langwill Zangwill and Mra Craigie face literary pressures. Henry Mayer plans new humor books as Bazin Masson win French acclaim. Serbia’s royal Karageorgevics figure in Paris literary circles. Humphry Ward returns to London to support education projects and attends gatherings with Jope Mason and Jacobs as Churchill Rosebery and others weigh in.
The Muffalo Enquirer recounts a humorous review by its sporting editor who covered a visiting minister’s sermon. The piece mocks sportswriting tropes, noting a perfect day, a packed crowd, and a vivid analogy laden sermon detailing pace, control, and dramatic turns from the pulpit to the platform.
The Textile Record argues that a cotton price rise affects all, noting global consumption of about 7.25 billion pounds annually. It highlights American dominance in consumption, with the United States using about 2.17 billion pounds and the rest of the world about 5.09 billion pounds, underscoring market power and global distribution.
A detailed analysis compares U S cotton use and production with the world, arguing that higher prices benefit the nation. It likens the country to a planter, notes per capita consumption, and estimates revenue gains from a sustained price around 11 cents. It contends foreign supply and domestic demand justify a higher long term level.
Augusta Chronicle reports Georgia lawmaker Martin V Calvin of Richmond backs a vagrancy bill defining who qualifies as a vagrant and outlining quicker arrest procedures and penalties. It targets loiterers around depots and taverns, requires officers to report suspects, and envisions crackdown to curb parasitic begging and idle living.
J H Thomas leader of the National Cornet band of this city announces a musical note fatal to the mosquito. At rehearsal last evening the band practiced a difficult composition in A minor with a solo for the first alto.
A report describes composer Fred Nixon and the high note A in an amateur piece killing mosquitoes at 900 vibrations per second. Observers note paralysis of eyes and ears, claim an imaginary amateur band could exterminate mosquitoes in New Jersey meadows in three days.
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