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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1912
Page
3
Various subscription rates and terms for The Constitution plus subscriber notices. Includes travel reps, nonresponsibility for advanced payments, and campaign political quips and satirical musings about Taft Longworth Clark Cannon and other figures.
The New York Journal of Commerce notes unusually calm business sentiment as campaigns unfold. Crop prospects improve profits, rails run higher traffic, and general industry gains back confidence, especially in the south. Bankers like Benjamin W. Hunt forecast a strong season. despite political noise, lasting stability emerges as a national conviction. The Baltimore Manufacturers Record echoes an optimistic outlook for 1912, suggesting the era of presidential hard times may end.
Boston mayor Fitzgerald known as Honey Fitz proposes a season long boycott of beef, urging a menu of vegetables fish eggs and beans. He argues less meat suits hot weather and may reduce heat related discomfort and illness, praising the diet shift as a prudent public stance.
The piece reflects relief at the adjournment of Parliament until October 7 after seven months of turbulent debate. It highlights Liberal leadership under Asquith and Lloyd George, England's move toward democracy and paternalism, reform in taxation, naval preservation, and the impact on the lower classes, while noting public unease about ongoing readjustment and business conditions.
The patriarch nicknamed the grand-daddy of the GOP dies at an advanced age in Kansas City. His passing is marked as the party appears moribund amid bull moose intrigue and infighting between Taft supporters and progressives. His death spares him witnessing the party’s near demise and disintegration after its founding era.
A collection of humorous poems and dialogue pieces with rustic dialect featuring Mister Melon Possum and Rabbit, a tale of Satan on the road, morning troubles, and a playful cartoon about suffragettes. includes verses on joy, life’s burdens, and a fiddler’s tune.
In Greensboro Georgia August 11 1911 the Greensboro bar announces unanimous support for Judge Hom J Pottle for reelection to the court of appeals. They praise his six month term record and urge the people to endorse his reappointment. The resolution is signed by bar members Miles W Lewis Noel P Park Joseph G Faust James Davison Joseph P Brown J M Morrow T G Morrow F B Shipp H G Lewis Ph Robinson George A Merritt Samuel H Sibley.
Tokyo reports express appreciation for Sec retary of State Knox as he plans to attend Emperor Matsuhito’s September funeral. Prince Katsura, back in Japan, visits the palace and is admitted to the chamber with the body in state.
Georgia state board of health provides Pasteur treatment at no cost for all suspected hydrophobia cases from animal bites. Since starting three years ago about 1,500 persons have been treated directly or through physicians, with only one death in the period, a child from a severe facial wound. The process uses brain tissue from a hydrophobic rabbit to create the virus and twenty one daily injections.
Crisp and Houston counties join state health efforts to eradicate hookworm under Dr. A. G Fors. Each county boards contributed 150 dollars. Worth County reports 1194 examinations with 762 infected and treated, 76 receiving a second treatment and 2 needing a third.
The Seaboard Airline Railway company declined to assent to a tax increase and was assessed for Georgia property at 13 140 908 by Comptroller General Wright. It had returned 10 842 349 this year with new property worth 173 008, while the 1911 return was 11 834 359. Wright refused a reduction and insisted on a substantial increase. the matter will go to arbitration.
Baltimore dispatch reports The Manufacturers Record notes a broad revival in U.S. business. Iron production may reach a record high this year, steel demand is strong, cotton goods improving, lumber recovering, and railroads expanding capacity. Crops look abundant with grain yield possibly the largest ever, boosting farm and manufacturing activity.
Macon Ga August 11 Special The Interstate Commerce Commission granted a claim by the Macon freight and traffic bureau saving local manufacturers of mixed feedstuffs from a sixty cent per ton extra rate. A single Macon commercial feeds maker will save about sixty dollars daily.
New Orleans August 11. Weather remains the chief market influence for cotton this week as September condition figures approach. Reports note improved crop conditions since the last update, with rainfall varying by region and rains needed in the west. Sunshine in the east may trigger selling, while continued rainfall could delay gains. In Memphis the crop shows overall improvement with activity concentrated in the Mississippi Valley and Alabama. insect pressure remains limited though boll weevil appears in Mississippi and caterpillars in Alabama. The Times-Democrat reports July progress across the belt with modest gains and optimism tempered by continued backwardness and variable insect impact.
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