Untitled assorted 19th century notes on public figures
Fragmented column notes discuss Elia Wilcox and marriage calm, a female club presidentess notion, horse swaps, Speaker Cannon, Atlas of Wall Street, a fugitive Billy Patterson alias Crawford, General Miles, Langley aviator, Lt Gen Young, a Papa Cleveland baby pram, patent medicines, a San Francisco anarchist, divorce critique, Democratic convention, King Ned, Irish politics, Missouri tearman, J Louis Post, GOP, mafia methods, Roosevelt and Taylor, and a Georgia police remark about honest subsistence.
Convicts Back in Georgia Roads Plan Draws Support
Georgia counties push to hire short term convicts for road work, aiming to mobilize 750 currently under five year sentences. Estimates claim 600 miles of macadamized roads could be built, boosting county systems and local value while reducing state confinement needs. A Palm for J Shelton Williams lauds his Seaboard leadership, and Grady Hospital trustees face scrutiny amid Atlanta public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton
Troup
Georgia
J. Skelton Williams
Seaboard Air Line
J. Shelton Williams
Seaboard Company
Willams
Williams
Vagrant Law Clarity and Grady Hospital Remarks
The piece defends Grady Hospital and its trustees against public clamor, cites few errors as rare, and urges confidence in management. It endorses the amended vagrant act as clear law, calls officials to enforce it, and condemns white and black loafers while urging work and removal of idle offenders for Georgia’s progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Hospital
Commonwealth
Imbor
Georgia
Nim
The Presidents Evil Policy In Lynching Debate
The article sharply criticizes the presidents Durbin letter amid lynching discourse. It argues others discuss the matter more openly and questions why the president injected the document into state actions. It suggests the letter reflects an accusing conscience and critiques its national audience framing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durbin
Evaneville
Roosevelt and the Lynching Crisis Debate in 1900s Era
A heated analysis accuses President Roosevelt of stoking racial tensions with his negro equality agenda. It argues his policies spurred mob violence by emboldening African Americans and calls for a candid letter to the black population to curb bias and restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Charleston
Arlington
Lincoln's Tomb
South
United States
Durbin
No Jeremiaha Need Apply
Richard H Edmonds editor of The Baltimore Manufacturers Record offers cheerful southern prosperity estimates. He forecasts cotton and seed revenue around 600 million to 700 million dollars within a year and northern farm goods near 100 million, totaling about 700 million. The cotton crop remains the great money crop despite its smaller share of southern agriculture.
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New York Sun
Richmond
Richard H Edmonds
Baltimore Manufacturers’ Record
South
Ita
Prom
Unclear fragment hints at personal gossip and marriage remarks
A fragmented note references a pinay being unseated and mentions married friends, reflecting vague social gossip rather than a clear event with identifiable persons or organizations.
Georgia Revival and Proverbs in Negro Dialect Verse
A fragment from a Georgia revival piece and a collection of humorous and moral rural verses. It includes dialect lines about keeping lamps burning for glory, observations on poverty and heaven, and witty quips from Brother Dickey about happiness, wisdom, and the next life. Brief satirical vignettes conclude with a talking possum and fiddle imagery.
Letters From The People The Legislature's Work
Editorial voice lauds Georgia's legislature for wholesome non retrograde laws. Highlights tax reforms adding nearly 30 million to state tax books, 5 mill tax cap proposal, local school taxes enabling a full education system, uniform text books, codification of school laws, Audubon bird protection, vagrancy control, road convict system, and anti lobbying stance. SJ Stewart commends balanced diverse lawmakers and prudent governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eadltor
Georgia
General Assembly
Wolding
Lawa
Friends
Winnie Davis
Stewart
State Gossip in Capitol Corridors Reveals Veto Delays
Governor will sign local school district bills after five day window though constitutionality of some measures is debated. Supreme Court precedents allow bills to pass without veto within five days post adjournment. Governor to appoint one health board member per district and five on the school book commission, amid concerns over chancellor eligibility and book publisher conflicts. Troup county bids for convicts under new lease law, while prison camp reports praise conditions and humane treatment. Supreme Court adjourns for summer with key cases to reconvene in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zénate
House
Supreme Court
Jaat Seaglon
Milla
Suprema Court
State Board of Health
Friends of Doctors
School Book Commission
State University
Terrell
State Board of Education
Astate
Troup
Troup County
Commissioners of
Prison Commission
Steed
Standing Committee On Penitentiary
Cole City
Hising Fawn
Milltown
Fargo
Heaertsease
Egypt
Millhaven
Adrian
Georgia
the Central Railway
Wallace
Morgan County
Fragmented State Press Sidelights and Legislative Comments
A montage from The Brunswick News and Macon News highlights cross state opinions on crime punishments, women’s fashion regulation, and farm issues. It cites editorials from Albany Herald, Moultrie News, and Walton Tribune on justice, the Milledgeville capital debate, and the California timber study, with notes on the Brooks County jail and Mamie DeCris lash controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie DeCris
Albany Herald
Milledeville
Walton Tribune
Bmilledgeville
Milledgeville
Geison Farm
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the Constitution
Clare Howell
Rosy Robinson
Ana
TERWE
Ouule
Sunnt South
W. H. Overbey
C H Donnant
W. W. Blackburn
Chas. & Moors Ant
Carrola Ourity
Messrs
James T Carter
Claude
Previe Fahieg
Atlanta
Elia Wheeler Wilcox
Speaker Cannon
Wall Street
Billy Patterson
France
Crawford
Eta
Miles
Repub- Veap
Langley
Young
Papa Cleveland
San Francisco
Ned
Missouri
Ncai
J. Louis Post
Behoberia
Otner Durbip
Taylor
Doss
Brooklyn Eagle
Piscatorius Cleveland
Baron Speckie
Paha
Drs
Tawhems
Ffs
Boston
eViemess City Bank
Momen
Grady Bh
Jeremiaha
Braff
Bourtey
Omy Bruffey
Story
Missedanville
Mamie de Cris
Bruffey
Kentucky
Louisville
Times
Wovercor
Paducah
Atlanta Constitution
Dickey
Hell
Wren
Brother Dickey
Texas
Bill
Bil
Ost
Merks
Adout Book Commission
Atrife
State Bar Association
Senate
Het Hon
Washington Dessau
State Press
Thomasville Times-Enterprise
Representative Mills
Allagood
DeCri
Brunswick News
Macon News
Quitman Free Press
Colquitt
Moultrie
Tham
Invendo
Brooks County
Brooks
California
Augusta Herald
Georgias
Jobby
Bacon Telegraph
Telegraph
Savannah Volunteer Guarda
Eupreme Court
Griffin
Molena
Pike County
Polly Willams
John Soniker
Willems
Baltimore Post
Joseph W. Baliey
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