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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1906

Page

42

Amsterdam tobacco plantations of South Decatur Georgia

A vivid account of the Amsterdam tobacco plantations in South Decatur, Georgia, detailing management by Messrs A Cohn & Co. and Justin Bernstein, the 18 plantations with 2000 workers, shaded fields, packing houses, and daily operations. It highlights profits from tobacco, labor practices, community events, and regional growth in taxable property as evidence of the area's development.

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Bishop of Zanzibar notes leper baptisms in deathbed cases

A Ugandan bishop in Zanzibar reports that in a year over eighty lepers were baptized at the moment of death. The dying lepers, driven by piety, requested baptism and sacraments as death approached, in a sign of deep religious devotion within the Order of St Joseph of Muny.

Zanzibar St Joseph of Muny

Graft Alleged as City Wastes Billions in USA

Special dispatch from Milan reports a comic airship incident near a lunatic asylum. Two aeronauts landed low near the grounds when a patient group grabbed the rope, hoisted them, and caused a chaotic scene until keepers intervened. One lunatic became entangled and fell as the balloon sped away.

Milan Glandata Sone Wishlef Veegan pa+tiente

Anonymous Voters League Meeting Draws Empty Room

A letter notes fear of Honest Voters League influence at the fall election. A speaker says he urged members to run for office but found only the chairman present at the first meeting, with few others in attendance.

Arrom Honesti Voters League

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