No Need for Present Worry on Southern Representation
The Baltimore Sun argues Republicans in Congress threaten to cut southern representation if voters are denied. It predicts a major battle in Congress and a constitutional review by the Supreme Court, doubting any reduction of the South’s quota will occur. It also discusses rewarding meritorious Army officers beyond brevet promotions via targeted rank advances with presidential direction.
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Baltimore Sun
the Sun
Sun
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
South
Supreme Court
Secretary of War
Navy
Senate
Mr Chamberlain in Christmas Campaign Stir
Uncle Joey Chamberlain enjoys holidays while pushing a preferential tariff policy with Great Britain and colonies. His supporters win bye elections, signaling a campaign surge amid a Republican tariff stalemate. A New York expert’s remarks on southern cotton trade draw sharp rebuttal. The piece urges expanding southern spindles and looms to spin all cotton locally and abroad.
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Mr. Chamberlain
Joey Chamberlain
Great Britain
England
Scotland
United Kingdom
Free Trade Party
Chamberlain
Republican
Political economy and Boston election of 190?
The text argues about cotton, iron, and steel economics favoring cotton spinning in the South, then reports Boston's 190? municipal elections where Pat Collins won and a colored candidate Ike Allen failed to gain broad support, illustrating Republican attitudes toward racial equality and Roosevelt’s race policy as a local issue rather than national.
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Boston
Pat Collins
Repblica
Ike Allen
Roosevelt
Allen
Hon
Rie Allen
Athens
America
Alen
Hancock
Requests That Will Be Refused on Cuban Treaty Rates
The article argues that Great Britain and possibly other nations may seek Cuban treaty rate concessions under most favored nation clauses, but the United States has no trade treaty with Britain and reciprocity pacts with France and Germany do not cover beet sugars. It notes Britain, France, and Germany benefit from Cuban trade while the U S asserts independent policy, as Secretary Hay is expected to refuse such requests, following Olney’s precedent.
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Great Britain
Cuba
Hay
France
Germany
England
Olney
He Backed Atlanta and Won a Bet on Spirit
An Atlanta man living in Charlotte spoke of the Atlanta spirit and wagered with a North Carolinian. He bet that Atlanta would build a model of the Union Station for the St. Louis exposition, wheel a handmade wheelbarrow from the Union Depot to the exposition, and exceed 2 miles per hour on the turn. He has already won $25. if he completes his part, he stands to gain $500. Atlanta manufacturers pledge to supply his entire wardrobe for the journey, with coats, shirts, hats, shoes, and more. The exhibit shows Atlanta’s permanent prosperity and diverse industries keeping money at home rather than leaving the region.
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Atlanta
Charlotte
North Carolinan
Atlantan
St. Loula Exposition
Union Station
Gate City
Atlanton
Atlanta Spirit
Diversified Industries
Sherman
Sanford Smith
Westview Cemetery
Limita
West End
Buffington
Thomas Bufington
Atlante
Ward Marietta
A Christmas Sermon Quartet of Rural Voices From Georgia
A pasted page piece blends dialect poetry and sermons reflecting Christmas values. It features fragments about hideouts for children, winter hardships, and gospel calls, with lines about Santa Claus, reindeer, and seasonal gratitude. The text includes several dialect poems and brief moral reflections tied to Christmas.
Merry Christmas In The Mornin From The Old Girls
A fragmented reminiscence piece recalls The Old Girls with Christmas memories and longing. It mingles verses about youth, winter, and joy with a newspaper cartoonish aside about subscription and local humor. The tone shifts to humorous dialect snippets and a concluding hymn of happiness, reflecting seasonal nostalgia and local wit.
A Confederate Legend and Atlanta Remnants
The author recalls Judge Clark and Ben Hill as pivotal figures in Atlanta during the Civil War era. It recounts Hill's powerful speeches, legal maneuvers by Hopkins and Howell, a dramatic court scene with an insane witness, and a nearby siege memory. A young Buffington protects fleeing families, retrieving a pack mule with provisions, as the city endures ruin and search for the first refugees after Sherman.
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Richard A. ‘Clark
Georgia
Ben Hi
Ben Hilita
Davis’ Hall
Bush Arbor
Judge Clark
South
Hill
Atignta
Atlanta
Benjamin H. Hill
Hopkins
Evan P. Howell
Ryan P. Howell
Love and Death in The Papyrus by Michael Monahan
In The Papyrus, Michael Monahan reflects on love and death, arguing that death sanctifies love and that resurrection and restoration are possible. He contrasts selfish human love with the transcendent force death can reveal, sharing a father's poignant memory of a lost child and the mystery of life and death.
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Michael Monahan
Earth
Heaven
Death Bag
Weej
Lhat
Oife
Endowing Virginia Institutions From The New York Herald
Hamilton Mabie urged funding a Jamestown celebration as a means to endow Hampton Institute and the University of Virginia. Friends of both schools stress southern unity to address the negro question. Rev Dr Stires, Virginian and UVA graduate, argues aiding both would best win southern sympathy and cooperation to resolve the issue.
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Virginia
New York Herald
Hamilton W. Mabie
Raizing & Fund
Hampton Institute
University of Virginia
B. M. Stires
Season of Peace and Christmas Reverie by Griggs
A nostalgic Christmas poem reflecting peace on earth and goodwill. It weaves biblical themes with festive imagery, praising God for the birth of Jesus and urging shared joy among rich and poor, culminating in a chorus of blessing and harmony from Earle E. Griggs.
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God of Israel
Teade
Christ
Will
Earle E. Griggs
Plan of Neinley Meets Approval for Confederate Graves Bill
Senate military affairs committee unanimously backs Senator Foraker's bill to mark Confederate graves of soldiers and sailors who died in federal prisons or hospitals. It authorizes locating graves, erecting white marble headstones, and fencing burial grounds, with a $100000 appropriation and commissions for locating unmarked graves. The act follows McKinley’s Atlanta speech urging national care for all war dead.
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Jos. Ohl
Washington
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Senator Foraker
Senate
House
Foraker
Congress
United States
Quartermaster General's Office
Confederate Archives of the
War Record Office
National Cemetery
Arlington
Secretary of War
Secretary of Warts
Bill McKinley
Atlanta
McKinley
House of Representatives
Beas
Nving
Memphis
Stephen D. Lee
Mne
Samuel E. Lewis
Charles Broadway Rouss
Ohio
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Sunny South
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Constitution Ting
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4Th and & ‘Ts
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Istitution Publishing CO
Anta, Ga
Santa Claus
Panama Canal
Hanna
Reyes
Colombia
O. P
Hoodter Kratz
Red Dog
Tex
Deacon Rockefeller
Polle Ditch
Tes
Harper Snéer
Patrick Collins
Can
Tillman
South Carolina
Post
Judge Parker
Damocratic Press
David B. Hill
New York
Columbia
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Usy
Epp
Chillun
Sant Claus
Yones
Whitset
Paul
Byron
Chris
Eace
Brother Dickey
Conmene
the Old Girls
Sereo
Billius
Ile Threshhold
Dickey
Judge Hopkins
Flinger
Clark
Colonal Hall
Jones
Colonel Jones
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Mr. Sheri
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Confederacy
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