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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1903
Page
11
A garbled synthesis of political names and notes about Chicago strikes, Kansas City prohibition, postal service pay, Far East tensions, arbitration on boundaries, Lipton and America's Cup, the Golden Rule Copper Co, drought fears, Standard Oil Christmas gifts, Panama Canal statesmen, New York consumption deaths, Nebraska governor for vice presidency, Roosevelt politics, and a Cincinnati wedding anecdote.
Senator Taliaferro of Florida has introduced a bill for a 925000 preliminary survey to find a feasible route for a Florida ship canal to connect the Atlantic and Gulf. The piece argues southern support is vital, stressing coastwise and ocean-going trade savings and urging mobilization across sea board states to push the project to completion. It notes Roosevelt’s banquet in Wilmington for a Delaware Chesapeake canal and calls similar southern unity for the Florida canal.
A proposed bill by Congressman Tate would establish mining schools in mining states with annual appropriations beginning at ten thousand dollars until each school's budget reaches three hundred fifty thousand dollars. Georgia especially calls for such a school to train educated mining experts for prospecting development and mining operations.
The Post Office considers a post-check system to ease small remittances by mail. Madden notes it would reduce stamp losses, curb stamp theft, ease merchant handling costs, and be simple and economical. Congress may test a scheme with blank payee names on small bills, stamped for redemption at post offices or banks.
The essay discusses the sovereignty of Panama, noting a de facto state exists upon its separation from Colombia. It argues recognition by the United States was needed to set international terms, and that withdrawing recognition or blocking the canal treaty would harm relations and provoke further trouble.
Last week in New York the associations bank money order committees approved a plan for uniform bank money orders to be passed on by an executive council in April. Orders will be limited to 100 dollars and honored at par by members, guaranteed by strong firms, with swift redemption if unpaid. The plan aims to streamline transfers without disrupting post-check currency and could curb express company money transfers amid rapid business growth.
A discussion of new money transfer schemes for small amounts and bank issued money orders. The article then memorializes the late John Quincy Adams, praising his scholarship, journalism, and service to Georgia, and noting his influence on Southern literature and public life.
The Florida ship canal bill introduced by Senator Taliaferro Bassett prompts discussion of a tidewater route from the Atlantic to the Gulf. It outlines surveys under the War Department to assess feasible canal routes and a $28,000 appropriation for initial surveys, aiming to boost southern commerce and world markets.
A jagged collage of dialect verse and prose pieces from Georgia writers notes Christmas longing, rural life, and social reflections. It references holiday songs, country humor, poetry ambitions, and a local obituary tone amid regional columns and a brief administrative update from Doeran.
A collage of excerpts from The Florida Times Union The Shreveport Times and other papers discusses Republican corruption claims surrounding canal politics and graft fears. It notes calls for unity in Congress warnings about paternalism and hints at Hanna in crossfire while surveying Florida ship canal prospects and possible federal backing.
A collage of quoted lines from multiple papers notes humorous quips about honesty, leisure and public life. It references figures like Maxine Elliott and various city papers while lampooning language and phrasing in news.
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