Well-To-Do White Boy and Southern Industrial Education
Dec 25 1901 Planta GA publishes an editorial urging the well to do white youth in the South to accept mechanical labor and technical training. President Hall’s call for practical education to boost Southern factories is praised as essential for industrial growth and national prosperity. The piece argues folding elite bias toward manual work harms the region’s development and long-run welfare.
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Hall
South
Neveland
Upc
Southere
Limes
Handy& Cotton
Meyer
Enohie
Noble virtues of toil uplift desert towns
A quotation extols the dignity of labor in factory work, praising those who enliven wastelands with industry. It argues real worth comes from integrity and brains, not from rank, and that diligent, honest effort eventually earns Fortune's reward.
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Chanic
U.e
Thum
Dame Fortune
The Evolution of the Telephone in American Life
A historical overview notes rapid telephone adoption across the United States, with 1,278,717 phones in use and vast daily savings. It compares the telephone to earlier inventions, cites AT&T growth figures from 1892 to 1900, and predicts long distance expansion and a shift from telegraph to telephone in time.
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United States
Lord Macaulay
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Depews Idea of a Wife in Chauncey Depews Words
Chauncey Depew’s views on an ideal wife emerge as he contemplates marriage. He favors a public, attractive partner who can lead at home and among men he cannot reach, with beauty of expression and formal features. He offers flexible age from 25 to 75 and warns against long engagements and divorces.
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Depew
Chauncey Depew
New York
Thas
Porter
Miss Palmer
Chauncey
Wealth and Charity Clash at Christmas Dinner
A vivid critique contrasts Rockefeller’s immense wealth with the universal Christmas meal enjoyed by rich and poor alike. It argues health and shared bread trump vast incomes, noting Rockefeller’s $30,000,000 annual return yet inability to partake in a Christmas feast. The piece questions the value of enormous fortunes that cannot secure simple sustenance.
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Christendom
John D. Rockefeller
United States
Roosevelt vs Maclay clash over civil service powers
The piece compares a Roosevelt Maclay confrontation to a dog fight drawing public gaze away from the Schley Sampson affair. Maclay defies the president by pledging civil service protection after an exam for the classified list. Roosevelt backs civil service reform and seeks a method to remove him, while a historian notes navy yard inquiries and lingering resistance.
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Roosevelt
Maclay
Schley-Sampson
Civil Service
Navy Yard
Candal
Roosevelt scrutiny of Maclay exposes naval rot at high levels
The passage contends that the dismissed clerk Maclay symbolized broader departmental corruption. It argues Roosevelt should have questioned who reviewed his proofs and tacitly endorsed insults toward Schley, suggesting a naval clique aimed to disgrace the Santiago victory.
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Naval Academy
Santiago
Maclay
Roosevelt
Name Jefferson for new Oklahoma territory state
In debate over consolidating Oklahoma and Indian Territory, some propose naming the new state Jefferson to honor the president linked with the Louisiana Purchase. Supporters argue it fits the centennial celebration and reflects national prestige, while Congress’ mood may decide the name’s fate.
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Jefferson
Congress
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Louisiana Purchase
Washington
Tarkingtons Political Ambitions At Local Level
The piece surveys Booth Tarkington amid plans to seek a Marion County state legislature seat with an eye toward future congressional runs. It notes New York Sun support for his candidacy, mentions rival political figures, and hints at the era’s TVapped political culture.
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Booth Tarkington
boon D @Phingeon
Congress
Indiana
Tarkington
Marion County
The
New York Sun
the Sun
Well-to-do white boy urged toward skilled labor reform
Letters from the People argue for shifting emphasis from merely helping the poor white boy to uplifting the well-to-do youth who lacks practical training. It contrasts the high education yet aversion to hard labor of affluent boys with the self-reliance of poorer youths, citing ad campaigns and state fair model contests to show where practical skills training is missing and opportunity lies.
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Mtore
Georgia
Maine
Mexico
State Fair Association
Atlanta
Wdoo
Smith
Eac
School of Technology
School of Ochnology
On the Heights and the Garden Gate
A lyrical reminiscence contrasts two lovers parting at a garden gate. The scene moves through apple trees and clover, wheat fields and poppies, as memories fade and the couple cannot reunite. The narrator recalls Agnes Helen Lockhart and an idealized past across fleeting hours.
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Luke
Agnes Helen Lockhart
National Park in the South Proposed in Congress
The Baltimore Herald notes a pending measure to create a vast national forest reservation in the Appalachian mountains of the south. With President Roosevelt's endorsement, the plan gains broad press support, and the center of U S population would shift east of the Mississippi, making a Caro lina and Tennessee park more accessible than Yellowstone for most people.
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Tennessee
Yellowstone Park
Squelch the People and the Censors in Wartime Tide
A Baltimore Sun excerpt argues for silencing 76 million Americans who back Dewey and Miles, urging harsh rebukes to quell public criticism of the court of inquiry. It cites insults by Root and Roosevelt while mocking free discourse amid the Dewey Schley affair.
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Baltimore Sun
Admiral Dewey
Miles
Court of Inquiry
Navy
Army
Navy Department
Dewey
Santiago
Benham
Ramsay
Study What You Most Affect
Scientists now acknowledge that education shapes mediocre minds most, while gifted individuals often educate themselves through exercise of their strongest faculties. Work acts as tutor and self direction as college, so parents should avoid stifling natural talents and misaligning a child’s energy with conformist standards.
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Worosan
Convict Lease Case Upheld Clearing Way for 900 Convicts
Tallahassee December 24 Judge Malone sustained Camp West bid to halt delivery of 900 state convicts for four years to the Florida Naval Stores and Commission Co denying enforceable rights and bond approval. Court dismissal allows state officials to deliver convicts January 1, 1902, under a four year lease. Camp West to appeal.
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Fla
Ctrcuit
Malone
Tzauary i Next
Camp & West, Phosphate Operators
Jacksonville
Florida Naval Stores and Commission Company
Camp & West
Naval Stores Company
Moone
Supreme Court
Jennings
Livestock Exhibition to Open in Charleston
Charleston December 24 The largest livestock exhibit in the south will open January 6 and run to January 20 with 1,000 entries from seventeen states. Major herds from across the United States will compete for $15,000 in premiums on deposit at the Bank of Charleston. George F. Weston of Vanderbilt's Biltmore stock farm heads the livestock department.
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8. C
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Bank of Charleston
George F. Weston
Vanderbilt
Biltmere Stock Farm
Court orders hangings for Emma post office burglars
Raleigh December 24 special report The supreme court upholds four men convicted of burglarizing the Emma post office in Buncombe County The burglars forced the postmaster to open the safe a pistol on the table sparked a desperate struggle The court rules the offense clearly burglary and sentences must be carried out
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Raleigh
N. C
Supreme Court
Igwer Court
Emma
Buncormba County
Many Negroes Emigrate From Birmingham to Sydney Furnaces
Several special trains have left Birmingham loaded with negro emigrants bound for Sydney Nova Scotia to work in the Dominion Steel and Iron Company furnaces. J H Means, former manager of the local furnaces, is noted as popular with the workers. Local furnacemen despair at losing the labor force they trained.
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Birmingham
Sydney
N. S
Dominion Steel and Iron Company
J. H. Means
Rev Frank Barnett Arrives in Birmingham for Baptist Paper
The Rev Frank Barnett arrives in Birmingham to publish a Baptist weekly on a large scale. He buys The Baptist Evangel and plans to merge it with The Southern Baptist. He offers 5500 for The Alabama Baptist, but owner Major J G Harris asks 10.00, deeming it too high. The first issue is slated for the first week in January.
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Birmingham
Baptist
Ala
Frank Barnett
Baptist Evangel
A. V. Dickinson
The
Southern Baptist
Barnett
Alabama Baptist
Montgomery
J. G Harris
Dispensaries Win Favor in Alabama Counties
One third of Alabama counties now operate dispensaries with towns reporting profit and satisfied residents. Dispensaries reduce crime in counties that have tried them, while another third enforce prohibition laws. The dispensary sentiment grows, with cities embracing the system and crime trending downward.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Cannady Surrenders After Fatal Attack in Rocky Mount
David Cannady walked into authorities in Rocky Mount Franklin county and confessed to killing his father in law Martin Akers. He said Akers attacked him with a chair at dinner, then Cannady struck with a stone, crushing Akers’ skull and causing death.
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Cannady
Roanoke
David Cannady
Rocky Mount
Franklin County
Martin Akers
Cannadys
Akers
Will Build New Railroad in North Carolina
Raleigh December 24. W A Mitchell of Kinston filed in the secretary of state's office articles of agreement for the Kinston and Carolina railroad. The proposed line would run from Kinston through Dublin Long and Pender counties connecting with the Wilmington and Welden Valley line. Length and exact route details appear pending official action.
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Raleigh
N. C
W. A. Mitchell
Kinston
Secretary of State's Office
Carolina
Symons to Run for Senate As Brunswicks Crovatt Expected
Brunswick Ga December 24 Special Captain W F Symons Glynn representative will announce tomorrow his candidacy for the senate to succeed Senator Upchurch of Chariton whose term expires This signals a contest for the senatorship Glynn is expected to name the senator Judge Alfred J Crovatt a prominent lawyer and anti prohibitionist is also poised to enter the race Symons declined to detail his position beyond his forthcoming formal announcement
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Brunswick
W. F. Symons
Glynn
Senate
Senator Upchurch
Chariton
Alfred J Crovatt
Tudge Crovatt
Symons
Wounds a Fellow Officer in Augusta Shootout
In Augusta Georgia on December 2 Policemen Charles Walker and Tom Baston exchanged fire with a negro man Alfred Houston who fought back as they entered a house of ill repute. Walker was wounded in the arm and Houston was shot in the head as Baston clubbed him after he blocked their shots. Houston had come to town seeking his wife and was beating her when police arrived.
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Baston
Walker
Alfred Houston
Soldier Captain Robert H. Anderson to be interred in Savannah
Captain Robert H. Anderson United States Army who died of pneumonia on Samar in the Philippines will be buried in Savannah with military honors next Sunday. The body, shipped from San Francisco, will lie in state at the First Regiment armory until the funeral from Christchurch. An escort includes a U S artillery battery from Fort Screven Tybee Island and the First Infantry Georgia state troops, along with the Georgia Hussars of which Anderson was a member before joining the Army. He was the son of the late General R H Anderson, a noted Confederate soldier.
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Savannah
Robert H. Anderson
United States Army
Samar
Philippines
San Francisco
Christchurch
United States Artillery
Fort Screven
Tybee Island
Georgia Statd
Anita
Georgia Hussars
Anderson
R. H. Anderson
Child Accidentally Shot Near Gate in Warcross
Pearlie Fish, 6, daughter of Mrs. Burrell Fish of Old Warcross, was accidentally shot today while playing before her mother's gate. Four guns discharged in the Boume gne neighborhood fired small shot, some entering the child’s face and stomach. She is not seriously hurt.
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Warcross
Pearlie
Burrell Fish
Boume
Burglar Steals $200 From Sleepy Home in Stockbridge
In Stockbridge Georgia on December 24 a daylight burglary at Mrs G E Branan’s residence netted $200 from the sleeping man's trousers. The thief entered while the family were away at a Christmas tree and took advantage of the moment.
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Stockbridge
Snedall
G. E Branan
J S. Bond
White Man Killed by Negro in Tennessee Clash
In Columbia area near Nashville, Pharo Brewer, a white man, was shot and killed today by John Stephenson, a Black man. The incident followed an earlier confrontation where Stephenson’s team fled after Roman candles were fired. Brewer allegedly pursued, was shot, and died. Stephenson surrendered to authorities.
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Nashville
Tenn
Pharo Brewer
John Stephenson
Columbia
Brewer
Stephenson
The Convicts' Christmas Pardons in Tennessee
Tennessee Governor McMillin grants Christmas pardons to seven inmates. Among the beneficiaries are Joe Bowling and Sam Underwood of Roane County with three years nine months for larceny, Arthur Guthrie of Hamilton County for forgery, George Fisher of Gibson County for perjury, Joe Wallace of Hamilton County for forgery, Stephen Whitehead of Cocke County for larceny, and John A Rogers of Blount County for arson.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
McMillin Tony
Joe Bowling
Sam Underwood
Roane County
Arthur Guthrie
Hamilton County
George Fisher
Gibson County
Joe Wallace
Hamilton
Stephen Whitehead
John A Rogers
Blount County
Man Marries for Fourth Time at 74 in Greensboro
John Robinson, 74, longtime Greensboro Watchman dressman, wed yesterday for his fourth marriage. He has fifteen children and is widely regarded as a town favorite as residents recall his quarter century of service and friendships in Greensboro Alabama.
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Greensboro
Ala
John Robinson
Expulsion of two Chicago Board of Trade brokers upheld
Judge Hanecy affirms expulsion of Arthur R. Jones and Michael J. Ryan of A. R. Jones & Co. from the Chicago Board of Trade. Temporary injunction previously issued by Judge Tuley is cited as part of the action. The ruling marks the brokers' removal from association and membership privileges.
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Hanecy
Board of Trade
Chicagso
Arthur R. Jones
Michael J. Ryan
O A. BR. Jones & Co
Tuley
Bavestraig Sahoere
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