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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1907
Page
5
A collage of satirical quips on 1908 politics, prohibition appeals, and public figures. References include Oklahoma constitutional ban efforts, Kansas City politics, navy surgeon general, and a Denver jury verdict by a women juror. Perky forecasts and mock headlines paint a prescient, ironic mood.
The Washington Herald analyzes Chairman Taggarts call inviting all democratic citizens to join in sending delegates to the convention. The piece notes critics view it as opening the door to anti Bryan democrats, but argues the aim is unity irrespective of past differences. It urges party harmony, loyalty, and energetic cooperation to seize a possible twenty year chance for victory.
An editorial from Midland Cincinnati lauds Uncle Remus's Magazine of Atlanta edited by Joe Chandler Harris as a trailblazer for rational conservatism. It praises the South's literary voice, its rejection of demagogy, and its aim to restore normal judgment while shaping a broader national magazine movement.
Ahearn, previously removed by Governor Hughes for incompetence and favoritism in Brooklyn, is reelected by a Tammany-dominated aldermanic board amid factional lash and legal doubt. Mayor McClellan claims the removal has permanent effect, while the governor’s impartiality is urged to resolve the dispute. The piece also notes advances in Philippine charting by U S coast survey, contrasting Spain’s supposed ignorance with magnanimity in defeat.
The piece contrasts national thrift with French savings, urging seasoned economy to curb extravagance and avoid future finance shocks. It then critiques a boom era by examining proposed criminal policies, opposing euthanasia and endorsing indeterminate sentencing as a practical middle path.
A Georgia style page blends humor and opinion as readers kit out the New Year. Verse notes mock doom and optimism amid jokes about prohibition, luck, and community life. The Adams Enterprise voices vow to abstain while editors lampoon wealth, crime, and justice.
Dr Broughton rebukes a council committee report on city hospitals and charities, arguing the figures for Tabernacle Infirmary and other Christian hospitals are misdated and misrepresented. He cites 1906 data as 1907 figures and defends the infirmary as a charitable effort aided by gifts, with charity patients and district work. He calls for corrected findings and continued city support, warning against labeling hospitals as pure business enterprises.
A mosaic of quips from various papers lampoons The Atlanta Constitution's lines on Taft, Uncle Remus, widows and coins. Column items reference The Rome Tribune The Richmond Dispatch and others, with jokes about presidents recovery and hereafter hot.
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