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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1910
Page
2
A lively 1910 Atlanta column rails at bonds and politics. It jokes about Champ Clark and Bryan, mentions a baby shipment to New Orleans and cites price pressures, meat trusts, and campaign chatter. References include Aldrich, Ballinger, Bailey, and Georgia’s stance in national affairs.
A historic plea urges Greater Atlanta voters to approve municipal bonds on February 13 to fund sewer, water, and hospital improvements. The author argues direct taxation would fall on every taxpayer, stressing that bonds protect the city from higher personal costs and safeguard public health amid failing facilities and old infrastructure.
Two correspondents argue that adopting Eastern time in Atlanta would reduce dark commutes and increase daylight for most workers. They claim sunrise becomes earlier than work starts for many during winter, enabling daylight during midwinter shifts, with more evening recreation and less eye strain from electric lighting. They assert broad public support for the time change.
A mid 20th century editorial argues machines will evolve toward simpler, cheaper upkeep. It foresees motor trucks, gasoline engines, and traction devices expanding in cities and rural areas, replacing horse labor and reshaping daily work and logistics. The piece envisions a future where transportation emphasizes ease of use and lower maintenance costs.
Harper's Weekly discusses the Pinchot Ballinger rift and the cold shoulder given progressive Republicans. It links the discord to the Chicago platform break, foreseeing renewed splits, potential coalitions with Democrats, and a pendulum between reform and reaction shaped by the great American voter.
John Lee state president of the Farmers' Union asks in a statement reprinted from The Farmers' Union News and The Constitution whether the Southern farmer will forego profits from cotton to grow foodstuffs locally. He warns that concentrating on cotton while importing food raises world market prices and endangers southern prosperity. He argues bumper crops of food would reduce living costs and stabilize the region.
A faded collage of fractured dialect verses and snippets from a 19th or early 20th century rural sheet. It mixes satirical lines about investigations and meat trusts with folk songs, a rattlesnake anecdote, and light verse references to church and duty. Strong entities include references to The Osborne Warmer and old tariff debates. The piece reads like a scrapbook of humor and social commentary.
A reader argues against changing to eastern time citing risks to working girls, urging shorter hours instead. A banker from Warrenton attacks a cotton-market pamphleteer, defending southern bankers and predicting a 1910 crop shortfall. Another letter notes one more hour of daylight affects sleep timing, and a reader in Garfield, Washington shares Confederate rolls and military muster papers from 1862 to 1864.
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