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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1904
Page
9
Notice to subscribers lists traveling reps and city collectors, urging pay only through designated channels. The text blends ads with political commentary on Roosevelt, Taft, and various figures, noting Chicago expansion, admiral Schley franchise aims, Jack London, and Panama Canal debate, all in a periodical miscellany tone.
The article analyzes German and Russian strategic postures amid the Manchurian crisis. It argues Germany views Russia as a two-front risk, notes Russia must shift forces east, and warns of a weakened European balance. It discusses Japan, France, and the Balkans, predicting potential shifts in power and the risk of a wider war. It also pays tribute to Frank M. O Bryan as a noted local figure.
The obituary eulogizes Dr Virgil C Harden of Atlanta as a compassionate, eminent physician who died after brief illness. It notes his unselfish patriotism, his devotion to duty, and the profound impact of his passing on Atlanta and the state. Also discussed is The Negro on The Farm, arguing rural labor conditions, race dynamics, and the relative living standards of southern black workers versus European and Latin American peasants, with emphasis on responsibility and opportunity.
A stitched collection of poems anecdotes and weather notes in rustic Georgia dialect. Local humor sketches reference spring mockinbirds, robins, and bluebirds, plus brief weather musings and political camp notes from Billville. Obituary couplet hints at rest in peace and a general pleasantry tone per century newspaper lore.
A reader argues with the Constitution editor over Bishop Smith s plan to export Black people to Halt praising Georgia farming communities. He urges fair wages better housing and non punitive treatment to change white attitudes and keep Black residents from leaving or facing dispossession. Moses Amor Auburn Avenue Agents Ga.
A Washington dispatch cites Senator Gorman arguing for economical military spending and restraint on Navy growth, warning against overlarge armed forces. He calls for substantial navy and army funding, with funds redirected to harbor and internal improvements benefiting the nation.
Private Jimmy cites Weyler admiration and fears of a Spanish invasion as miscalculated by Weyler and critics, while discussing the Army and Navy Journal. The piece then shifts to U.S. domestic policy, noting congressional good roads bills Latimer and Maddox proposals and Speaker Cannon’s stance amid strong road improvement sentiment.
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