Enforce the Vagrancy Law Prompts City Crackdown
The Chief of Police vows strict action against idle vagrants across Dentur and Peters streets amid rising petty crimes. The call targets black and white loafers and “negroes” blamed for purse snatchings, housebreaks, and street violence, promising removal or strict surveillance.
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Dentur
Peters
Atlanta
Lho
Orbery
Ball
Tlanta
Delray
shtisLmas
Atlanta Lecture Association Sees Season Near End
The 1902 03 lecture season in Atlanta winds down with advertised attractions facing changes as speakers cancel or are prevented from appearing. Names once listed include Walter H Page Woodrow Wilson Wal Carle Dr George Horace srimer Dr Newell Dwight Hillis and Dr Hamilton Wright Mabie. The association regrets the loss of these speakers though attempts are made to feature other popular figures before the season closes.
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Atlanta
George Horace Srimer
Newell Dwight Hillis
Hamilton Wright Mabie
Turbulent Balkans and Macedonian Crisis Shadow Europe
The article surveys global tensions with Great Britain, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire looming over Macedonia and the Balkans. It notes the risk of European war, the Austro–Japanese alliance, and calls for cautious actions to prevent a broader clash as rumors of revolts and imperial ambitions circulate. It also mentions Russia’s Manchuria moves and contemplates the wider implications for Constantinople and Christian governance in Macedonia.
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Great Britain
Balkans
East
Europe
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Servia
Abdul-Hamid
Russia
Rus
Constantinople
London Times
Manchuria
Balkan
Urme
Ani
Inidia
Trospharias
Dardaniles
Georgia sugar cane prospects stir farmers in the south
Georgia and south Georgia farmers show renewed interest in sugar cane culture after Ai Wiley of the U S Department of Agriculture visited Gravara and Florida. He found yields from cane in the savannas comparable to the Louisiana bottoms, with potential 16 to 25 percent sugar content and a need for better machinery and more widespread refineries to boost shipments from Cairo and surrounding areas.
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Telfair
Georgia
Napoleon
Dinnik
France
South Georgia
Ai Wiley
United States Department At Agriculture
Savannah Board of Trade
Louisiana
Cairo
Fragmented verse and literature notes from a rural paper
A collage of verses, poems, and light prose snippets from a local page. It includes amateur poetry about love and winter, reflections on New Year resolutions, notices of marriages and divorces, and oddities such as a cashier's or editor's quips, all framed in a bygone small-town newspaper voice.
Memorial Session for Senator Sewell and Rep. Faimon
The house held a memorial session in Washington to honor the late Senator William Jo Sewell and Representative Joshua Faimon of New Jersey. Mr. Parker presided, with Chairman Pepburn noting a department of commerce bill and interstate commerce matters, and the house adjourned at 2:46 PM.
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Sewell
Washington
Bebscary
House of Representatives
Wilam Jo Sewell
Joshua 3 Faimon
New Jersey
Parker
Pepburn
Senior Orators Are Chosen At Clemson Commencement
Clemson College selects five senior class orators for the commencement program. Furman Nor of Savannah, Joseph W. Wise of Columbia, Norton, M. Roberts, and Henry Baker are elected to the class speaker slate. Dr Charles A. Stakeley of Montgomery and Dr Charles W. Kent of the University of Virginia will present the literary address.
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Clemson
Clemson College
S$ OC
G Furman
Vaneesoo Sahiman
Charleston
Joseph WW. Wise
Columbia
Norton
Constitution and Its Big Postage Showdown
The Atlanta Constitution publishes postal receipts showing 45,000 paid packets of Uncle Sam by Atlanta periodicals last year, totaling $95,000 in postage. The piece argues the Constitution pays more government postage than all Atlanta publications combined, highlighting its long history and wide reach.
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Mcline Enterprise
The
Constitution
Uncle Sam
Atlanta
Vienna News
Avanti Constituen
Atunly
Athanta
Telfair Enterprise
Atlanta Constitution
Lterature Amt
Atlanta Perspectives and Promotions Across the South
A collage of opinions from Washington to Savannah praising Atlanta as a rising southern hub. Mentions of public works, education, and industry reflect confidence in Atlanta’s growth and its bid for major institutions and infrastructure projects.
Recent Court Decisions and Legal Notices
Summary of diverse 1900s style court matters including a passenger ejectment in a moving car, a personal injury suit against a railroad company with reliance on exemptive damages, rules on damages in breach of contract cases between rival dealers, and notes on naturalization and admission of attorneys in Washington.
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Paul
Ube
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Ing
Honklwday Ditoney
Fillway
Wemeagestar
Southwestern Rey
Texas
Boo
AL Acd
Lusi Telly
Sui
Gothus
Gonda
Habla
Demanes
Tee
Naturali
Eminent See: Canterbury Archbishop Designated in 1900s England
Special correspondence describes the selection of the archbishop of Canterbury, to take place February 12, detailing salary, duties, residence, and ceremonial privileges. It contrasts Randall Davidson’s background with the late archbishop and notes the political influence in choosing the church leader.
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Tendon
England
Canterbury
Randall Davidson
Winchester
St. Augustine
Rome
Divine Providence
An. Funy
Rate
Davidson
Jie
Archbishop Tait
Windsor
Queen Victoria
Wishop
Saverel
Mason Seeks Material for New Morocco Tale
London reports Cutcliffe Hyne notes modern novelists seek global color. EB Mason, author of Miranda of the Balcony and The Four Feathers, plans travels to Morocco for fresh material. Other writers like Alfred Edward Woodley Moran and Wilkie Collins sources are cited as examples of accumulating setting notes.
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London
Cutcliffe Hyne
EB. W. Mason, Austher
Miranda
The
Balcony
Morocco
Mason
Canterbury
Morrice Buckler
Parson Kelly
Andrew Lang
Japanese Cannot Be Naturalized Under U S Law Bar Admission
An applicant born in Japan and naturalized elsewhere cannot be admitted to the bar since U S naturalization statutes admit only free white persons and African descent. The record shows his Japanese origin, rendering him ineligible. Separate note on attorney disbarment cites misappropriation as grounds for discipline.
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United States
Japan
Washington
Earthquake Shakes Homes in Kentucky Towns
A distinct quake struck Owensboro at 6 45 PM rattling pictures from walls and shaking tables in many second story rooms. In Louisville a sugar earthquake around 6 PM rattled windows but caused no damage.
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Owensboro
Louisville
War Would Starve Britons Statement of the Committee
A committee report warns Britain faces avoidable starvation as European war disrupts food supplies. It cites wheat prices and risks to the United Kingdom’s bread supply, urging actions to secure grain and avert famine amid rising costs.
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Committee of Great
Drawn Into Gin Injury Report Near Playground
A fragmentary report notes Finlsyson, Gay Ces Jack Popes, and a belt near a gorange bee yesterday, with a likely fall causing a broken limb and other minor injuries as bystanders assisted before authorities arrived.
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Finlsyson
Gay
Jack
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