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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1904
Page
21
A mosaic of remarks on politics and economy includes Sir John Hay references, river and harbor questions, and calls for service pensions. The piece notes Greece, Russia, and Japan analogies, steel prices in Canada, and U S trust cracking efforts. It cites Georgia and Florida race policy ideas, a Michigan life sentence, and commentary on fashion and social change.
The piece cheers a spring poet while defending his role amid a chorus of jokes. It then foresees possible Russian moves toward Peking, noting Britain’s treaty link with Japan and potential joint action to protect China’s empire, warning against a world war unless Russia backs down.
Official statistics show crime rising faster than population in the United States from 1898 to 1903, with suicides up over tenfold and last year’s crisis reports nearly matching fatalities from violent crime. The 1903 rise in deadly violence exceeded 12 percent from 1902, while murder executions fell over 25 percent. Analysts blame nervous tension and greed, while critics point to lax courts and fear of punishment as key factors.
The author argues that self-directed deaths rise during boom years like 1498 and 1903, not during poverty, linking prosperity with increased nerve strain and dissipation. Calls public sentiment to curb legal laxity, urge leisure, and reduce financial indulgence to curb링 harmful impulses.
The article argues Finland, Poland, Jews, and diverse religious sects could fuel unrest as Russia fights Japan. It highlights nihilist and revolutionary movements in universities, labor strikes, and widespread disaffection among workers, while praising aristocracy and peasants as loyal pillars. Cossacks are noted as illiterate but fierce in czarist service.
The article argues a large standing army may be needed in Russia as war rages on the Pacific coast. It notes the Trans-Siberian railway limit, Japan’s parity in strength, and a potential patriotism surge needed to keep czarist power united. Internal dissent could favor Japan’s cause.
Letters discuss recruiting immigrant labor to southern cotton printers, arguing cheap, capable workforces may boost land use. ask about legal limits on hiring aliens arriving ports. Other items address coin premium rumors for 1894 1895 dollars and praise county school commissioners supporting free literature for rural communities.
In Atlanta chatter across LaGrange Graphic Darien Gazette and other papers notes Mrs Maybrick may visit Atlanta in July amid Russo Japanese war talk. Macon County Citizen cites Atlanta population 151000 while Clarkesville Advertiser recalls her release and bee line for the city. A seventeenth stary skyscraper rises on Peach Tree Pryor and Houston streets near the former Methodist site, signaling a bold business center trend.
The public school teachers in Brooklyn reportedly favor restoring corporal punishment for students. They sent a letter to the board of education requesting the policy change. The article notes no input from students, but implies their likely reaction.
Poem fragments and columns blend longing for spring and vivid dialect humor. The piece mixes lyric verses about spring, editor woes, and colorful quotes from rural life, with playful reflections on poetry, publishing, and social scenes in a bygone era.
Atlanta and Fulton county plan a $2,500 contribution to the Georgia building at the St Louis exposition. Commissioner Hughes and Vice Commissioner Washington will present the claim at a joint meeting with city and county finance committees. Mayors and local officials from Cedartown Cordele and McDuffie County have pledged support and further responses are expected as discussions push toward a statewide display of Georgia fruit and industry.
Henry Park has been appointed assistant in the manual training department at the Boys High School, succeeding Hugh S. Paschal who recently resigned. A committee selected Park after reviewing the situation. he is a graduate of Auburn College and considered well qualified. The manual training department is expanding with completed rooms and operational wood shop, machine shop, and blacksmith shop.
Kansas City February 12. The Chicago and Altan announce lower grain tariffs to Ohio River penalties. Wheat charges drop to six cents and corn to four cents, from former rates ten and eight. Affects Burlington and Wabash lines, with expected immediate adoption across the routes.
The public buildings committee of Will Protes County met to consider protecting county records from fire. They eyed automatic sprinklers, fireproof shutters, a potential rear vault, and twelve patent extinguishers to guard the records in the old court house and surrounding rooms. A front exterior repair was also approved to smooth an uneven facade.
Interest in Central Store sold by H T Inman to John A Smith. A one fourth interest in the six story building at Nos 63 and 65 North Pryor Street brought 20000, placing the property's value at 69000. The store fronts on Pryor Street span 57 feet and adjoin the Young Men's Christian Association building, among the finest structures in the area. Other real estate transfers listed include several lots and cemetery parcels with varied sums ranging from 1400 to 2600 dollars.
Under Superintendent Wo Staten direction teachers in the city schools have conducted eye and ear examinations for several days. The program, aimed at early defect detection, will inform parents of results via cards mailed to each child.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court saved the day for Trustlee Boring as defendants in a case involving sympathetic strikers linked to a retailing contest. Readings relate to press men and telegraph workers amid tensions with the United Typothetae of America in a dispute over a new school schedule. Mississippi House Invites Hearst to Address Legislature
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