The Waning of Prohibition in Early 1900s Georgia
A 1902 Atlanta article argues prohibition’s decline nationally while favoring local option over statewide bans. It notes shifts in Rhode Island and the Dakotas, cites figures like Bidwell, and praises Georgia’s local option approach and the Peters Street Viaduct as a public improvement boosting nearby property values.
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United States
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Dakotas
Iowa
Kansas
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New York
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Blaine
Bidwell
Prohibition
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Voice
National Prohibition Organ
Merrill
America
Georgia
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Peters Street
Walker Street
Suicidal Death Ruled Not a Crime in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia the court ruled that death by one’s own action is not a crime. The judge stated that suicide is not a corpus delicti in the attempt to end one’s life, and thus not a misdemeanor.
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Philadelico
Eternal Principles in a Changing World
The article surveys political and social themes, contrasting civic duties with refugee outcomes in Philadelphia, and lauds Captain John Triplett in Georgia while defending General Wilson’s Cuba policies. It weighs eternal principles against practical needs, urging discernment between enduring ideals and situational truths.
Democracy and public life cross currents in national stance
A lively column surveys shifts in political principles and unity within the Democratic Party, arguing that enduring ideals should not force impractical expedients. It notes sardonic tidbits on public figures, factions, and the Manila Philippines debate, with snatches of social humor and pressroom quips.
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Democratic Party
Philppines
Just from Georgia and Kipling Facts in Verse Review
A colorful collage of verse and humorous items from a Georgia newspaper page. Includes dialect dialogues about rain and sun, a note on Kipling’s baptismal name, wedding tidings for a singer named Lonesome, and quips about Florida gator antics. Also features monologues, a jailer joke, and regional reflections on love, weather, and April blossoms.
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Kipling
Joseph John Rudyard Kipling
Kip
Brother Joe
Joseph
India
Rudyard Kipling
Lonesome
Joe
Florida
Philippine tariff debate voices fray over islands fate
Washington Feb 19 Senate debates the Philippine tariff bill with Burrows urging stay and Money demanding island withdrawal. Tillman attacks U S conduct as hypocritical while Mallory seeks navigation limits and extended U S control, and Money argues the islands threaten U S interests and republican government.
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Philippines governorship sparks senate debate on authority
In a tense exchange senators Tilman and Foraker clashed over presidential appointment power for territorial governors. Foraker argued the Philippines were governed by appointment without consent, likening Taft to Claiborne under Jefferson. Tillman and Money noted earlier Louisiana statehood promises. the Senate adjourned.
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Foraker
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Louisiana
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Carmack
Senate
Nominations by President Send Nominations to Senate
Washington February 149 The president today sent the following nominations to the senate In the navy Captain Philip H Cooper rear admiral Captain George H Wadleigh rear admiral Lieutenant Commander Charles W Bartlett commander Rev Bower Reynolds Patrick chaplain Lieutenants junior grade Fritz D Sandoz Frank Lyon John McC Luby Arthur G Kavansyn Carlton F Snow Henry T Baker Members of the board of visitors to the United States naval observatory Charles A Young New Jersey Ormond Stone Nell Charles F Chandler New York City
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Charles W. Bartlett
Bower Reynolds Patrick
Fritz D. Sandoz
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John McC. Luby
Arthur G. Kavansyn
Carlton F. Snow
Henry T. Baker
United States Naval Observatory
Charles A. Young
New Jersey
Ormond Stone
Nell Charles F. Chandler
New York City
Dunn Sues for One Fourth of Florodora Profits
Portsmouth Va February 19 Special It is stated that John W Dunn manager of the Bijou Musical Opera Company sues Fisher and Liley managers of Florodora for one fourth the profits of the venture The present Florodora managers are said to seek a settlement Dunn is critically ill with typhoid fever in Norfolk
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Dunn
Portsmouth
John W. Dunn
Bijou Musical Opera Company
Fisher and Liley
Florovora
Norfolk
South Carolina Senate Boosts Confederate Pensions to Two Hundred Thousand
In Columbia, February 19, the South Carolina Senate approved a raise to the Confederate veterans pension fund, matching the house at 200000 dollars. The state’s pension base has grown from 50000 to 100000 over a dozen years, with colleges also receiving full requests for the first time in years.
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South Carolina
MISS GOULD IN CHARLESTON AT VIRGINIA DAY
Governor Albert White of West Virginia and a 26 member staff with spouses arrived in Charleston to participate in West Virginia day at the exposition tomorrow. Miss Helen Gould and a party on the private car Atalanta were among today's notable visitors. they will probable return to York tomorrow.
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D. C
Albert White
West Virginia
Helen Gould
York Tomorro
Cleveland Sends Duces Home Rumor Denied
Norfolk Va February 19 Ex President Cleveland at Bath Bay Gunning Club Currituck sound shipped Mrs Cleveland from Princeton J with fifty pounds mainly canvasbacks. Superintendent C T Moore denied emphatically that the president met with any accident. He said Cleveland was suffering with a cold last night and Dr Hartman of Baltimore prescribed for him. He is better today.
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Currituck Sound
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C. T. Moore
Moore
Hartman
Baltimore
School Girls Fight Fire at Sans Souci Dormitory
Fire broke out in the two story Sans Souci Select School dormitory near Greenville South Carolina. Twenty five girl occupants fought the blaze with local help and contained it before total destruction. Damage was about 700 and covered by insurance.
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Greenville
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Sans Souci Select School For Young Ladies
Negro kills minister's son in Mississippi quarrel
In Winona Mississippi Tom Brown colored shot and killed Mert D Williams, son of a Baptist minister, after a quarrel. Brown fled with a posse in pursuit. Oliver Bibb who supplied the pistol was later shot to death by unknown assailants. Also reports a newborn son to Mr and Mrs Robert Edmond of New Orleans and the formation of Lynch Adams Lumber Company in Anniston with H C Lynch and J G Adams.
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Tom Brown
Mert
Willams
Brown
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J. G. Adama
Anjtison
Sugar Cane Belt Tour by Government Men
Stubbs of Louisiana will accompany Secretary Wilson and Dr. Wiley on a tour through the sugar cane belts of Georgia and Florida. The Louisiana experiment station director recalls his October 1899 tour and notes the visiting experts bring anticipated benefits to the sugar industry in the states visited.
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Florida
Indian appropriation debate fuels with speeches and jests
Washington February 19 The general debate on the Indian appropriation bill focused on extraneous topics. Wheeler of Kentucky sparked attention with a recent issue, while Boutelle and Hamilton delivered humorous and critical remarks on trusts, German voters, and presidential coronations, ending with Fleming’s rebuttal and a parliamentary adjournment.
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South Africa
Huntsville Health Report on 1901 Deaths Revealed
Huntsville Alabama February 19 Dr W G Wheeler county and city health officer filed the annual report for 1900s death tolls. City deaths 15 per 1000 while tuberculosis deaths outpaced typhoid and other diseases. Eight died of old age and forty five infants under one year. County death rate 6.66 per thousand with similar tuberculosis impact. No smallpox or other infectious diseases in Huntsville or Madison county according to the report.
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