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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1905
Page
9
A stream of quoted lines and clipped notes mocks trusts, tariffs, and politicians. References include Roosevelt and Taft era figures, Mormon links, Oklahoma statehood, and cast of journalists debating graft and democracy with regional whimsy and satirical tone.
The Manufacturers' Record reports over 1,000 responses from bankers and planters in the southern states on the cotton situation. It notes acreage reductions from 10 to 60 percent, reduced fertilizer use, and shifts to other crops aided by bank support, with optimistic signs of farmer solvency and potential long term prosperity.
The article notes that 500 million dollars has already been paid for two thirds of the cotton crop and the remaining third could yield about 223 million more at 16 cents per pound. It projects the 1904 crop to be around 9 million bales and predicts producers will net about 750 million dollars, far surpassing 1903 and any prior single-crop earnings.
The American ambassador in Paris, General Horace Porter, seeks funds to locate John Paul Jones grave and bring his remains to the United States. Jones, America’s first admiral, led bold naval actions including the defeat of the Serapis, and though his final resting place is uncertain, a determined effort to honor him continues.
The boys department of the Young Men's Christian Association prepares for the largest meeting yet next Sunday at 3 30 p m. Boys aged 8 to 16 admitted with seating for all. Rev Frank Jenkins of Central Congregational to speak on A Boys Relation to His God. Attendance averages 136 since October with 150 prayers requested and 39 signifying intent to read Christian books. Aargo boys orchestra and stereopticon pictures are used to illustrate talks.
Fulton County Sheriff Nelms levied on the Georgia Railroad depot and freight warehouses at the foot of Alabama Street and adjacent real estate owned by the Georgia Railway and Banking Company. The block will be advertised for sale on the April sales day, with potential court action to determine tax amounts on $1,500,000 par value Western of Alabama stock. Tax claims total about $165,000 including interest back to 1890, and Georgia road aims to resist payment amid possible litigation with lessees Louisville and Nashville and Atlantic Coast Line over tax responsibility.
The Atlanta Humane Society releases its 1904 report detailing 175 horses and mules ordered off streets, 35 cruelty prosecutions, $365 in fines, and 63 animals humanely destroyed. It cites 27 cruelty cases against children, mostly abandonments, with three parents serving one year each. Bands of Mercy planned for city youth, and credits officials and doctors for aid.
Obituary notice for Fred A. Falkenburg of Denver and Los Angeles, head of Woodman of the World Pacific jurisdiction and president of the National Fraternal Congress. It notes his death on the 14th, his prominent fraternal roles, and survivors including his wife and daughter. Funeral held on the 19th in Denver.
Indiana man exposed fraudulent Georgia land grants in 1794 that overstated holdings to 7,430,000 acres in Montgomery county while county total was about 1,400,000. Secretary of State Phil Cook issued a warning circular, noting past acts and nullification of all such surveys and grants. Also reports promise rate revisions and a General Thomason report update with pending public release.
Miss Fanny Swartz, daughter of Ira Swartz, died Sunday morning February 2 at Vancouver Barracks Washington after a brief illness of pneumonia. Mr Swartz, now chief clerk in the quartermaster's department at Vancouver Barracks, and family will be remembered by friends in Atlanta where Swartz was stationed years ago for Fort MacPherson construction. reads while in Gordon Street West EnA.
The final session of the southern branch of the National Dentists Association was devoted to technical papers and hospital clinics. A resolution was passed allowing non members to attend meetings while social functions will occupy delegates tonight.
W. T. Bryan returns from the East with machinery plans for a new linen mill in Athens. The project, by Southern Manufacturing Company investors, aims to establish a factory with a $250,000 capital and create local industrial growth.
President of Illinois Central outlines to Senate committee the difficulties the commission would face in fixing railroad rates. Stuyvesant Fish reviews stock changes, argues water rate limits, and notes constitutional constraints. He recalls a 1902 Roosevelt talk and says a five member committee idea was not pursued.
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