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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
2
A chaotic scene unfolds as Lulu, famed kitchen queen of the potters, cleans the yard and tosses garbage to the fence. Police intervene, detaining her as neighbors report debris and discarded items.
In a Darktown New Year session Recorder Briles rebukes residents for trash tossing and drunken conduct. Fedora Briles mocks with excuses as Lulu Mailon and Jack Stafford face fines and jail threats. The piece paints a vivid, slang filled scene of enforcement and community hardship.
Judge John R. Wilkinson advances a Fulton county plan to use part of the reformatory as a home for imbeciles until youth inmates require the entire institution. He will present the matter to the county commissioners, arguing it offers a practical interim solution and a path toward a dedicated home for the mentally disabled. The piece also notes related court actions and civil suits in Atlanta.
Schedule notices show multiple revisions for trains between Chicago Savannah Macon and Atlanta. Adjustments include departure times from Atlanta at 7 50 am and 3 00 am and altered routing for trains to St Augustine Macon and Jacksonville with vestibuled service, effective dates in January.
The Atlanta and West Point line restored through traffic to New Orleans yesterday after severe washouts and swollen rivers delayed trains. Through trains to New York were late due to soft track near Montgomery. Western and Atlantic resumes Kingston to Rome service. track repairs required, with improvements expected in days. Deputy Marshals Collins, Keller, and Chadwick travel to Norfolk to escort Chinese prisoners ordered back to China. Two famed southbound special trains from Chicago to St Augustine and Treviseville pass Atlanta, with the Chicago and Florida special arriving January 5.
The piece reports light post holiday travel in Atlanta railroads, notes inexact revenue despite money in the public, and details the Liberty Bell’s Charleston exposition route via Bristol Asheville Spartanburg Columbia Savannah with a Philadelphia mayor guard. It also covers the City of Savannah steamship’s first voyage, the naming shift from La Grande Duchesse, coastal service, and minister rate renewals for 1902 along with various conference excursion rates and declined applications.
Rail changes take effect Monday January six for the Birmingham division of Southern Railway. New service includes a new Atlanta to Union City train at 3:40 pm, No 36 Atlanta to Birmingham 6:10 pm arriving 3:45 am, No 37 Atlanta to Birmingham 4:15 pm arriving 9:50 pm, No 23 new train daily 3:40 pm arriving Birmingham 2:26 pm, and No 259 Tallapoosa service Atlanta 5:15 pm as before.
Frigid weekend ahead with scattered rain and winds. temperatures fall in several states. The report notes colder Saturday across North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia with northeast winds. Florida and Alabama see fair weather but cooling by Saturday. Texas and Tennessee show variable winds and colder spells. Texas market data show livestock prices steady with feeder stock and cattle receipts. hogs and sheep steady to lower. Commodity notes list flour grain and meal prices in Atlanta New York and St Louis markets with mixed futures and cash quotes.
Atlanta markets report mixed meat and grocery prices with pork and lard steadier and dry salted meats firmer. Chicago and Cincinnati show varying pork, lard, and bacon quotes, while groceries list coffee, sugar, tea and miscellaneous items with fluctuating values.
Country Produce in Atlanta lists varied prices for eggs at 23 cents per dozen, dressed poultry including hens at 24 cents per pound, ducks and turkeys also priced, onions at 1.75 dollars per bushel, peas and celery among the items with price figures. buyers are noted to find a wide range of farm market offerings for the period.
A garbled 19th century OCR snippet from Atlanta and Savannah trade pages shows fruits and confections with scattered item names such as bananas berries and citron. The text mentions prices, crates, dates, stores, and exports but is largely unintelligible with many misreads.
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