Emergency Tax Hike Threatens Atlanta Budget
The document argues a real emergency to avoid a return to higher tax rates, urging Atlanta's city council to respect the one and a quarter percent cap. It notes prosperity under Mayor Collier and warns that expanding taxation could invite legal challenges, injunctions, and public dissent. It cites the city charter’s emergency tax provision and stresses taxpayer consent.
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Attlanta
Atlanta
Collier
Providence
Balfour Speech on War, Defeat, and Empire Unity
The address recalls Lord North era despair over colonial subduing and notes Britain’s reverses in South Africa. Balancing caution with resolve, he argues defeat would test empire, yet unity of the English speaking world will prevail and spur duty to a common destiny.
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The
Treasury
Arthur J. Ballfour
Lord North
Great Britain
South Africa
Mr. Balfour
Statewide fund urged for Brumby monument by The Constitution
The Constitution promotes a broad subscription to honor gallant Tom Brumby, urging all Georgians to contribute from a dollar to a nickel. Children are included, with every donor named in the paper. Chief Joyner leads the drive to make it a popular, statewide effort, celebrating Brumby’s naval feat.
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London
The
Trafalgar Buildings
Trafalgar Square
Geo. M. 4 Hohton
Tom Brumby
Georgia
Joyner
A Serious Inquiry on Atlanta’s Opposition Spirit
The Charleston debate on Atlanta’s progress asks what fuels local spite and envy toward Atlanta. The writer seeks sociological insight into motives behind opposition and detraction, citing envy, malice, or pride as possible causes and recalling a Georgian bent against Atlanta’s rise.
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Charleston
Atlanta
Atlanta Constitution Defends Progress and Opposes Nativist Attacks
The Atlanta Constitution denounces provincial hostile reporting toward Atlanta and its southern neighbors. It asserts Atlanta’s historic support for progress, condemns narrow minded newspaper attitudes, and questions the motives behind attacks on regional enterprises and communities.
Typhoid fears push cities toward pure water plans
The typhoid epidemic in Philadelphia prompt a $12,000,000 push for a clean water supply and Trump’s scrutiny from other cities like St Louis. The Chicago Times Herald notes rivers have long carried sewage from distilleries and factories, urging headwater sourcing and proactive planning to secure safe water, citing Atlanta’s Chattahoochee pivot as proof. A note on aging actresses and St Louis’ drainage debate follows, then a deer shot on the Onky Tuck plantation near Perry with details of its size.
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Philadelphia
St. Loug
Missouri
St Loui
Chicago Times-Herald
Mlinoisiand
Mississippi
Atlanta
Chattahoochee
Union
We’re sorter feelin hopeful for a brighter year
The piece blends hopeful verses from Georgia style folk songs with dialect anecdotes and local humor. It references songs about light after darkness, prayer over an opossum meal, blessings in disguise, and a vigilante vigilance committee. It mentions Brother Dickey and De worl’ tu’ns round.
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Seldeneheaves
Dickey
Tales About Atlanta and a Missing Insurance Man
Canton Georgia Advance notes the disappearance of Kelly Brinsfield an Atlanta insurance man who vanished with several hundred dollars his case cited as part of a wider pattern in the city The Darien Gazette reflects on Atlanta depots and a new era while the Waycross Journal mentions candidates and local chatter in a multi item brief from regional papers
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Canton
Kelly Brinsfield
Atlanta
Brinsfield
Darien Gazette
Darien
Gazette
Waycross Journal
Von Buelow and Franco-Prussian era diplomacy detailed
The piece reviews Count Bernhardt von Buelow as a rising German statesman involved in pressuring Britain over the German flag incident. It also highlights his early career, controversial elopement, and diplomatic rise, and extols a Georgia school, the Donald Fraser, its leadership, history, and ties to education and church groups.
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Count Bernhardt von Buelow
Great Britain
Count von Buelow
Chicago Times-Herald
von Buelow
Home Office
Athens
Dresden
Parla
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Count Denhoeff
Wagner
Young Bernhardt
Bismarck
Rome
State political gossip swirls in Ware County races
Ware County figures urge W M Toomer for the next general assembly, with Toomer in the house and Hon Lem Johnson in the senate promising strong local representation. Governor Candler appears poised for re election without opposition. The Mark Harden rumor hints at John J Upchurch possibly pursuing the fourth senatorial district seat. The Atlanta Constitution praised for supporting farmers amid cotton crop woes.
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Ware County
W M Toomer
Toomer
Lem Johnson
Sion
B. Smith
Darien
Liberty County
Wim
Phew
Darren Gazette
Mark Harden
Steve Postell
Mark
Cobb
John J. Upchurch
Waycross Journal
John J. Wpenureh
Charlton County
Senate
Camden
Glynn
Charlton
Rufus J. Leng
Satilla
Local Visitors Missed By High Shoals Residents
Walton News and Messenger notes Mrs. Leland and Peg-Leg Williams have been traveling nearby but never visited High Shoals. Residents express invitation and offer to step aside to assist their visit and support the ongoing good work.
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Walton News and Messenger
Mountain Meadow massacre tied to Mormon Danites origins
William Riley Boyd cites Mountain Meadow massacre as the work of the Danites, a secret Mormon faction formed in 1839 to defend believers. He lists origins in Missouri and Illinois conflict, notes Brigham Young’s leadership, and argues the massacre proves divine-justified violence within early Mormon history.
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Mountain Meadow
Quillian
Philadelphia ‘Times
Joaquin Miller
Far West
Sampson
Tabernacle
Avard
Sation
Calswell County
Justice of the Peace
Raychit
Missouri
March
Hyde
Dan
Smith
United States
Mon Teadera
Sidney Rigdon
The
Church
God
Jesus Christ
Ud Ft
Misouri
Mississippi River
Ilinois
Rigdon
Mlinois
Nauvoo
the Expositor
Expositor
Carthage
Smuth
Smiths
Hyrum Smith
Joseph Smith
Brigham Young
Mormon Church
Arkansas
John D. Lee
Subduing Jones in a Bachelor Household Tale
Jones, a young bachelor, causes chaos by moving into a shared house with a recovering family. A tardy clock, a startled young lady, and a rash entrance lead to humiliation and a changed, subdued demeanor. The incident shifts his behavior, halting bravado and borrowing from friends. His mother hints at a woman’s influence at work.
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Jones
Benedict
Consey
Undiger
Unf Jones
Ins
Joneses
Tyro
D.C
Georgia cotton mills boom in Marietta and Dawson growth
Georgia towns report rising mill activity with 72 cotton mills employing about 9,000 workers and paying millions in wages. Other items note a push for a national park near Washington, a shift from cotton to cattle in Wilkes County, and a forecast that Dawson must build a cotton factory. Also commentary on British trade and concerns over a new dog law in Buchanan.
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Marietta
Journal
Georgia
Washington, Ga
Chronicle
Atlanta
Washington
Wilkes County
Dawson
Terrell
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