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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1904
Page
9
Ed Nichols and Holliday named sole Advertising Managers for a territory outside of Atlanta, indicating leadership in regional promotion for the Constitution building project.
A fragment of a late 19th century column critiques politicians including McClellan and Hanna, notes New York and Cincinnati editorial moves, and covers a strange African sleeping sickness blamed on a tsetse fly bite. The piece blends political gossip with international health concerns and cites the Uganda report on the microbial cause and proposed biological control.
A report from St. Petersburg suggests Von Plebve has pledged personal czarist restraint to prevent early anti Jewish outrages at Kishinev. Observers view this as expediency over virtue as Russia seeks favorable world opinion amid rising sympathy for Japan and diplomatic caution before any decisive action.
The Chicago physician Johan Dill Robertson argues bathing harms health. He claims tubbing and cleansing remove skin pores, trigger tuberculosis, and that pneumonia stems from cleanliness. He cites a Chicago pneumonia outbreak to support his anti bathing stance.
The article argues about the doctor’s theory linking cold-water bathing to pneumonia. It notes skepticism about epidemics in other cold cities and suggests many prefer comfort over perceived health risks, rejecting the idea that cleanliness itself causes death.
Macon News reports Aldermen Inman of Atlanta introducing an ordinance to create a city council chaplain post. The officer would attend all council meetings, begin with prayer, and be paid five dollars per regular meeting. Dr. Broughton is nominated for the role.
A compilation of editorials from the era depicting how Southern papers react to national events. References include Langley and a bomb dropper machine, South Carolina murders, Korea and Manchuria war talk, Panama treaty ratification, state primaries, Virginia election laws, and Roosevelt’s reception handling race veterans in a controversial tone.
The report surveys Georgia crops and culture efforts, noting fourteen-cent cotton despite conflicting aims with Louis Magid's silk program. It highlights Warcross sugarcane plant’s first season success, mentions Rome Tribune’s water wagon crowd comment, Griffin News’ taunt about Tam many dinner, Augusta Herald on patent activity, and Smithville McAfee house menu changes threatening chicken dishes travelers expect.
A rural collage mixes festive Georgia imagery with dialect humor and Fallen leaves of old tales. A deacon and Brother Dickey discuss a race problem while Christmas songs drift with fiddles and a possum turkey joke, all set around a hill country community.
Augusta Chronicle and other papers mourn John B Gordon a Confederate leader. Reports praise his soldierly courage and chivalry while noting his service as commander in chief of United Confederate Veterans. Traversing tributes remember his public roles in Georgia and the South and call for lasting memory of his deeds.
Mississippi legislature plans to press for Panama Canal ratification and support for canal work. Louisiana instructs its senators to back the treaty. Mississippi aims for a deepwater port and rail line, arguing Gulf coast export needs and cheaper freight. The piece urges party unity and swift appropriations to begin construction.
Washington January 1 Mr Jenkins chairman of the judiciary committee called a resolution requesting the attorney general furnish information on money spent under the act enforcing the Sherman anti trust law. The measure passed without debate or division and the house adjourned in respect to the late Mr Skiles.
In Washington on January 1 the Senate began with routine business before an executive session. Senator Stewart proposed a resolution for the Appropriations Committee to study all departments to see how many extra clerks are needed to avoid extending clerks’ hours beyond 4 30 p m. Gallinger objected noting the seven hour law and suggested seeking a revision of it. The measure was laid over.
The body of Herr Agster former socialist democratic member of the reichstag was found hanging to a tree in Degerroch forest. Agster attempted death by his own action in the reichstag some time ago.
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