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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1904
Page
20
Washington dispatches report little chance of a Democratic caucus binding senators on the Panama treaty. Observers say enough Democrats will vote for ratification to ensure approval, despite opposition and proposed amendments to protect U S treasury from potential damages claims.
The Republican editors of Missouri, meeting in convention at Sir Joseph on January 17, adopted a resolution congratulating President Roosevelt on his patriotism and favorable stance toward recognizing the Republic of Panama. They declared Missouri’s press united for his renomination at Chicago next June.
A snippet from Arthr Gibson Hall in The Reader depicts a Potter twirling a cay, epistle in hand, against a black dawn. Vivid imagery follows with names and celestial references, ending with a dramatic call to behold the world.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a husband laments a scurrilous letter and his wife slyly implies the letter sender’s familiarity with the couple, adding a wry twist to the domestic moment. The dialogue hints at hidden knowledge and playful suspicion within a Chicago setting.
Thomasville Georgia opens a bustling winter season as northern visitors arrive to join a growing year round population. Prominent guests include Colonel Payne Down and his Ohio ties, the Hanna family with Glenraven and Inwood homes, and many millionaires from New York Philadelphia and Chicago. The Piney Woods hotel welcomes guests early with a busy late December start and a dance season to follow, while local society notes highlight exclusive gatherings and contrasts with southern hospitality.
St Petersburg January 17 The Interior Minister Flehne finished a draft peasant code. The czars manifesto will send it to local committees. Zemstvos will be appointed by governors with limited discussion. Three points kept rigid: peasants separate, commune untouched, lands inalienable. Conservatives call it cautious progress amid chaos and police power. The project keeps corporal punishment though not barred. The emperor aims to protect peasantry by preserving class, commune and land inalienability.
Fire razed the Olyphant breaker and washery of the Delaware and Hudson Company at Orphant on January 17. The blaze, started by a hot journal, destroyed a modern plant with a daily capacity of 2200 tons. Up to 2500 workers may be idle for two months or more. estimated loss near 110000 dollars.
A hulk carrying 700 bales of cotton, discharged from the Austrian steamer Arimaten from Savannah, caught fire yesterday off Genoa and sank. Part of the cotton burned. the rest drifted due to strong winds.
Washington dispatch notes King Cotton’s 1903 export figures surpassing prior records. Daily exports averaged over one million dollars, with last quarter exceeding two million and December topping seventy two million. Total year exports reached 378 million, up 64 million from 1900.
From Home January 17 correspondent learns from authority that a Vatican restitution report on the late pope's alleged 38,000,000 francs treasure was spread by discharged officials. They claim riches in the Vatican to pressure Plus to restore offices long obsolete since Rome's Italian occupation.
A couple debates naming their baby with light humor. The wife asks for a suggestion and the husband defers, then reveals four married friends advised that agreeing at the start saves time and trouble. The exchange frames practical wisdom in a witty, domestic tone.
Athens Ga January 17 Special Cuban people seek to educate their nation by sending four Havana youths to the University of Georgia and the State Normal School next fall for teacher training. Dr Manuel Valdes Rodrigues, a leading educator, hopes free tuition for these Cuban students and designates plans for a third student to study farming development.
In Trieste, Austria, January 7, the town and neighborhoods brim with Italian red wine imported in unprecedented quantities to counter possible losses from new commercial treaties. Cellars overflow, dealers rent stables and barns to store goods, and thousands of casks lie in the open covered with sand to prevent freezing.
A child named Mary sits on my knee amid a world worn by history and tears. The poem contrasts ancient monuments and enduring sorrow with a personal beacon of comfort. Rippling Zola II appears as Marys heir, while Old Cheops overlooks a land of sleeping dead. Marys presence lightens the grave concerns that haunt nations.
In Valdosta Georgia plans were made to convert city hall and the opera house into quarters for the federal district court and for the superior court during construction of a new county courthouse. The opera house lease reverts to the city, stage scenery will be removed, and the first floor library will move. Judge Emory Speer reviewed plans, and local officials pledged free space until a government building is erected. The county also moves to begin a new courthouse, necessitating court quarters for both courts. Also noted is the formation of the Valdosta Medical Association with Dr Talbot president and Dr Carter vice president. A Lee birthday celebration is planned by the Daughters of the Confederacy with music, prayers, and addresses at the Videttes’ armory.
A fragment from an early 20th century vignette features girls imagining future ambitions, with dreams of carpentry, circus rides, carriage life, motherhood, and elegance. The dialogue contrasts youthful fantasies with domestic future roles and ends with a note on Harold and her fiancé discussing routines.
Milledgeville January 17 General The presence of Hon John R Cooper of Macon and his bid for Congress in the sixth district against Hartlett of Macon prompts Baldwin leaders to seek a candidate not from Bibb. Judge John T Allen is urged to run, with Baldwin Democrats showing strong support if he enters. The field likely widens as Bartlet and Cooper compete, promising an active political summer in the sixth district.
In Paolo Kansas January two men, Charles Gurney of Saint Paul Minnesota and Thomas Rogers of Butte Montana, were captured by a posse of around three hundred farmers and Anti Horse Thief Association members. They were suspected of attempting to rob a Cleveland Missouri bank and blowing open a Missouri Kansas and Texas station safe at Loisburg Kansas last night. The pair possessed revolvers and ammunition.
In a whimsical scene, Noah leans over a teffrall of the ark waiting for rain while Rudy Bay neighborhood friends gather on the bank and serenade with tin horns. Noah urges them to board, predicting a coming storm, but they scoff. He laments that Chicago won't acknowledge his effort to save the orchestra.
The speaker claims doctors nearly killed them and describes a room like an apothecary. They credit Cheney's Expectorant with a full recovery and state no more doctor’s bills, asserting they are now well.
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