Competition in Atlanta Utilities Sparks City Progress
The Constitution notes rival utilities and transit plans in Atlanta. Collins Park Belt Railway, Atlanta Railway and Power, American District Steam Company and electric ventures push toward new streetcar lines, power, heating and gas systems. The piece urges city council to allow full competition for broad urban advancement.
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Collins Park and Belt Railway
Atlanta Railway and Power Company
Whihh
Electric Grit Company
Atlanta
American District Steam Company
Colonel Candler Retires From Fifth Georgia Regiment
Col onel John S Candler retires from command of the Fifth Georgia regiment to focus on duties on the superior court bench. His decision follows pressure of litigation in the circuit with Park Wood set to succeed him. The move honors his soldierly record in the Spanish American War and reflects Georgia’s respect for his public service.
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Candler
Fifth
Georgia
John S Candler
Candier
Park Wood,ward
Worthi‘ly Ially
Woodward
Prose on Hope and Economic Change Across the Nation
The text discusses the impact of hopeful words by Frank L. Stanton, shifts in price power under the gold standard, and rising commodity prices. It covers wage trends, southern cotton manufacturing growth, new iron ore deposits in the South, and canal plans. It ends with notes on politics, journalism, and a Warrenton fertilizer note urging reduced usage.
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Bradstreet
United States
Avererage
New York
Anniston
Birmingham
Alabama
South
Merrimac
New England
Cherokee County
Gengla
Georgia
Solomon
Industrial Progress in the South and Alabama’s shift
A Birmingham district iron ore driven economic change lifts Alabama from poverty tied to cotton. The text traces Alabama’s past hardship when cotton price fluctuations controlled many businesses and notes the iron industry’s role in creating wealth for manufacturers and communities through value added products. A well known Alabama citizen comments on this transition.
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South
Alabama
Hernterests
Birmingham
The Onward March and Poems From Georgia
A vivid collage of verse and humor from a Georgia paper includes the chant The Onward March and a tidal wave of alliterative mockery in The Alliterative Mania. Other items feature dialect comedy, a dream interruption tale, and a debate on judicial primaries, with regional voices from North Carolina to Georgia and beyond.
French Singers Visit the Big Cyclorama at Grant Park
Members of a French opera troupe toured the cyclorama in Atlanta’s Grant Park Tuesday afternoon. Manager Coley Anderson and guide Mattox guided them through the sky and battle panorama, with Mattox delivering a lengthy lecture in French after coach Moyers advised it for comprehension. The visitors reacted with delight and praised Mattox’s performance, while local officials approved continuing the lecturer’s role.
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Grant Park
Coley Anderson
George MacDonald
Atlanta
Multtox
Grady and
Minainnett
W T Movers
Park Board
Tacturer Mattox
Colonel Moyers
Mattox
Nancy Hanks Saeurkraut
Sodia
Henry Grady
Minchinnett
Moytra
Jury Commissioners Advise Ministers and Editors in Greenville
Greenville jury commissioners list three ministers Dr S R Preston W J Langston and S W Key among the jurors for the approaching Greenville court of sessions They urge ministers and editors to serve and apply their views on juries though ministers are presently exempt by privilege, the commissioners hope they will not claim exemption to improve jury quality.
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Columbia
Greenvilla
Greenville
S R Preston
W J Langston
S W Key
Supreme Court
Industrious Wilcox farmer reports good wheat and meat yields
Samuel Brown of Bede in Wilcox County notes a strong wheat harvest and enough home raised meat to pay farm labor. He credits crop diversification and hog and cattle care as the path to independence, contrasting with earlier farming methods. A Georgia report also questions a senator’s bid to elect U.S. senators by popular vote as undemocratic.
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Abbeville
Gay Chronicle
Samuel + Brown
Bede
Wilcox County
Billjay
Courier-Sentinel
Clay
United States
Tales About Atlanta Park Bill Push Dominate Georgia Papers
Across Georgia papers report Atlanta park bill efforts led by Colonel Livingston and note related civic matters. Coverage cites price hikes for plain drunks in Atlanta licenses, a new depot or schoolhouse in Atlanta or Monroe, and a mysterious late Tuesday disappearance of Joe Braddy. Various towns flag political campaigns and civic projects with local commentary.
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Moultrie
Coigquit
Bainbridge
Americus
Evening Herald Atlante
Waynesboro
Metropolizen
Atlanta
Joe Braddy
Lumpkin
Ivery
Rn Get Cour
Congress seeks mail ban to crush trusts with Gaines bill
Representative Gaines of Tennessee introduces a mail regulation bill to suppress trusts by banning letters, checks, and circulars promoting trust affairs. The measure aims to halt conduct that reduces competition, sets minimum prices, or creates monopolies, with penalties and grand jury powers. The Tennessean notes Republicans’ opposition to such trust restraints.
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Jos. Ohl
Washington
Congress
House
Gaines
Tennessee
Federal Grand Jury
Trusts and reforms debate across party lines in 1900s press
A long excerpt discusses grand juries, antitrust aims, and enforcement, noting mixed GOP support and Democratic opposition. It critiques publicizing and regulating trusts, mentions President McKinley, Roosevelt, Hepburn, Grosvenor, and Chandler, and cites calls for stronger federal action versus state laws amid the campaign era.
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Grand Jury
Commun
F Brand
Republican Party
Kinley
Pth
Hannas
Mle
Hepburn
Grosvenor
Mrs Brown Stranded With Baby Seeks Help in Atlanta
A sandy haired woman named Rebecca Brown arrives in Atlanta with a baby and a basket after leaving Turitaloosa to reach her late husband’s relative in Clinton. Officials arrange shelter, food, and transport while she plans to continue to her uncle. A local boy buys oranges for the infant, demonstrating city kindness.
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Union Dupa
Atlanta
Rebecca Brow
Turtaloosa
Clinton
Met
Holt
Jones
Joe Haralson
Bioner Jones
Independents Demand City Registration Blanks in Knoxville Campaign
Knoxville campaign intensifies as independents demand copies of city registration blanks. A chancery court order required provision of the forms, contested by Democratic registration commissioners. Hearing slated. Democrats argue copies are not mandatory. Frauds alleged to influence a close election. unrest grows amid local political clash.
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Knoxvill Tern
Kyle
Avonville
Chancery Court
Smith
Upper East Tennessee
Johnson Cry
Gon
Knoxville
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