Roaring Roosevelts and Capitol jests in 1908 satire
The Washington Bureau of The Constitution relocates to the Hibbs Building and lists distribution offices on Broadway, Park Row, and Forty-second Street. Subcriber notices warn not to pay strangers. A string of satirical notes skewers Roosevelt, Taft, and Congress with jests on hunting, Bible debates, and Georgia moonshiners.
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Washington Bureau of the Constitution
Hibbs
Fifteenth Street
John Corrigan
Hotaling
Broadway
Twenty-ninth
Thirty-eighth Street
Forty-second Street
Park Row
Medicon Squad
The Specific for Spinsterhood in Verse and Voicing
A satirical piece mocking spinsterhood argues for pairing by scientist metaphors and poetry, citing Misa Phosbe Coesins and Gail Hamilton. It treats spinsterhood as a social tax, imagining oxygen and hydrogen molecules seeking mates in a witty, alegorical critique.
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Taft
Mise Phosbe
Gail Hamilton
Apney
Peither
Phoeba
Weakened Case Promotes Obedience to Law Over Tyranny
A federation statement signed by Gompers Mitchell and Morrison rejects clemency for contempt in the stove case arguing disobedience to a judge enshrines liberty but warns such talk would erode public rights and turn the nation into night riders. It notes organized labor has relied on law and court orders to counter unprincipled capital and warns against defiance as ruinous to labor itself.
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American Federationist
Organized Labor
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrigan
Mesars
Morrison
Wright
A TRUE PHILANTHROPIST REMEMBERED IN ATLANTA
John F. Barclay is lauded as a practical philanthropist who used his means and time to ease suffering and lift others. The obituary portrays him as modest yet impactful, directing aid without ostentation and earning wide esteem across Atlanta for his benevolent work.
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John F. Barclay
Atlanta
The Perennial Infant Industry Debate on Tariffs
The lower house Ways and Means Committee hears arguments on tariff revision and infant industry protections. Advocates claim trusts can survive without duties but warn smaller independent firms could die without protection. The piece notes the paradox: public sympathy for independents aids trusts, while consumers pay higher prices.
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Ways and Means
Congress
Andrew Carnegie
United States Steel Corporation
Dlacusa
The Veto in Tennessee Opinion Piece
A criticism of Tennessee’s veto power arguing it is a mere formality. The legislature can override a governor with a simple majority, diminishing the veto to a cosmetic check. The piece questions the utility of the veto and notes its historical role in curbing bad laws.
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Tennessee
General Assembly
Acta
Tennesses
Georgia Notes and Rural Wit From The Cameron Observer
A collage of verses and local comment from Georgia sources. References to money remedies, weather, and toil mix with sermons, editorials, and frontier humor. Reports touch on Georgia life, agriculture, transportation, and the challenges of income and daily work.
Plan Made for Banquet at Macon Chamber of Commerce Meeting
Macon Georgia January 22 Special Elaborate plans were made by chamber of commerce committees for the annual banquet to be held February 24 President Finley of the Southern and several prominent railway officials will attend as guests. A J Long, chairman of arrangements, has sped extensive preparations.
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Macon Chamber of Commerce
Macon
Chamber of Commerce
Finley
Southern
A. J. Long
Gossip at the Capitol on convict overs and rail service orders
Officials discuss distributing overs for convicted workers among counties that demand more than their legal share. Georgia Seaboard Air Line receivers face a Jan 28 hearing over passenger service between Atlanta and the South Carolina line as residents push for adequate service. Norman resignation controversy prompts talk of a new Wilkes County election as Governor Smith reviews the proper course.
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Erch
Good- Joe Yarney
The
Prison Commission
Camplatuta
Seaboard
Davive Warfled
R Lanister Willams
E C Duncan
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Dartsmouth
Georgia Ra Road Commission
Cance
Qanta
Carolna
John A Penn J J Strickland
Georgia
Commission Iteel
Atlanta
South Carolus
Attanta
Russian Loan Oversubscribed in London Sale
London reports a new Russian loan heavily oversubscribed on January 22, with strong demand pushing the issue to a premium around 2 percent. Investors flocked to buy, boosting early prices and signaling robust appetite for Russian government debt despite uncertain conditions.
General Ramsay Potts Returns to Gate City
Brigadier General Ramsay D Potts commander of the department of the gulf returns to Atlanta after a month away spent inspecting forts in Florida and visiting his son in Cuba. Colonel G E Dodd led the department in his absence and Potts will forward his report to Washington for public release.
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Department of the Gulf
Atlanta
Florda
Cuba
Washington
G E Dodd
Twelfth Cavalry
Potts
Gordon N Kimball
Cav
Department
Robert M Campbell
Leutenant Campbell
Duvall
Philippines
Trains Discontinued Prompt Macon Protest Demand
At a January conference the Macon chamber transportation committee and Georgia railroad officials reached a decision to send a Macon business committee to Atlanta to protest the removal of passenger service from Macon to Camak. Chairman Bmall to name the panel tomorrow.
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Georgia Railroad
Macon
Camak
Transportation Committee
Macon Chamber of Cammerce
Atlanta
Georgia Road
Cama
Transportation Committees
New Bank at Buchanan Incorporators Named
Bremen January 22 stock has been subscribed to amount of 15000 for a new bank at Buchanan. The incorporators include J G Holcombe S W Strickland JL Hayes J Wo White IH N Lasseter Joel Phillips J A Rowell J Edwards and others. A cheque will be applied for immediately and once granted the new institution will announce readiness for trainees.
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Bremen
Buchanan
J G Holcombe
S. W Strickland
JL Hayes
J Wo White
Ritter Succeeds Vogel as Swiss Minister to Japan
In Berne Switzerland on January 22 Dr P Ritter has been named to replace Leo Vogel as minister to Japan, succeeding Vogel at the Swiss mission in Wash aration.
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Vogel
Berme
Switzerland
Dr P Ritter
Japan
Leo Vogei
Praent
Court guilty plea in embezzlement case in San Francisco man
Elmer Long, brought from San Francisco, pleaded guilty in superior court to obtaining $200 under false pretenses from Schavl & May. Judge Born sentenced him to twelve months. Long bought a diamond ring from Harry L Dix, paid $600, used a worthless book for part, then pawned the ring for $200. Dix retained title until payment. Grand jury action delayed. Washington viaduct move discussed. A receiver petition filed for $600, with temporary J Lo Riley named. Several civil suits and divorces noted, including Bosworth v Mind and Robinson v Robinson ongoing.
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Elmer Long
San Francisco
Schavl & May
Superior Court
Born
Long
Harry L Dix
Dix
Schan & May
Sehaul & Way
Thelts
Mystic Shrine Potentates to Inspect Temples in South
Potentate Forrest Adair of Yeamb Temple and Imperial Potentate Edwin Alderman plan inspections of Chatttanooga and Birmingham temples to report on conditions for the Imperial report. The tour, from Atlanta’s regional groups, will include Zahara and Yaareb temples with a new temple building nearly ready for occupancy in the coming weeks.
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Yeamb
Mystic Shrine
Edwin Alderman
Grand Reatis
Chatttanooga
Birmingham
Alhambra
Chast Sanooga
Washville
Inert
Laat Lempoweth
Zahara Temple
Bioungham
Potentata Adalama
Atlanta
Aobiea Imperial Poweniave
Edwin Aderman
Inapestéon
Rome
Yaareb ‘Femple
Pereen
Wich
Officers And Wives To Attend Shepherd King Gala
The opening performance of Shepherd King stars Wright Lorimer and moves Fort McPherson officers to attend in uniform. Edward J Hassan invited the officers and their wives, Lt. Colony Tarratt accepted, a grand Monday night showing with one unpaid seat.
Chatham Grand Jury Indicts Prohi Offender
Savannah January 22 The Chatham grand jury today indicted Fred Haar for violating prohibition law and revealed that by next Tuesday every nearby dealer must pay the state near beer tax or face indictment Solicitor General Hart ridge holds an alphabetical list of those who pay and those who owe if lists fail to match the tax filings the grand jury will issue additional indictments
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Savannah
Speon
Chatham Grand Jury
Fred Haar
Hartridge
Grand Jury
Returned to Asylum After Court Order
M Ga January 22 Special Co 8 O Connel was sent back to the asylum from Macon on Judge Ropart Hodges order. The court in G Connel found him convicted and sentenced for alleged violation of temperance laws last year and adjudged insane. His friends took him back despite a pending mavlum. O Conner had come home on leave and stayed two days before the court acted.
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O'Connel
Ate
Macon
Ropart Hodges
Eit
G@Connel
Inurt
Milledgetiile O
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