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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1902
Page
8
Terms to subscribers outline rates and service details. Nichols and Broliaday advertise managers for all territory outside of Atlanta with a formal notification style.
An orator argues that true Christian freedom lies beyond human creeds and rituals. He asserts the Holy Spirit guides believers into truth, warns against artificial sins, and defends liberty of conscience against traditions, urging sanctified living toward the liberty of the sons of God.
The Constitution reports from Havana warn that Cuba’s move to self government, blocked by tariffs and weakened by political inaction, risks revolution and ruin. President Roosevelt’s reciprocity push is praised, but failure to secure nonpartisan tariff concessions could doom Cuba without swift treaty action and Senate ratification.
The Sunny South presents Captain Evan P. Howell illustrated history on Guilford Court House and its pivotal battle. He links earlier Revolution events to the critical moment that shaped the fate of Georgia and the South, tracing ancestry ties and the broader regional impact.
The piece notes support for local option liquor legislation, stating the state endorses the policy via its platform and statutes. It warns opponents against glossing the verdict, and predicts reform by Colonel Pringle aligning with state views on local option. It also covers Fourth of July observations and various political asides.
Letters from the People praise the Democratic state convention platform while arguing that headlines misstate the local option stance. Complain that platform does not endorse any prohibition method beyond the general local option law and call for tax reforms and honesty in tax collection. Commends and critiques come from readers in Georgia towns including Sandersville and Fairburn.
An Atlanta editor urges planters to change cotton seed planting from drills to spaced drops to save seed and labor. Bankers led by Joseph A. McCord discuss banking support for southern manufacturing, outlining risk, collateral, and the need for balanced backing of industry, agriculture, and merchants.
A dramatic dispatch from Warsaw reports Dr Michailoff as public execution victim and the government doctor bound to a ladder receiving fifty strokes with the knout. He later dies on his doorstep after a masked attack and threats against further action.
In St Petersburg society many mourn the death of Prince Lord Kipinidse, famed dancer and reckless heart-throb. Executed in Tiflis by the czar's executioner, he was condemned for raiding thirty seven coaches in the Caucasus and killing many men. Reportedly charming to the ladies, he shared candy and tea with them after taking valuables, and was dressed gallantly, with witnesses noting he killed a band member in the prince's presence to protect children.
Paris reports Colonel Humbert of the French colonial artillery has unveiled a device that renders firearms noiseless and smokeless, erasing flash and discharge signs. He says the apparatus fits existing guns of any caliber and could render war impossible by removing visible evidence of firing. Military commentators react with interest.
In Sepp Hadich’s trunk in Spe, an internatonal crook was arrested on suspicion. Biographical notes genealogical tables and other literary matter tied to W W Astor of London were found with drafts of letters offering titles by the Kaiser and Vienna Rome Meiningen courts. Letters from court ladies show use of influence to procure titles. The man calls himself a title proker by appointment boasting aristocrats owe coronets. There is no evidence Astor employed him.
Ibsen’s claim about Christiania as Europe’s wicked capital is reinforced by a monster trial of about twenty baby-farm keepers. For ten to fifteen years wholesale infant murder occurred, with private cemeteries in gardens and fields where a large number of infant remains were exhumed.
The Hague reports confidential inquiries to the United States about taking the uninhabitable New Guinea islands from the Netherlands. The lands suffer from a deadly climate and water scarcity, with European soldiers dying there. Papuan natives are said to be subdued amid official chamber reports.
Wallace Putnam Reed critiques Mr Maddox's remarks on trust legislation praising bankers while correcting a historical error about Sir Walter Raleigh and James Oglethorpe. He argues Raleigh did not discover parts of North America or settle Georgia and notes readers may be misled by romanticized history.
Madrid reports Alfonso's new rule pleases subjects while recalling the forgotten King Amadeus of Savoy. The bronze statue, 1870s era tribute, shows Amadeus unsheathing his sword at the head of Mont Croce brigade.
Stuttgart July 5 Special The king ends a feud with Brucken residents who had resented his skipped royal welcome. William after becoming king sends excuses and a peace portrait. Bruckeners pledge to vote liberal next elections and conservative thereafter, not yielding all at once.
July 6 report notes that the throne intended for King Edward was designed by French artisans in Paris with most of the work completed there. The London firm that commissioned the throne informed designers that their work was highly commended by members of the royal family while the coronation was postponed due to the king’s illness.
In Paris the Rue de la Paix dressmakers mourn postponed coronation festivities as King Edward's new status delays events. Mlle Dupare sues Paquin alleging a $20 charge for a simple sewing on Dutton, reflecting rising frustrations and inflated service fees.
In Budapest on July b the silver Rose of Virtue ceremony for the country's most innocent maiden above sweet sixteen is abandoned this year due to a shortage of marriageable young men. The crowned maiden must wed a worthy peasant and receive a dowry, per statutes.
Koenigsberg July 5 General von Bock was wounded in the cheek and neck by lance thrusts at Thalt while inspecting the Prince Albrecht Dragoons. The signal wheel about face was sounded. the Dragoons understood it, but the general did not and narrowly escaped death.
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