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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1875
Page
3
An old fashion advertisement fragment promotes Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder praising purity and safety allowing larger quantities. It lists local merchants and a broad array of goods for sale including sash blinds and cosmetics. The item also notes a bank statement and various local notices, ads, and market opinions about upcoming fall trade.
The board of health reports city health needs and urges council action. They highlight drainage and sewer improvements, damaged hoses, and the value of efficient waste disposal. They note crops and trade prospects, with merchants predicting a strong fall season and improved business in dry goods and groceries.
The passage sketches urban life with stray notes on unemployment among white and colored workers, bootblacks, street children, and a curious coat theft. It drifts through descriptions of gardens, cotton mills, and English dividends, touching on weather, fashion at parties, and local figures like Himwood collar and Bryant, while hinting at broader urban bustle and economic whispers.
The fragment mentions high prices and past years with references to parties making engagements. It is sparse and lacks clear names, places, or dates, offering only a rough sense of economic concerns and social arrangements from a prior period.
A Bishop urges launching a strong new paper to counter anti Catholic bigotry in the South. He cites ignorance of Catholic doctrine among Protestants and defends the press power while condemning attempts to suppress Catholics. The talk centers on forming a newspaper to promote honest truth and oppose a Know Nothing movement.
Fragments describe silks, grenadined, and lace shirts on display at the fair drawing much attention. Vendors and visitors admire intricate fabrics, with judges noting craftsmanship and pattern variety in a lively, bustling exhibit section.
A church gathering on the platform featured bishops and speakers including Rev. Lee Pierce and others from Athens and nearby towns. Music by the Stone Mountain Brass Band accompanied remarks by John W. Akins and William J. Campbell amid general praise for the event and its eloquent debate about religious and national topics.
A jumble of prices and commodity notes fromCotton and grain markets, including cotton receipts and prices in New York Philadelphia Boston and Savannah, with cotton classing, currency quotes, and farm machinery depots. Mentions Mills and Presacs for cider or wine and references to fur and agricultural inventory.
Fragmentary notes indicate Judge Jackeson holds two appointments while Howard W. Key Homer Wuehtar Atkinson and others are named for a Higary trustee election. The Atlanta district conference Covington schedule on the 29th at 11 am is mentioned with Bishop Wightman to preside and delegates traveling.
Fragmented OCR item lists travel hints with scattered city names and routes. Readable parts show departures and arrivals like Charleston, Spartanburg, Heence, and New Tip with odd punctuation and currency-like symbols. The piece resembles a local transit blurb with unclear context.
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