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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1903
Page
9
A collage of odd notes, rumors, and quips covers politics, science, crime, and society. Tangled items include a Brooklyn boy’s childhood grafting tale, a Chicago jury’s quick verdict, and remarks on Roosevelt and national politics.
A tribute recalls Pope Leo XIII with emphasis on Catholic influence in world affairs and hopes for a successor. It defends Charles Emory Smith’s integrity amid post office scandals, praising his reforms and independence. The piece also argues Georgia should teach agriculture and civil government in public schools to strengthen citizenship and self-reliance.
Augusta newspapers unite to reform city elections from stockyard tactics to honest ballots and fair counts. The Chronicle and The Augusta Herald join forces, praising cooperative journalism as essential to public trust and civic progress.
A New York City page portrays tenement dwellers struggling for air as heat drains from waterfront areas. The piece condemns municipal mismanagement funding frauds like a speedway for rich horse owners and urges massive investment in housing and ventilation to ease misery in crowded slums.
Immigration Commissioner Sargent warns of a rising flood of arrivals from Europe and the Atlantic. He cites mass movement from congested European districts and from Africa, asking why major nations do not curb their own population loss amid these migratory waves.
The writer laments large immigrant influxes transforming American elites into foreign cities. He predicts foreign-born voters will control states, erode Americanism, and warns Congress should tighten entry rules. He argues immigrants quickly integrate into state citizenship and demand loyalty tests.
The Georgia Cadets roll of Confederate soldiers is incomplete. W E H Searcy of Griffin asks readers to send full names and surrender details for every cadet remembered, to place them in war records. Also includes critique of Dr Abbott's Lee secession views and notes on Lee and state rights.
A collage of verse and humor pieces from The Papyrus edited by Michael Monehan includes Georgia themed songs about thankfulness and fields, light verse about devils and editors, a dog bite update from The Adama Enterprise, and reflections on sorrow and faith. It features poets William Black White Moses Scott Boses Fanny Hooter Shoter and notes Georgia pride with melons and peaches, plus a cathedral scene and a meditation on arriving at peace through storms and faith.
Madrid reports a new Spanish cabinet with Marquis Villaverde as premier and Seors Sanbornerdo Besada Gua man Martitemul Garcia Alix Bugaval named to key posts. Foreign, Justice, Finance, Interior, Public Instruction, Agriculture and other ministries listed in the lineup.
Congressman Livingston discusses currency reform in an interview with a New York financial journal. He advocates expanding national bank note issuance tied to assets, urging Congress to act to end the monopoly of the national banking act, and he cites capital, bonds, and safe asset-backed currency as the path to avoiding panics and credit stringencies.
The Georgia House paused to honor Justice Samuel Lumpkin with adjournment after journal reading. The Senate followed with a brief executive session and unanimous tribute adjournment in memory of the jurist.
In New York on July 20 counsel for Georva W W Beavers former superintendent of salaries and allowances at the post office department says he notified District Attorney Young about offering a preliminary hearing before a United States commissioner Beavers would face two indictments returned by the Brooklyn grand jury Colonel Young reportedly declined the offer. The statement condemns the district attorney as irregular and unfair depriving Beavers of a preliminary hearing and a chance to learn the exact charge against him to date.
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