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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1901
Page
9
The notice outlines subscription terms and Sunday edition details with rates for domestic and Mexico cards, noting price changes and weekly editions. Dated Atlanta Georgia June 4 1901.
The Georgia Soldiers' Home opened yesterday at Atlanta marking a landmark for veterans and widows, with forty needy old soldiers given a secure home. The ceremony honored Confederate service and the state’s long pledge to support veterans, while praising contributors, trustees, and leaders who made the project a reality.
An editorial discusses Alice Stone Blackwell’s push for the eagle as the suffrage emblem and questions the bird’s suitability. It likens the eagle to the hen and nightingale, arguing the hen’s practicality and the eagle’s flaws, and notes the suffragists’ likely ongoing emphasis on vocal advocacy.
The piece argues for uniform divorce laws via federal action or constitutional amendment as many states resist change. It notes Supreme Court decisions fueling reform, southern newspapers showing willingness to empower Congress, and mounting public pressure for a nationwide standard.
Elijah Dowte declares a divine message urging listeners to pay tithes and offerings into the storehouse while urging men and women to contribute liberally He portrays himself as the sole arbiter of spiritual access and controls the path to heaven as a toll gate operator.
The Cuban convention adopted the Platt amendment with explanatory paragraphs aligned to Secretary Root’s interpretation. Washington will not count these as within the congressionally granted recognition clause, delaying final accord. Both sides seek agreement and show genuine effort toward a correct outcome.
A garbled reflection on Mark Twain and James A. Horne cites Dr Ament urging action for slander and calls for fair reply. It also notes Horne’s death and praises his theater work while touching on Pekin dispatches, Dowie politics, McLaurin Tillman talk, and unrelated weather notes about hailstones in New York and Albany.
A collage of verses and notes from a Southern newspaper page. It weaves Georgia poetry with reminiscences of John Fox Jr and Civil War figures, hints at healers in Georgia, and includes cultural commentary on rural life, weather, and social topics like College-Bred Wives, all in a nostalgic late 19th to early 20th century tone.
Louisville June 8 Special To Morrow the wife of Governor Beckham will visit the Trappist monastery. Only once before in half a century has a woman entered Gethsemane Abbey. The rules allow the wife of a state governor to be admitted. The piece recounts the abbey’s origins and a long history of monastic life and relocation, detailing St Benedict’s rule and La Trappe reform.
The piece argues against congressmen backing dismissed West Point cadets and warns that political interference would corrode military merit. It questions lawmakers who once condemned hazing while now defending those who defied authority, risking a broader staunch rejection of civilian oversight over the armed forces.
In the New York Tribune the writer argues that faith healers and Christian Scientists may believe as they wish but must obey state law. A Westchester judge sentenced a man for failing to seek medical help for his two year old daughter with pneumonia. The piece asserts freedom of belief does not excuse neglect of dependents and that obeying the law, not martyrdom, is the correct stance.
The Boston Advertiser notes a strong public sense that the Massachusetts Senate erred politically by refusing to consider any trust reform measures. The paper highlights ongoing unease and argues the Senate leadership has failed to end this issue, despite state commission recommendations and calls to curb trust operations.
Australian Nicknames Leisure Hour discusses colonial nicknames for states and territories. It catalogs terms like New South Wales cornstalks gum-suckers Crow-eaters Wheatfelders banana landers and Westralians tother siders with notes on origins amid a playful look at intercolonial lore and fruit references.
The article discusses Chinese immigration to North America, noting U S and British rules differ in enforcement. It cites Healy, immigration, and smuggling across the St Lawrence corridor with certificates borrowed. Officials struggle to distinguish travelers, leading to widespread perjury and continued entry for cash.
The Louisville Courier Journal argues that high wool tariffs raise prices and reduce consumption. It notes manufacturers must balance demand for affordable goods with cost, leading to product deterioration as cotton and shoddy rise in woolen production.
A fragmentary item notes a debate over Carrie Nation's fame with references to Medicine Lodge figures Carrie Malion and Jerry Simpson. It recalls their past as neighbors, Simpson's disdain for Nation's notoriety, and his former temperance street corner preaching.
In this item, Associate Justice Henry 8 Brown traces a career from early life in Massachusetts to a seat on the U S Supreme Court in January 1888 and prior federal posts in Michigan. Leoner Fresnel Loree is described as the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad president designate, with a Rutgers education and a long railway career beginning in Fulton City in 1855 and later transit service.
The text outlines a railroad career spanning multiple divisions with key promotions culminating in a general manager role west of Pittsburgh. It also profiles Elizabeth Cady Stanton as a leading suffragist, detailing her birth in 1814, Puritan lineage, education, abolition work, and decades of activism and leadership in the woman suffrage movement.
Nashville American recounts Private John Allen a veteran of Alaska Cuba and the Philippines who shot a Filipino prisoner during a guard task and was sentenced by court martial to twenty years at Alcatraz He acted under orders not malice and seeks clemency or commutation from the president.
A brief reminiscence on the Plain Dealer hiring a new office boy who rose through the ranks, with anecdotes about pay for jokes from the afternoon paper, and a quip about a theater audience and a sharp remark on weather and climate in a lingering fragment.
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