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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1907
Page
5
A compilation of satirical observations on politics, culture, and public life. References include King Edward, Harry Thaw, prohibition, Beasts of politics, and Twain. Scattered gibes on candidates Fairbanks and Roosevelt, literary notes, and warnings about dynamite plots, automobiles, and shady financials.
A critical editorial questions Senator Foraker of Ohio for using the Brownsville affair to influence the Republican presidential nomination. It accuses him of demagoguery and race-baiting while praising Taft and Roosevelt for upholding army integrity and reformist aims. The piece warns the GOP that backing Foraker means endorsing demagogy and reactionary policy.
The article notes Lenor F. Loree, president of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad, attended an alumni luncheon in New Brunswick New Jersey. It quotes his letters criticizing two cent a mile railroad laws and discusses his views on government justice, state versus federal control, and rail rate policy with references to St. Augustine and John Morley.
Fulton county grand jury urges a 6000 grant to establish a permanent Home For Old Ladies, contingent on Atlanta city council joining. Promoters have already aided many elderly women over three years, with plans to move the home to a larger, independent building to sustain care.
A New York social worker urges vigorous action against vagrancy, detailing many trespassers killed or injured while riding rail cars. He calls for work houses and police impositions, plus state support to prosecute and rehabilitate vagrants. The article also notes proposed post office money order expansion and eventual postal notes to aid the public.
A collage of rustic verse and homegrown humor wanders from Georgia trains to wedding rhymes. It ricochets through songs about June days, a playful pirate tale, a preacher in prison, and quips on devilish delays, blending folk charm with light social sketches.
Contemporary tributes mark The Atlanta Constitution as a leading southern newspaper on its fortieth birthday. Georgia papers and others praise its progress, prosperity, and public service, hoping for many more years of strong journalism across the South.
The Albany Merald reports Atlanta dominates Georgia day at the Jamestown exposition while other towns decry the focus. Editorials from The Waycrafa Journal, The Marietta Journal, and The Savannah Press discuss Atlanta’s prominent role, with cross-state pride and tension over attention and representation. A parable and moral discuss societal expectations and labor.
The Atlanta city council convened an adjourned session at 3 o clock to consider a report on North Georgia Electric Company seeking extra time to complete its plant. A favorable report will extend the company’s time to June 26, 1908, contingent on ducts by Atlanta Telephone and Telegraph Company used for thirty years. The meeting will also address sidewalk and curb work delays by contractors and possible investigations into bread weight and ice weight laws.
A garbled column cites Atlanta as proud possessor of three triplets and jokes about gobbling up nearby towns. It mentions a Gobblers lodge, muddy water, and envy from Rome, with cross-town references to Haywood Moyer trial, buried treasure diggers, and a romantic verse about memories in June.
Fragmentary OCR quotes a dialogue about booze with terms like bojer and caboose, lacking coherent facts, dates, or identifiable persons. The piece appears as garbled old prose or cartoonish banter without clear event or outcome.
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