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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1899
Page
19
Fragmentary OCR notes show reference to a meeting or committee item about a project labeled 6.005 with unclear context. The readable words hint at a council or board discussion and potential assessment or action pending. No clear names, places, or dates are identifiable to specify outcomes.
The piece argues the Atlanta depot is a public nuisance and calls for a new union station or separate, acceptable depots. It urges railroad managers to act promptly to avoid legislation, faulting delays and urging the railroad commission to enforce relief measures. It also notes contentious views on Booker T. Washington and race education debates within the black community.
A race question article by Charles Spencer Smith challenges Booker Washington’s views. The piece, described as a counterblast and protest against his guidance to the Negroes, appeals to influential listeners who favor a superficial reading of Washington’s teachings. The argument is noted as ingenious though controversial.
The article debates Pennsylvania facing a fiscal gap of 16 million with 11 million revenue, a 3.5 million deficit, and a rise in politicians seeking influence. It warns against demagoguery and waste, condemns state increases, and urges citizens to demand honest governance over self-serving grabs as other states also face abuses.
The piece contrasts US government and press reaction to epidemics, noting harsher southern coverage of yellow fever and typhoid in Philadelphia and New York. It cites 1896 typhoid outbreak figures, calls for calm, and mocks sensationalism, while touching on politics and media critiques.
A patchwork of pastoral and war era poetry from Georgia poets and regional themes. The piece references Kipling, spring songs, and local writers from Trion, Dodge County, Sugar Valley, and Sugar Valley’s Deacon Timrod, noting a magazine editor in the American Illustrated Magazine and a Birmingham style of Southern literary life.
A tribute to The Constitution's Woman's Department praises Miss Tema Dooly and Miss Isma Dealy. The piece lauds the department as a leading example among southern papers, noting its broad topics, literary flavor, and the editors' poised, sincere, and capable conduct. It highlights Dealy's rising stature and a recent metropolitan offer, and lauds Dooly as gracious, attentive, and firmly talented as she pilots the desk.
A long column of notes recounts unusual deaths and curiosities from Georgia Alabama and nearby regions. It lists suicides and accidents including a man in Selma who killed himself over a broken romance and others in Americus Augusta and Dodge County. The piece also mentions a Lawrence County child’s death a Covington family buried together and a Wilkes County marriage to a son’s widow. Foreign items discuss consular trade and infrastructure moves including American wire nails and railway cars, Swedish stock companies and gas lighting trends in Europe.
Georgia newspapers report Augusta to Atlanta as the state fair nears, praising plans for a grand exhibition in Atlanta this fall. Local editors urge farmers from Clarke Oglethorpe Emanuel and Emanuel counties to showcase rich resources and aim for top prizes while rejecting fakirs and gambling.
The page collects notes on families and individuals linked to the Falls region and Georgia history. It mentions the Beale family staying near Tallulah Falls, later moving to Richmond County, and sending children to Hephzibah Academy. Also referenced are Admiral Semmes, J. Pierpont Morgan’s coal interests, poet Frank L Stanton in Manila, a letter from Private Edward Pyter, and a Georgia inmate in Oregon. Also, customs about Admiral Dewey, and a note on the Egyptian cotton crop revising estimates from Cairo January 7.
A collage of brief items from Georgia papers notes Calonel Goodloe Yancey moving to Atlanta, social circles welcoming Avil, a lighthearted exchange over Uncle Sam's experiments, a cautionary cure tale, a rural shooting in Harmony Grove, a historical note on Squire Joan Edge, and anecdotes on a Roswell child, cold Saturday, and Frank Blank's reform spouse.
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