Atlanta Will Have a Fair in the Fall of 1902
Atlanta citizens approve a three week fall fair and horse show to boost the city’s commerce and reputation. Citizens urged to subscribe to a reasonable guarantee fund and support the fair association directors. Marconi wireless experiments are summarized with notes on maritime transmission, fog conditions, and pole height effects.
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Atlanta
Council Chamber
Toterstate Fair Association
The
Fair Association
Wireless telegraphy across water may soon be universal
The article notes that essential requisites and cautious site location are needed as geological formations vary. It describes shipboard signaling where aerial wires connect to the mast and acknowledges limited scientific detail. McGrath’s terminology is used to summarize experiments, predicting wireless transmission over land may emerge shortly for sea messages.
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Marconi
William Marcon
Labrador
P. T. McGrath
Newfoundland
McGrath
Bliss lauded for reforming Cuba customs service
A tribute to Major Tasker H. Bliss for reorganizing and directing Cuba's customs since January 1, 1899. The piece praises his disciplined, efficient management, diplomatic skill, and impact on revenue and industry, noting his work stood out with minimal friction and deserves formal recognition as American administration ends.
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Cuba
Tasker H. Bliss
Havana
Bliss
Major Bliss
Southern suffrage inquiry sidetracked by business, politics
Washington reports the Crumpacker move to probe southern suffrage laws has been sidetracked by prudent Republican leaders. They warn that financial interests will not tolerate a malicious crusade against the South. Northerners fear the rhetoric, while the South asserts its electoral system is open and transparent and condemns the Crumpacker plan as partisan slander for campaign use.
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Washington
East
North
South
Congress
Guerry
Terrell
Kimball House
Atlanta
Georgia
Mr. Guerry
Dalle
Nis Heller
Atlanta Depot Question Reaches Architect Stage
The report notes Atlanta officials and readers discuss the city depot issue as plans advance, with contractor timing potentially set this century. Local editorials mention visitors and notable figures, including a glance at the depot and a sequence of surrounding commentary.
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Prince Henry
Oglethorpe Echo
Atlanta
LaGrange
Augusta Tribune
J. FP. Morgan
Political tides and court hints from a sprawling era
A sprawling 1904 item mix of court subpenas politics and reform debates. Mentions J Pierpont Morgan Platt Naval Officer Sharkey Cuba Miles Funston and Hitchcock with scattered references to Georgia politics reconstruction amendments and race issues. Ends with a letter from ex Governor Bullock urging Supreme Court adjudication on southern disenfranchisement and national unity.
Breezy Train Whistles and Weather Jokes at Breakfast
A fragment described a railway breakfast scene with clanging whistles and parting glances. Mixed dialect humor follows about weather control by the government and light verse notes on old soldiers, love, and political campaigns.
Mail loss alarms Washington as Southern wreck shatters cars
Washington reports alarm over mail destruction from the Charlottesville wreck on the Southern railway. Only about two dozen pieces of mail survived from hundreds of tons carried on train No 38, with most mail destined for eastern and northern points. The wreck injured the postal crew. investigations note extensive burned mail from New Orleans, Mobile and Birmingham routes, and shipments from Lynchburg to the West.
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Southern Railway
Charlottesville
Southern Road
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Post Office
Bulla
San Antonio
Virginia
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Mobile
Ala
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Monttgomery
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Mexico
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Walter S. Chisholm Dead At Charlottesville
Walter S. Chisholm a prominent Savannah lawyer died in Charlottesville Virginia from pneumonia. A University of Georgia graduate and former partner at Erwin Bignon Chisholm Clay and later Chisholm Clay served the Plant System railways. Remains will be brought to Savannah for a Wednesday funeral.
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Charlottesville
Walter 8. Chisholm
Walter Chsholm
Mr. Chisholm
Vote Planned on Reformatory for Chatham County
Savannah Ga March 24 Special The county commissioners set April 19 as the election date to decide if Chatham County will establish a reformatory for youths convicted of crime. The grand jury urged the reformatory and a special law may be sought if the measure passes. Under current state law few boys convicted of a misdemeanor can be sent to reforma tory.
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Reformatory
Columbia County
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Decatur
R. Glenn
Atlante
Atlanta Journal of Yeaterday
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Maren
Choo Res
Grand Opera House
A.J Beck
Columbus
Dupont Guerry
Misengee
Meriwether
Summerville
G. R. Glenn
South Georgia
End of Suffrage Matter at Virginia Convention Foreshadowed
Richmond March 4 action in the constitutional convention foreshadows the end of the suffrage dispute. Resolutions set the vote for tomorrow at 11 o clock and prohibit debate on amendments thereafter. A notable exchange featured Meredith opposing the compromise understanding clause, with Goode, convention president, replying.
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Meredith
Goode
Macon Urges Convention Next Year In Macon
Macon Baptists plan to invite the state Baptist convention to meet in Macon next year when the Rome sessions occur this week. East Macon Baptist church prepared the invitation. Savannah may also pursue the gathering, with a large Macon delegation attending. The Exposition notes Irwin County Citizen praise for Irwin County as homeseekers are urged to consider it.
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Macon Baptists
Mactan
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Savannah
Irwin County
Mercer
Stevens Nesbitt Debate Likely Blocked in Georgia
Georgia political scene signals no joint debates this year as Colonel R T Nesbitt challenges Commissioner C B Stevens to a joint discussion. With widespread belief talks will stay at the stump, Stevens plans to speak later in the campaign while supporters report favorable news from visitors to the capitol about his prospects.
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Padar
G. A. Glenn
Grand
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Thomas Eason
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W. A Wright
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South
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Terrell Club
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