London Office Offers Reading Rooms for Southerners Seeking The Constitution
The Trafalgar Buildings in Trafalgar Square hosts the Constitution office with reading and reception rooms. A special invitation is extended to Southerners visiting London to use the facilities. Horton is the London representative. Postage rates for the newspaper are outlined for various page counts, with foreign rates doubled.
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Trafalgar Buildings
Trafalgar Square
London
Woak
Constitution Office
GMO. M. 5
Horton
Notice to Subscribers Travel Collectors Named
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W. HL Overbey
Charles H. Donnelly
BF. J. Cain
L. B. Willcox
T. B. Cargill
Alabama
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Willingham
3. M. Jackson
RL L. Ca
BPR
Games T Carter
Claude A. Virgin
Aise
Constitution Publishing CO
Charleston Step Forward Promises Southern Hospitality for NAE Meet
Charleston prepares to host National Educational Association delegates in July 1900. The city vows open homes and generous entertainment, with Augusta Smythe offering his house to accommodate twelve delegates. Atlanta endorses broad welcome to educators and stresses mutual Southern pride.
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Charleston
News and Courier
National Educational Association
United States
Augustine T. Smythe
Ciizen
Oits
Veterans seek spots in an all-ages parade battalion
Promoters report a flood of responses from veterans, many missing limbs, all eager to join a novel parade. About $2,000 is needed for the special Atlanta to Louisville train and back, funds to be used for uniforms if raised. General Evans may select three maimed veterans to carry his cobra, possibly leading the Georgia delegation.
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Atlanta
Aroun Hundred
Union
Louisville
Louieville
Evans
Georgia
Revival of the Orange Industry in Florida
The Florida orange industry is seen to rebound within a year, with Mr. W. R. Fuller predicting improved crop yields and higher prices. He notes 6,000,000 boxes as peak production before the freeze, 1,000,000 this year, and 2,000,000 next year with prices at $1.50 to $2.00 per box. Improvements in transport, markets, frost protection, and new crops over five years contribute to a revived industry driven by opportunity and recovery from disaster.
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Florida
WIII
W. R. Fuller
Fuller
Atlanta
South Florida
Manatee Lemon Company
Atwood Grapefruit Company
Manatee County
I-Fortune
The Canning Industry and Market Opportunities
The article urges year round canning of peaches berries and vegetables to prevent waste and expand sales. It argues a canning establishment is affordable and advisable in every neighborhood and cites a man in Glad who makes $2000 a year as proof of profitable enterprise.
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G Iad
Bleekeoene
Artful touch on nature boosts Georgia wealth
A speaker urges Georgia to harness wastage of soil with artful farming. He claims immense potential, stating that one thousand young Georgians could earn at least $2,000 annually each without crowding if they undertake the effort. The message links land improvement to national wealth.
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Georgia
Old Question Bobs Up About Democracy and Cleveland
The New York Journal questions democracy’s direction since Cleveland, noting governors in Delaware Maryland Minnesota Nebraska and South Dakota as democrats or populists north of Virginia. It cites House results: 236 of 332 in 1890, 220 of 856 in 1892, 104 in 1894, 122 in 1896, and 163 in 1898, arguing for a renaissance of true democracy restoring faith in the party’s future.
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New York Journal
Cleveland
Virginia
Rocky Mountain
House of Representatives
Delaware
Maryland
Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
Rocky Mountains
Futura
Florida's orange crop reaches its old value
Tampa May 9 special The favorable conditions in south Florida have matured fruit on orange trees. W R Fuller provides county by county estimates for 1900-1901 with average prices near $2 per box and total revenue over 2 million dollars. He predicts 1901-1902 crop at about 201000 boxes valued around 3 million dollars.
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Tampa
Fls
South Florida
W. R. Fuller
Atlanta plans and events across Georgia and beyond
A tangled summary of notices from Darien and Hartwell to Thomaston and Bainbridge highlights Atlanta driven plans and civic tributes. Mentions include a six million dollar buildout in Atlanta, a memorial address for Confederate valor, a proposed veteran battalion for a Louisville reunion, and reflection on Ben Russell's retirement from Bainbridge Democrat.
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Darien
Gazette
Atlanta
Atlante
LaGrange
Louisville
Thomaston
Douglass
Hartwell
Gav
Hugh M. Dorsey
Bainbridge
Siwyers
Georgia
Seema Ur School
Goins home to you and songs across Georgia
A readable collage of songs, verses, and notes from Georgia era columns. It includes lyric refrains goin home to you and references to race, faith, and local sentiment. The piece blends music lines, comic asides, and brief sketches about Georgia figures and events.
Senator Douglas Boozy Prank Elevates a Legend
In 1852 at a Illinois town, Stephen A Douglas dazzled a crowd in debate while a rival plot tried to intoxicate him. After hours of drinking, he was carryingly taunted and placed in a bear skin in a hotel lobby, then moved to a chair as onlookers roared. The tale, recounted by Willan Morris, ends with praise for Douglas's poise and patriotism despite the escapade.
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Efort
Repubican
Moe
Letters From the People on Pennsylvania Politics
A Philadelphia Press letter discusses the Quay machine in Pennsylvania politics. It argues the Quay faction cannot win re election and details how henchmen advance their own interests, including shifting support away from Quay toward Governor Stone and Henry Oliver. The piece contrasts church papers with The Constitution and ends with a church related anecdote and signature Rev. Re. W. Bigham.
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Pennsylvania
Filiadelphia Press
Legrelature
Stone
United States Senate
Quay
la Day
Mr Quay
Mr. Quay
Phbe
United States
Durham-Stone-Elkin- Penrose
Camerons
Thomas Y. Cooper
Btone
Henry W. Oliver
Senate
Penrose
Lumpkin County Political Silence And Noted Georgia Visits
The piece reports Lumpkin County residents focusing on business rather than campaigns with no announced state senators or representatives. It notes Solicitor General W A Charters stating Lumpkin’s political scene lacks active candidacy while Dr N G Long and T M Wilt contest the thirteenth district senate races. It covers James Whitcomb Riley’s southern trip, Harris of Atlanta, and local literary and civic figures including Riley’s readings and Harris’s hospitality. It mentions Captain James L Fleming at the Knights Templar gathering and Georgia entomologist Scott's discovery of a new tree bug and control with whale oil soap solution.
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Lumpkin County
Lummpkin
State Senate
House of Representatives
W. A. Charters
Atelanta
Lumpkin
Solicitor Charters
Thirteenth
N. G. Long
Senate
T. M Wilt
Elbert
Jaat House of Representatives
Oglethorpe
Madison
Rampsey
Elberton
Atlanta
Dilbert
Augusta
Bon Air
New York
New England
Riley
William Hamilton Hayne
South
Hayne
Paul Hamilton Hayne
Sidney Lanier
Joel Chandler Harris
tncie e+ inns
Thomas B. Adrich
Harris
Harrig Nvea
Cottege
Atlanta Constitution
Constitution Office
Harria
Harrig
Hiley
Indiana
Frank L. Branton
Dbvet
Stanton
Constitution
Northwest
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Duluty
Wis
Indianapolis
Scott
Georgia
Washington
United States
Atate
Beatt
Gov Taylor in Washington Visit Sparks Conjecture
Kentuckian governor Taylor visits Washington generating wide speculation. The trip prompts varied theories about policy aims, alliances, and potential influence on national matters amid a press and public interest surge.
Local Notices From Georgia Papers About Animals And Orchards
Georgia newspapers report on an eagle killed near Regeant by George Spivey, a 50 year old goose near Milner laid and hatched yearly for decades, and a large Elberta peach orchard of J H Castlen near Culloden with 6000 young trees yielding fruit this year. Also a hydrophobia scare in Americus as a ten year old boy bitten by a puppy shows early symptoms.
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Wrightsville
George Spivey
Regeant
W. R. Brown
Milner
Brown
Culloden
Herald
J. H. Castlen
Americus Times-Recorder
William FR. Drane
Thomas Weatbrook
Jewelry Robbery at Oglesby Home Shocks Town
A daring diamond theft at 188 Washington Street targets Mrs J G Oglesby and family. Jewelry worth up to 2000 dollars, including a marquise diamond and sunburst, vanished from a first floor bureau drawer after intruders entered unseen. Police pursue a single suspect pattern as investigation continues.
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Washington
Oglesby
J. G Oglesby
Mr. Oglesby
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