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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1912
Page
23
A garbled draft from a Newstand era item mixes political talk and social notes. Mentions candidacies, recalls a presidential primary, and references figures like Roosevelt and Wilson while peppered with stray phrases about beef prices and weather gear.
The editorial defends Underwood as steady and experienced over Wilson who is accused of vacillation. It urges Georgia voters to back Underwood today, arguing he offers national prestige and postbellum opportunity for the South, while warning against yielding to fear of southern exclusion.
Georgia voters hear a denunciation of the tariff as the central issue in the Wilson Underwood contest. The piece criticizes Wilson partisans for avoiding the tariff, praises Oscar Underwood for sticking to the tariff as paramount, and lauds Atlanta’s grand opera and a forthcoming music carnival as part of the city’s cultural ascent.
The city buzzed with excitement as a grand opera carnival was planned with Otto H. Kahn inspiring the festive mood. Residents anticipated an Italian style spectacle mirroring a full city’s embrace of the performing arts.
The board of education decrees May 3 as a half day for public schools to hear talks on hygiene and cleanliness. Students will join the chamber of commerce and civic clubs to purge the city of dirt, with adults already urged to stricter sanitation practices.
The Associated Press summary outlines Yuan Shi Kai's inaugural message as China’s first republic leader. It stresses maintaining order, fostering progress, and international friendship while boosting finance, lowering taxes, and creating a modern financial system with new departments to handle administration.
Colonel Peel praises the Atlanta Opera Festival success as Metropolitan Opera returns to the city alongside New York. He notes record crowds, rising enthusiasm, and civic pride in Atlanta hosting grand opera with plans for next year and improved visitor accommodations. Major audiences came from California to Kansas City with growth in out-of-town attendance.
Letter from T B Freeman of Birmingham Alabama praising Mr Underwood as a fair leader with no private steel interests and urging Georgia to support him solidly. Freeman, a Georgia native living in Alabama since 1910, cites Alabama’s backing and Describes Underwood as a unifying party figure respected across factions. April 29 1932.
Fragmented OCR reads a Georgia themed verse with lines about not selling out a cheerful world and references to Wend, hero, and delicate compliments. It mentions moonshine districts and Georgia land, visions of delight, storms bending a rainbow over homes.
Fragmentary lines mention hallelujah and a journey to a green field with day and night imagery. readable text associates the phrase with a regional chant or folk tune. no concrete events, dates, or named entities beyond generic places.
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