Costly Victory Tightens Atlanta Health Duty
The supreme court ruling declares the crematory contract illegal and forces Atlanta to find a legal way to fund vital public improvements. The decision condemns the old plan of financing growth while highlighting the citys moral obligation to combat disease and maintain growth without overburdening current revenue.
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Atlanta
Supreme Court
Inman
Piedmont Park
Georgia
America
Atlanta Faces Crisis Over Moral Obligation Bond Plan
The article describes Atlanta's financial crisis after the moral obligation method is barred. It argues for a bond issue to address delinquencies and urges a revised system to prevent recurrence, warning that until a new approach is found the city’s welfare across departments remains at risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Holliday
Constitution Building
Ecole
Atlanta
Washington
A. L. Walbot
G. Smith
Bae
Grape Juice's Vindication in Public Life Debates
The piece lampoons a proposed public record of liquor consumption for officials, questioning feasibility and fairness. It cites radical ideas on campaign finance scrutiny and a New York World test for sobriety, then notes Brother Bryan’s restraint and ends that grape-juice dinners are safe though dull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ishpeming
Washington
New York World
Wooten’s plan urged to curb Atlanta’s wasteful energy
The piece advocates Cordele’s J B Wooten proposal to convert wasted horse power into electricity. It argues energy misused in Atlanta harms public order and urges adoption to power trolleys arc lights and factories. It frames the idea as a constructive discovery to reduce strife and improve civic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
J. B. Wooten
Cordele
Nature
Balkan woes loom as rival powers clash in near east
The piece warns that Bulgaria Greece and Serbia amid Balkan tensions threaten to unravel postwar plans. It argues Europe may seek to force peace but lasting stability hinges on a single strong mediator. The Jacksonville Times-Union suggests the governor of Florida may claim the role.
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Near East
Nalion
Balkan Federation
Bulgaria
Greece
Servia
Balkan
Montenegro
Roumania
Jacksonville Times-Union
Florida
Rivers of Champagne and a Morning's Rose in Georgia
Fragmentary Georgia themed verse and prose pieces echoing political satire and personal musings. It mixes lines about rivers of champagne, a “Born Runner” on the road, poetic imagery of Morning's rose, editorials on money and press power, and a rural Jim Crow era voice referencing a jury and fortune. The mosaic captures a regional, period voice with multiple named ideas and locales.
Andrew Johnson Nominated for Vice President by Seward’s Insight
Chauncey M. Depew recounts the 1864 Republican bid to nominate Andrew Johnson of Tennessee for VP over Dickinson. Seward advised that Lincoln would accept any convention selection, urging Johnson as border-state appeal. A secret New York delegation push shifted support, yielding Johnson’s nomination.
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J. Edwards
Upsright
Chauncey M. Depew
Andrew Johnson
Tennessee
Repubican
New York
Daniel & Dickinson
Abraham Lincoln
William ©. Robinson
Garfield
Roscoe Conkling
Thomas C. Pratt
Westchester County
New York State
Depew
Seward
Judge Robertson
United States Senate
Renard
State Department
Cordiel
Jaeckaon Square
Washington
Daniel $. Dickinson
Lincoln
Dickinson
United States
Ince
South
Dick Ingon
Minor
Connecticut
Cotton-Chopping as Remedy For Atlanta's Cussing Match
Cordele advocate J B Wooten invites Atlanta residents to a cotton chopping plan in Cordele to calm harsh talk. He promises relief for Atlanta and hints at community feasts, claiming 1500 acres of cotton ready for chopping and inviting peace through simple country labor and ham treats. Other notes comment on lingering flies and vague remarks on Armageddon and seaside weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Cordele
Gande
J. B. Wooten
The Man of Mystery and the Penitentiary Paradox
A reflective essay argues that crime stems from personal weakness rather than inherent criminality. It contends penitence requires offenders learn the reason behind their acts, criticizing ignorance in prisons and warning that unmasked truth may intensify fear and hatred for both the offender and society.
A Call for Sterilization Legislation in Georgia
Dr L C Allen of Hoschton Georgia writes in support of Mrs Eugene M Mitchell article The Defective Children of Georgia urging humane care and training but arguing for compulsory sterilization of idiots and confirmed criminals as a preventive law. He cites a need to curb burden on families and neighbors and notes physicians at Savannah favored such a measure.
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Eugene M. Mitchell
Georgia
Mitchell
Milledgeville
Physicians of Georgia
Savannah
L. C. Allen
Jackson County
Hoschton
Enduring Things and Death's Forgetting Echoed in Verse
A fragmentary verse piece reflects on mortality and memory, asserting that mortal names fade as time erases earthly deeds. It contrasts burial shells and seeds, praising lasting, right conduct over fame, with lines on ashes to ashes and dust to dust. A stray political note about Bryan’s peace program and tariff follows, remarking on policy context and questions about the liner.
Gettysburg reunion to unite veterans of two armies
Washington May 29 Fifty years after Gettysburg a huge veterans reunion will gather 40 000 Civil War survivors from both sides on the battlefield. Pennsylvania and the federal government will underwrite the event with a vast camp 280 acres near the high water mark. Each veteran must show authentic credentials to gain entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gettysburg
Lee
Pennsylvania
Round Top
Pickett
Devil's den
Batefields
Heflin
Alabama
South
United States
Battlefeld
Basch
Oats and Hay Trade Rises in Colquitt County
Farmers in Colquitt County shift to hauling oats cut for hay to Moultrie. The move comes as oats fetch a good price amid a large cat crop harvest in the area. Despite high costs, yield remains below earlier expectations.
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Normana Park
Colquitt County
Observer
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Clark Howell
W. L. Halstead
Fredora
Claris Howell
Albert Bowel, Jr
Sinck
Mexico
MAS
Atlas Daily
Farmier Rdeliv
Wooun
Major Bill
Billville
Cail
Signe
Statesman
Charises
God
Neo Editorial Prune
Adams Enterprise
Coal Trust
Jordan
Palf
Het
Andrew “Jane
B. J. Edwards
Marquette
Toll
the Man OF Mystery
Philip Weltees
Secessary Frisot Association of Georgia
Charles W. Hubner
Bryan
Ocean
National Capitol
Jake Corrieas
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