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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1901
Page
5
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Atlanta readers learn The New York Mail and Express discusses a newly issued ten dollar note showing a bison on the face. It praises the Buffalo bill design as an American symbol linking currency to national history while noting the back’s plain white space aids counterfeit detection and calls for more homegrown imagery on money. The piece contrasts this with mythic motifs and lauds western imagery as uniquely American.
The French commerce minister proposes creating a United States school to study American industrial methods. The writer argues the move reflects American strength rooted in raw materials and, above all, American ingenuity and enterprise. Students returning from the West could spread Western ideas and boost French industry.
The piece notes American industrial gains due to practical education, praising the nation’s engineers and the growth of educational systems. It then details Pope Leo XIII’s declining health, the approaching conclave, and skepticism in America. It closes with a reflection on thirty years of progress in railways and electrical industries and asks what the next thirty years will bring.
After New York City's latest election Tammany Hall faces a patronage loss approaching 48 million dollars across four counties. The 45 244 offices held by Tammany will likely be vacated under the incoming administration, with large cuts in police and fire salaries and other city payrolls.
Lord Rosebery’s Birmingham address urges progress and warns that a satisfied nation decays. He contrasts Britain’s contentment with the American pioneer spirit, noting roads to build, forests to clear, and cities to create as signs of continued achievement.
A speech argues that complacency and routine threaten national vitality. It urges renewed individualism, political training, and a “divine discontent” to sustain England’s place and Georgia's future, highlighting the need for robust education and character development across public schools, training schools, and universities.
The union labor candidate won the San Francisco mayoralty amid street clashes as strikes by bakers restaurant workers machinists and others unsettled property interests. Mayor elect Schmitz pledges to balance labor and business rights with no special privileges, aiming to harmonize interests for the city’s upbuilding.
The New York World highlights a claimed invention by Thomas W. Prior of Chicago that would pass cotton through rollers to remove impurities without damaging fibers. It supposedly doubles Whitney’s gin capacity and could add 1 to 1.5 cents per pound, potentially putting $50,000,000 yearly into southern planters’ pockets if true, though the invention may be imaginary.
A prospective tenant criticizes the Philadelphia house saying the yard is too small for even a single flower bed. The agent suggests folding flower beds as a workaround.
Van Albert-Just the thing! Women Ml everything, you know.
The excerpt compiles Georgia folk verses, limericks, and notes on weather, spirits, and local humor. It includes a contributor’s cunjering receipts, jokes about heaven, a Mississippi-style dialect piece, and a brief reminiscence about President McKinley with a note on a proposed monument.
Washington dispatch reports President Theodore Roosevelt has sparked a lively reshaping of the White House mood. The new president embraces outdoor exercise, a breezier household, and a culture of health, while Miss Alice Roosevelt attracts attention with debut preparations. Georgia Republicans surge for federal posts as offices in Savannah and Atlanta draw jockeying aspirants with a list of applicants at the Treasury.
An American company lands a franchise to build a vast street railway line in St. Petersburg including a bridge over the Neva with total cost estimated at 160,000,000 rubles. The project has M. Witte’s sanction and is seen as shaping ties between the United States and Russia, with broader political and economic implications.
A Baltimore Sun dispatch predicts Georgia truck farms will supply southern delicacies to London markets. English promoters have contracted to buy all southern Georgia canned possum and other produce, with baked possum and sweet potatoes touted as a future delicacy in first class London eateries.
A garbled Philadelphia Press excerpt mentions California and spring, with unclear phrases about wear and delight. Names, dates, or places are unreadable, producing a sparse, fragmentary item.
The Georgia bill by Rep Wright to raise the insurance tax from 1 to 2 percent drew strong opposition from fire life and accident insurers. A leading life man suggested the tax falls on the people, not the companies, and warned many insurers may retire if passed. Executives cited losses under current taxes and urged legislators to learn the full impact, noting high municipal and county fees and the negative effect on country residents seeking coverage. B B Keeling of Dallas Texas was in the city last week.
Four and a half year old Priscilla, daughter of a Congregational pastor in upstate New York, preaches to villagers after climbing to a horse block and delivering a blunt sermon about heaven and hell. She later repeats the act under an apple tree at Charybdis, then bananas are carried home by two young villagers.
A clipped dialogue notes social ties and a joke about doctor costs. Browne reflects on paying for medical care after a drink, while Towne and Spounger converse about invitations and identities. The Tramp claims effort to cure the drink habit and mentions a faith cure.
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