24 Sep 1876
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1876
Page
1
A plea from Savannah Brunswick and Atlanta newspapers underscores universal charity during the yellow fever outbreak. It stresses that all communities must give, regardless of wealth, to relieve the sick, dying, and distressed while urging pastors to preach this divine obligation on the Sabbath.
A CONSTITUTION reporter visits Ellenton and Yemassee after local unrest on the Port Royal line. He notes few deaths, scattered violence, and sightings of armed individuals while train crews resume operations and residents discuss political blame linked to Republican rule.
Danville Va Sept 23 Passengers stranded by a wash on the Richmond and Lanville road are reported well In the party from Atlanta James Finley WT Stokes J W Stokes L B Beck and wife GH Holiday Thomas Finley and others plus travelers from Mobile Rome Columbus Macon Athens and West Point Names shared to ease fears include Estes Kirven Jones Prear Ripley Branham Russell Lanier and others The Prince of Wales Paris stay notes and fashion detail follow.
The article honors those who died at their posts during a deadly epidemic in Savannah. It notes Carter, Clay, Mc Call, and Marsh of the Benevolent Association as brave, faithful figures who tended the sick despite danger. Dr. Edn W. Marsh, a forty-year-old Canadian native, died after a brief illness while serving in the plague-stricken city.
A garbled telegraphic bundle recounts a broad array of 1876 news. It mentions charges against a Georgia legislator, naval movements involving Tweed and Hunt to Cuba, the Franklin, and a Vigo voyage. Also included are reports of Baltimore Fire losses, flood ravages in Pennsylvania counties, and political shifts with a New Democratic senator election.
Telegraphs report a public statement from Mayor Latrobe and Health Commissioner Stegast denying yellow fever in Baltimore. They say no fever cases in sixty hours. notices note 68 people, all from families with no fever, were moved to the marine hospital after fever cases at Fell's Point.
A Georgia reader rants on political history, journalism, and reform, praising newspapers and criticizing Grant era corruption. The piece urges a bold road law led by Dr. Haygood, laments taxation, urges limited government, and blends opinions on Dabney Felton Wright and Dabney. It recalls Tilden, Seymour, and Brandeis-like themes with local farming notes and colonial history references.
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