The Verdict of the People on Hoke Smith Victory
The Georgia voters have confirmed Hoke Smith on the platform of railroad regulation and negro disfranchisement. Clark Howell accepts defeat and will support the Democratic nominee. The Georgian extends congratulations to Mayor Joyner and calls for healing partisan wounds and united good government.
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Brenau College and Its Lesson in Southern Education
Brenau College in Gainesville has led a regional education expansion with new campuses in Eufaula and plans for a Gainesville military academy. The system includes Chautauqua links, plans for New York and Washington schools, a Paris branch, and strong ties to the Emerson School of Boston. The article lauds the Presidents Van Hoose and Pierce for rapid, liberal growth and positions Brenau as a model raising standards for female education in the South.
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Boston
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Georgia
Georgia’s Honor to Education’s Vigor and Courage
A fragment praises Georgia for educational work marked by vigor courage and progressive intelligence, highlighting appreciation for the state’s commitment to learning and advancement.
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The Way to Save Our Women
The Georgia editorial urges a firm white supremacist response to lynching and black crime. It condemns reform attempts, calls for brutal punishment and communal boycott of black institutions, and appeals to Booker Washington and others to denounce crimes against white women. It frames white Southern vigilance as essential for public safety.
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South
Southern Press
Moon
Serge
Booker Washington
Gaines
Turner
Proctor
Stinson
Congress Appropriations Near One Billion For First fifty ninth Session
The clerks report indicates total appropriations for the first session of the fifty ninth congress reached $879,689,185.16. Contracts authorize future spending of about $20.58 million, including Fort Mason and West Point funding, and dozens of public works projects across the country. Net salary and employment increases amount to 1,449 positions, adding $2.6 million annually, with postal and diplomatic services among the largest gains.
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West Point Military Academy
Baltimore
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District of Columbia
Library of Congress
Department of State
Treasury Department
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War Department
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Department of Justice
Department of Agriculture
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Military
Naval Establishment
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House of Representatives
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Postal Service
Public Service
Isthmian Canal
Prodigal Democrat Returns to Fold in Georgia Debate
Letter to the editor critiques multiple Democratic factions in Georgia. It recalls Thomas E. Watson’s view of seventeen Democrats and applauds Hoke Smith’s faction while portraying others as frauds. The piece mocks continued divisions within the party and endorses Simon-pure Jeffersonian Democracy.
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Thomas E. Watson
Cordele
United States
Hoke Smith
Clark Howell
Dick Russell
Jim Smith
South Georgia
J. H. Estill
Georgia
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Political mudslinging and factional lines in Georgia
An outsider views the Georgia political scene on the eve of a crucial round up of forces. He attacks South Georgia candidates, Colquitt supporters, and Clark Howell's fold while praising other figures and warning of corruption and slander in the campaign. He questions Dick Russell and Big Jim Smith and ponders which Democratic path will prevail.
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W. J. Bryan
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Dick Russell
Tom Watson
Yancy Carter
Charlie McGregor
Ike
Grover Cleveland
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Still Waters
Big Jim
Georgia
Portland cement born from Portland limestone legacy
A fragment from a 19th century piece notes how slum and middle class vocabularies differed, cattle hides are recycled into leather after crossing the Atlantic, the telephone debuted publicly at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial, and Portland cement emerged from Asplin's 1824 lime cement process linked to Portland limestone.
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Atlantic
Philadelphia
Alexander Graham Bell
Isle of Portland
Joseph Asplin
Leeds
Prominent Figures and Continental Gossip Across Nations
A survey of notable individuals includes Dowager Empress of Russia favoring black rye bread, Representative Charles Curtis noted as part Indian blood in Congress, James Harlan once called handsome in Kentucky, and Thomas Nelson Page famed for exacting hosting. Other items recount Afghan emir’s harsh action against grafting muftis, Cambodia’s king on a Paris visit, and Andrew Carnegie at Gravesend remarking on a machine.
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Charles Curtis
Kansas
Congress
James 8
Harlan
Kentucky
Thomas Nelson Page
Washington
Afghanistan
Elsewath
Cambodia
France
Andrew Carnegie
Gravesend
Items of Interest From a Fragmented Era
A collage of historical notes mentions Madame Albani’s royal acclaim, Salton like anecdotes on dress codes for condemned criminals, a dramatic Roman amphitheater collapse, national emblems with baby heads, and a planned Hebrew Institute. It also notes a Baptist seminary, salt water protection plans for Beattie, a Keighley mother admonished for school duties, and a Central America isthmus region spanning 176,927 square miles.
Georgians in Gotham visitors list today
New York August 22 reports a few Georgians visiting the city including Mrs F Flexner and C A Wickersham from Atlanta Mills M Jacobs in Augusta and C B Rhodes J L White in Macon are noted among the visitors in New York today.
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August 22 in History Highlights and Faded Fragments
A garbled date line lists events from ancient to modern eras including battles at The Standard in 1128, a pope's death, various European figures, and military actions such as Fort Morgan's surrender to Farragut. Many entries are misread, with names and places partly obscured, creating a collage of historical markers with uncertain accuracy.
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Prince Ateler
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China
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Admiral Beresford to Visit America With Miss Berestr
After leaving command of the British Mediterranean squadron Admiral Lon Charles Beresford travels to the United States. He will be accompanied by his daughter Kathleen Berestr and engineer Douglas Fox, tasked with drafting plans for a long-talked Channel Tunnel project. The note praises modern test engineers and credit Beresford’s creative leadership.
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