Atlanta papers mock democracy and coal booms
The text riffs on politics and media from Atlanta noting Morgan’s coal donation to New York migrants, Grover Cleveland’s needed leadership in a coal strike, annexation of Hawaii, a Hawaii treasurer missing funds, and social ironies about wealth, politics, and a Cleveland man’s death after a dental X-ray scare. It also mentions a bookish cantankerous stance against Bryanism and a suspicious grave robbing case tied to Booker T. Washington’s school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Morgan
New York
Scotland
Coal Trust
Grover Cleveland
White House
Hawaii
William H. Wright
Georgia Press Gang
Marie Louise Myrick
David Bennett Hill
Georgia
Smith
Kill-Burn
Sherman
Bia Brun
Devery
United States
David B. Hill
Hill
Cantrell
Indianapolis
Booker Washington
Tuskeegee
Teddy
Pennsylvania
Frank Buettner
Cleveland
G A R Pension Vampires and Lee Monuments Debate
The piece rails at G A R leaders and pension seekers while praising Mrs Felton for truth about Confederate memory. It mocks monument campaigns for General Lee and warns against Southern flattery and political posturing amid tariff and legislative gripes. It notes Somdath Chawla Maha Vajiraygdh visit and welcomes J H Wallis back to the Conyers Weekly Banner. It mentions a Tennessee pension story and calls for male stenographers amid wage shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Felton
G. A. R. Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
Washington City
J. H. Wilson
Robert E. Lee
South
Robert Lee
Confederacy
Lee
General Lee
Somdath Chawla Maha Vajiraygdh
Postal Law Lets Newspapers Arrest Unpaid Subscriptions
Under the latest postal laws a subscriber who takes a paper and refuses to pay or orders nonpayment marked on the record faces arrest and fine. The Wrightsville Record notes that continuing a subscription unpaid or sending a refused-notice postcard makes the subscriber liable just as for theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrightsville
Marion Pa Hero Dumfounds Cottage Street Fire
Richard Harding Davis, resident of Marion Pennsylvania, leaped into action during a Cottage street blaze. He read from a story while his dog stood by as flames swirled, and the fire subsided, saving the town per the Savannah News description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Harding Davis
Marion
Cottage Street
Dicky” Davis
Dicky
Savannah News
Insurance Drain Shows Big Firms Profits Hurt Policyholders
A World’s Work feature notes sixty six leading insurers hold over 1.5 billion in stocks bonds mortgages and real estate. Last year these firms earned about 376 million while paying policy holders over 170 million, leaving a 120 million surplus not shared with owners. Critics call big insurers bankers at the public expense and urge rate cuts and reform.
Non-Game Birds Effort Pushes Georgia Protection Laws
The American Ornithologists Union backs bills to protect non-game birds across the United States with emphasis in Georgia where fruit and farming are vital. Federal studies show insectivorous and weed-seed eating birds aid farmers, yet Georgia statutes offer limited protection for most of the year. A movement seeks full year protection from the upcoming legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American
Ornthologists’ Union
Augusta Herald
Georgia
United States Department of Agriculture
State of
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Butts Co
Jackson
Jackson Postoffice
A. H. Shaver
Addison H. Shaver
Jackson, GA
Virginia Holston
Methodist Church
Jefferson Davis
JoHn W. MacKay
G. A. R. Pension Vampires
Don
Hon. C. L. Bartlett
Congress
Tennessee
G. A. R. Coamorants
Hook
Augusta
North
Albany Herald
John M. Egan
Centra Railway
Egan
Americas Times- Recorder
Macon County
Indiana
National Federation of Civic Rights
Tom Rainey
Dawson News
Society For the Prevention of
Amalgamated Association For
Society
Em’s & Case
Taylor’s
California
W. M. Taylor
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