Atlanta Exposition Opens With Southern Pride and Promise
The Cotton States' Exposition in Atlanta opened September 18 with grand pageantry as visitors from across the country arrived by hundreds of excursion trains. The piece highlights Atlanta's drive to showcase the New South, the government help secured, and the diverse exhibits including a large Georgia manufacturers display, education for colored youth, and various international pavilions alongside entertainment like Buffalo Bill and Midway attractions.
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Atlanta
Bob” Toombs
Georgia
Chicago
South
Exposition
Washington
Cleveland
Thomases
Aly
Georgia Manufacturers’ Association
Exposition Company
Cairo Street
Black Belt
Alabama
Buffalo Bill
John Burke
Gov
Supreme Bench Geographically Uneven in United States
The article notes uneven geographic representation on the Supreme Court, citing Justice Jackson’s death and how states like Kentucky Tennessee and Louisiana each held one seat while Illinois Michigan and others held multiple. It highlights that vast regions such as the middle Atlantic and south Atlantic states were represented by a single justice from Pittsburgh.
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Supreme Bench
Supreme Court of the
United States
Jackson
Kentucky
Tennessee
Louisana
Ilinois
Michigan
Pacific Coast
New England
Kansas
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
North Carolina
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
West Virginia
Pittsburg
New Woman Carpenter Builds Porch Railing in Sea Cliff
Miss Mary Crandall of Sea Cliff, a prominent woman carpenter, has constructed a railing for the Kenwood hotel porch. Her work is neat and workmanlike, reinforcing her status as a mechanic after earlier feats such as a straight-hanging door. She has completed several small town projects.
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Mary Crandall
Sea Cliff
N. Y
Kenwood Hotel
Miss Crandall
Quick Witty Snippets from a Bantering Dinner Table
A collection of humorous exchanges and quips about war fathers romances cooking and college grads. Snappy lines pit gossip and irony as students and adults trade playful digs and social observations in a rapid banter.
Humorous quips from old papers on love and life
A collage of comic lines from Baltimore American Shoe and Leather Reporter Life Puck Truth and more. Jokes span acrobats dentists weddings and husbands offering wine while wives resist. The texture blends sly banter about gender roles and everyday misfits in playful vignettes.
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Baltimore
George
Puck
Blevins
Henpeckt
Small Fry Swindlers and a Nahant Fighters Retreate
Handbills warn against imitators of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a genuine tonic for malaria rheumatism constipation and nervousness. Reputable druggists refuse spurious imitations urging buyers to demand the genuine article. Meanwhile a prize fighters retreat in Nahant stirs Boston readers.
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Nahant
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Iwi Bey
Diri
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Ftya
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