Great Textile Exhibition and Democratic Leadership Outlook
The piece urges a 1902 textile exposition in Atlanta to break foreign market control and empower southern cotton traders. It also critiques the Democratic Party’s 1900 platform shifts, arguing against Towne or new isms and calling for firm adherence to traditional party principles in 1904.
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Bryan
Chicago
Towne
Lincoln
Neb
Towns
Kansas City
Democratic Party
President urged against sectional legislation to curb southern representation
The passage cites a stance against sectional laws, praising unity between north and south. It recalls McKinley’s inaugural pledge to avoid measures reopening Civil War wounds and to foster healing and cooperation across regions.
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Congress
McKinley
Five Acres Yields $210 Cotton Seed Value Highlight
On Judge John Youmans' plantation Mr. William Love produced five acres, four bales of cotton, and eight hundred bushels of seed. The lint sold for $210 while seed brought $200, showing seed farmers' byproducts rival lint value.
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William Love
John Youmans
Swainsboro
Florida Lifts Quarantine With Exceptions for Immigrants
The Florida state board of health ends the quarantine on Friday night the 30th with exceptions for non-immunes from Havana and other yellow fever ports who have a certificate from the U S marine hospital service in Havana or another Cuban port showing no febrile contagion. Baggage and personal effects from infected ports will be sterilized at departure or entry.
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Florida State Board of Health
Havana
Florida
United States Marine Hospital Service
Cuban
Florida Port of Entry
Movement to Quote Cotton Seed in Market Grows
A New Orleans movement seeks to quote cotton seed in markets as a price equal to cotton. The exchange may adopt rules for seed quotations. The seed industry has become large enough to require an authoritative guide to prices. Shanghai Thai moved its headquarters to Pekin amid reports of a fatal foot injury and four men serving during the day noting ball games.
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New Orleans
New
New Game Law Imposes $25 Tax on Nonowner Land Hunters
The legislature enacted a tax requiring $25 before killing trapping or taking game for sale on land not owned by the hunter. Hunters on their own land are exempt and may sell game without the fee. The Athens Daily Banner notes pot-hunting will be hampered, while Waycross Journal calls it the most effective restraint on wholesale bird slaughter.
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Athens Daily Banner
Waycross Journal
Advice to Negroes on Suffrage and Self-Help in the South
The Chicago Tribune urges Black citizens to improve their condition through education and property accumulation. It states political progress depends on individual effort, self-improvement, and initiative, with northern aid possible only after demonstrated change.
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Chicago Tribune
South
Kruger Declines U.S. Residence Despite Invitations
In a Paris dispatch to the Evening Journal Mr. Kruger says he never contemplated living in America though invited. He is considering a short visit to the United States but regrets winter travel hardships and seeks to aid his oppressed country.
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Michael Davitt
Paris
Evening Journal
New York
Kruger
United States
America
Chicago Egg Corner Keeps Hens At Work
In Chicago the latest market note shows eggs steady as hens continue daily duties without disruption. No strikes or pauses reported as supply remains steady through the week.
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Chicago
Fragments Highlight Vintage Remedy Claim
A fragment notes a strong healthy boy and mentions a liniment as the grandest remedy. The text suggests household work and two hours of effort amid some pains, reflecting an old fashioned product claim. No verifiable events or entities are provided.
Mother's Friend promises easier pregnancies and quicker birth
An advertisement asserts that Mother's Friend safeguards a woman's body and mind during pregnancy, reducing morning sickness and nervous tension. It claims relaxed muscles ease labor, prevent hard breasts, shorten recovery, and offers a free illustrated book with purchases of $1 per bottle from the Bradfield Regulator Co of Atlanta, Ga.
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Minnesota
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
Restriction of Pensions Proposed by Legislature
The Echo endorses a bill restricting Confederate soldier pensions to those with income under three hundred dollars. It argues pensions burden the state, notes rising appropriations and widow pensions, and favors charity based aid for those truly in need rather than rewards for service. The piece calls the proposed limits proper and virtuous policy.
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Echo
Oglethorpe Echo
Reformers urge women to reject marriages to men with crude names
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton advocates a social reform beyond politics urging women to refuse to marry men with objectionable cognomens. She suggests legal name changes to avoid mortification, arguing women should not bear surnames like Hoggs Crabbs or Bails.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Pudding Dilemma at Lunch Table
A mother divides cold pudding between Willie and Elsie. Willie protests that he cannot enjoy his share while his mother has none and asks to take Elsie’s portion instead.
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Mamma
Willie
Elsie
Hessian fly threat to wheat and suggested remedies
Agriculture Commissioner recites Hessian fly as the pest damaging wheat. It outlines life cycle and timing, advises early fall sowing, and details remedies including crop rotation, burning stubble, late sowing risks, mowing or grazing to destroy eggs, rolling, and a strip-sowing method around fields. Concludes with practical guidance for Calhoun area and a note from the Department of Agriculture.
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O. B. Stevens
Atlanta
W. MM. Scott
United States
Calhoun
Department OF Agriculture
Infidel Girard Dismisses Sunday-Work Clerk For Conscience
A Philadelphia clerks revolt over Sunday work lands one man unemployed for weeks until a banker seeks a cashier. Girard declares the clerk who won’t work on Sundays unsuitable, then hires him to satisfy a bank. The tale is told with caustic witticisms on love, temper, and women.
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Girard
Philadelphia
The Best Plaster Pain Balm Advertisement Claim
An old ad touts Chamberlain's Pain Balm as superior to plasters for lame backs and chest pains and promises prompt relief after one application. It notes cures rheumatism and claims relief from a damp flannel bound to the affected area. Sold by BR: Thomas, Jr.
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Thomas, Jrz
Georgia Electors to Meet in Atlanta in January
Democratic electors chosen in the November election will convene in Atlanta on the second Monday in January to cast the Georgia votes for Bryan and Stevenson and to elect a messenger to the electoral college.
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Georgia
Bryan
Stevenson
Atlanta
Electoral College
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