Roosevelt Face to Face with Postmaster Nomination Strife
The Roosevelt administration faces mounting pressure over key patronage as Quay and Penrose oppose Philadelphia postmaster Hicks and weigh Senate approval, while tensions mount over the New York port collectorship and other federal appointments amid ongoing political maneuvering. Evidence from naval and Philippine affairs shows Schley and Corbin navigating complex inquiries and postwar duties, with public sympathy shaping the evolving leadership questions.
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Hicks
White House
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Keystone Commonwealth
Senate
Map mixup puts Berrien in wrong Georgia district
The Georgia agriculture department raised a dispute over Rand McNally maps showing congressional districts. An error placed Berrien County into Congressman Brantley’s district, prompting correspondence among Congressman Griggs, Brantley, and Commissioner Stevens. Rand McNally will print 11 000 corrected maps at no cost.
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Rand, McNally & Co
New York
Agricultural Department
Georgia
Congr Redehinn Brantley
Mleyénth
Griggs
Stevens
Berrien County
Berrien
Eggs Keep Twelve Months as a Good Receipt
A historical note claims eggs can be preserved for months by using dry ashes as a packing layer. Clean fresh eggs are placed upright with the small end down, covered with ashes, repeated in layers, and stored in a box. The method suggests lining the box with ashes and keeping it in a cool place for extended shelf life.
Allen Pardoned by Governor Candler and Released
Allen Pardoned today by Governor Candler and to be released from Richwood penitentiary after six years. He killed a man in Dawson, Georgia named Slade and was a prominent carriage manufacturer there. Attorney A My Rainey secured the pardon. Rainey left for Richwood with papers for release. Allen will return to Dawson briefly then move to Cincinnati for a new carriage factory job.
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Dawson
Cincinnati
Georgia
Atlanta News
Digger Survives On Pennies for Five Days in Virginia Ditch
Report from near Vienna details George McGee and fellow workers earning meager pay while McGee allegedly lived five days on 12 cents worth of meat and 12 cents worth of meal each day, subsisting until Saturday night. The account notes overall hardship among laborers and a total wage of 50 cents for the week.
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Vienna
Will Parker
George McGee
McGee
Ithelgahg
Obituary for Mrs Emma Woodward of Dooly County
Mrs Emma H Woodward wife of John H Woodward born Honaton GI Reb 1849 died of typhoid in Dooly County August 21 1901. She was married December 15 1896 and is survived by siblings D L F Peacok Mrs R I Barfield and Miss Ellen Peacock of Emerick and Mrs C Hendrick of Henderson. She was a devoted wife mother and Christian and died surrounded by loved ones with faith in heaven.
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Emma
Atlanta Jury Mystery Affects Czolgosz Trial
Atlanta thought she was left out of the Czolgosz trial and felt very badly about it until it was discovered that one of the jurors once lived in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Czolgosz
City decries blind tigers and wine shops as nuisances
In Cordele News readers condemn whiskey dens near the Methodist church and wine shops in town and county as evils harming youths. Report notes a recent shooting at James Benefield’s store on 8th street where Jim Banyan, a 40-year-old Black man, was seriously wounded by John Ball, a 21-year-old white man from Wenona.
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Methodist Church
Banyon
Cordele News
James Benefield
8Th Street
Jim Banyan
John Ball
Olds
Wenona
W. H. Ball
Plice
An Essay on the Editor from a Child's View
A humorous fragment imagines a boy writing about newspapers and editors. It jokingly questions the origin of newspapers, calls the editor a mythical missing link, and claims the editor never dies, never pays subscriptions, and endures hardships while the paper remains a “mighty poor man.”
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Haint
Excursion to Atlanta from Palatka October 7
G G RR announces a cheap excursion from Palatka and intermediate points to Atlanta and return on October 7. Tickets sold October 4 for a special train leaving Palatka about 9 26. Round trip from Vienna 2 dollars 50 cents. Through baggage refreshment coach and Pullman sleeper via Macon and G R Ry. Last season excursion. contact local agent or C B Rhodes Macon GA for details. The train passes Vienna next Monday at 2 25 p m.
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Palatka
Wie
G. Ry
Macon
Vienna
Neargat
C. B
Rhodes
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