Special Notices and Civic Prompts in Atlanta Telegram
A compilation of local remarks covers subscription issues for carriers and papers, Atlanta’s waste gas plan, liquor disposal by police, Chamber of Commerce events, aviation offers by New York and Vermont, editorial quips on temperance, statements by Charles S. Barrett on beautifying Georgia farms, and a call for engineers to receive the Engineering Annual. The piece urges business standards, government cooperation, and regional progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Civil Engineering Department
University of Georgia
Georgia Water Supply and Sewage Disposal Conferences
Athens
Georgia Through the Auto Stimulus Expands and Binds
The piece notes how gasoline and the automobile spur Georgia residents to tour four counties and beyond. Promoters from Winder to Athens, Gainesville, Franklin, Douglas, and Coffee counties drive seven hundred miles to spread progress and cooperation. Cars broaden minds while shortening miles, uniting Georgians across regions.
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Georgia
Winder
Jefferson
Gainesville
Franklin County
Athens
State College of Agriculture
Douglas
Coffee County
Prosperous
North
Flies and the Baby Public Health Fight Aimed at Prevention
City health officials push a fly ordinance and promote infant protection measures. A study by the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor shows fly exposure doubles diarrhea in infants, while dirty homes and artificial feeding greatly raise risk, underscoring fly netting and cleanliness as key preventives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Board of Health
American Medical Association Journal
Athens
Bureau of Public Health and Hygiene
New York Association For Improving
Department of Health
Dog Days Plea for Dry Weather From The Skies
Poem begging Sirius to grant drought for forty days, asking Pluvius to stop delays and deliver clear skies despite worries of rain and weeping skies. A lighthearted plea for dry spell.
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Pluvius
Jupe Pluvius
The Youth Seizes Fortune With Opportunity
A short tale describes Youth waiting for Fortune who travels with her attendant Opportunity. With Patience briefly away, the youth grabs Opportunity and outruns Fortune, illustrating initiative overcoming delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opportunity
Education Progress shows 22 million in U S schools in 1914
The 1914 annual report of the Commissioner of Education cites 22 million students in U S educational institutions. Of these 19 million in elementary schools, 1.374 million in secondary schools, 216 thousand in colleges and universities, with about 700 thousand teachers. Public high school enrollment leads growth, cost estimated at 750 million dollars.
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United State
Commissioner of Education
Bureau
United States
Tion
New York
Beautify the Farm With Flowers in Georgia
Atlanta on July 21 reports National Farmers' Union findings that beautifying farms with trees flowers and shrubs boosts per acre value beyond other improvements. Georgia can rival California in value by turning land into perennial gardens and attractive rural homes, says speaker Barrett.
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Charles S. Barrett
National Farmers’ Union
Rockies
United States
Georgia
Atlanta
Rocky Mountains
Barrett
California
Mr. Barrett
Paradise Valley
West
Upson County
South Georgia
Chamberlain's Tablets Benefit a Weak Stomach
A testimonial from William Sharp of West Webster New York credits Chamberlain's Tablets with curing his weak stomach after weeks of use. The ad claims the tablets strengthen the stomach and restore natural function and urges readers to try them, available from all dealers.
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Chamberlain
William Sharp
West Webster
N. Y
Baseball Scores and Standings Across Leagues
National League results show Boston 1 Cincinnati 2 and Philadelphia 1 Chicago 0 in five innings due to rain. American League notes St Louis 2 Boston 4 Detroit 3 Philadelphia 4 with only two games scheduled. Federal details St Louis 0 Baltimore 7 Chicago 0 8 Brooklyn 4 9 in two games, second via seven innings. Southern games Atlanta 1 1 Nashville 0 3 Birmingham 1 Little Rock 6 New Orleans 2 Memphis 4 Mobile 3 Chattanooga 1. South Atlantic Macon 4 Columbus 4 called at ten with darkness as postponement. Digest includes a medical advertisement for Dr King’s New Life Pills highlighting constipation relief.
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National
Boston
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Chicago
New York-St. Louis
Brooklyn-Pittsburg
Atlanta
Nashville
Birmingham
Little Rock
New Orleans
Memphis
Mobile
Chattanooga
ELECTING JUDGES IN GEORGIA SPURS DEBATE
A Gwinnett Journal piece discusses a proposed bill to have Georgia Supreme Court justices appoint superior court judges. It argues voters are competent for most offices but not for selecting judges and questions the need to alter the current system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwinnett Journal
Supreme Court of Georgia
United States
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Western Circuit
Brand
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H. J. Rowe
Tne
Athens Daily Banner
Post Office
THE
Athens Banner
Orr Golf
Warsaw
Chamber of Commerce
Commissioner of Commerce and Labor
H. M. Stanley
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Summer School of Georgia
Vermont
National Guard
Aero Club of America
Eastman
New North States
Archibald Henderson
Literary and Historical Association of
North Carolina
South
Mecklenburg
Sirius
Patience
D. G
St. Louis
Detroit
Federal
Baltimore
Brooklyn
South Atlantic
Macon
Columbus
MoS&t
Dr. King
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