Mail Order Market Baskets in Georgia Advertised by Local Editors
The Constitution highlights the rise of mail order market baskets linking city buyers to Milton county farmers via parcel post and express. George R. Rucker of Alpharetta Free Press promotes orders for fried foods, fresh butter, and vegetables, following J. A. Booton. The piece envisions a new Georgia cash market connecting rural producers with urban consumers and boosting country wealth.
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Alpharetta
Milton County
Milton
Fulton
Atlanta
Georgia
Progressive Ware Pioneers Auto Use in County Roads
Ware County moves to purchase an automobile and an auto truck for the highway building and maintenance squad to speed tasks and improve efficiency. The plan mirrors action in Fulton, Bibb, Richmond, Chatham, and Muscogee, with leaders asserting the vehicle system yields strong returns for taxpayer dollars. The auto truck is described as a practical road building aid, extending work hours and enabling supervision across multiple sites.
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Ware
Georgia
Fulton
Bibb
Richmond
Chatham
Muscogee
Modern road building transforms Georgia economy regionally
The text argues that progress in Georgia comes from planned requisition of science and system in road building. It cites wiregrass and Ware County as examples where competent engineers and modern methods boosted values and development. It claims spending on efficiency is economical long term, while old inefficient practices waste resources.
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Georgia
Ware
Passing Demagogue Interprets Kansas Campaign Tone
The Kansas Topeka State Journal notes a shift from demagogic promises to modest aims. It contrasts national campaigns promising the earth with Kansas candidates who promise to help obtain legislation rather than dictate it, hoping for renewed civic honesty and prosperity.
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Kansas Topeka State Journal
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Georgia
Clean up needed for human rubbish on city streets
The Journal of Labor argues for a human clean-up addressing harassment by street youths along Whitehall and Peachtree in Atlanta. It notes the problem stems from respectable families’ sons and calls for discrimination against both well dressed loafers and vagrant harassers to protect public welfare.
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Whitehall
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New York City
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The Home Call and Fields of Gold Iroquois Song
Poetic reminiscence contrasts rural duty with national conflict. It urges turning to farming, daily bread, and communal resilience as bands of war loom but home calls for labor and faith. The piece blends agrarian praise with wartime sentiment and hopeful endurance.
Musket Ridge Musings and Village Deacon Sayings
Local musings mix philosophy and humor from Musket Ridge and the Village Deacon. Poems, verses, and adages reflect faith, resilience, and daily life with musings on friendship, optimism, and light. Includes rustic poems about spring, love, and faith in everyday acts.
Watch Out for the Train Safety Campaign In Georgia
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce public safety committee advances steps to cut railroad accidents in Georgia by addressing trespassing on rights of way. Reports from state and interstate commissions show many deaths and injuries result from ignoring stop look and listen at grade crossings and near curves. The group advocates automatic safety devices and education to minimize harm while acknowledging total elimination is unlikely. A lighthearted closing parade references various musings on Mexico politics and public figures.
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Reform and the Reformers Its Ironic Warfare
Reform is praised yet resisted by politicians who fear the political ceasefire reform brings. The author lampoons reformers who boast of virtue while pressuring statesmen to advance, likening reform to a persistent Ilion and a loud, blocked ascent toward perfection.
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Jerusalem
Your Two Men by George Matthew Adams
A meditation on dual inner forces guiding action. The essay posits two men within each person, a Good Man and an Evil Man, constantly contending for supremacy and shaping history and eternity through every choice. The piece invites readers to consider which inner force truly defines them.
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George Gray Barnard
First Thing in Morning For Forty Six Years
The Baptist Forum column lauds The Atlanta Constitution for 46 years of morning publication. It notes rising circulation and its role in shaping progressive sentiment in Atlanta and southern cities, arguing early-morning reach can influence public life and attitudes.
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Atlanta
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Desire The Hungry Spirit and the Spark Within
A short moral verse by Mary J. Blackburn praises the hungry spirit in each heart. It describes the spark of life fed daily by effort and remembered in souls that stray. The poem urges persistence of will to keep the ember alive.
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Mary J. Blackburn
Akerman District Attack Sparks Constitutional Debate
The Brunswick News notes The Atlanta Constitution demands the scalp of District Attorney Alex Akerman. The piece questions why Republicans should hold many of the state’s best offices, deeming it an unfathomable political problem.
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Atlanta Constitution
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Constitution
Toledo Fare Controversy Reaches Quiet Settlement
The Electrical Railway Journal reports Toledo avoided a major clash by the rail company offering free rides, with most riders still paying fares. Public concern rose but payments in general remained regular, and a fair franchise settlement is hoped to restore Toledo’s industrial reputation.
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Electrical Railway Journal
Toledo
Campaign openings and gubernatorial bids reach Georgia
Augusta hosts Thomas W. Hardwick opening his U. S. Senate bid in an opera house on April 24. In Cedartown and Athens supporters push for W. J. Harris and Horace Holden for governor, with Holden possibly announcing soon. Adams in Hall County plans a campaign kickoff at Chestnut Mountain and proposes abolishing the railroad commission special attorney.
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United States Senate
Opera House
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Sandersville
Democratic Party
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Crawfordville
Horace M. Holden
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Taliaferro County
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