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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1909
Page
5
A collage of clipped phrases and quips about space wealth lectures and lawmakers. References include the Wrights, Taft, Roosevelt, and Bleriot alongside Britain Germany and Russia. The piece mixes satire on tariffs aviation weather and literature with scattered personalities and events.
An editorial urges the Georgia legislature to pass an effective game and fish protection law. It critiques amendments suggested by the legislative committee as weakening vital protections, including landowner permit rules and earlier hunting seasons, and warns that without a strong law and proper enforcement game may disappear from the state within years.
Editorial condemns national ridicule of Georgia’s legislature as unjust. It argues a few eccentric acts misrepresent the majority, urging the state to send thoughtful, mature men to reform the body and end damaging publicity.
The piece counters a famed theory by Sir James Crichton Browne that malaria from marshes contributed to Greece’s decline. It notes the claim’s plausibility yet nonproof status, and argues against blaming tiny enemies like the mosquito or hook-worm for the fall of nations.
The Edison Illuminating Company of Boston adopts a policy reversing views on volunteer state militia by allowing thirty-five national guardsmen in its employ longer vacations to pursue educative summer maneuvers, signaling a shift from earlier ridicule of the guard. The move mirrors broader changes in public attitude toward citizen-soldiers.
A critique of U S politics arguing Congress and state legislatures bloat laws and fail to govern well. Citing Jefferson and James J Hill, the piece condemns endless tinkering in sessions and laments persistent inefficiency and mischief in lawmaking. The author urges restraint and reform to honor democratic methods.
The writer argues voters must act soberly and inform themselves to curb demagogues and elevate the standard of men in lawmaking bodies. He emphasizes the link between personal responsibility and the quality of national and state legislation, warning that public business requires informed citizens and prudent elections.
A collage of regional verse and prose items includes songs about Georgia life and poverty, a brief note on a Beavor Herald editor, reflections on politics and force in lawmaking, a piece on suffrage irony, and a quip about a country youth’s view of the legislature. The text blends dialect poetry with social observations and light humor from a small Georgia locale.
A Springfield Union excerpt mocks a Georgia bill banning women over 12 from riding astride animals, doubting its passage while humorously imagining Peachtree women and Georgia matrons defying the law. Other columns praise Georgia’s novelty in social legislation and speculate on cultural impact.
Georgia counties from Quitman to Walker report strong citizen support for better highways. Officials deploy convicts, engineers, and road crews to widen grade and repair routes connecting towns, with emphasis on major corridors like Perry to Hawkinsville and Winder to Com ores. Local efforts include surveys, bond talks, and county-wide campaigns to improve auto travel and county infrastructure.
Enthusiasm grows as Clay county advances road work with state convicts aiding grading, drainage, and clay sewer piping. Telfair county reports 75 miles of first class roads after convict labor since April, with plans to connect routes toward Dodge and Jeff Davis. Habersham county adopts an alternative road system and budgets surveying, aiming for all county roads in good repair within 60 days. The ordinary plans to use convicts in 1910 for ongoing road work.
A poem lamenting child labor and the impact on future Georgia. The speaker condemns indifference to exploited children across farms factories and cities, urging action for the state’s future pride. Authored by Fanneal Harrison of Atlanta, Georgia.
The August issue of Popular Mechanics describes sparrow control efforts at Moorestown New Jersey. It highlights organizing sparrow clubs enlisting neighborhood youth, adult involvement with prizes, and a town supper for winners. Various trap styles are detailed.
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