Newspaper Advertisement Notice at Broadway and 38th Street
An early 20th century classified style notice lists locations including West Broadway, Second Street, Thirty-Eighth Street and Broadway, and Twenty-North Street and Broadway. It mentions that the Constitution charges $5 for male readers and disclaims responsibility for payments to out-of-town carriers or agents. It credits the Associated Press for news content and rights.
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Hotaling
NoWestanda
Brosdray
Barty-Second Street
Strest
Broadway
North Street
Associated Press
Associated Preas
Stage Set For Boom In Southern Economy
Evidence from sources points to improving business conditions with the south leading in optimism. A small cotton yield is seen as propitious for prices, crops, and livestock, boosting southern farmers and merchants. Governor Wellborn says the Federal Reserve bank has lifted loan limits for local banks to finance this year’s crop movement at 6 percent, signaling readiness to support prosperity. Eugene Meyer of the War Finance Corporation predicts a boom, cites firmer bond prices and anticipated tax revision, and notes price stabilization. The article argues rising confidence is the key to a rapid recovery across all sectors.
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M. B. ‘Wellborn
Federal Reserve Bank
Constitution Today
Wellborn
Federal Reserve System
Eugene Meyer
War Finance Corporation
Meyer
Congress
Cobb County Towns Promote Local Enterprise in 1919
The Cobb County Times notes smaller towns across Georgia invest heavily in advertising campaigns during 1919. It highlights five towns leading the business map with extended newspaper space to showcase industry, utility, and growth, urging residents not to overlook opportunities.
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Cobb County
Ney Dian
Cobb County Towns Promote Prosperity Through Hustling Trade
Cobb county towns band together to showcase growth and commerce. Merchants boost advertisements to spur trade, reflecting a lively, competitive regional spirit. The piece highlights inter-town collaboration and belief that progress in one area lifts the whole county.
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Trigell
Cobb ‘County
Georgia
Georgia must not starve its state university
The piece argues Georgia cannot further cut funding for the state university, warning that results will push many Georgia students to seek higher education outside the state. It highlights overcrowding at existing state institutions and cites distinguished alumni advocating robust support, urging the legislature to sustain, not starve, higher education.
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TRE University
Georgia
Fredtises
State University
Geargia
Sons of Georgia
General Assembly
Henry D. McDaniel
Mercer
William E. Simmons
Emory
Wanderin' town folks and a book of Southern songs
A collage of regional humor and culture from the Waycross Journal and Herald style column. Notes on town gossip, local theatre ideas, and a forthcoming book of dialect poems by Thomas Jefferson Managan. Mentions tariffs, breadline musings, and a chuckle at a pork inspired imagination.
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Thomas Jefferson Managan
The Empty Honor by Thomas Us Wanagan
A historical dialect piece recounts a legend of a white man mocked for an unused melon mark and a crowd's reaction. The narrative, attributed to THOMAS us, weaves themes of race, commerce, and communal superstition in a coastal setting.
Georgia Farm Feud Threatens Extension Work
James A. Hollomon laments a deep split between Georgia state agriculture and the extension system. He cautions that internal fights, influenced by factions and private farm bureaus, undermine coordination, waste taxpayers money, and hurt farmers. He backs continued Smith Lever funding and calls for unity.
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Georgia
Smith-Lever
Snes ‘Eitetator
Department of Agriculture
Ttme
Atthe
Brown
Mary
House
Senate
Fifth Avenue Parade Vibe in Minture's New York
C O Minture paints a bustling late 19th century style stroll through Manhattan. He notes tuxedoed youths, showy fashion, crowded streets, perfumed wealth, and busy byways from Fifth Avenue to Washington Square, with vivid vignettes of shops, cabbies, street life, and a Cherry Sisters return hinted amid urban chatter.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Billie Burke
Mephistophelés
Frank al
Munsey
Tiffany's
Electric Church Cross Agrow
Washington Square
Rivington Street
Cherry Sisters
Iowa
Old Hammerstein
Victoria
Yen London
Paris
Hag
Governor Rejects Clemency Plea for Stephens County Man
Governor Hardwick declined to intervene in Early Bradley's case as he faces execution in Toc cos Friday for the 1920 killing of Charity Watson and another woman. The judge and solicitor say the death sentence was just. Bradley had received a prior thirty day respite. Fermor Barrett, former state senator from Toccha, represented him.
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Hardwick
Early Bradley
Stephens County
Toccos
Charity Watson
Fermor Barrett
Toccba
Scouts Entertain at Gainesville Camp Event
Visitors day will be observed Saturday by Boy Scouts at their summer tour camp near Gainesville. Motor cars bearing parents and friends of the campers will start leaving the city early in the morning and will continue until the big SpFena. At 2 o'clock the scout executive committee chaired by Colonel F. J. Paxon will convene at the camp. At 4 o'clock the court of honor under president E. Potheroy will review candidates for merit.
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Gainesville
F. J. Paxon
Court of Honor
Bearing of Federal Official's Name Fails To Benefit Defendant
A 16 year old negro boy faced U S Commissioner W C Carter in a federal court on a charge under the federal prohibition act. He claimed he was fishing near a still when captured by officers in DeKalb county. He was held to the grand jury under $200 bond.
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George Fi. Johnson
United States
W. C. Carter
Federal Building
Carter
W. C Carter
Asl
DeKalb County
Victory Medals Distributed by Marine Station
Victory medals were distributed during July by the local marine recruiting station in the Anatell building, according to Captain P. C. Geyer, Jr. He said mothers of Marines skilled in France should send their requests for medals to corps headquarters in Washington.
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Anatell
P. C. Geyer,Jr
Washington
Health talks on getting a goat for tuberculosis cure
A health column discusses goat milk as a laxative and weight tool, noting it is not a universal remedy for tuberculosis or constipation. It urges readers to consult physicians and warns against broadcasting unverified cures to friends seeking medical advice.
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Brady
New York
Rostok
California
Mojavé
Soma
Twin Cucumbers Honor to Bartow in Garden Freaks
A humorous Georgia item recounts twin watermelons grown in Gwinnett County and praised by Harry Ford of Gartersville for Bartow. The piece imagines the twins as a symbol for harmony in the General Assembly and even a possible gift to President Clay and Speaker elit.
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Bartow
Constitution
Gwinnett County
Harry Ford
Gartersville
Mr. Heinz
Twin
Mr. Ford
Babe” Ruth
Legislature
Clay
Lost Tot Is Found In Pittsburg District
Isidore Oxmery aged three, of 51 Connally Street, wandered from a relative's home at 208 Cooper Street Wednesday afternoon causing his mother Rosa Oxman and the community great anxiety. Police, led by Sergeant Luck, searched through a heavy rain but found him wandering in the Pittsburg section about three hours later, safely returned to his mother.
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Isidore Oxmery
Connally Street
Rosa Oxman
Ney
Cooper Street
Luck
Wan
Pittsburg
Marines to police Lakeswood auto races feature
Marines from the local recruiting station volunteer to police the Lakeswood auto race track. A three mile race pits Miss Marion Smith against Miss Ernestine Campbell, both popular Atlanta debutantes, in a regulation racing car challenge. Other favored drivers include Henry Glenn Sheridan Jon Jay Aiken and Bill Baldwin driving a Hudson Sweetal.
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Lakes Wood
Mise
Marion Smith
Ernestine Campbell
Atlanta
Erits
Henry Glenn
Sheridan
Jon Jay
Aiken
King jFisht
Bill Baldwin
Hudson Sweetal
Miscellany of odd notes from era papers
Brief, fragmented items recount curiosities and oddities from a bygone era. Memphis boasts a fast trotting horse record while Peoria taxes provoke jubilance or regret. Brooklyn’s wealth and a Chicagoan lottery sting hint at broader society quirks. A German teachers convention in Cincinnati caps the mix.
Harding Foresees End of Warfare Between Nations
President Harding spoke from his car in Continental Square Lancaster New Hampshire August 4 declaring American institutions stronger than ever and predicting disarmament talks will lead to universal peace. He urged public support for postwar reconstruction and pledged government service to the nation, addressing a crowd of several thousand in White Mountain country with frequent cheers.
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Lancaster
N. H
America
Harding
Continental Square
White Mountain
America’s rise boosts German credit says Rich
Walter Rich of M. Rich & Co returning from Europe reports Germany in good crop condition and a strong credit risk. He notes America’s leadership prestige growing as Europe reopens after war. Rich confirms improved business mood by purchasing 150000 worth of merchandise in France Germany and Czechoslovakia.
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Europe
Rick
América
Pappport
Hughes
Eng Land
Ence
Mr. Rich
France
Germany
Gillespie Hosts City Officers At Big Barbecue
Parke General Manager Dave Quiespig hosted a Georgia style barbecue at Piedmont park for the mayor park commission and city council. He missed a chance by not offering a permanent job to turn the event into an annual institution. The West Side site featured a bubbling spring and tree shaded pits with city department staff and officials as guests.
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Parke
Dave
Georgia
Park Commission
Piedmont Park
Gillespie
Park
Esounch
Huge dirigible to make trip over Atlantic
Washington reports the British built naval dirigible ZR-2 will sail from How dea England on August 25 for Imkenhuret New Jersey. Officials estimate the trans Atlantic flight at three to five days depending on wind and weather, noting the faster airship could carry heavier loads than earlier attempts.
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Washington
Howdea
England
Imkenhuret
N. J
Navy
Naval Aeronautical
Itil
Fasa
New Said
Premander
von Diag
Probe of Fair S to Open in Atlanta This Afternoon
A council probe into the Southeastern Fair begins at 2 p.m. with committee members Gordon Couch Richards appointed by Mayor Key. The goal is to ensure 80 percent of fair profits fund Lakewood improvements, while fair officials pledge full transparency and cooperation.
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Atlanta
Key
R. A. Gordon
G. A. Couch
Southeastern Fair Association
Lakewood
Alvin Richards
Na Ic
Fail Association
G. Hastings
RM. Btriplin
Hastings
Gordon
Nationwide building probe to start in era of housing reform
A nationwide investigation into building industry conditions was announced by Charles William Bernhardt, president of the National Association of Builders' Exchanges, with cooperation from the US Department of Commerce led by Herbert Hoover. The central committee will coordinate data on material prices, standardize materials, and guide an official recognition of standards by the national association and federal housing division.
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Charles William Bernhardt
Atlanta
National Association of Builders’ Exchanges
Mr. Bernhardt
United States Department of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Association
Department of Commerce
National Central Committee of Builders
William F. Chew
Baltimore
Max Bauman
Newark
Detra't
Mr. Bernherdt
Federal Department
Nations Organization
Ite
National Association
Federal
Division’ of Housing and Constructions
Electric Street Car Men to Meet Here on Sept 12
Announcement lists delegates and visitors expected for the Amott street and electric workers convention. Ed ward McMorrow of Chicago and Z. AR Lawson of panorama named as national officers on the general executive board. MeMorrow to arrive in Atlanta August 10 to confer with local committee. Enthusiastic turnout anticipated from hundreds of street and electric workers in Atlanta.
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Amott “Atta
Bireet
Ibeets
Therica
Reise
Afl . Honea
Nrebidéaty W. D
Atlanta
Leral
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