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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1913

Page

5

Constitution newspaper subscription rates and offices

Daily and Sunday editions offered with monthly and weekly rates for Atlanta and out of town readers. Advertising manager handles territory outside Atlanta. Washington Bureau address listed. Notices to travel subs represent authorized agents. no responsibility for advance payments to dealers or agents.

Atlanta IR Holliday Constitution Bullring Washington John Corrigan Constitution New York City Hotaling Broadway Forty-second Street Times Building

Milk safety tips urge clean bottles and cool storage

Dairy experts urge careful handling of milk to prevent disease. Keep milk in sealed bottles taken straight into a cool place, avoid dipping from cans, and disinfect bottles before reuse. If no refrigerator, use a simple ice box or cooling methods with water or damp cloth to slow spoilage.

United States Department of Agriculture

Controversy over marriage law sparks public debate

Record notes resentment toward a new state law guarding the marriage contract. Thirty couples in the city refused to answer required questions and sought marriages in other states. Advocates argue such restrictions prevent crime and morbidity, while opponents decry forced inquiry as interference with liberty and warn of eugenic dangers.

America

Marital Felicity From Dr. Wiley Proposes Husband Code

Dr. Harvey Wiley offers a marital ethics code advising husbands to be polite to wives, control temper, greet warmly, attend clubs, tip hats, send gifts, and provide a liberal allowance. He warns against distrust expressed by a simple phone message and suggests divorce when trust fails. The guidance notes practical caveats for work hours and home life.

Harvey W. Wiley Howtie

Public Speaking Skills Mark Georgia Leaders and Learners

Attendees at the Southern Merchants association praise the high quality of speeches and urge all young men to learn public speaking. Examples include Woodrow Wilson and Henry Grady as models, with remarks on leadership, persuasion, and civic duty amid Balkan peace outlooks and British humor in court.

Southern Merchants’ Association Georgia Woodrow Wilson Tommie” Wilson Augusta Henry Grady North South Georgia Bay Grady Wilson

Poems and notices from a Georgia weekly page

A collage of humorous pieces, dialect verses, and notes from The Dalton Citizen and The Houston Post. It includes playful poems about summer heat and owls, a quip about teachers in Georgia, a printer’s error tale, a cautionary note to watch one’s public rhetoric, a protest scene about renewal of the blood, and a column reflecting on morality and life preservers. The items mix light verse, local observations, and editorials with regional flavor.

Halley Georgia George Bailey The Houston Post Boston Dalton

No Place Like Home in the Forest Tale

A wild man recalls his failed marriage to an exacting wife who valued order over comfort. Her constant reminders about shoes, tablecloths, and furniture drove him to seek solitude in the woods, until a cowshed fire forced him to flee into the forest primeval.

William Henry Shakespeare Augustus Adolphus Jugheimer Charlotte Corday Wiffe United States

Bear rumored near Sharp Mountain stirs Jasper residents

For weeks residents near Sharp Mountain feared a black bear after hogs and sheep vanished. A group of Jasper men hunted with dogs, rifles, and clubs, but after a half day of effort they returned claiming no bear was found.

Jasper Sharp Mountain

Bears Reported Near Stateboro From Mii Creek area

The Statesboro Star recounts sightings of a large black animal with a stump tall in the Mii Creek swamp near a nearby home, three miles from town, and another sighting near Sand Hil bridge by Amos Hart’s son. Local belief holds it to be a hog bear, with later reports of a long spotted animal resembling a tiger further down the creek. A hunting party formed to pursue the animals, but no outcome is known.

Statesboro Mii Creek Murat Mikedl Pia Father Sand Hil Amos Hart

Forty Acres of Fine Corn in Georgia Near Maxeys

The Oglethorpe Echo reports a forty acre field of corn near Maxeys grown by A J Gillen. Observers hail the crop as extraordinary for upland Georgia with estimates suggesting up to 100 bushels per acre. Gillen plans to share his methods with farmers as the crop is harvested.

Oglethorpe A. J. Gillen Maxeys Georgia Galen

Stevenson Finishes Drafts and Isle of Samoa Ties

The article notes Robert Louis Stevenson worked on West of Hermiston and Kidnapped as his health declined on Samoa, dictated to his wife Fanny Osbourne and written mostly in a recumbent position. It asserts he spent long hours writing until his death, shaping his late works.

Stevenson Hermiston Robert Louis Stevangon Katrions Samoa

Was James Scott Duke of Monmouth a Blackguard or Coward

The article debates James Scott known as the Duke of Monmouth, portraying him as a hypocritical pretender to royal blood who betrayed friends and plotted rebellion. It recounts his contested paternity, lavish honors from Charles II, failed uprising, capture after Sedgemoor, and execution at age 36 on July 16, 1685.

James Scott Duke of Monmouth Blackguards Aly Charles II Charles Monmouth Ludy Waiters Hague Rotterdam Encyclopaedia Brittanica Lucy Robert Sidney Earl of Leicester James Anne Scalt Buccleuch Scotland Sedgeture Maceulay Toda Sedgemora Lord Gray Woodgates London Macaulay Lucy Walter

Partridges Carry Young Chicks Near Irwinville

The Ocilla Star reports Warren Fiether observed a pair of partridges carrying two day old chicks near Irwinville road. He and Mr. Ross followed, the birds fled when approached, and the chicks joined their parents. The men saved the chicks from likely starvation by bringing them to Mr. Base's home.

Ocilla Star Warren Fieteh Irwinville Road

Curfew Plan for Girls in Sag Harbor Moves Forward

Sag Harbor trustees adopt a curfew resolution set to take effect September 1. After 8 45 p m the village hall bell will signal girls under 16 to leave the movies and go home. After 9 p m unescorted girls under 16 face arrest. A Sag Harbor women’s committee led by Mrs Ida Smith pushed the measure citing street misbehavior and intoxication. The police chief’s job was changed as a result.

Sag Harbor New York Times Board of Village Trustees Ida ‘Smith

My Conscience by James Whitcomb Riley

A playful verse from The Century Magazine recounts a speaker debating with his conscience. The persona questions recognition, praising the conscience yet fearing its stern morality, ending with the conscience urging cheerfulness despite lingering self reproach.

Sounds Like Lodge Doings at The Sparta Ishmaelite

A satirical guide mocks lodge access rituals by describing steps to meet the editor. It outlines advancing to the inner door, giving name and address, and presenting a ten dollar bill with the phrase were you looking for me to obtain a receipt for an obligation owed.

Sparta Ishmaelite Wyild

Poriderous Job And Suffering In A Grim Parable

George Fitch retells the Job parable with a satirical edge, describing a prominent citizen named Job who loses wealth and health, endures friends’ counsel, and remains steadfast in administration support as misfortune piles up. The piece mocks reformers and extols patience amid hardship while poking fun at modern woes such as illness and financial strain.

For Health a Walk

In warm weather exercise in the heat is hard so walk early morning and again late evening. Be energetic, rise before breakfast, eat something first, then begin a morning constitutional and return home before heat sets in. If morning walks fail, try evening walks after dinner or at dusk until tired. The working woman would benefit from systematic early morning and evening exercise to stay vigorous.

Kansas

His Comment on Waterloo

An American traveler visited the Waterloo field with a guide who claimed to have escorted General Sheridan there. When asked what the general said, the guide replied that Sheridan said it was a good place for 4, feeble.

Waterloo General Sheridan

A Real Optimist. The coal trust alt the herdé.

Fragmentary OCR text with unclear meaning presents no coherent event. The lines mention optimism, a coal trust, and a cyclone, but lack identifiable people, places, or organizations to summarize as a news item.

Coal Trust

Fragmentary quote on scientist and big organizations

A partial, disjointed line questions a scientist’s achievement and references unnamed entities or groups. The garbled text lacks clear names, dates, or events, making it impossible to identify a concrete person or location.

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