Atlanta Post Office Notice and Subscription Rates
Local notice from Atlanta dated August 19 1921 listing post office interests and subscription rates for The Constitution. Includes advertising manager J B Holliday, Washington office at the Tisleigh Hotel, and distribution details with rates for daily weekly and Sunday editions.
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Atlanta
Bundsy de
Siglo Tepiee Dany Se
J. B. Holliday
Constitution Building
Constitution Washington
Tisleigh Hotel
James A. Holloman
Fulton County Leads State Tax Revenue From Atlanta Influence
The 1921 Fulton county tax digest shows an assessed valuation of 190,483,535, up 22,000,000 from last year, with Fulton paying about one fifth of Georgia's total tax revenues. The city of Atlanta and Fulton’s contributions fund education and state services, enabling ongoing highway, school, and development projects statewide. Georgia’s capital city is celebrated for its pivotal role from mountains to sea.
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Atlanta
Fulton County
State
Georgia
Seaboard
Comet Tail Reflections Spark Talks of Industry and Optimism
In a thoughtful rant the author muses on Earth passing through a comet tail and rejects doomsayers. The piece urges readers to embrace business, work, and industrious optimism, predicting a brighter economic outlook and a return to productive activity.
Worry About What Might Happen And Its Imagined Cost
The speaker reflects that fear and worry about future events are largely imagined. People focus on potential outcomes without action, only to realize their anxieties were unfounded when events pass. The passage critiques constant concern as unproductive.
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Basta
From Georgia by Frame and Autumn Time in Georgia
Fragmented miscellaneous lines discuss seasons and money, with entries about Uncle John on contentment, roads to good times, and local newspaper quips. The piece blends poems, reflections, and brief anecdotes from Georgia publishers and venues.
Lost Ships and the Sea's Grim Prey
A poem laments lost ships and the cruel sea. Vivid imagery depicts fog, wreckage, and peril as the speaker recalls brave vessels swallowed by waves and mist. The sea is a dangerous, captivating force that beckons and brood over sailors.
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Onaa Sauvage Owens
New York Times
Rey
An Excellent Suggestion From a Good Citizen
A local reader H. N Arnold of 520 Greensferry Avenue urges city action to remove obstructive billboards blocking views at the Nelson street railroad viaduct turn. He calls on authorities to require sign companies to move or raise boards to improve safety amid increasing traffic and notes other streets may also need similar remedies.
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Chamber of Commerce
Nelson
John Deere
H. N Arnold
Greensferry Avenue
City
Fifty Years Ago in Atlanta a Satirical Review
A reprinted column sketches August events in Atlanta using playful epitomes such as HEALTHY the city, REDUCTION watermelons, FLOURISHING street work, RELAXING radicalism, FILLING UP hotel rooms, and SICK council members. The piece muses on time’s changes and urban life, noting dust, trains, rain, and traffic in a brisk, period voice.
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Walla
Atlanta
National Hotel
Judge Pittman
Dr. Johnson
Daniel Pittman
General Council
Banco Report
HEALTH TALKS BY WILLIAM BRADY M D WAR PAINT
Health talks by Dr William Brady discuss cosmetics and war paint. He notes some paints are harmless while others may be poisonous and urges hygiene and exercise for beauty. He warns against overdone makeup and stresses brains over daubing.
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William Brady, M. D
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Characteristic Incident In Dr. McRae Life At Emory Academy
J A Sharp, principal of Emory University Academy in Oxford Ga, recalls Dr Floyd W McRae as a great souled man. During a mountain town appendicitis outbreak he cared for two poor patients at his Atlanta sanitarium and freely lent funds to start a mountain boy toward usefulness. He handed over a $100 check to aid the cause.
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Hostor
Floyd W. McRae
Young Harris
Atlanta
J. A. Sharp
Emory University Academy
Oxford
GO SLOW AND SEE OUR CITY Sign urges Atlanta safety
Editor recounts Mrs. W B Price Smith urging enforcement of traffic laws and public awareness. A local appeal argues that steady law observance will reduce accidents and deaths, easing police burden and making Atlanta safer and more livable.
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Agise Forum
W. B Price-Smith
Atlanta
OY L. Kyle Baer
Beecher Street
Atlanta eyes 1944 Dixie highway convention plan
Tred Houser, Atlanta Convention bureau secretary, pressed the Georgia and Atlanta Automobile associations and local chambers to host the 1944 Dixie highway convention in Atlanta. Officials from multiple groups approved and will send reps to the 1921 Cincinnati meeting and carry placards to help land the 1924 gathering. Delegations from Florida and south Georgia will be entertained in Atlanta on September 5 en route to the 1921 convention, showcasing Atlanta’s active Dixie highway interest.
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Tred Houser
Atlanta Convention Bureau
Georgia
Atlanta
Auto-mobile
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Georgia and
Convention Bureau
Cincinnati
Florida
South Georgia
Houser
Juvenile Court Holds Foundling After Abandonment Charge
The ten month old baby of Mrs Guasie Franklin at 504144 Decatur street will stay in the home where placed by the juvenile court. The police say the mother abandoned the child Tuesday and pitched it into Corr Griffin’s grocery at 65 Decatur street. The child stayed with a black woman until Wednesday morning before police took custody. Judge Gar land Watking refused to let the mother regain the infant until she proves she will provide proper care. The judge's decision followed his review of the investigation.
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Guasie Franklin
Decatur Street
Franklin
Corr Griffin, & Negress
Services for 23 Southern Heroes Held at Terminal
Memorial services were held Thursday morning at 9:15 for 23 southern World War I dead arriving at Terminal station from Hoboken New Jersey. Chaplain John D. Randolph of Fort Pherson led the service with patriotic groups. among the dead was John D Biddona of East Point, killed October 14 1918 in the Argonne forest. Military services follow Friday at 10 in Ketta Georgia with burial in the National cemetery. Also arriving were J H Hanson and Albert Austin of Winder and Elijah Tend of Blue Ridge.
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Crld
Hoboken
N. J
John D. Randolph
Fort ¢Pherson
Tanta
John D Biddona
East Point
Argonne Forest
Several Fair Days In Store for Atlanta
Atlanta weather prophet C F von Herrmann predicts several fair days with little temperature change due to a high Gulf of Mexico pressure and a low in New England. Thursday's mean temperature was 76 with a 73 degree low and 80 degree high. He notes mean temperature drops one degree per three hundred feet gained and cites San Diego as having the most ideal climate in America.
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Atlanta
C. F. von Herrmann
Gulf of Mexico
New England
von Herrmann
Atlante
San Diego
Cal
America
Richardson Extends Time for New Voters in City
W. S. Richardson, city county and state registrar, will keep his office open until 4 o clock Saturday to register residents in the newly added territory for the city primary on August 31. The office is in the courthouse first floor. Registration books for all other voters closed August 1.
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W. S. Richardson
Richardson
Ats Umite
Third Plea Made for McNaughton Parole Hearing
Dr. W. J. McNaughton, a life prisoner at Milledgeville, faces a parole hearing on September 9 at 10 am. Convicted in 1911 for conspiring to kill Fred Branders, he has seen three parole pleas denied or ignored by governors Harris and Dorsey, and a commuted death sentence swapped for life. He plans to practice medicine in Atlanta if freed.
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W. J. McNaughton
State Farm
Milfiedgeville
McNaughton
Fred Branders
Swaine+ ore
State Prison Commission
Hardwick
Nat M. Harris
Hugh M. Dorsey
Dorsey
Flanders
Milledgeville
People Wing
South
Atlanta
Harralson Dies at College Park Home After Long Atlanta Career
Henry L. Harralson died at age 68 at his College Park residence. One of Atlanta’s pioneer citizens, he helped found Harralson Brothers wholesale tobacco with his brother after moving from North Carolina. Survived by wife, two daughters, four grandchildren, and three brothers.
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Henry L. Harralson
College Park
Atlanta
North Carolina
Harralson Brothers
Koombal
Harralson
J C. Hale
Collegs Park
C Lycett
Frank, Logan
Preston Harralson
Tail-Light Market Bullish As Police Continue Arrests
Traffic violator drive by city and county police reduced violations and sped up dockets. Garages report strong tail light related business after fines. J B Montgomery and a companion were injured in a crash at Crumley and South Pryor. Fewer jaywalking cases reflect public education on crossing safety.
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J. B Montgomery
Central Avenue
Manos Drug Store
Crumley
South Pryor
George Tumlin
Council Aspirants Address Second Ward Club Meeting
Citizens of the second ward are invited to a mass meeting Friday at 8 at Georgia Avenue School. Mayor James L. Key likely discusses the tax increase on August 3, with talks from T L Slappey, Robert Troutman, and W H Terrell. Four council candidates from the second ward are invited. white primary contenders for August 31 include P L Moon, Fred C Manse, John A Culver, and Edward Bellesle.
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Second Ward
Georgia Avenue
T.L. Slapbey
Citizens’ Club
Slappey
James L. Key
Robert Troutman
W. H. Terrell
Board of Education
al Lartin
P. L. Moon
Fred C Manse
John A. Culver
Edward Bellesle
White baby's body found by Black boy on Briarcliff road
The decomposed body of a white infant, about one year old, was found Thursday morning by a Black boy on Briarcliff road near the Emory university car line turnoff. Conductor J. A. O Perry and merchant C. M. Woodall examined the scene and identified the child.
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Briarcliff
Emory University
Boyingdale Road
J. A. O Perry
C. M. Woodall
Traffic Club Outing Set for River Waterworks Station
Members of the Atlanta Traffic Club plan their annual outing Saturday at 3 PM near the river pumping station of the city waterworks system. A barbecue will be featured. Transportation will be provided. boats depart Healey Bullying at 2 PM.
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Atlanta
Ciry Waterworks System
Transportation Mt
Waton Webleh
Healey
Bits of New York Life by 6 0 0. Mwintyre
A vivid slice of urban bohemia from New York August, detailing sunburnt streets, bored elites, bustling theaters, salons, and a panorama of city life. The narrator observes luxury, vice, and the pulse of Broadway from a gritty, personal lens.
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New York
Alleged Bonding Ring Holds Law Null Says Crane
Atlanta attorney Sam C. Crane claims a covert bondsmen network operates in police court circles, opposing state laws. He says the group, backed by several lawyers, seeks to fatten purses at prisoners’ expense and that the city faces costly investigations and enforcement battles.
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Crane
Sam C. Crane
Atlanta
Lawsuers
Nitrate Plant Bidder Here Veils Proposal
George R Benton, lessee and manager of the Hillman hotel in Birmingham, notes in Atlanta he bid against Henry Ford to lease the Muscle Shoals nitrate plant. He offers 50 50 profit sharing, hydro electric operation, 2 percent interest, and plans to pay for water power while seeking government approval. Benton requests no publicity and promises further details by wire.
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George R Benton
Hillman Hotel
Birmingham
Atlanta
United States
Henry Ford
Muscle Sieats
Ala
Benton
Winecoff
Washington
Birmingham News
Ford
Osborn To Address Free Health School Lecture
Osborn, psychology instructor at Oglethorpe University, will give two lectures for the Free School of Health. The event Sunday at 4 in the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce assembly room features community singing led by J. E. Ate Ree and solos by Miss Catherina Fenwick and Miss Nora Allen.
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A. ©. Osbron
Oglethorpe University
Free School of Health
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
J. E Ate Ree
Catherina Fenwick
Nora Allen
Simmons Heads Lanier University
Announcement by Ben H. Sullivan states Colonel William J. Simmons head of the Ku Klux Klan elected president of Lanier University to oversee immediate enlargement. Trustees will resign when Simmons takes charge. campus lies near Emory in Atlanta, valued around 100000 dollars with three acres and three buildings.
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Ben H. Sullivan
William J. Simmons
Imperial Wizard
Ku Klux Klan
Lanier University
Sullivan
Simmong
Colonel Simmeans
C Lewis Fawler
Ten Zyck Brown
Atlanta
Highland Avenue
Druid Hills
Emory University
Missionary Baptist Church
Z R Smith
WS Rankin
Lamer University
Colonel Simmonga
Colonel Simmons
Simmons
Tax Increase Favored At Big Meet Thursday
About 190 residents of the tenth ward attended at the George W Adair school to hear Mayor James L Key Professor W A Sutton and Mrs Rogere Winter argue for a proposed tax hike The speakers warned that failure to pass the measure could delay Atlanta schools opening until January 1 1922 and noted that citizens recently paid an emergency tax of 182 12 and could meet the larger levy of 1 50 under current conditions The event was sponsored by the George W Adair school Parent Teachers association and the Community Center association.
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Tenth Ward
George W Adair
James L. Key
W. A Sutton
Rogere Winter
Atlanta
Parent- Teachers’ Association
Community Center Association
George W Adell School
Alleged Embezzler Brought to Atlanta
Claude Horria of Atlanta was returned to the city from Dallas Texas after a weeklong search by Dallas detectives for allegedly embezzling 500 dollars while employed by Colgate company at 10 Dilmer Street Chief Lamar Poole praises the local detectives for locating and returning Horria A letter from AAD McCann Colgate manager commends the department Sutton to address Sixth Ward citizens tonight at Luckie Street school at 7 o clock urging Calhoun Williams and Luckie parents to attend
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Claude Horria
Atlanta
Colgate Company
Dilmer Street
Dallas
Texas
Lamar Poole
AAD McCann
Sutton
W. A. Sutton
Sixth Ward
Luckie Street School
Calhoun, Williams and
Luckie Aret
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