The Constitution advertising and war submarine debate
The notice outlines postal rates for various paper sizes and distribution regions in Atlanta, with advertising manager J. R. Holliday. It also discusses submarine warfare, praising its defensive value, noting German advances, transatlantic reach, and the potential to shield the United States coastal areas with widespread submarine fleets.
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J. R. Holliday
Constitution Building
Washington
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John Corrigan
Constitution
New York City
Hotating
Broad Way
Forty-second Street
Times
Sorer
Thirty-eighth Street
Broadway
Twenty-ninth Street
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Poor Priest Fails To Claim $15 Million Fortune
A Pittsburg priest was notified of a $15 million fortune from three sources, all in current coin. He did not claim the windfall, choosing not to speak the word to market the wealth he supposedly held.
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Pittsburg
Humble priest rejects wealth to aid the poor
A narrator explains a priest’s stance as he declines a 15 million fortune. He values daily needs, contentment, and service over wealth, claiming riches lie in love, conscience, and helping others. Wealthy listeners may learn from his simple path toward calm content.
Diversified farming spreads in Arkansas and the South
The Arkansas Gazette reports rapid gains from the diversified farming campaign across Arkansas and Georgia. Wheat carloads from Newark total 23 with two awaiting shipment. alfalfa to 30 carloads with 50 expected. canned goods stored at Newark 25 with 25 more planned. corn shipments 150 to 200 carloads despite ample feed. The Titton Gazette notes a Chicago observer forecasting a 60 percent jump in corn and a 50 percent drop in cotton from last year, with wheat also making a regional record, underscoring money in crops beyond cotton.
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Arkansas
The
Arkansas Gazette
Newark
the Gazette
South
Georgia
Chicago
Tifton
The Dying Hate Chant and War Signs in Georgia
The piece condemns hate songs as harmful to patriotism and youth, cites a German newspaper stance against hate, and praises The Macon Telegraph special Georgia State edition highlighting state resources and enterprise. It notes war clouds over the Balkans and Russian lines, with Russia’s retreat described as the only clear outcome.
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Ernst
Lassauer
Berlin
England
Soen
Europe
Macon Telegraph
Georgia
Telegraph
Dreamy Summer and Winter Thoughts Show Georgia Wit
Fragments of poems and colloquial diary notes appear from The Charlotte Observer and North Carolina humor, including lines about summer flowers, winter storms, and a Karnival of Southern voices. Names like Charlie Chaplin and the Kaiser surface in humorous sketches alongside small-town reflections and travels.
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Charlotte Observer
Preatius
Charlie Chaplin
Kaiser
Hack Smith
Jess
John BD
Rocketfeller
Dove heart charm myth echoes in Eureka Springs satire
A Eureka Springs Times-Echo reader recounts a belief that swallowing a dove heart would attract suitors, noting a girl who lacked a dove heart ate a chicken’s instead. The piece wades through local clips and satirical verse critiquing political figures and press ethics.
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Arkansas
Eureka Springs
Ark
Echo
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason The Foolish Quest
Poem sketch featuring Billy Bubble who predicts doom to provoke gloom and profit. The speaker mocks his endless prophecies of rain and disaster and urges readers to shun the doleful trouble neeker and seek cheerful companionship and steady hope.
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Ota
Bil
Billy
Christians Must Take Firm Stand For Law Declares Dr Landrum
Rev Dr W W Landrum of Louisville preached at First Baptist in Macon on the kingdom of God in Georgia. He urged Christians to uphold law and order, citing Romans and Webster, asserting governors are ministers of God and urging civic duty, with the state and church must align in safeguarding the commonwealth.
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DR. Landrum
W. W Landrum
Louisville
First Baptist Church
Kingdom of God
Commonwealth of Georgia
Iandrum
Macon
Savannah
Augusta
Augusta As Well In Aftlants
Dram
Alexander Reninlton Stephens
Liberty Hall
Imi
Goa
Monater
Nero
Paul
Yam
Georgia
Harria
Byale
Commonwealth
Man Bolorich
Marius
Badeium
Alaria
Ricimer
Salvian
Napoleonic Stars and a Russian Dreadnought Update
Excerpts describe a German university in 1807 dedicating Orion stars to Napoleon as an asterism Stellae Napoleons. The Indianapolis News reports Russian dreadnoughts nearing completion, with eight new ships, four 22026 ton battleships and four larger battle cruisers, to join the fleet. Also notes Digger Indians near Willows, California subsisting on grasshoppers amid famine in Grindstone Canyon.
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Camille Flammarion
lAstronomie
Napoleon
University of
Orion
Taurus
Pleiades
Hyades
Indianapolis
Sebastopol
Petropavlovsk
Poltava
Gangut
Cal
Sacramento
Grindstone Canyon
Willows
Coast Range
Glenn County
The Snail by George Fitch
A humorous sketch contrasting the snail with human mobility and wartime machines. It mocks pace, travel, and traffic while praising the snail’s slow methods and its back as a movable shelter amid urban life.
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George Fitch
Siwash
Rise and Fall of Rome as Described in a Sermon
Dr Thornwell Jacobs, delivering the sixth historical sermon at Central Congregational Church, traces Rome from early hilltop trading posts to its rise under Etruscans and Phoenicians, the Pax Romana, and the eventual collapse beneath Gothic invasion, detailing key figures and battles. The lecture emphasizes the loss of Roman virtue and the shift to exploitation of the state, ending with Rome’s fall under Alaric.
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Francis Drake
Qouch
Thornwell Jacobs
Central Congregational Church
Historimans
Italy
Tiber Rivir
Mediterranean
Thos Point Teil
Etruria
Cross Hills
Roma
Jacobs
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Sulla
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Maris
Pompey
Caesar
Pharsalus
Antony
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Travian
Domitian
Commodus
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Constantine
Theodosius
Danube
Adrianople
Cannae
Valens
Alaric
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Kitchener’s Army and a New Houston Sea Port Rise
The Holland Letter discusses British war mobilization and finance, noting an inferred massive expansion of Lord Kitchener’s army and the secrecy surrounding troop movements. It also reports Houston’s new regular New York to Houston steamship line and the completed Houston ship channel, signaling Houston as a growing inland seaport and rail hub.
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Germany
Boston Herald
Aegean
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Atlantic
United States
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Maine
Seattle
Wash
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Great Britain
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Flanders
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Paul H Sheldon
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Houston
Texas
Galveston
New York City
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Columbia River
Willimette River
Columbia Canal
Columbia River Canal
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