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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1913
Page
6
A reflective meditation urges living in the present while planning for the future. It contrasts hunger with prudence and warns that squandering now leads to poverty and disgrace, while careful use of money health and character can yield better times tomorrow. Each person can determine tomorrow by today’s choices.
A historical critique argues England misled China over opium from India while contrasting the United States generous handling of Boxer indemnity. It cites diplomatic promises, US partial indemnity remission, and the aim to aid Chinese students in the United States as a moderation gesture amid delicate international pressures.
The piece argues that Great Britain misuses its alliance power to push opium sales in China contrary to treaty promises. It cites China’s efforts to curb opium under Yunen Shi Kail and Montagu’s statements, accusing England of evading the agreement and forcing sale of Indian opium valued at 40 million dollars. China offers to bear shipment costs, but Britain refuses, inviting moral judgment and national shame.
Massachusetts prison chief Randall urges replacing judicial fixed terms with an indeterminate sentence overseen by a reform commission. Convicted criminals would be kept under observation, with release only when policy and moral education ensure harmless future behavior.
A collage of verse and local notes from The Dalton Citizen features a poetic journey to Joytown with visions of harvest and autumn, interwoven with humorous anecdotes about congress, a long alphabet name joke, and light satire on politics and society. Names like Bus tardville and Dalton Citizen appear alongside themed verses and local quips.
Mrs Turnover hurls jabs about yardwork and husband traits while Turnover defends marital realism. A verbose critique contrasts Casowary’s gardening praise with domestic foibles, ending as Mrs Turnover exits in a huff.
Gav E Bones argues in the New York Evening Post that business leaders should act boldly as confidence grows in President Wilson and tariff and currency reforms. He predicts gold flow back to trade, strong world production, and a rebounding stock and pig iron markets, with labor demands met and exports rising amid looser tariffs and sustained industrial vigor.
A Philadelphia representative of a large Chicago packing house predicts beefsteak will cost 30 cents a pound this winter. Beef shortages are anticipated. cheaper cuts rising from 16 to 18 or 20 cents. Loss of pasturage in the West due to net weather and drought blamed for the unusual condition.
The Crawfordville Democrat notes a government crop report lifting corn prices by 16 cents per bushel already. It asks how much the AL cotton farmer might pay next year, highlighting rising costs and farmer concerns.
A long circulated tale claimed King George secretly wed a Maltese navy officer’s daughter while in Malta and fathered two children. Historians and naval records debunk the story as a fabrication, noting Malta gossip and Archbishop Benson’s 1893 statement as factors in its persistence.
A compact exhortation on advertising as truth telling and a driver of confidence and success. The piece argues that persistent ethical advertising elevates products and the creator, building goodwill and capital beyond mere dollars. It urges individuals with talents to advertise, focusing on the merit of the work over the presenter.
Chinese rug factories are small with twelve to twenty workers, the largest in Tlen-Tate employing seventy. Foreign firms handle transactions, ensuring delivery and payment. Tien-Tsin rug makers contract with native manufacturers for specified dimensions and patterns. Wool rugs use camel and sheep wool with cotton warp. dyes are aniline and not guaranteed fast. Prices per square foot depend on warp thread count, paying manufacturers 50 cents and up. Rugs range from 2x2 to 20x30 feet, with exporters adding commissions and export duties.
In New Orleans two negro roustabouts bragged of swimming prowess and challenged a steamboat man. The reward for the longest swim was eight dollars. The Human Steamboat returned with a sheet-iron stove on his back and a load of provisions tied around his neck as the rival prepared to swim the river.
George Fitch chronicles Queen Elizabeth I with humor and literary flourish. The piece recalls her fierce rule, naval vigor against Spain, and rumored red hair, noting her years of leadership, marriage offers, and close ties with English dukes. It ends reflecting on Mary Queen of Scots and a controversial death warrant.
The narrative recounts a princess fleeing Scotland for protection from Elizabeth, aided by Xileabath who grants her a velvet gown as she faces execution. It notes that royal connections carried hazards in that era, likening it to modern aviation interest.
The column reflects on aging and memory, noting how grown folk overlook childhood sorrows and joys. It contrasts adult cares with the sharp emotions of a child's disappointments and simple pleasures like toys, town trips, and woods adventures.
An Augusta judge in The Eiberton Star asserts a pedestrian has as much right to the public highway as the automobilist. The difficulty lies in getting drivers to accept the ruling and share the road.
In Greensboro Herald style, a garbled note recalls a pie hunt scene with a shift in chant from a biblical frame to a local taunt at Heke Smith’s gate a new yell replaces the old Armageddon line as the crowd moves through the streets.
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