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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1915
Page
8
The Constitution announces subscription rates for the United States and Mexico with daily and weekly options and monthly terms. Rates differ for in Atlanta and outside, with advertising and bureau details. Distribution notes and street sales points are listed for New York access.
Lawyer and Sxyman debate simplifying law at the New York constitutional convention to speed justice. Elihu Hoot warns against legal complexity as narrow interpretations shield private interests, noting delays favor the wealthy and deny equal justice. The piece urges Georgia and southern states to watch and act to curb endless postponements.
The United States plans to administer Haiti for ten to fifteen years to ensure peace and protect foreign residents. While the move hinges on principle, Haiti’s history of rapid presidencies and selective justice suggests limited immediate consequences. The Cuban example has strengthened regional trust, influencing views on stability in Mexico and beyond.
The piece argues for direct intervention in Haiti to curb corruption and protect foreign residents while opposing a full invasion of Mexico. It suggests warships and a small marine presence to restore order in Haiti, claims Latin America backs US aims, and warns Caribbean republics must learn peace or face pressure.
The Atlanta Builders' Exchange earns praise for boosting construction business across Atlanta and the Southeast. It unites general contractors, material suppliers, and manufacturers to attract projects by engaging architects in Alabama to Georgia. The initiative increases local subcontracting, expands payrolls, and highlights constructive leadership during downturns.
A London Chronicle piece argues reconstruction of disabled soldiers costs about 500 dollars per person, with limbs priced from 30 to 150 dollars and arms and ears add-ons. It notes arms factories flourish as nations prepare for conflict and urges peace after broader war weariness. The column also touches on Vera Cruz, Moscow retreat, and allied advances in distant events.
A fragmentary page shows verses about sun and meadowlands with lines on May and summer, and a Gotham social incident in which theater patrons mistook a disturbance for a fire. An usher calmed the crowd as a gentleman allegedly struck a lady. The piece includes Frank L. Stanton Jr. commentary.
The excerpt presents a collage of verse and prose notes from a bygone era. It interweaves dialect portraits, political commentary, and literary snippets. References to war, labor, and hope appear alongside musings about culture, print, and daily life in a faded newspaper snippet.
The Holland Letter notes the Comptroller of the Currency John Skelton Williams issued a report praised as extraordinary. It discusses the then new federal reserve system, stronger national banks, and eased ability to meet war-related financial demands, inflation control, and expansion capacity. The piece highlights anticipated foreign loans, credit extensions, and the vast reserve levels surpassing required reserves. It reflects cautious optimism about stabilizing US finance amid European conflict.
A humorous verse about a pampered shopper disliked by flashy clerks. The speaker laments breezy familiar handling and insists on formal address and respectful treatment, noting how casual familiarity spoils business and friendships.
Senator Hoke Smith argues Britain has made cotton contraband via a lawless act and vows to expose breaches of international law. He details 1908-09 Hague proceedings on contraband, Britain’s push for absolute and conditional lists, free goods, and the impact on cotton markets and prices amid wartime disruption.
A satirical piece on bands describing how a local music group forms from cornet to trombone. It mocks the formation, practice routine, and the odd commercialism of band performances while praising their social influence and communal pride.
The Seattle Post Intelligencer piece parodies a national laundromat convention predicting Blue Monday will vanish from calendars and household use. It envisions a future with convenient washing machines easing chores, while lamenting the poetic reflection on sorrow and social change through observed daily tasks.
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