Health exhibit urges caution on domestic servants
The Constitution highlights the Child Welfare and Public Health Exhibit at the Leyden house on Peachtree street urging Atlanta households to scrutinize servants and nurses for tuberculosis risk. It warns disease crosses race and status, urging self preservation and collective action to lower death rates through sanitary housing and careful hiring.
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Atlanta
Constitution
Leyden House
Peachtree Street
Roadway aid unity urged in Congress for vast highway bill
Readers are told that lawmakers push dozens of highway funding measures totaling about 100 million dollars in federal aid. The piece argues many proposals are flawed or stalled in committees, but едиventually a bipartisan, practical plan can emerge if representatives compromise and unionize support for sound roadway legislation.
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Natinnal House of Representatives
House
Senate
People of
America
Congress
Cohesive push for swift passage of road bill
The text urges quick action on a cohesive bill to avoid visioned flaws, with committees and both houses occupied. It notes a favorable moment for agreement, urging legislators to focus on practical road needs over personal agendas as the public demands decisive progress for national development.
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Congress
House
Senate
PISTOLS AND PRIVILEGE IN AMERICAN LAWFUL CARRY
Judge Parker criticizes concealed weapons and calls hip pocket gun carriers a murderous privilege. He cites that armed individuals provoke quarrels and that taxpayers bear costs of crime, prisons, and victims. The piece compares U S to England and Canada, urging stricter enforcement to reduce violence and preserve the state’s reputation.
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T. A. Parker
Ware County
England
Canada
America
Naval Holiday Angle Recalls Churchill Plan for One Year Pause
The piece discusses Churchill’s one year naval holiday proposal and its congressional consideration. It weighs German apathy, potential global support, and the disarmament implications, noting savings could fund roads, education, and health. It also critiques current spending on destruction over life and hints at a broader call for international peace.
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Congress
Winston Churchill
British Admiralty
Churchill
Germany
United States
The Wind and the Fire Poem from Just From Georgia
Frank Stanton shares a verse about wind and fire during a fierce blizzard. The wind threatens the fire while the fire resists, and the children seek rest as the wind’s song calms them. A second piece reflects on rebuilding towns after storms sparks renewed hope and resilience.
Thanksgiving Fetish and Old Dictation in Kansas Notes
A Kansas paper reports a Black woman expressing thanks for Thanksgiving despite having only pork chops and no feathers to pick. The piece includes poems and snippets about winter, home, and a humorous dictionary parody with social observations and a feature on James Adolph Cody, a Mount Airy boy nicknamed Hig Joe weighing 180 pounds.
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Kansas
Mount Airy
Vienna News
James Adolph Cody
Georgia
A Story of the Moment by Walt Mason
A satirical tale contrasts a professor’s poverty with desires for rare books. Aunts Julia’s claimed first edition of Paradise Lost draws Chicago talk of value, while critics lampoon old volumes and a crooked desk. The piece ridicules book snobbery and old furniture obsessions.
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Walt Mason
The Typical American Westminster Gazette Portrait
The article surveys American race walking and national character, noting freer movement and lack of braces, the habit of removing coats, and a symbolic openness. It contrasts upper and lower middle classes, describing distinct facial types, mouths, and expressions, with both sexes appearing handsome yet rarely exceptionally beautiful.
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The
Westminster Gazette
Republic
Panama Canal
How Wesley Worked It
A short anecdote describes John Wesley's knack for seizing attention when listeners slept during a sermon. He paused, cried fire, and strained reactions followed, then warned that hell awaits those who doze through the word, delivered with solemn gravity.
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John Wesley
Rec
Wesley
A Rash Man From The Chicago News
President Wilson refused to see a prominent Chicago meatpacker and questions arise about the white house kitchen staff and their chef.
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The
Chicago News
Wilson
Chicago
White House
Glamis Castle Mystery Described in Historic Accounts
The article recounts enduring Glamis Castle legends about a hidden secret room or chamber. It cites Sir Walter Scott, other writers, and a perpetual mystery kept by the Earl, heir, and a family manager, with tales of a monstrous or hidden past and strange protections across generations.
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Glamis
Bootland
Walter Scott
Aaid
Scotland
Strathmore
Vela
Catia 2
Giamis
Earl of
Glama
Orena
Domestic Science Lecturex and Church Social Critique
A satirical piece on church socials funding church finances, mocking lavish suppers, and calling them a curse on society. It contrasts this with hotel debt and Panama Canal funding, then shifts to a cooking class note on cornbread and griddle cakes, praising southern cornmeal cuisine and practical recipes.
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Nollitting
Church Peelai
Panama Canal
The Tango’s Easy Road Through London Society
A fragment recalls the tango entering polite circles in London via Portsmouth, first danced at Almack’s by Lady Jersey and friends. Men resisted seeing others dance with their wives, and even with royal presence in 1826 the waltz faced strong opposition from society elites.
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Poland
London
Portsmouth
Almack'’s
Lady Jersey
Almack’s
Travels of Old Church Plate in London Globe Tale
A 16th–17th century parish church plate from Leavington St Michael was secretly sent to London for melting by parish officials about seventy years ago. Rector RA Cox intervened, recovered the relic, later passed to his nephew Rev Henry Burnley, and was eventually donated back to the parish and rededicated before a large congregation.
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London Globe
Atéry
Leavington St. Michael
RA. Cox
London
Henry Burnley
The Unsalaried Drummers and Their Value
An editorial excerpt by George Matthew Adams extols unsalaried drummers as unpaid brand ambassadors who spread a business message through customers readers and passersby. It notes every man and woman with brains can act as a drummer at no cost, influencing success or failure. A Hartford Times snippet about high costs leads to a remark on a company adopting a melon diet.
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New York
Hateling
Broadway
Forty-second Street
Times
Thirty-eighth Street
Twenty-ninth Street
Roen
Church Social Birthay
Congo River
Ulster
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