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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1914
Page
12
Business leaders greet the Georgia division at the Ervelete Protecture association meeting held Thursday morning. Members report nationwide outlook improving and express optimism about trade prospects. Leaders say the group brings cheer and encouragement to the business community everywhere.
A fragment discusses inequities in Georgia's state government, comparing Fulton County’s representation to its population and wealth. It contrasts upstate vs urban power, notes the county unit system, and questions proportionality with Atlanta’s tax burden. It cites New York City as a hypothetical lens, urging reform to address entrenched disparities.
The passage argues that property values and wealth do not alter legislative representation, keeping Atlanta and Fulton County at one sixty third of state representatives. It invites New Yorkers readers to ponder Atlanta's political outlook for any small consolation.
The Terre Haute vote fraud case ended in prompt convictions with strong evidence against indicted officials. The public verdict condemns the scheme to corrupt the last election and praises federal court action, with sentences to follow.
Judge Joii ch Wilkinson, longtime business and civic figure in Atlanta and Fulton County, dies after a career built on integrity. A prominent Mason and trusted adviser in public life, his passing leaves a quiet but deep void in business, public service, and the local Masonic community.
Fragmentary prose sketches springtime world play and youth extending into the mind. References to Yale, Caruso concerts, Berendtge connections, and political figures hint at cultural life, sports, and global affairs. The tone blends nostalgia with social commentary on renewal and distant leaders.
A fragmentary page mixes a Georgian love lyric about a lover and bright skies with a tale of a man seeking happiness. It narrates a wandering figure guided by a dreamlike muse, followed by vivid seasonal imagery of spring blossoms and a distant pursuit of joy. The text blends poetry and folk storytelling in a single torn passage.
A fragmented excerpt from Hartlimon Sun features Uncle Jules and Rev Reburn Seip delivering a moralistic sermon. The text blends religious references, exhortations, personal digressions, and stylistic quirks, with scattered lines about duty, conscience, and worldly concerns.
A controversial essay argues the American farmer is the key to national prosperity while European producers depend on American output. It imagines Europe under grafted science and the tax climate as a cautionary tale, contrasting toil and independence with taxation and reliance on outsiders.
An old poem frame expresses scattered rhymes about dreams of a ship coming in to help the poor and needy. The speaker laments lack of money and resources yet clings to a hopeful vision of abundance arriving to aid orphans widows and the church.
On the fiftieth anniversary of Lee surrendering to Grant at Appomattox, Capt James W English of Atlanta is noted as a principal figure. The 1865 surrender followed a royal exchange of terms delivered by Gen Seth Williams and Major Harman Ferry to General Lee.
Letter from MISS BILLY POLGLASS of 4213 Candler Hill Atlanta dated April 7 1915 urges the city to support a Young Women’s Christian Association building to provide social space after work hours. She argues many working women lack leisure facilities and that a central recreation camp and nearby retreat would uplift and refresh them, calling on leaders to act.
The Constitution prints a double page on the Lincoln assassination prepared by eight survivors of the United States military telegraph corps. The Sunday feature includes each survivor’s account of news to Grant and Stanton and first steps to capture Booth, plus a full page drawing and poem by PRASK II. The section highlights aviator LD YOU KNOW and other science and fashion notes for readers.
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