Constitution Building Ad Manager and Labor Support for Atlanta Schools
The article notes J. RB Holliday as Advertising Manager for all territory outside Atlanta with a Washington Bureau address. It discusses The Constitution on sale in New York by 2 pm and lists street sales outlets. It praises the Federation of Trades backing a bond issue to rehabilitate Atlanta's schools, urging city-led funding and permanent improvements, stressing education for the masses and public responsibility.
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J. RB
Holliday
Constitution Building
Atlanta
Washington
N.W
John Corrigan
Ataif
Constitution
New York City
Hotaling
Newnstaunds
Broadway
Worty-second Street
Times Building
Thirty-eighth Street
Twenty-ninth Street
Lroidwich
Federation of Trades
Organized Labor
Iola Register
Caldiera Zapata
Mexico City
Death of Congressman Sereno Payne Marks Political Era
The death of Sereno E. Payne of New York signals the passing of a major political era. A staunch party man aligned with leaders like Cannon and Aldrich, he elevated protection to a quasi-religion and led tariff revision in the House after Taft's inauguration, making genuine revision seem unlikely.
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Sereno E. Payne
New York
Payne
Cannon
Aldrich
Smoot
Gallinger
Taft
History must pass on them and give Payne credit for study
The writer argues Payne deserves credit for studiousness and conscientiousness in tariff analysis. He notes Payne’s careful work and plausible schedules, suggesting his kind may be ending in politics as partisans grow less biased. The piece praises Payne's service and urges successors to emulate his enduring traits.
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Payne
Dawn at Dover under German submarine raid impression
The dawn scene at Dover portrays German submarines and a stunned harbor as fog lifts over the sea. Survivors from historical naval disasters speak of sudden attack, lack of warning, and the terrifying context of modern warfare. Citizens on shore watch the chaos as guns fire and periscopes move in the gray dawn.
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Dover
Cressy
Hogue
Aboukir
A Pest in All Lands Jingoism on Japan and Mexico
A committee report from the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in Richmond condemns jingoism in both the United States and abroad. It warns that patriotism fueled by violence harms civilization, praises global antijingo sentiment, and notes dangers from proxies and leaders with ambitions. It also references press comments and a holiday Red Cross note.
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Federal Council of the Churches of Christ
Richmond
Japan
Mexico
Congress
England
Georgia Fan L grandron presents wind song holiday chorus
In Georgia, Fan L grandron laments the world’s pace and seeks a final festive moment. The piece blends holiday sentiment with a nod to past joys, urging one more whirl before life’s inevitable turn. A critic cites Untermeyer’s coal mine poem as vivid yet implausible optimism.
Fragmented verses and oddities from a late era page
A collage of poems, dialect humor, and brief notes. It includes quoted dialogue on fear and faith, an odd tale about firemen mistaken for artillery, editorial snippets on wartime terms, a shop ad for dry goods and groceries, and a Brer Williams style reflection. Names and places are sparse, but the texture evokes a rural newspaper humor column.
The Holland Letter on panics and the Federal Reserve
The piece contrasts money panics with business distress, citing 1893 1907 and 1902 episodes. It explains the Federal Reserve System reduces currency panics but cannot fully prevent business demoralization from overexpansion. Hamlin’s remarks at a chamber of commerce address are analyzed, noting state-chartered banks’ potential move to reserve membership and the system’s central bank role despite twelve branches.
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Federal Reserve Banking System
Federal Reserve System
Treasury Department
Washington
Treasury
United States
United States Steel Corporation
Charles 3. Hamlin
Federal Reserve Board
Chamber of Commerce
Hamlin
Wilson
Federal Reserve District
Financial
Federal Reserve
New York
Hamilm
Congress
Central Reserve Bank
Olland
The Far Off Call Poem Fragment
A fragmentary poem recalls distant landscapes beyond a city edge. It contrasts money driven toil with imagined peace beyond hills and hedges, valleys and steeples, and asks if absence of location and noise could bring serenity and pride. Identified as unnamed author.
God's Republic Verse Echoes Fear and Faith
Poem fragment reflects apocalyptic themes of global darkness and renewal under a divine republic. It contrasts war torn nations like France and Flanders with a hopeful image of harvests and children, urging preservation of sacred faith and freedom.
Thanking Constitution for Aid to Ormond Family in Atlanta
Members of contract lodge No 43 LA of M thank the Constitution for assistance in raising a fund for the W E Ormond family. They commend editorial support and space in the paper for the worthy cause and send best wishes. Atlanta Ga December 11.
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Hallor
Contract Lodge
L A. of M
W. E. Ormond
Good Time to Put Up Street Signs Says Atlanta Resident
A December 11 1914 letter from BE Co Cartledge urges Atlanta city fathers to employ the unemployed laying street signs at street corners to ease navigation as residents recount past misdirections and retracing steps.
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Constitution
Be, Co. Cartledge
Atlanta
State Should Pay For Work Of Convicts
Editor F W Govan from Atlanta argues in 1914 that the state profits from convict and child labor while those dependent on the state receive no compensation. He calls for compensation for prison labor and for broader reform to prevent exploitation of vulnerable families tied to penal systems.
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Ehild Igbor
F. Govan
Atlanta, Ga
Dover the gateway town of England in historic stance
Dover stands as England's channel gateway opposite Calais with a rich harbor and cliffs. The city, population about 50,640, features Roman remains, a castle and citadel, and a harbor ready to welcome German ships in wartime. For centuries it has watched tourists and athletes attempt the English Channel swim while awaiting future battles.
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Dover
England
Calais
France
Goodby
William the Conqueror
Tury
English Channel
Bover
Our Humane Century at Fulton Torpedo Invention
In Fyfes Submarine War fare the Fulton torpedo is cited as barbaric by British and French rulers who rejected it. The Naval Chronicle called Fulton a crafty murderous ruffian. The text argues that only the twentieth century embraced the full humane use of the invention.
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New York
Herbert C. Fyfe
Robert Fulton
Fulton
Naval Chronicle
War and wonder mix in 1917 era Canadian and French scenes
A collage of wartime notes from The New York Sun and The Chicago News covers Botrel the Breton singer inspiring French troops, a stark view of soldiers in crowded holds, and a world movie image of war. It also notes Algeria’s salt hill near Jelfa, a potential cotton picker revolutionizing farming, and Twin Falls Idaho lighting its second Christmas tree.
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New York Sun
Taitlefer
Hastings
Roland
Roncevaux
Blondel
Richard Coeur de Lion
Theodore Botrel
M. Millerand
France
Botrel
Betrol
Braton
Agai
Chicago News
Jelfa
Algeria
Biskra
United States
Twin Falls
Idaho
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Sereno Payne
Red Cross
The
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Order of the Red Cross
Georgia
L. Grandron
Lous Untermeyer
Crosen
North Georgia
Brother Williams
Dalton
Connellsville
Miller
Holland
God’s Republic
God's Republic
William Hurd Hillyer
New York Evening Sun
Bert Jones
George Fitch
Gerald Starsley
Mount Tom
Gorky
Nijni
Chaliapine
Russia
the Prophets OF Evil
Minnesota
Baltimore American
Army
Navy
Roger Sullivan
Theodore Roosevelt
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Louisville Courier-Durnal
Financial World
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