Contitution Advertising Rates and Office Details
In Atlanta 65 vents per month or 12 cents weekly for carriers, outside Atlanta 60 cents monthly or 14 cents weekly. J R Holliday Constitution Building sole advertising manager for all territory outside Atlanta. Washington Bureau address No 37278 Street X W. John Corrigan staff correspondent in charge. The Constitution York city etc.
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Atlanta
J. R. Holliday
Constitution Building
Washington
X. W
John Corrigan
York City
Cotton Wrapping Drive Urges Southern Lead
The Constitution prints a Rock Island railway backed appeal urging substitution of cotton for jute and other wrappings. It argues the south must spearhead the plan to boost cotton consumption, estimating up to one million bales could be added nationally if widely adopted.
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Rock Island System of Railways
Rock Island
South
Southern Territory
National Cotton Consuming Association
Cheating the Children in City Schools Heating Crisis
In a harsh cold spell fourteen city school classes were dismissed early due to insufficient heating. The piece condemns the policy of delaying repairs, urging a bond issue to fund proper heating and prevent future losses of time, health, and energy for students and teachers.
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Federation of Trades
Foundation First A Plan For Summer School In Atlanta
The plan to add a summer vacation school to Atlanta Public Schools aims to aid backward students after ensuring regular term conditions are sound. It stresses abolishing double sessions first and safeguarding the foundation of grammar and high schools from September onward.
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Atlanta
Summer vacation school aims to remedy promotion defects
The text argues that wealthier children can hire private tutors to fix shortcomings, while average‑income families cannot, so a summer vacation school is proposed as the remedy. The reasoning is considered sound, but requires a solid foundation first.
Standard Oil Sees Southern Prosperity Boost and Publicity Push
Officials of Standard Oil, after careful analysis, forecast returning prosperity and a business boom in the south. They plan to pitch publicity plans to this outlook, aligning with The Constitution’s view that conditions are improving and a strong revival is ahead as holiday trade rises.
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Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Croakers
Georgia
Doo
Georsia
Auans.s
France Gets Religion After War Shock
A controversial report claims tribulation from the European conflict spurred renewed religious sentiment in France. It notes suppression of vice in Russia and France and increased lay belief among common people, while warning against hypocrisy or expediency undermining faith.
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Europe
France
Russia
England
An Aroused England and the War Profits of Panic
The piece churns a kaleidoscope of 1914 wartime buzz. England steels its defenses as German raids stir fears of a sea breach, while references to Uncle Sam and political maneuvers mix with poetry critiques and jokes about prices and peace during the Christmas recess.
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Congress
Georgia Beats His Christmas Likes
A jovial verse fragment reflects on Christmas as the world turns snowy and bright. It contrasts seasonal cheer with a wartime-era note about newspapers, soldiers, and rumors of conflict, ending with a wary, hopeful strain about the coming year.
Christmas Song and Humorous Local Vignettes
A compilation of short verses and quips from The Randall News and The Burchard Times featuring Caleb A Ridley’s Christmas song Les’ A Livin’ on Mem rie, holiday humor about neglecting no child, a New Year prayer, a wheelbarrow return notice, a tale of misadventure in holiday partying, and light satire on optimism and crime. Includes regional names and playful rhymes reflecting small-town life.
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Caleb A. Ridley
Atlanta
Long Distance Telephony Triumphs From Denver to New York
The Holland Letter reports a Denver Cal. call proving clear long distance telephone communication. It credits J J Carty of Cambridge and Reston for the Carty bell and phantom circuit, projecting Pacific coast trials and a San Francisco exposition demonstration of flawless voice transmission across vast distances. It reflects on earlier Centennial Philadelphia and Hell demonstrations and notes future aims toward transoceanic messaging.
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Theodore N. Vail
Denver
Cal
Vail
New York
J. J. Carty
Reston
Cambridge
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Philadelphia
Hell
Stock Exchange
Europe
Great Britain
M. HM. P. Davison
London
Paris
United States
Roosevelt
South America
Tax Equalization Act Saves Georgia Taxpayers
Judge Hart explains the equalization tax act reduced the state tax rate from 5 to 4 1/2 mills after outlay of 4496.78, saving roughly 500000 for taxpayers. The letter details office costs, property value increases, and the act’s broader aim of equal taxation and government support.
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Georgia
John C. Hart
G. McLendon
Kevernor
Senéra
Tohn CG. Hart
Weather Bureau Offers Aid to Georgia Peach Growers
The Weather Bureau pledges assistance to Georgia peach growers as frost protection methods evolve. A historical overview notes Georgia’s peach expansion, frost damage, and the shift from smoke schemes to air-warming techniques, urging cooperative use of official frost warnings and newer protection methods to safeguard crops.
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Weather Bureau
Georgia
Northwestern
Walker
Chattooga
Whitshield Eee
Floyd
Gordon
Bartow
Pickens
Cherokee
Cobb
Fort Valley District
Spalding
Upson
Lees
Monroe
E. Meriwether
Crawford
Taylor Sieies
Macon
Houston
Fort Valley
Arete
Hiley
Furst
West
Atlanta
Very
Smncsrety
F von Herrmann
Ection
Calais City Seen Through The Eye Of George Vitch
Calais described by George Vitch as a historic seaport near England, 18 miles from England by sea and connected to Paris by rail. The piece traces Calais from a fishing village to a fortified medieval town, its sieges, and later occupation, noting its harbor, passenger traffic, ferocious customs officials, citadel, and proximity to England shaping its fortunes amid war.
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Calais
Wilhelm
English Channel
England
Paris
Queen Mary
Rock Island System Urges Cotton Coverings
The Rock Island railway system urges substituting cotton for jute and burlap in bagging for cotton, grain, and other goods. It cites economic gains for southern farmers and workers, claims cotton’s superiority, and asks agents to promote cotton bags amid wartime pressures.
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Rock Island
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