The Constitution Ad Fronts Rural Mail Delivery Debate
Georgia lawmakers oppose year round automobile rural free delivery. They cite weather and road conditions, urge restoration of horse drawn routes, and question feasibility of country roads for daily service. Remarks reference Post Office officials Blakslee, Hardwick, and Smith, and Georgia counties Rockdale and Douglas.
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Georgia
House of Representatives
Smith and Hardwick
Rockdale
Douglas County
Washington
Blakslee
Biakslee
Idiotic Undertaking Sparks Threat of Revolt
A terse line warns that continued experimentation will trigger a revolt against those behind the effort. It conveys anger and a pledge of collective action without naming individuals or places. The tone mirrors a charged, opinionated public-sphere statement.
Our 1916 Opera Season in Atlanta Grows Stronger
Officials of the Atlanta Music Festival report strong New York support for Atlanta’s 1916 grand opera season. The seventh consecutive season is seen as a permanent institution, with Metropolitan Opera officials and stars expressing enthusiasm. Plans are advancing for a prosperous spring, and Atlanta’s week of grand opera is expected to be exceptionally successful.
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Atlanta Music Festival Association
New York
Metropoliitan
Atlanta
Metropolitan Grad Opera Company
W. L. Peel
New York City
The Christmas Spirit Across Nation and World
A reflective piece celebrates the Christmas spirit as a unifying force in life and business, honoring humanity, charity, and peace. It notes acts of kindness from aid to Belgium, toy ships for children, and messages of hope amid war, urging service and generosity as year end and new year approach. It also weaves in satirical quips about political figures, nations, and public mood, all under the banner of seasonal goodwill.
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Belgium
The Little Boy and the Christmas Tree Tale
Fragmentary poem and holiday verse sketching a boy climbing a Christmas tree, a star train rescue, and the theme of home for Christmas. It blends sentimental imagery with charitable sentiments and calls for open life-windows and shared joy during the season.
Christmas Calendar Bits and Holiday Charms in Macon
A fragment from The Macon Newsman blends nostalgic verses and holiday snippets. It notes festive calendars, Musings on prosperity, a Santa reference, and a Christmas chorus of memories, with brief social musings from a Houston Post column on retrospective holiday mood.
Art treasures and Christmas gifts from Georgia artists
The piece highlights Georgia born artist Knight and his pastel works shown by the Atlanta Art Association. It notes the exhibition's acclaim, Florida and New York show prospects, and the warmth and dreamlike quality of the scenes. It also surveys holiday gift ideas from prints to iron decor, books, cushions, and home accents.
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Gearala
Floyd & Knight
Atlanta Art Association
W. J. Brown
New York
Georgia
Georgia Pines
Knight
Stanton
Mr. Knight
Tallulan Walls
Bettie
Jane
Four Bound Elections Held by City Council Yesterday
The city council held four elections yesterday afternoon. D. J. Baker to succeed J. W. Landers on the board of health from the seventh ward. K. E. Wachendorf to succeed himself on the water board from the first ward. F. B. Florence to succeed himself on the water board from the second ward. H. M. Gilmer to succeed A. J. Calaway on the water board from the tenth ward.
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D. 3. Baker
Board of Health
Seventh Ward
J. W. Landers
KE. A. Wachendorf
FB. B. Florence
H. M. Gilmer
A. J. Calaway
Early Shopping Crusade Changes Christmas Buying Pace
The piece humorously chronicles the shift from frantic late night shopping the day before Christmas to an organized early shopping crusade. It laments the old rush, notes strained fathers purchasing gifts at 11 p.m., and predicts continued crowding until a broader reform? it suggests a brand-new shop-early regimen and a 1915 pre–Christmas shopping plan for a calmer 1916 season.
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Mno
Ciitizens
Christmas Bell 1915 Poem by Charles W Hubner
A 1915 poem urging a Christmas bell to ring the message of peace across war torn times. The verse pleads for the world to heed the angelic proclamation of peace on earth and goodwill through a refrain that calls nations to awaken and seek harmony amid conflict.
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Bethlehem
Charles W. Hubner
Rippling Rhymes Br Walt Wasox Satire Poem Parody
A humorous poem portrays a reclusive narrator overwhelmed by door to door sales agents selling absurd remedies and improbable gadgets. The speaker laments constant interruptions, from eye-beaters to patent wonders, as morning crowds menace his cottage with flamboyant sales pitches.
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Tam
Dell the Mare
ABE MARTIN Uncle Jeff adjudged insane
ABE MARTIN notes that Uncle Jeff Pusey has been declared insane after an April event. The column comments on habitual speech and behavior with a touch of humor about hitting the mark.
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Jeff
Pusey
Allus
Bell will run unopposed in ninth district race
Paul T. Harber editor of The Commerce Unserver predicts Congressman Bell will win without opposition in the next election. Harber says Bell has things “pretty much his way” and expects no credible rival, naming Dick Russell Perry and John T. Holder as possible but unlikely challengers. Separately, Indiana Governor Tulston’s requisition for Fred J. Neff alias Harry Nett Morris is approved, to be returned to Bremen, Indiana, under arrest at West Point, Ga. Visitors to the governor’s office include judges, representatives, and a state senator from various counties.
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Meressuan Bell
Bell Hasings
Paul T. Harber
Commerce Unserver
Atlanta
Harber
Bell
Mr. Harber
Belt
Iudze
Russell
State Railroad
Perry
John T. Holder
Indiana
Vernor Harris
Georgia
Tulston
Fred J. Neff
Harry Nett
Allas C. Morris
India
West Pot
Bulgaria food export hopes loom over Europe
Several German papers claim the Belgrade Con stance line opens supply routes with Bulgaria ready to ship up to 26,000,000 bushels of corn and other cereals to Austria and Germany. Bulgarian production and trade pose questions about feeding itself and neighbors amid war-driven hunger.
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Bulgaria
Wall Street Journal
Belgrade
Constantinople
Cine
Austria
Germany
Turkey
Greece
Treece
Egypt
United States
Supreme Court of Georgia Cases Arrived From Hancock and Chatham
The court heard arguments and submissions in cases including F William Willis v. W. V. Harvard trustee from Hancock and H O Davin sheriff et al from Dooly, Heal Estate Bank and Trust Company Batdcin Locomotive Works from Chatham, and George H Richter v. C T Bacon commissioner from Chatham. Newspaee AAR
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Wiliam Willis
Hancock
W. V. Harvard
V. H. O. Davin
Dooly
Heal Estate Bank and ‘Trust Company
Batdcin Locomotive Works
Chatham
George H Richter v. C. T. Bacon
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Time Axe
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