Letton Retires From Police Board Amid Board Disorder
Commissioner J G Letton quits re election citing general disgust with police department troubles. The piece argues petty politics have demoralized the board, raised crime, and threatened public welfare, urging other members to retire and suggesting Captain James W English to succeed him. The article frames the board as a farce and warns of risks to life and property if discord continues.
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Letion
Police Board
J. G. Letton
Letton
James W. English
English
Police Department
The Budget System and Congressional Scramble
The piece criticizes last hour budget bloat and trading on supply bills. It argues the budget system offers a necessary check on appropriations and would curb ad hoc trading and late session “jamming through” of unwise items. It notes the public’s limited insight and responsibility when complex bills pass in haste.
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Congress
Senate
House
Budget Reform Urges Clear Spending Accountability
The text argues Congress abuses the budget by spending beyond means. It proposes a system where each department submits maintenance and expansion needs at session start, with treasury income forecasts. If Congress pursues pork-barrel methods, the public can hold them accountable. the nation should demand true bookkeeping and transparency.
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Congress
Treasury Department
Banning the Buzzard Says Florida Senator Pushes Bounty
State Senator Wells proposes a state bounty on buzzard slaughter arguing science shows the scavenger spreads hog cholera and other diseases. Once praised as nature’s garbage disposal the bird’s image shifts as anti buzzard activists in south Georgia push to end its protection.
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Wells
Florida
Charleston
S. C
South Georgia
Music and War in an Oversighted Army
An essay on regimental bands in the new British army notes an oversight in funding for music. It discusses fife and drum corps, wartime tunes shaping esprit, and examples from various conflicts, while linking music to morale, leadership, and historical critique.
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Kitchener
England
Old Town
Tipperary
Compensations By Rev J Wilbur Chapman D D
The article reflects on loss and memory with scripture from Joel 2 25 and Laments how parental absence shapes life. It cites a waif who became a governor and a baby who grew to be a gospel minister, emphasizing that God offers fatherly comfort to the fatherless and to those forsaken by parents.
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Rev. J. Wilbur
Chapman
D.D
The Spade Replaces Gun in Modern Warfare Satire
George Fitch argues the spade, once a battlefield afterthought, now shapes war by digging trenches and tunnels. He envisions future soldiers as miners who master spades, moving earth rapidly while armies stay underground, reshaping campaigns and distances.
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Europe
France
Germany
Cooper Defends Long Term Atlanta Fair Plan Against Akers and Armistead
W. G. Cooper criticizes J. S. Akers and J. Carroll Payne for opposing a city county backed plan to fund a permanent annual fair in Atlanta. He cites Toronto and Dallas examples, argues the project will create hundreds of jobs, boost agriculture and industry, and grow city wealth through permanent exhibit buildings and long term commerce.
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J. S. Akers
J. Carroll Payne
Armistead
Southeastern Fair Association
Atlanta
Georgia
South
Piedmont Park
Metropoli
Cleveland
McKinley
Ohio
Metropolia
Whitehall Street
Dallas
Toronto
Southeast
Middle West
Toronto Fair
City of
Joseph Oliver
Lakewood
Chamber of Commerce Committee On Agriculture
Phil Campbell
Corn Club
State College of Agriculture
State Departments of Agriculture
Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Fulton County
Auditorium Armory
Payne
W. G. Cooper
Rippling Rhymes On A Dusty Bookshop Scene
A short verse laments a dark bookshop where owner and patrons linger among cobwebs and rust. The shop stays quiet as volumes sell little. owners and readers alike chase old glory amid talk of money, balance sheets, and forgotten giants.
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Vica
Central market idea to aid Atlanta's unemployed women
Miss Susan McClellan proposes a central bureau or shop where unemployed Atlanta women can place and sell their wares. Backed by a womens organization, the market would provide immediate income while broader efforts by the Associated Charities and church groups continue to develop municipal employment services, with emphasis on practical relief now.
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Isma Dooly
Susan McClellan
Army of
Atlanta
Miss McClellan
Associated Charities
Courtney
Young Women's Christian Association
Miss McClelglan
Knight Family Increases With 25th Child At 16 Pounds
From Hopkinsville Kentucky a prominent Todd county farmer Alex Knight aged 65 living between Fairview and Elkton is father of twenty-five children. The twenty-fifth is a boy weighing sixteen pounds born Saturday morning. Knight has been twice married producing eight children from the first union and seventeen from the last. There are twenty girls and five boys, with ninety grandchildren and thirty great grandchildren.
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RIS
Hopkinsville
Eva
Alex Knight
Todd County
Fairview
Elkton
Romanian Commission Findings On US Visit And War Prep
A Romanian government commission, visiting the United States, represented Romania’s intellectual, industrial, commercial and political interests. It found American suppliers could meet wartime needs, but delivery calendars constrained by full US capacity. Romania is preparing for emergencies, seeking rifles and other materials, while a credit line through Britain underpinned payments. The queen Marie is admired at home, linked by dynastic marriages to Kaiser’s kin and Greek crown prince.
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United States
Rumania
Romania
Commission
Kaiser
Marie
Victoria
Germany
Russia
Greece
Austria
Budapest
Great Britain
England
London
Rumanian Commission
The Stephens Ship Billendorsement letter 1918
Editor Constitution clipping dated February 18 urges passing the Stephens bill from California to build vessels for coastwise trade and use them as transports colliers and hospital ships if needed during trouble. The note argues this approach is better than the current shipping bill and deserves action in Congress. Gen. McLure signs February 22, 1918.
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Stephens Bilk
California
Congress
McLure
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