The Constitution Advertises Atlanta Rates and Addresses
The Constitution lists subscription rates and delivery terms for Atlanta and surrounding areas. It notes a Washington Bureau address at 1127 A Street and names John Corrigan Jr as contact for correspondence, plus several newsstand locations and a disclaimer on advance payments.
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de Atlanta
Atinaia
I. Holliday
Constitution Huilding
Broadway
Forty-second Street
Times Building
Thirty-eighth Street
Twenty-ninth Street
Georgia Faces Sixth Lynching This Year Amid Rising Mob Rule
An editorial laments Georgia records six lynchings so far this year while last year had eighteen nationwide. It questions court responsibility, urges action to curb mob violence, but notes official inaction and calls for decisive steps to end the vigilante threat.
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Georgia
Building the Militia and National Guard Foundations
The article argues for expanding and improving state national guards as the backbone of a national army defense plan. It cites Major General John F. O'Ryan and warns against relying on a provisional standing army, stressing nonpolitical officer selection and the guard as a practical, economical force for peace and war.
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National Guard
John F. O'Ryan
New York
New York Evening Telegram
O'Ryan
Great Britain
United States
O’ryan
National Guard and Federal Control Debate
A historical discussion argues for a national army to defend the nation and uphold liberty, while balancing federal and state powers over the militia. It notes human nature and the need for a professional standard, suggesting flexible federal control during emergencies and state authority in normal times.
Fulton County urged to fund South Pryor underpass work
The Atlanta city and Southern railway have agreed on their share of the South Pryor Street underpass project near the new Southeastern Fair Grounds at Lakewood. Fulton County must decide its level of financial participation to ensure timely completion before the next fair in October, with delays risking loss of essential service.
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City of
Atlanta
Southern Railway
Southeastern
Fair Grounds
Lakewood
Fulton County
Fulton County Board
Thes County Board
Promotion For General Clem Expected In Congress
Atlantans who knew General John L. Clem during his five plus years in Atlanta anticipate Congress will promote him from brigadier general to major general. Clem, the last Grand Army veteran in regular U S service, retired as a colonel in the quartermaster's department and was briefly promoted on retirement. A bill by Senator Chamberlain seeks the promotion, reflecting Clem's long, meritorious service and popular standing in Atlanta.
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Congress
Clem
Quartermaster’s Department
Chamberlain
Oregon
South
Atlanta
Bii
Musket Ridge Musings and Heartsong Echoes
A collage of local notes and verse from Musket Ridge reporters about village life. It mixes comic captions, folk songs, weather musings, and quips about residents like Hezekiah Hannells and Ad Hoskina, with playful poems on gardens and singing days and a North Carolina folk tune.
Coal and hardship in hard winter verse and prose
A poem laments winter scarcity and coal bills as a family endures cold. The speaker pleads for coal, grumbles at rising costs, and notes cutting essentials to survive. A short New York Sun quotation about a familiar maxim follows, reflecting a long-standing slang sentiment.
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New York Sun
Democratic attack on U S courts in Georgia
The speaker criticizes the attorney general s plan to indict Thomas E B Watson in another state, arguing it undermines states rights and Georgia jurors. He questions federal court authority in Georgia, demands names of informants, and warns of dangerous precedent for the party and the nation.
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Gregory
Thomas EB. Watson
Georgia
United States
Ite
Congress
Democratic Party
Watson
South
Energie
Hia
Mortgage No Drawback Is Buyer's Experience
A reader argues buyers benefit from mortgages rather than all cash, noting fixed interest helps long term budgeting. The letter details a $2,100 home, $1,000 mortgage, and monthly payments, showing how principal and interest evolve and urging modest upward moves in living costs. DR. LAM cites Atlanta, Ga, February 25, 1916.
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Émab
Bala Inc
Jesus
Mayor Will Attend Convention On Preparedness In Atlanta
A fragmented city page notes looming events in Atlanta. The mayor plans to attend a convention to discuss preparedness as a path to keeping the country safe. Also covered are an upcoming Old Horse sale at city hall and a quaking elevator scare at CWE Hall. Tilman Adamson returns to laud Atlanta’s greatness and Martin Amorous discusses council foreseen commission government. The 1849 founding health board is listed with early city leaders.
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Great Atlanta
Caly
Ota Hoss
Health Department
Aldermanic Board
Tilman Adamson
Atlanta
City Hall
Constitution News
New York City
Taylor
Adamson
Adiingant
Martin Amorous
Martin F. Amorous
Catys
N. L. Angier
James Boring
Sol. Goodall
John F. Mims
Robert Carr
Wiliam Herring
James Loyd
J. Gilbert
G. G. Smith
Iron pyrites offered to meet fertiliser demand in Georgia
A letter from A Haydn Gunter of University Miss dated February 26 states he can supply Georgia with immense quantities of iron pyrites for sulfuric acid production. He reports a hundred tons ready for shipment and a depot capable of producing that amount daily, addressing fertiliser shortages caused by munitions plants consuming sulfuric acid.
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South
Georgia
Haydn Gunter
University
Mias
Supreme Court of Georgia Judgments Filed in Multiple Cases
Supreme Court of Georgia actions include victories and reversals across Forsyth Chattooga Haralson Macon Decatur Fulton Crawford Whitfield Sane, listing judges and law firms for plaintiff in error and contra. Multiple cases feature judgments affirmed reversed with named parties, executors, and railway companies.
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Trestee
Forsyth
Patterson
George F. Gober
G. B. Walker
J. P. Brooke
C. L. Harris
Hughes
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Chattooga
Wright Wesley Shropshire
Maddox & Doyasi
King & Spalting
Kinney
Central of Georgia Hallway Company
Haralson
Edwarda
John
Edwards
Holderness
J. Branham
Maddox & Doyas
Griffith_& Matthews
DeVaughn
Gregr
Macon
Littlejohn
Jule Felton
Smith
Hammond
Spoonery
Bank of Donalsonville
Decatur
Thomas
R. G. Harissisia
E. M. Donaldson
A . ‘Tree
City of Atlanta
Fulton
Pendleton
T. B. Higdon
J. L. Magnon
W. D. Hillis
Johnson
Central of Georgia Railway Company
Crawford
Mathews, Hiall & Roberts
Bactle & Hollis
Western and Atlantic Hailroad Company
Ioneby Moore
Darby
Rawlings Williams
Court of Appeals Reviews Multiple City Court Judgments
Court of Appeals of Georgia reports several cases including Hierachman v Crapps where a judgment was fired and Gennett appears for the plaintiff in error. Company v Driver from Thomasville and Hammond involved with reversed judgments. rehearing denied in Haralson case and other miscters indicating procedural rulings.
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Hierachman
Crapps
Bagley Vitage Knox
W. W. Gennett
Padgett, Sentra
stepworth-Unl
Comebck
Politics Root of Mob Law Says Tribune of Rome
The Rome Tribune urges Georgia voters to focus on reforming courts and criminal law enforcement rather than political maneuvering. It cites eighteen lynchings in 1915, more than any state, and argues lax punishment and legal loopholes fuel crime. The piece calls for decisive action by reformers and stricter penalties to deter murder.
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Massachusetts
Tribune of
Rome
Rome Tribune
Georgia
United States
London
South Carolina
Tribune-Herald
Jawa
New Texas Industry Emerges in West Texas
A fragmentary report notes a new industry in west Texas involving pelts sold at high prices, with reference to rab pelts and a shift in local economy. The text likens the era to an old nursery lullaby gaining new meaning, mentioning Sye You Baby and Daddy's Gone a-Hunting in a tangled context.
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Hom Fhe Deming Herald
Texas
Srikh
Thyroid in perils of modern food and health decline
An analysis warns that refined white foods remove essential minerals like iodine, harming thyroid function. It argues meat heavy diets foster putrefactive bacteria, cites Pavlov and Bryce on digestion, and asserts modern commerce depletes natural nutrients while stressing spring vitality and child health amid high child mortality.
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Pavlov
Bryce
America
Slughter
Aice
Didee’ Stern
Washington
United States
Editey Constitution on Judicial Reform Opposes Lynching
The letter cites Judge Fite criticizing Georgia’s courts as inefficient and expensive. It proposes abolishing pardons and death penalty, creating a streamlined system with a justice court in each district, appellate paths, one new trial, and swift penalties within courthouse bounds. It argues for curbing inflammatory speech to reduce mob influence.
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Editey
Fite
Georgia
Supreme Court
Brobstom Wadison
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