The Constitution Clare Howell Editor and Roeby Robinson
The Constitution lists staff names and offices including editor Roby Robinson and advertising manager Holliday, with address details in Atlanta and New York bureaus. It notes postage rates, subscriptions, advertising terms, and distribution points, followed by a 1909 political commentary column.
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Ee Ans
Holliday
Constitution Huila
Atlanta
Warrington Bureau
Constitution
Hibbe Bullatns
Fifteenth Street
John Corrigan
New “York
Thirty-eighth Street
Editorial on solid south solidarity and political reform
A long, fragmented critique urges the South to embrace political freedom over tradition, praising The Constitution and Julian Harris for promoting statehood, fair-minded debates, and end to Bourbonist restraints. It argues for broadening education on national issues before elections and contends reform will emerge from logic, not prejudice.
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Uncle Remus
the Home Magazine
Julian Harris
South
Bourbonjain
Nes
Harris
Congress
Virginia
Presidente
New York
Acuta
Washington Deasou
Georgia Bar
Supreme Court of the State
Yoo
Pistol Toter in Education Debate Strains Federal Role
The piece argues the federal government underfunds education while spending heavily on military budgets. It cites that only about one percent of annual expenditures goes to education and criticizes preparedness as aggression, urging southern representatives to push for increased public education funding while defending states rights and democratic principles. The author calls for bold leadership to advance education and condemns partisan politics.
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Jana
Adsnta
Sdu
Arroy
Georgie
United States
Mr. Inman
Carl
Wastington
Congress
Country Life Commission
Roosevelt Demagoguery Exposed In Washington Post Tribute
A Washington Post editorial lauds Theodore Roosevelt while denouncing imitators who used his methods for political gain. The piece notes Roosevelt’s honesty and reforms, contrasts him with deceptive demagogues, and warns that duplicitous leaders return to private life as voters withdraw support.
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Roosevelt
Africa
Washington Post
The
Post
The Tremendous Price of Peace in U S Military Spending
The article compares American military budgets to Germany and England, noting the United States spends about 240 million on army and navy for 1909 while Germany spends around 210 million and England more, arguing the nation contends with expanding forces to secure peace and protect distant possessions.
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Naval Empire
England
Germany
United States
Rot
Rural telephone urged as key to countryside life
A country life commission report to the president extols the telephone as a proven agent in rural uplift, linking it with rural free delivery and highway improvements. It calls the phone a corrective force alongside roads and farmer cooperatives, boosting land values and easing the burdens of country life.
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Commission of Country Life
Mali
Just From Georgia The Intoxicating Kiss
A damaged OCR piece presents a satirical verse about a kiss and drinking, set in a historical Georgia context. It contrasts seductive imagery with political nostalgia and includes dialect lines about voting, wealth, and social mores from earlier days. The excerpt references Sally, Old Days, and a caricature of political manipulation.
When He Plows the Mute in Greek Vacation Time Returns
The speaker muses on a college graduate named Jom returning home with broad knowledge and awkward plans to learn Greek. The dialogue reveals tension between formal study and practical language use, hinting at future challenges for Jom as he navigates Greek and personal expectations.
His Cheerful Thought and a Patchwork Poem Page
The piece blends verse and prose notes from a Florida era column. It wittily references a poem titled Kean A-Galng and ponders literary echoes from The Constitution. The writer, noting visitors like Dr James W. Lee, teases politics, springtime imagery, tax collectors, and post office sentiment in a breezy, informal style.
Exit Bogus Reformers and Roosevelt Retires
The Washington Post notes that thirteen days hence the leading figure of his era, Theodore Roosevelt, will enter private life after seven years of public service. Itdenounces imitators and fake reformers who cloaked themselves in Rooseveltism, predicts their decline when his plans are complete, and laments his departure for Africa to hunt while praising his enduring influence and the public’s desire to see true reform continue beyond his tenure.
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Washington Post
Ife
Roosevelt
Cee
Boiae
Theodore Woosevelt
Pelvane Ife
Mr. Roosevelt
Roonelvelt
Africa
Nashville American Bought by Ochs and Preston
Nashville Tennessee February 27 Milton B Ochs and Thomas Fr Preston announce the Nashville American will be purchased with Ochs as publisher and manager. His brothers Adalphi and George W Ochs run the New York Times and Philadelphia Ledger. The paper, oldest in Tennessee, will join the Associated Press.
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Nashville
Tenn
Milton B. Ochs
Thomas Fr. Preston
Attica
Nave Purchasa
Nashville American
Ochs
Adalpi
Ocha
George W. Ochs
New York Times
Philadelphia Ledger
American
The
American Ia
Tennessee
Associated Press
Grant Farm Purchase Bill Proposes National Park
Representative Condrey of Missouri introduces a bill to buy General Grant's Missouri farm near St Tulsa for about 436 acres and convert it into a national park with a proposed $400000 appropriation. Ohio crash injures five and shakes others. line in the electric railway company derailed east of West Jefferson. No fatalities. Authorities link misinformation via telephone to the collision.
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Lincoln
Condrey
Missouri
General Grant
St. Tulscount
Missouri Pacific
Columbus
Ohio
Ghto Electric Hillway Company
West Jefferson
Springfeld
Eolliston
Reception at Bessie Tift College in Forsyth
The junior class of Bessie Tift College in Forsyth presents its annual reception to the senior class on Monday evening. Invitations have been issued to Mercer faculty and students. About seventy to eighty are expected to attend.
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Bessie Tift
Macon
Bessie Tift Collegs
Forsyth
No New Trial Overruled in Governor Comer Exalpat Case
The court denied a request for a new trial in the cage of Governor Comer Exalpat, with the Montgomery Advertiser noting the verdict of one cent for the plate. Attorneys for the governor said they would pursue the demand for pew heaze fog to the supreme court.
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Himingham
Ale
Fetcuars
Tudge Benn
Comer Exalpat
Montgomery” Advertiser
Supreme Court
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Clare Howell
Roby Robinson
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Poetoffics
United Stats
Roosevelt Tower
Anantas Club
Mr. Strap
Joe Cannan
Tom
Green
Indaw
Lock Longworth
Chattanooga
Sunny Jim Sherman
Mr. Fairbanks
Mr. Root
Taft
Senator Lodge
New York Cotton “Exchange
Berrett
Byronside
Greece
Omaha
Advandes
the Telephone and the Country Commission
Constance Richardson
Chicago
Hhe
Titman
Cecum
Georgia
Sally
Mighty Hart
Brother Willamy
Joni
Sami
Po Gospel
Ste
Kean A
Hallsville
John D
Bilivinie Haaner
Florida
de. James W. Lee
D.D
Knocker
Atx
Chattanooga Times
T. R. Preston
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