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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1915
Page
4
AT and T announces employees may buy shares on easy terms after two years of service. The move aligns with a growing trend toward profit sharing and mutual ownership in major U.S. corporations, aiming to boost loyalty, productivity, and earnings potential for workers.
The Panama California Exposition begins in San Diego on January 1, 1915, planned as a year long display. Despite war in Europe, San Diego presses on, betting on American patronage and California appeal, focusing on prophecy and object lessons across field, factory, and orchard.
A report from Athens notes over 300 farmers of all ages have enrolled in the State College of Agriculture short courses starting January 5. The two week program focuses on specialized studies and aims to broaden agricultural practice among participants.
The article urges Georgia farmers to diversify crops beyond cotton due to European disruption and rising rail rates. It highlights a college program in Athens offering a short course to educate farmers, recommending militia districts pool funds to send representatives, viewing the effort as a missionary spread of scientific agriculture.
The Dallas Journal notes Iowa's farm jail concept where offenders work outdoors on 718 acres as part of a broader push toward a faultless state approach. Advocates say outdoor labor, parole, and restoring self respect may reduce crime, with Georgia and Rockdale cited as related steps and signs the leaven is at work.
An editorial argues that calls from the International Peace Forum for a postwar disarmament conference may be premature. It warns such proposals rely on a closed case and solid evidence, noting Europe’s war outcome is uncertain and urging restraint to avoid complicating the broader effort.
The government plans a limited scale newspaper business with The Daily Commercial Report issued by the Department of Commerce. It promises a crisply edited publication highlighting advantages for American manufacturers at home and abroad. The move follows the appeal of faster, clearer consular information amid the wartime crisis and opportunities.
A fragmented poem cycle presents a bright way anthem about brave racers keeping the light, then shifts to a New Year philosopher musing on renewal and public judgment. It ends with a humorous grim vignette about trouble, taxes, and misfortune.
A collage of quotes and verses from The War-time Diary of John Hay in Harper's Magazine and The Chanute Tribune, mixing Lincoln dream lore about “common looking people” and a New Year card urging resolve. It weaves poems, rural musings, and a Baltimore Sun note, reflecting period-era sentimental and political lines.
In May 1914 at Washington representatives from American enterprises formed the National Foreign Trade council to coordinate a national policy for expanding foreign markets. A St Louis convention January 21 22 will align manufacturers merchants bankers and transport managers to meet world competition and potential Sherman antitrust issues in foreign trade.
In the face of cotton’s high costs and low returns, the dairy cow offers a path to rural prosperity. The piece argues for a cooperative central creamery model with six to eight hundred cows, bank support, and widespread farmer cooperation to elevate land value and stabilize incomes, led by Benjamin W. Hunt of Eatonton, Ga.
John Bunyan the tinker preacher leaves his church, a friend thanks him for his sweet discourse, and Bunyan recalls the warning of pride. He cites St Paul about charity over eloquence when a sermon seems to shine too brightly.
George Fitch explains silos as wooden or cement structures with conical roofs that store green fodder for cattle, fermenting into ensilage. He notes their rise in American farms, their landscape appeal, and the economic boost they provide to beef and dairy production, amid humorous asides on misuse and Prohibition-era gibes.
A review praising Mrs. John J. Hammond’s In Black and White as a rational Southern reply to race issues. It contrasts with Adear Gardner Murphy and argues for social service, better home conditions, and measured reform to uplift both black and white southerners. The piece urges Southern housekeepers to adopt a broader, humane approach to racial relations and community welfare.
The state board of pardons and paroles told Governor Majer that among 312 convicts paroled in the last two years only 12 violated parole and returned to prison. Most pursued useful work earning up to 100 dollars a month. Over four years only 18 violated terms of release.
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