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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1915
Page
9
An archival notice dated January 7 1915 from Atlanta Georgia lists categories of newspapers and page counts for second class mail. The fragment indicates a postal instruction or classification involving United States and Mexico publications with varying paper counts.
Under president C. J. Haden the State Chamber of Commerce seeks farming and business cooperation to create marketing machinery for surplus food crops. The plan aims to reduce cotton and diversify with meat and grain production, establishing cash markets for small lots and aligning merchants bankers and farmers in binding agreements to accept food crops in lieu of cotton for rents and collateral.
Recorder George Johnson proposes a city prison farm for alcoholics and drug liabilities under police jurisdiction. He argues the idea is economical and philanthropic because few inmates offer labor value, sentences are short, and recidivism returns offenders to custody, worsening community burden. The Constitution notes the inebriate case.
The author argues crime theory ignores disease in alcoholics and drug offenders. He cites Probation Officer Coogler’s work and urges broadened laws and a Johnson theory like approach. A prison farm model is proposed for Georgia to reclaim derelicts rather than punish.
The noted philanthropist and world peace advocate Nathan Straus, a Georgia native, contemplates returning to his birth state to spend his remaining years. He has long charmed Atlanta visitors with his modesty and broad ideals, supporting causes from contagious disease control to pure milk campaigns in New York. The Straus family, including Isidor and Oscar, are famed for public service and international impact.
A 1915-era essay argues General Obregon may be the key to Mexico’s stability after military successes against Villa and Zapata. It praises his military skill diplomacy and desire for peace, noting Carranza now allows him a free hand. The piece weighs whether Obregon could resolve Mexico’s tangled situation despite past obscurity.
Paraphrased notes mirror a rural voice musing on weather fate and faith in Providence. The speaker abandons stubborn judgment, trusting a higher will as the year unfolds with varying sunshine and rain. A second piece mocks hot gossip and warns against devilish temptations in a New Year report from Billville.
The January issue of Michael Monahan’s Magazine of Individuality appears published in South Norwalk Connecticut. It features stories by Guy de Maupassant Maxim Gorky and editorials like Side Talks with titles such as An Item Overlooked The Price of a Life and The Journals The Wiss plus other attractive articles and literary pieces.
The Baltimore American reflects on the year as liberal and good. It speaks of vision and resilience, noting moles that burrow are blind while the eagle faces the sun. It celebrates blessings and a steadfast outlook for the coming year.
The Holland Letter cites Secretary Redfield of the Commerce Department detailing 1914 farm product value near ten billion dollars. It notes total US production across farms, metals, lumber, and manufactures at about forty billion, with farm crops worth six billion and animals about four billion. The piece discusses weather, soil science, and potential export versus domestic use.
The Evening News column praising the heroic King of the Belgians misspells Leopold I as Leopoldi. The London Chronicle notes the error, blaming a hurried writer and suggesting such slips dog all writers.
A humorous early-era piece on the brontosaurus detailing its size, limb structure, and herbivorous nature. The narrator playfully contrasts ancient dinosaurs with modern society, imagining a gentle giant roaming pastures and the dangers of encountering such a creature in a blackberry patch.
The speaker recalls ordering seven bales of hay from a local dealer and receiving delays and excuses. After the dealer Binx fails to deliver, the narrator denounces him, wrecks the fodder store, and vows to buy hay from Theodore J. Thomas who keeps promises. The poem mocks sunny smiles over dependable goods.
The South confronts curtailing cotton acreage or ejecting tenant farmers, most of whom are Black, with up to 750,000 tenant farms at risk and 3,040,000 rural residents affected. A drastic shift could reduce rural income, raise crime, and burden landlords. Leaders should seek calm, with big plantation owners bearing cuts while preserving the cotton belt’s future.
A playful dialogue explains the lawmaking process in US history. The intruder asks, and a cheerful maiden outlines steps: Senate ratifies, President vetoes, House of Representatives acts, and finally adjournment to the next session. The exchange uses simple terms to describe legislative actions and session timing.
The author urges Atlanta women to expand the 1915 grand opera season into a year round musical center. Proposals include preopera programs to educate audiences about Carmen and Farrar, women’s clubs expanding opera study, and women guarantors backing a local opera fund to boost cultural life and local commerce.
Walter Cowart reports Union City's post office showed resilience in 1914 with stamp sales surpassing 1813 levels. December 1914 rose by 475.62 over December 1913, and the fiscal year ending March 31 projects postage sales over 7,600 dollars, second only to Atlanta in the district. The Board of Trade secretary notes optimism despite hard times.
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