Atlanta must fund clean city sanitation now
The board of health asks the finance committee and city council to provide immediate and sufficient funds to expand street and yard cleanup. It urges adding forty carts and a new stable to improve sanitation, noting past underfunding left disease risks and waste removal underaddressed while Atlanta’s population grows. The city’s health and safety depend on prompt, adequate appropriation before any other spending.
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Atlanta
Board of Health
Atlante
Aiditer
Deunel
Maddoxwell
Finance Committee
Organized Charity Report Promotes Civic Stewardship in Atlanta
The annual report by Secretary Joseph C. Logan of Atlanta's Associated Charities highlights 1,426 cases affecting 3,654 people in the past year. The charity operates with systematic relief, aiding the needy while exposing fraud and deterring criminal vagabonds. Logan notes many applicants disappeared, some beggars were removed, and several cases were referred to police. The organization aims to make recipients self supporting and urges broad support. Dr. Charles R. Henderson will lecture at the Grand Opera House on Civic Stewardship.
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Joseph C. Logan
Atlanta
Associated Charities
Charles R. Henderson
Chicago
Grand Opera House
Henderson
Veterans of the World's Greatest Army Advocacy Text
A civic plea extols the duty to liberally support veterans of war and ministers who aid them. It highlights the gap in compensation for clergy who comfort veterans, urging denominations and Georgia authorities to address inadequate pay and secure retirement funds.
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W. A. Parks
North Georsie
Mont Gener
Georgia
Warks
Bill Possum Succeeds Teddy Bear in Georgia Mascot Swap
In the south Mississippi shows extremes with Williams and Vardaman shaping Roosevelt history while Georgia considers replacing Area Minor with a possum mascot. The piece extols a possum as peaceful yet crafty, anticipates toy makers and plush versions, and envisions a future Fifth Avenue display for a Georgia possum emblem.
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South
Mississippi
John Sharp Williams
Vardaman
Roosevelt
Georgia
Marsupia
Area Minor
Fifth Avenue
Messina Earthquake Fallout Fueled by Typhoid Fears
Reports from Messina describe a typhoid outbreak following the earthquake, threatening a larger death toll and hindering relief work. Locals blame divine wrath while authorities warn that sanitation lapses, exposed by the disaster, fueled disease spread amid crowded, unsanitary relief centers.
Public Respect and Poultry Praise Spark State Debate
A Springfield Republican note praises a waning paper for printing a president's message in advance, calling it a rare display of press integrity while urging accountability for breaches. Georgia debates courting Mrs Biddy as poultry output and climate boost state prosperity according to the piece, with humorous statistical flourishes about eggs and farm life.
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Washington Dispatch
Springfield Republican
Georgia
Biddy
Uncle Sam
Georgiena de
Sigta
Biddyy
Mister New Year in Georgia Folk Weather Verse
A collage of verse and anecdotes from Georgia linked pieces titled Mister New Year and The Old Lady Remarks. It blends songs and humorous reflections on New Year joys, household chaos, and local resilience, with dialect humor about resounding train arrivals, preacher revival, and everyday trials.
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Tim
Satan
Anti-Saloon League to Build Lincoln Temperance Plant Near Columbus
National Anti-Saloon League committee in Columbus today approved a plan to erect a printing and publishing plant near Columbus Ohio at an estimated cost of about one hundred thousand dollars. It will be the league's official organ headquarters and be called Lincoln Temperance Memorial.
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Columbus
Ohio
Washington
The
Anti-Saloon League of America
Colipus
Lincoln Temperance Memorial
Langue
Gossip and scandal cloud a restless family Amid rumors
The fragment depicts a chorus of gossip accusing a reclusive “They” family of spreading rumor and mischief. Aboard a ship, a captain and crew discuss the looming presence of the elusive clan, while a figure named Gotta Much contemplates contact and fate.
Letters From People on Indigent Ministers Homes
An elderly advocate urges continued support for the North Georgia Conference superannuated ministers home project. Trustees report new plans, with several homes prepared or secured in Grantville Fast Point and Winder. Alabama and churches are urged to fund or build residences for aging preachers. W A Parks notes optimism from The Constitution.
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North Georgia
Grantville
Fast Point
Winder
T A. Gramming
G Post
Newnyn
W J Martin
A K Hawkes
J G Lester
B . Laigh
Atlanta
North
Alabama
Parks
Wrights Mechanic Misidentification At Le Mans
A French officer was linked to Wilbur Wright by mistaken rumors at Le Mans. Wright’s mechanic allegedly courted the wife of a sergeant, causing false reports in U S papers. The sergeant denied any Wright connection, calling the claim baseless.
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Wistabe
Mans
Conclu
Aively
Wilbur Wright
Tlean
le Mans
Weigh Aye
Liteé
Wrights
Five Hundred Pension Bills Passed In Brief House Session
Washington January 9 The strenuous work of yesterday strained the house of representatives and after being in session but a short time today the body adjourned until Monday. In the brief period five hundred pension bills were passed, and a resolution for a thorough inquiry into fraud investigations against the government was also approved. An appropriation of 66000 was set for the inquiry to be carried out by a committee of fifteen members named by the speaker.
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Washington
House of Representation
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