Mrs Cocke's Play Promotes Racial Harmony in the South
The drama by Mrs Lucian Cocke of Kananu ka presented for the benefit of Black communities near Hollis Institute, showing white and colored residents sharing the stage and a message of mutual friendship. A Black preacher praised white friendship and pledged to shed blood to raise his race, underscoring a broader call for improved homes, schools, and industrial progress to elevate citizenship and regional progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucian Cocke
Kananuke
Hollis Institute
Seata
South
Georgia Farm Lands Show Steady Buying Despite War Mood
Georgia land sales continue at brisk pace with prices firm or rising. The Constitution reported 2 745 acres sold in Macon and Houston counties for 20 000 dollars averaging 29 dollars per acre. Purchaser acquired three plantations, indicating strong demand for Georgia and southern plantation land despite low market morale.
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Macon
Houston
Georgia
Genuphem
Georgia Farm Lands Offer High Returns and Early Profit
The article argues Georgia farm lands, offered at 20 to 40 dollars an acre, can yield substantial profits. It compares with midwestern prices of 100 to 200 dollars, noting milder climate multi-cropping allows two to three harvests yearly. Purchasers may keep large tracts or parcel them into 25 to 100 acre farms for sale to individual farmers. Anticipated value surge could surpass past gains as favorable conditions attract buyers.
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Georgia
Amail
United States
Iowa
Illinois
Kansas
Nebraska
Middle ‘West
North
Middle West
Kipling Birthday Echoed by War Time England
A world poet Kipling marks his fiftieth birthday with quiet respect as war fronts mobilize England. Trumpets sound, Tommy Atkins prepares to march, and grateful press honors the singer of England's song while harsh critics fade. The era shifts from lyrical Barrack Room Ballads to the drumbeat of duty and national resolve amid looming triumph or tomb.
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Rudyard ‘Kipling
London
Tommy Atkins
England
Hia Dong
Kipling
Alarmed Spinster Census in Massachusetts Leap Year Shock
The Boston Globe cites census data showing 66 884 more women than men in Massachusetts and warns of a spinster excess worsened by leap year. The piece links the trend to libraries schools suffrage and lectures while noting many bachelors and playful references to Ford and peace protests.
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Massachusetts
Hoston Globe
New England
Clear the Track New Year Train Warns of Oncoming
Fragmentary verse and quips describe a New Year mood with a mountain patriarch anecdote about owls and a mayor, interlaced with lines about clearing the track and keeping the bass drum as a marching band motto. The text mixes rustic humor and folk imagery from a regional newspaper page.
New Year Wit and War Song Quips Across Newspapers
A collage of satire and verse from several papers catalogs jokes on politics women in Congress drinking culture and societal quirks. Quotations mock diplomacy Barleycorn and mother-in-law humor while observers warn of folly and the dangers of crime in lighthearted regional snippets.
1916 Holds Splendid Prospect For Business
By William H. Baski Vice President Making Advertising Company Chicago 1915 ends as a year of big business with improved southern trade and higher coal and lumber prices. By autumn 1915 demand rose across the nation, surpassing 1914 and 1918 prewar levels. Auto and tire makers expect a record 1916, while silent advertising grows in importance as newspapers dominate ad activity. The outlook is for broad prosperity as labor costs ease and foreign competition falls.
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Wiliam H. Baski
Chicans
Central
Simmons Hardware Company of
St Louis
Marshall Field & Co
The
Royal Typewriter Company
B. F. Goodrich Company
Haynes Autoomobile Company
Hart Shaffner & Marx
Pacific Coast
West
Northwest
California
Oregon
Haynes Automobile Company
Kokomo
Ind
A. G. Serbering
Haynes Company
Haynes
Rood
Wall Street Journal
Gundrich
Gay
Sileer
Present Outlook for Christian Unity Sermon
Rev. William C. Foster spoke at West End Christian church on Christian unity. He discussed Garden City conference Faith and Order, four movements toward unity, and the Federal Council of Churches of Christ. He noted divisions in organization and governance between Episcopal and Disciples of Christ proposals.
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William C. Foster
West End
Garden City
York
Pope Benedict
Federal Council In
Churches of Christ
Episcopal Church
Disciples of Christ
Valuable French Art Treasures Exhibit at Healey Building
An afternoon exhibition begins at 3 20 in the Healey building showcasing Napoleon and Louis XIV to XVI era items from the French government. Curated by M Jules Ratske, the display features Sevres plates, bouquets, perfume burners, and gilded mounts.
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Healey
France
Napoleon
Louis XIV
Xvi
M. Jules Ratske
Marie Antoinette
Leda
Trianon
Death of Moses Examined in Porter Sermon at Second Baptist
Rev Henry A Porter at Second Baptist preached on The Death of Moses from Deuteronomy 34 6 9 decrying mans loneliness at death and dignity in divine purpose. He compared Moses death to human fate and urged believers to seek the promised land through heaven not earthly achievement.
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Henry A. Porter
Moses
Henry Alford Porter
Christ
Moab
Mount Nebo
Monb
Allence
Paschal
God
Judas
Lord
Friedland
Napoleon
Jordan
Jericho
Promised Land
Browning
Ruskin
Gray
Moon
Mount
Herron
Sinai
Jesus
Elijah
Hermon
Canaan
Nebo
Mount Hermon
Unity of Atlantans for Good of City Urged by Preacher
In a Sunday sermon at Central Presbyterian Church Dr. Dunbar Ogden urged reunification of Atlanta’s factions. He urged enacting four core moral principles: enforce law, truthful newspaper reporting, business leaders upholding morality, and ministers united for righteousness beyond political divisions.
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Central Presbyterian Church
Dunbar Ogden
Atlanta
Hotels. By George Fitch on U S hotel variety and quirks
A humorous sketch contrasts U S hotels from huge New York and Chicago houses to Arkansas establishments. It notes vast room counts, differing Menu quality, changing cooks, and odd practices while describing typical hotel features from desks and registers to dining rooms and beds.
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Met
United States
Welshimer to Speak in Atlanta January 18
Canton Ohio Sunday School superintendent P H Welshimer will visit Atlanta January 18 to address the Superintendents congress at supper and lead a mass meeting at First Baptist Church for the Bible Class federation. A ministers lunch is planned.
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Atlanta
P. H. Welshimer
Canton
Ohio
Congress
Men's Bible Class Federation
First Baptist Church
Welshimer
Welshiner
Christian Charch
Bible Institute
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