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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1913
Page
7
A Kimball house gathering drew broad support for replacing Atlanta’s worn municipal machinery with modern systems. Labor and capital, business and civic groups united under Humphrey resolutions, pledging cooperative action rather than conflict to launch a citywide campaign for updated administration.
The Homosassa Fishing Club of Atlanta heads to Florida for sport and tales of triumph, while a rival club with a namesake like Chess-O- Whisky fuels stakes. Tension rises among prominent Atlanta men as competing yarns threaten bragging rights.
A fragment mocks privileged huntsmen and fishermen who hide facts. It taunts Noah’s ark fish tales and critics documentary evidence, urging the baron and Saint Ananias be discarded. The speaker calls to leave the corpus delicti ashore and renounce Chess-O-Whisky.
The city faces a looming crematory dispute with conflicting views likely to be settled in court. Proponents and opponents must prepare for immediate action after a ruling. Summer pressure heightens disease control concerns and civic duty to honor existing moral obligations.
Mrs. W H Felton and Mrs. Russell Sage plan a mountain girls industrial school in Blue Ridge Georgia. Felton provides the site and Sage contributes 2500 dollars to start the plant and maintenance. The project, a long held dream of Felton and her late husband, aims to open doors for north Georgia mountain girls lacking opportunity.
A National Association statement cites nearly 19 million dollars spent last year on anti tuberculosis campaigning, about 4 million more than the prior year. The piece lauds publicity and co operation as core tools, notes ongoing tolls, and predicts further declines in death rates with continued efforts and broader public health awareness.
A graphic narrative follows a woman released from a thirty day stockade sentence who returns to crime, drugs, and degradation. It details her fall from poverty into repeated disorderly and drunken conduct charges from 1908 to 1912, tallying fines and jail time and questioning the effectiveness of reform efforts. The piece critiques social neglect and seeks accountability for how funds were raised to cover fines.
A critic argues northern writers fail to master authentic Negro dialect. The piece praises Joel Chandler Harris and warns against imitative minstrel or northern styles, noting dialect should be phonetic and rooted in real speech patterns observed among Negro communities.
A 1913 New News of Yesterday anecdote by J B Edwards recounts Thurlow Weed recalling the 1814 Detroit court martial of General Hull. It highlights the Albany proceeding, the president Madison, and the later political links between Martin Van Buren Lewis Cass and their roles in Jackson era cabinet and campaigns.
A 20 year old brunette stenographer is described with bold features and charm. She earns eighty dollars monthly, finished school, cooks well and sews, and values honesty, hygiene, and intelligent company. The note predicts she will marry a real man who appreciates her.
The article reviews Marshal Bazaine's 1870 surrender of Metz to Prussia, detailing his 180,000 troops, the white flag, and the ensuing controversy. It notes accusations of treason or incompetence, his court martial and commuted sentence, his escape to Spain, and his later ostracism in Madrid.
An essay praising overalls as a symbol of prosperity and national strength. It argues that overalls distinguish productive, working people from dressy elites, claim ing they accompany factories, railroads, and wealth. It asserts government health by overall wear shows success, while seat wear predicts failure.
Reminiscences of sixty years on the Atlanta map begin with a 1363 New Year in a city at war. The author recalls wounded Fredericksburg arrival, Stone River rumors, and young profiteering from ten fragments of The Intelligencer. He recalls El Lawshe’s generous hospitality and a secret Confederate mission to consider Atlanta as a possible capital in case Richmond fell, with prospects of Macon and other towns A narrator details the wartime social scene and the capital relocation uncertainty.
A motivational piece urging action and perseverance. It extols the virtues of doing what one starts, pursuing passions, and continuing effort through good times and bad, with repeated imperatives to act now and be a doer. The prose emphasizes self-driven progress and immediate, persistent effort in all circumstances.
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