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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1915
Page
8
The note from Sir Edward Grey is friendly and urges mutual restraint. Britain will not interrupt lawful commerce if the United States curbs illicit neutral shipments to enemies. The article argues the note opens negotiations, preserving U S rights and dangers of a confrontational president.
G E A Winslow of New York told the American Association for the Advancement of Science that deaths from preventable disease in peacetime likely exceed last year’s battlefield losses in Europe. He warned mortality data are inexact and urged strict censuses, sanitation gains, and better milk to save infants. Rural areas contribute heavily to disease and death, with conditions slowly improving.
A call for stronger health education and expanded powers of state boards with federal cooperation to reduce preventable mortality. The piece urges cities and the nation to act, warning that the slaughter seen in Europe is being mirrored at home and is needlessly tragic.
A persistent fiscal critique asserts Atlanta cannot balance current revenue with maintenance and permanent improvements. The article warns of rising deficits, needed $800,000 for school and building projects, waterworks upgrades, sewers, and main repairs, and calls for using income for long term improvements rather than annual upkeep. It notes growing newcomers tax load and urges immediate action to avoid eroding city facilities and prestige.
A fragmented excerpt mixing songs and sermons. It references a Heart to Storm the Hills and Free road to the Future with lines about Joy, brightness, deeds, peace, and the Day. Mentions The Lexington News sermonizing on laying up treasures and cautions about July prognostications.
A collage of humorous and reflective verse snippets from small town papers. It includes playful lines about a New Year bout, prophecies on war and peace, contrarian songs, a 92 year old farmer tending stock, and musings on happiness, light, and faith.
The poem speaks of resolving to be virtuous this year without losing humanity. The speaker rejects sanctimonious virtue and vows to stay compassionate, acknowledging the difficulty of perfect righteousness while remaining relatable to neighbors and friends.
The Holland Letter notes that New York City will show a profit of about 450000 from a banking syndicate underwritten loan of 100960000, with 80000000 in gold sent to Ottawa to back short term notes. The affair reveals how farmers and manufacturers supported the syndicate amid European war fears, enabling a small 2 percent gain and a sizable rebate to the city. It credits the bankers, farmers, and manufacturers for steering markets toward normalcy and avoiding financial catastrophe.
Cracow lies in northeastern Austria near the German line and plays a pivotal wartime role. With about 109000 residents, mostly Poles, it sits on the Vistula and is a railway mining and trading hub in Galicia. It hosts Europe’s second oldest university, 26 nunneries and a 600 year old cathedral, and boasts two artificial hills commemorating Krakus and Kasciuszko.
R L Williams Jr of Macon urges newspapers and citizens to back a Macon to Atlanta air line highway fed by county road projects. He cites low construction costs, local funding, and benefits to nearby towns, farm income, and Georgia promotion, noting a shorter route via Indian Springs.
In The Bryan Eagle reflection on farming notes unprecedented effort in agriculture, progress is slow but steady. It declares that farmers will be released from bondage and moved toward an independent solvent footing as energies spent yield fruit.
A Cincinnati Times-Star excerpt quotes LeRoy Noth urging retailers to base advertising on daily newspapers while not excluding other media. He calls the newspaper ad the telegraphy of business, enabling access to hundreds of thousands of homes daily and shaping public perception through credible circulation.
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