The Constitution on sale in New York and carrier rates
The Constitution newspaper announces its Washington Bureau address 13 No. 1127-8 Street N. W and reports rates for Atlanta and outside Atlanta. It urges Democratic unity with the president to meet a reorganized opposition, warning against party splits and calling for solid congressional support.
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Atlanta
Broadway
Party-second Street
Times Building
Thirty-eighth Street
Twenty-ninth Street
Congress
Democratic Congress
Educational Preparedness Provokes National Response
Dudley R Cowles has prompted a nationwide discussion on educational preparedness. Letters from educators across the country follow his appeal. Secretary Lane’s remark that education has lagged behind other industries in progress over thirty years reinforces the call for concerted national effort.
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Dudley R. Cowles
National push for education funding to sharpen readiness
Letters praising Mr. Cowles call for Congress to appropriate 109000 dollars annually to empower the national bureau of education. State superintendents and local educators back the plan, arguing that educational preparedness underpins national strength, with state and local support expected to follow federal funding.
Too Late in Montenegro a Teutonic victory noted
The article laments the capture of Montenegro by Teutonic forces, arguing it underscores Allied delays and missteps in the war. It links Montenegro to Italy, Britain, and the Adriatic, warning that procrastination has cost allies gains and could threaten victory with defeats in multiple theaters.
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Montenegro
Balkans
Germany
Austria
Italy
Trieste
Adriatic
Nicholas
Margharita
London Times
England
Dardanelles
Mediterranean
Atubbo
Belgium
France
Serbia
Poem Fragments From the Wayside and Winter Reflections
A fragmentary verse piece discusses wintry skies and longing for summer, referencing Jenny, May gardens, and a dreamlike world in a Wayside setting. It contrasts cold seasons with hopeful songs and human striving, ending with a reflective line on saints and humanity.
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Denny
Marker to birth place of Andrew Jackson proposed in Lancaster County
A Columbia State preparedness note quotes a demand that if a marker for Andrew Jackson's birthplace is erected it should be fortified with heavy guns toward the North Carolina border. The column includes dialect sketches and a religious and political miscellany with regional humor.
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Sinter
Columbia
Andrew Jackson
Lancaster County
North Carolina
Georgia
Phil Cook
Tar Heel
Savannah
Chatham County
Third County
Sumter
New Homing Birds Discover Mysterious Return Instinct
The New York Tribune reports experiments at Carnegie Institution with birds including noddy and sooty tern, and a meticulously trained pigeon, showing strong homing ability. Tagged birds released from Florida return from distances up to 1,000 miles, crossing sea and land without recognizable landmarks, with returns recorded from Galveston Cane Hatteras and Viavana. The study notes the puzzling nature of homing instincts across species and mentions distances of up to 1,040 miles for pigeons, though typical flights are shorter.
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Prom
New Yorke Tribune
Carnegie Institution
Drs Tortugas Keys
Florida
I. B. Watson
Galveston
Cane Hatteras
Viavana
Age of Presidents
The Syracuse Post Standard notes Presidents past and present with ages. Wondrow Wilson nears sixty, Champ Clark and others exceed sixty four. Vice President Marshall is sixty one, several senators and figures are past seventy. Washington and Jefferson reached their sixtieth during first terms, while Andrew Johnson’s sixtieth birthday came before retirement. Details list ages of Adams Jackson Harrison Taylor and Buchanan among those over sixty at inauguration or during term.
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Syracuse Post-Standard
Wondrow Wilson
Champ Clark
Theodore Burton
A. B. Cummins
S W. McCall
Marshall
Bankhead
du Pont
Walter Smith
Turleigh
Nelson
Gallinger
Dillingham
Page
Warren
John Adams
Andrew Jackson
Harrison
Taylor
Buchanan
Washington
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Johnson
WAKING UP IN HABERSHAM COUNTY POLITICS
In Habersham county the campaign for the general assembly heats up with two announced candidates to succeed Vance Perkins. Rev. F. L. Prater of Clarkesville and E. Roberts of Demorest press for 1916 primary seats. Prater calls his entry formal and fearless in the Clarkesville Advertiser.
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Jrless
Habersham County
General Assembly
Vance Perkins
Mount Airy
F. L. Prater
Clarkesville
E. Roberts
Demorest
Rev. Prater
Habersham
Editorial Urges Increased Federal Education Funding
Readers praise The Atlanta Constitution editorial calling for a $100000 per year federal appropriation for the United States bureau of education. Dozens of state superintendents and education leaders from Maine to California pledge support and offer cooperation, with many urging Congress to act in the current session. The correspondence underscores national interest in stronger educational preparedness and a cabinet level education department.
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Congress
United States Bureau of Education
Bureau of Education
P. P. Claxton
United States Commissioner of Education
Washington, D. C
Atlanta Constitution
J. N. Powers
University of Mississippi
Dayson Smith
Augusta
Maine
M. Bates Stepheny
Annapalis
Ernest L. Thurston
W. D. Ross
Topeka
Kan
J. A. Churchill
Halem
Drewshink
Mary CC. Bradford
Denver
Tole
Tream
Charles H. Lugs
Pierre
W. F. Doughty
Austin
Texas
J. ¥. Joyner
Raleigh
N. C
John Edwards Hray
Carson
Nevada
J. E. Swearingen
Columbia
Mason
Stone
Montpelier
E. J. Taylor
Bismarck
N. D
H. A. Davee
Helena
Mont
Nebraska
Thomas
Lincoln
Neb
R. C. Stearnes
State Superintendent of Schools
Richmond
Virginia
Agricultural Fund
R. H. Wilson
Okahoma City
Oklo
JW. Brister
Memphis
Samuel W. Sherril
Nashville
Tenn
EM. L. Writtal
Atlanta
Marzsioner Claxton
T. H. Harris
Baton Rouge
W. H. Smith
Jackson
Mips
State
Interior
War
Department of Education
William I. Feaglin
Montgomery
Ala
Florida Educational Association
W. N. Sheata
Tallahassee
Fla
Mles
Edith K. C. Clark
Cheyenne
Wyo
Idaho
United States
Man of
Saint Paul, Minn
Mayor James Gardner Woodward’s Seventy Fifth Birthday
City celebrants honored Mayor James Gardner Woodward who turned seventy yesterday. Born January 14, 1845 in Marietta, Ga, he later moved to Atlanta in 1852 and began as a printer, serving in council and as mayor for decades. A charter change to allow unlimited reelection is discussed at City Hall, with candidates for prison physician and debates on street work and track laying prominent in council sessions. Street budgets across wards are itemized, totaling $136,242.17 for last year’s work.
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J. A. Brannen
Boro
Edwards
Brynnen
Whch
Jentary
Congress
Mshen
Brannen
Rive
DEAY
Wilson
The
Georgia Academy For the Deaf
Cave Springs
Fri Gay
Wison Hardy
Rome
Wardy
Letover
Tennasee
Hardy
Georgia
Board of Trustees
Harris
Cave Bprings
W. J. Griffin
H. Arnall
Newnan
W. F. Crassic
Atlanta
J. W. Taylor
Luthbrayville
T. & Hawes
Hiverton
James Gardner Woodward
Marietta
Mel Martin
DB. Warnock
7. Bible
W. A. Maner
Ounel
Carl Colvin
J. W Armistead
George P Freeman
J. N. Renfroe
William H. Johnson
John D. Sissen
How Woney
Ninth Ward
Tenth Ward
New Forest Forestry School Earns Charter in Greene County
A new forest school led by Dean Alfred Akerman receives a charter in Greene County Georgia offering BS and MS degrees. The 920 acre campus near Greensboro includes mountain and south Georgia tracts for year round field studies in timber estimation, forestry practice, and related disciplines.
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Winn, Jr
Grarma College of Forestry
Greene County
Greensboro
North Georgia
South Georgia
United States
Rome
Biltmore
Kig
Appalachians
Alfred Akerman
University of Georgia
Yale Forest School
Germany
State University
Georgia
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National Bureau of Education
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Times
North Wilkesboro
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William Efolky
Age of Presidents
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Thomas J. Brown
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Elberton
Fred Foster
Pyea A. Foster
Morgan County
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Poster
Qrorgan County
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Balingen
Fulton
Put- Sam
Burke
Wil Browns
Will Brown
Educators Praise Constitution
Atlanta, Ga
Nagro
Ratan
G. W. Peacock
Pulk County
Charles A. Amonds
W. Peacock
Rockdale
Polk County
J. M. Hamrick
Fish
Robert E. Lee
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Jim
Eholding
Bill” Johnson
George Freeman
Johnson
Freeman
New Forest School
Akerman
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