Miserly policy exposed at Grady Hospital funding debate
Dr L T Clark of Grady Hospital told Atlanta's finance committee that nursing dorms are cramped and substandard likened to a cattle pen. Superintendent Summerall supported needing proper housing as the city funds expand the hospital, highlighting broader municipal neglect of public services.
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Atlanta
Lt. Clark
Grady Hospital
Clark
Summmerall
Grady
Bay
Dir Clark
Atlanta Ois Oriek Onoush
Anlicntion
Council
Committee of Citizeng
Police efficiency plan for Atlanta force proposed
Philip Weitner, secretary of the Frison eorgia association, urges a card-indexing and follow-up system to study each alleged crime. The plan seeks to diagnose offender circumstances and environmental factors to tailor penalties intelligently rather than by rule of thumb, treating crime as a disease when appropriate.
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Philip Weitner
Association At
Scienti
Frison Eorgia
Atlanta
Board of Police Commissioners
Wellace
Recorders Court
Police reform call to test patrolmen beyond fitness
A historic note argues that lax laws and weak higher court authority produce harsher punishments and fail to curb crime. It praises police for focusing on true efficiency and urges exams for patrolmen beyond physical and moral fitness to ensure better duty performance.
Tariff Hearings and the Cost of Living Narrative
A reflective piece urges readers to follow Ways and Means tariff hearings as they reveal how import duties shape everyday costs from coffee to shoes. It argues newspapers aid by summarizing proceedings, helping the public grasp the evolving tariff system and its impact on the consumer.
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Ways and Means Committee
Committee On Ways and Means
Perspectives on congress and world politics in a satirical mix
The Saturday Evening Post essayist Samuel G Blythe contrasts British and American parliamentary behavior and notes similar political crude effects worldwide. The piece mocks political vanity, tallies oddities from London to Washington, and lampoons figures like Senator Bailey while highlighting quirks in media and public life.
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Saturday Evening Post
Samuel G. Blythe
Blythe
House of Commons
Parcel Post Protests and Thanksgiving Hymns
Regional sketches blend humor and sentiment as residents of Billvale vent parcel post complaints about mashed pies and delayed deliveries. A closing verse reflects local obituary style and a toast to life in a stubbornly hopeful Georgia setting amid hard times and communal resilience.
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Parcel Post
Billvale
Borhood
Atlanta
Learn to Be a Fighter by Conquer Your Everyday Battles
Motivational call to inner strength urging self mastery through mental power. It emphasizes fighting daily obstacles fiercely yet fairly, accepting failures, and finishing every day as a conqueror. The piece encourages persistence, discipline, and a strong personal code. It extols enduring fame through resilient effort.
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George Matthew Adams
A. Flehter
God
Baja
Two Men Who Laid Foundations of Twin Cities
Ed wards recounts early rail history focusing on oil burning engines and Welcome Farnam. He notes Farnam backed coal conversions to locomotives in Providence to Worcester, testing economy and equipment, making the first coal-burning line in the United States. The piece previews Hedwards on Farnam and Layne.
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James D. Layne
Layne
Pittsburg
George Weatinghouse
Midwest
West Shore Railroad
Mr. Leyng
Edwards
Southwest
California
Welcome Farnam
Farnam
Massachusetts
John M. Forbes
Boston
Hudson River
Forbes
Burlington
Providence
R. E
Worcester
Mass
Mr. Farnam
Tie
United States
Mr. Hedwards
Character Cameos By Robert V. Carr No. 82 Old-Time Minister
A portrait of a 70 year old pastor known as No. 82. Snow white hair and beard, gentle voice, knarled hands from honest toil. He preaches at schoolhouse on Sundays, comforting the sick, helping across a lifetime of everyday faith. He is beloved, respected, and seen as a real benefactor.
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Toll
Kingdom of Heaven
Askano
Boul
The Diamond Necklace Scandal of Marie Antoinette
An extensive recounting of the 18th century diamond necklace affair in France. Marie Antoinette allegedly aided by Jeanne de Lamotte duped Cardinal de Rohan into borrowing funds for a necklace that was never properly paid for. The scheme led to arrests, a Bastile exile, and suspicions about the queen’s involvement, with debate over profits from the jewels.
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Marie Antoinette
France
Cardinal de Rohan
Louis XV
Madame du Barry
Louis XVI
Marcie Antoinette
Dauphin
Cardinal] de Rohan
Jeanne de Valoise
Madame Lamotte
Hin
Lamotte
Frances
Lamottes
Jeanne
Rohan
Versailles
Antoinette
London
de Rohan
Bastile
Madame Lamott
England
Hypocrisy by George Fitch in period voice
George Fitch argues that hypocrisy is the skewed defense of reform, tracing it from ancient times to modern politics. He cites the turnaround of virtue into vice, noting how reformers demand change yet fail to meet it themselves, labeling critics as holier-than-thou while excusing personal faults.
Evans Suggestion for State Named Regiments in Army
General Evans proposes enlisting regiments named after states to revive an 1812 14 model. Georgia figures prominently with officers and soldiers such as Homer Virgil Mitton and William Miller, while Secretary Cook Judge Twiggs and citizens recall Demosthenes of the Mountains. The piece urges Georgia state named regiments as Evans suggests.
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Robert Kennen Evans
United States Army
New
New York
Kentucky
Georgia
South Carolina
Patrick Jack
Moffman Houston
Lawrence Manning
Charles Crawford Philip Cook
William Jones
David E. Twtere Wilham Chisholm
William M. Queen
Georgia Fist
Gus Dyer
Hamulh Cook
Hughes Walton
Roswell P. Johnson
Thomas
Bailey
Homer Virgil Mitton
Dro Ho VV. M. Miller
Mountains
Homer
Scto
Rocky
Isle
Virgil
John Milton
David
North
Mississippi
Hvanss
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Albert Howell, Jr
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Hullid
eGnstitution
Dole
Tanta
Washington
Constitutionu
Julia Core Jr
Enary
Vunstitulion
New City
Dutallox
Broadway
Parvooud Street
Times Building
Rly Elinth
Twente-inth
DL Crowley
Congressional Record
Lailey
Wilson
Baltimore Sun
Iy Speaker Clark Smashet
Seorgia
Santa Claus
Nuggets
Troubie
Billville
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Ev'er
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Robert V. Carr
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