Ten Days Too Much For Sewer Plant Contractor
Announcement orders a ten day deadline for the Peachtree and Entrenchment Creek sewage plant contractor to end his delays. The city previously granted two six month extensions after late contract completion and stone supply problems. If no progress, bondsmen will be pressed to fulfill obligations to protect public health.
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Peachtree
Entrenchment Creek
Councils Sewer Committee
Tractor Creek
Poppy-cock proposal blocks future Atlanta council bonds
A dated editorial dismisses a proposal to bind future Atlanta councils by moral obligation to fund municipal improvements. It argues such a rule would have left the city without essential work including the city hall, cross town viaducts, the Auditorium Armory, Piedmont Park, and the Inman pump, stressing the need for flexible financing.
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Atlanta
City Hall
Crosstown
Auditorium Armory
Piedmont Park
Inman
Cities moral obligation policy aids waterworks progress
The article defends using the city's moral obligation as a financial asset for essential waterworks improvements. It argues the policy has historically secured needed work without abuse and warns that abandoning it would hinder progress and burden the city with delays, stating public sentiment supports its continuation.
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Ciy
Atlanta
Piedmont Park Deserves Expanded City Support
The finance committee should liberalize city appropriations for Piedmont Park, a 189 acre gem among Atlanta's health and recreation assets. Development plans total 850000 dollars, but annual park funding remains inadequate, delaying a much needed transformation into a major urban playground.
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Piedmont Park
Atlanta
Park Commissioners
Council
The Berry School Anniversary Honors Martha Berry Work
The Martha Berry School near Rome marked its eleventh anniversary with a program featuring girls from the sister school. The Georgia project grew from a cabin and a few acres to a substantial campus under Miss Berry, who championed mountain access to opportunity and trained hundreds of farmers and artisans. Her lifelong dedication showcased philanthropy's strong returns for Georgia and the South.
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Martha Berry
Rome
School For Girls
Blue Ridge
Georgia
Miss Berry
South
Georgia Humor And Notes From The Jewell Republican
A collage of verse and commentary from The Jewell Republican features humorous bits on life in Georgia, playful rhymes about dancing time, a quip about a typewriter trick, and light editorials on weather, pessimism, and human nature. It includes verses about luck, weather, and a penman’s joke.
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The
Jewell Republican
A Genial Fireside by Augusta Wall
A nostalgic verse celebrates the fireside as a haven of warmth, welcome, and happiness at day’s end. It contrasts the cheerful, restful home with wandering, aimless crowds under gray skies, praising home as heaven’s best gift and a sacred altar of praise.
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Agusta Wall
A Red Letter Day in Georgia's Early Assembly
The January 15 1751 gathering at Teendees Tavern in Savannah marked Georgia’s first colonial assembly. Delegates from Savannah and Frederica debated imperial relations, defense against Florida, intercolonial commerce, agriculture, and property lineages while forging a sober, republican spirit.
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Georgia
Teendee
Savannah
Frederica
Henry Parker
Oglethopes
Cranham Hall
England
Altamaha
Frencia Hertha
National Congress
Washington
Florida
Oglethorpe
London
Scotch Highlands
Baileys
McIntoshes
Stewarts
Bullochs
George
Tondee's
Pardon Me-My Mistake From Judge
A judge notes a maiden bright with powder-box and paint but changes view after seeing her act in a moving picture show. Oscar Comegys Harrison.
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Oscar Comegys Harrison
Opportunity by George Malinew Adams
An exhortation on seizing Opportunity as a constant, patient force guiding progress. It urges the reader to act now, grasp the moment, and turn potential into deeds, stressing diligence, ambition, and surpassing expected effort. The piece frames Opportunity as a universal, fair, and enduring messenger urging action.
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George Malinew Adams
The Salem Witchcraft Mania Who Started the Mass Hysteria
The article traces the Salem witchcraft outbreak of 1692 from its 1652 origins with Rev. Samuel Parris and his children to the role of Tituba Goody Osborn and Sarah Grand, the biased examinations, and the ensuing panic that led to nineteen executions, many imprisonments, and eventual public remorse.
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Massachusetts
England
Samuel Parris
Elizabeth
Abigail Williams
John
Tituba
West Indies
Griggs
Parris
Goody Osborn
Sarah Grand
Salem
Albany's Sleepy Rise Through Time and Politics
Albany, one of America's seven sleepers, grew from a French post to New York's capital. It hosts many state buildings and a bustling rail and canal network, with a famed depot and a history of governors. The city, famed for politics and aging into a big city, awaits revival as traffic returns.
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Albany
America
St. Joseph
Charleston
Quincy
Wheeling
W. Va
Louisville
Lowell
Mass
New York
Capitol
Chester A. Arthur
United States
New York Central
Erie Canal
Rip van Winkle
Character Cameos By Robert V. Carr
Portrait and behavioral sketch of a 41-year-old commission merchant described as coarse loud talking and money obsessed. He boasts of vacations and expensive hotels, outfits his wife with diamonds, and rationalizes deceit as dog eat dog. He alternates generosity and cheating, with a cynical view of others and money.
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Commission
Mike
Byron
Bill Bryan
Nebraska
Canadian-born men shaped Minnesota’s rise, two pillars noted
In New News of Yesterday HB Edwards recalls William Windom praising John H Stevens and James J Hill as the two great constructive forces behind Minnesota. He details Stevens’s pioneer land claim near Minneapolis, his Falls of St Anthony vision, and his role in opening up lumber and flour industries. The piece teases tomorrow’s installment on Thurlow Weed’s influence and ends with a moral on honesty.
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Edwards
Minnesota
William Windom
United States
the Treasury
James J. HM
John H. Stevens
James Wa
Stevens
Canada
Vermont
Mississippi River
Minneapolis
Falls of
St. Anthony
Hie
James J. Hill
James J. Hil
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