The Drink or the Job A New Business Moral Rule
In Atlanta the policy spreads beyond, urging sobriety as a hiring and employment standard. The piece cites a Pennsylvania silk mill and notes a broad shift in business ethics toward safety and reliable labor, framing sobriety as essential for efficiency and prosperity. It highlights the Washington Bureau and Times Building distribution points in New York for the notice.
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Pennsylvania
Aranted
Statesman
The Drink or the Job Proclamation Spreads Worldwide
The passage notes a growing global acceptance of restrictive propositions that improve conditions in exchange for money and happiness at home. It predicts a refrain of choosing between drinking and employment as the world adopts these limits.
Country vs City Care: State hospital should be out in the country
The article endorses moving the proposed state hospital for narcotic patients away from central Atlanta. It praises Hon. A. O. Blalock for recommending a country site accessible by trolley, with open air, exercise, and rational treatment focused on cure rather than confinement, arguing the urban setting harms recovery.
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A. O. Blalock
Atlanta
Blatock
The Southeastern Fair’s 1916 building decision for Atlanta
The Southeastern fair faces a pivotal council vote on funding and erecting a third building to complete the fairgrounds. City ownership of grounds and a $75 000 project are central to securing a successful exhibition regarded as the best of its kind in the South. The council must decide whether to invest now to avoid a makeshift outcome and preserve Atlanta’s civic and economic prospects.
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Council
Atlanta
South
Rock, Stock and Barrel
Southeastern Fair Association
Pictures for Posterity and Political Grit asides
The piece discusses Iowa's film library project creating visual records of industrial and social life for education. It notes cooperation with motion picture producers, preservation of reels by the state's historical department, and examples like street scenes and dam works. It adds a sardonic aside about Congress and the Greek king’s print visibility.
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Iowa
Historical Department of the State
Industris
Keokuk Dam
Be Georgia The Old Sweet Friends
A fragmented verse noting old friends offering comfort away from crowds. It references winter, glowing faces, and enduring light from trusted companions. The text also touches on faith, joy, luck, and a view of Providence amid worldly flaws.
Odd Ballads and Homely Warnings From The Dalton Citizen
A column of dialect poems and editorials from The Dalton Citizen reflects on devilish fiddle songs, moral hustle for money, New Year notes from a printer poet, and musings on home teaching, duty, posterity, and a religious twist on a world that thanks God for life. The piece blends humor, admonition, and regional voices with scattered references to local life and philosophy.
Rippling Rhymes Dy Walt Stason
A humorous piece recounts a man recovering from a severe grip and visiting downtown to brag about his ordeal. He boasts of doctors and nurses who treated him, while his friend offers cynical, mocking sympathy as the patient shares his exaggerated experiences.
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Fie
Chiturgeon
Dan
Eien
Emanuel County Politicking Sparks Broad Candidate Talk
In Emanuel County fifty six candidates have announced for seven county offices including county treasurer tax collector sheriff tax receiver clerk of superior court ordinary and county school superintendent with others possible. The tally signals a tense pre election climate as party and local power brokers map out the race.
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Emanuel County
Statehouse
Atlanta
Emanuel
Welshimer to Speak in Atlanta Tuesday
Dr P H Welshimer of Anton Ohio, head of the world’s largest Sunday school, will visit Atlanta Tuesday under the Superintendents Congress. He will address ministers at 1 PM, speak at a 4 PM luncheon at the Y M C A, and again at 6 20 PM at the Y M C A supper for Sunday school leaders. He also will address the First Baptist Church at 8 PM for the Atlanta Men’s Bible Class federation, as officers are elected and federation reports heard.
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P. H. Welshimer
Anton
Ohio
Welshimer
Congress
Young Men's Christian Association
First Baptist Church
Atlanta Men's Bible Class Federation
Federation
Spirit of Christian Missions Posters Promote Atlanta Convention
Hundreds of missionary posters arrive in Atlanta ahead of the Laymen's Missionary convention set for February 2 to 6. The two sketches depict home and heathen fields, with a Buddha statue at Kamakura symbolizing heathenism and a displaced immigrant worker in a city street representing home missions. Posters call for world service and note the campaign spans 75 cities. The Ansley hotel Laymen's Missionary Movement headquarters reports widespread local interest and anticipates a large southern convention.
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America
Kamakura
Japan
United States
EmUst
Laymen's Missionary Movement
Ansley Hotel
South
Pauls Second Missionary Trip Described By Dr Lyons
Dr Lyons spoke at First Presbyterian about Pauls second missionary journey as a lesson in divine providence. He praised the Man of Macedonia as a call to duty and warned against resisting God’s plan, noting Paul’s obedience and spiritual leadership in Troas as Europe’s gospel origin. He urged the church to pursue united mission and reported a strong annual canvass with 57 percent subscriber gains and 39 percent more funds.
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First
Hvery
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Rathvon Answers Critics In Atlanta Christian Science Lecture
William Rathvon, C.S.B. of the Boston mother church, spoke at the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Atlanta, to a large audience. He described Christian Science as mind over body, healing through God mind, and cited Mrs. Eddy as rediscovering the medicine.
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H. McMichael
Buena Vista
Rathven
Christ
Boston
Eddy
Mr. Rathven
Mother Church
Governor Harris to Inspect Georgia Exhibit Cars at Noon
The Georgia Chamber of Commerce exhibit cars will open for inspection at noon on the spur track in front of the Kimball house on Wall street. Gov Nat E Harris and Georgia Chamber officials will welcome visitors, with women also invited to tour. Cars feature electric light and steam heating and will be open daily noon through 9:30 p m with hours 5 30 a m to 9 30 p m regardless of weather. The event includes prominent Georgia citizens and speakers including Dr Welshimer and Atlanta chamber leaders. Monday night a Chattanooga talk will precede his return trip Tuesday morning.
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Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Kimball House
Wall Street
Nat E. Harris
Charles J. Haden
Howard Young Clarke
A. M Smith
A. M. Leak
J. D. Price
D.G. Hughes
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Welter G. Cooper
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
W. H. Kriegshaber
Julian V. Boehm
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