Brick Without Straw Describes Atlanta Budget Impasse and Charter Reform
The finance committee faces a near one million dollar gap between available funds and department requests amid decades of underfunding. Officials warn that neglecting equipment, streets, sewers, and essential services harms current welfare and future health, urging charter revision to end municipal parsimony and avert chronic underfunding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finance Committee of Council
Cra
Atlanta
Council
Finance Committee
Captain W G Raoul Remembered as Notable Leader
The obituary lauds Captain W G Raoul as a citizen of exceptional virility and philanthropy. He served with distinction in the Confederate military, later becoming a renowned railway organizer and administrator noted for constructive talent and broad public spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W G Raoul
Atlanta
South
Raoul
Siewepaprre Bb Hiye
Notable railroad executive and civic benefactor dies
The article honors a leading railroad manager who served as president of the Central of Georgia and the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic. It credits his foresight and skill in rehabilitating southern transportation, his kindness toward the poor, and his roles in civic agencies like the Associated Charities of Atlanta and tuberculosis initiatives. His legacy lies in concrete achievements and broad benevolence.
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Ted
Central of Georgia Railway
Mexican National Railroad
Atlanta, Birmingham and
Atlantic
South
Associated Charities of Atlanta
Anti Tuberculosis Association
Alto
Memorial for Uncle Remus seals Wren's Nest transfer
The Uncle Remus Memorial association completes the purchase of Joel Chandler Harris’s Wren’s Nest. The property will be preserved as a shrine and playground for children and adults, honoring the author revered for his tales and gentle influence.
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Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle
Mra
McD Wilson
Uncle Remus
No Title Yet Aimed At Conscious Health Habits
An address by E E Rittenhouse, conservation commissioner of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, argues half of deaths from degenerative diseases are unconscious death by own action due to ignorance of hygiene and self preservation. He cites aging diseases striking earlier, urging health conservation and prudent living to reduce premature death and inefficiency. The piece also notes job seekers hang around without demand and ends with a stray line about there being no electoral college football team.
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E E Rittenhouse
Equitable Life Assurance Society
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Rittenhouse
Springtime on a January Day in Dixie
Fragment from a nostalgic jumbled column includes poems and verses about spring in Dixie, a tired man, political candidates, and idle dreams. It mixes whimsical lines with social commentary on workers, politicians, and everyday life, framed in a retro newspaper voice.
Character Cameos A Portrait of a Town Aristocrat
A satirical profile of a 28 year old bank clerk labeled No 8-Bank Clerk. The piece mocks his pretensions to wealth, fashion, and social climbing, noting his disdain for serious work and his obsession with marrying into money. The narrator calls him a lily-handed hanger-on who values appearance and dancing over substance.
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Arizona
State and City Rail Safety Grievances Echoed
Letter writers urge fixes at Terminal station penny slot machines and demand better trolley car safety. They advocate better fenders and sand boxes, citing child injuries and weather slipping hazards, noting prior complaints and urging action by city officials and the street railway company.
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Lowenstein
Chamber of Commerce
Hoffman
Glenn
Cara
Bayliss
Greenwood Avenue
Atlanta
The Reverie. Of one who once could see, but is now blind
A grieving speaker recalls a mother's prayer and the fading light of youth. He revisits memory from a dark room, longs for the face of Mother, and faces life after loss and blindness with quiet resolve.
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William Candler Phelps
Frank Mn
France
Franklin
Be Loyal to Yourself and Your Work
George Matthew Adams urges loyalty as a self governing virtue. Be loyal to your own potential and duties, refuse external control, and persevere through discouragement. Loyalty leads to growth, sacrifice equals success, and steady effort ensures results.
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George Matthew Adams
Lfe
Mystery of the Eikon Basilike Authorship Explored
A century of debate surrounds the Eikon Basilike, claimed as Charles I's work or his portrait, with Royston receiving the manuscript in 1648 and Milton or Gauden proposed as possible authors. The piece traces royalist impact, Puritan challenges, and enduring literary intrigue amid ongoing scholarly dispute.
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Charles I
England
Richard Royston
Royal Bookseller
London
Kings
Guizot
Charles
Why I urged Zachary Taylor for president by Thurlow Weed
In a West Tenth Street library interview, Thurlow Weed explains why he backed Zachary Taylor over Winfield Scott for the Whig nomination in 1848. Weed cites Taylor's plain democratic appeal, southern protectionist support, and Taylor's status as a Mexican War hero as reasons that would win wavering voters and southern states. He notes the slavery issue would be subordinate to protection and territorial questions, predicting Taylor’s cross regional appeal and eventual nomination. E. J. Edwards.
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Thurlow Weed
West Tenth Street
New York City
Mr Weed
Yachary Taylor
Winfield Scott
Mexico
Taylor
Scott
Vera Crug
Scott Taylor
General
Louisiana
South
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Lewis Cass
Cass
General Taylor
Zachary Taylor
Ponderous Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by George Fitch
A compact biographical sketch of Benjamin Franklin detailing his rise from Boston to Philadelphia, printing success, early editorial work, and major achievements including Poor Richard’s Almanac, lightning work, alliance with France, independence support, and roles as governor and contributor to the US Constitution, noting his frugal lifestyle and enduring fame despite humble origins.
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Benjamin Franklin
George Fitch
Franklin
Boston
Philadelphia
London
England
The
Gazette
Richards
Colonies
Pennsylvania Assembly
France
Pennsylvania
United States
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Holliday
Constitution Building
Washington
Bureau of
the Constitution
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Constitution
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Broadway
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Times Building
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Just Frat Ygeorgia
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Snow Kings
Dixie Land
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Angela
Pont
Daya la Billilie
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Billvifip
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Pollay
Growler
Worlk
Robert V Carr
Constitution Echoes
J. W. Elliot
Bneath
the World’s Mysteries
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House of Stuart
Milton
Miltén
Gauden
Exeter
Humes
Elkon
Commonwealth
BY & J. Edwards
E. J. Edwards
Philadelphia Society
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