Postal Rates And Distribution Details For The Constitution
Entered at the post office at Atlanta as second class matter. Postage rates listed for papers of various page counts and carrier options. Pricing shown for Atlanta and outside Atlanta. Advertising manager names and Washington Bureau address provided. Constitution sale locations in New York and a note on advance payments to out of town carriers.
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Atlanta
United States
Mexico
Sy Carrier
J. R
Holliday
Constitution Building
Acole
Washington
8 Street
N. W
Atv
John Corrigan
New York City
Hotaling
Broadway
Party-second Street
Times Building
Thirty-eighth Street
Twenty-ninth Street
Merchants Endorse Charter Reform Plan in Atlanta
The Retail Merchants Association backed a charter reform plan at their annual banquet, urging a people’s vote on the form of city government. They echo Mayor Woodward’s warning that current municipal costs threaten bankruptcy, arguing Atlanta runs one of the most expensive administrations in the country.
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Retail Merchants’ Association
Atlanta
Woodward
Corner Turned Says Nation Enters World Market Era
Dr Hadward 4H Pratt chief of the bureau of commerce declares the corner is turned toward a world market era. He notes the cotton crop value exceeds 800 million and the trade balance has improved to 155 million as war Britain- era optimism grows. Judge Gary and railmen Frank Trumbull voice booming prosperity while J G Anderson of Rock Hill says two thirds of the South’s troubles are psychological.
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Hadward
Pratt
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
South
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Frank Trumbull
Chesapeake and Ohio
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
J. G. Anderson
Rock Hill, D. C
War in Europe Described Through Casual AP Dispatch
A terse Associated Press sentence hints at Europe's vast war scale, noting effects on military efforts in a concise, nonchalant manner. The remark underscores how everyday prose can mask the enormity of the conflict extending across continents.
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Europe
Associated Press
War on the Western Front Escalates Amid Massive Troop Moves
The article compares Russian troop mobilizations and German strategic shifts to a vast, ongoing engagement along the Aisne river. It warns that millions are fighting in organized carnage, with lands ravaged and skilled men drawn from peaceful work to sustain a scientific slaughter. It invokes Nerxes and Genghis Khan to note the scale of the conflict.
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Russia
Aisne
Nerxes
Genghis Khan
Oglethorpe's rebirth signals Southern higher education rise
The cornerstone laying of Oglethorpe University marks a new educational era for Atlanta and the South. With broad Southern and non Presbyterian support, the project aims to have the first building ready for occupancy next September as Dr. Thornwell Jacobs leads the revival, guiding the institution toward regional leadership in higher education.
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Oglethorpe University
Atlanta
Frst
Oglethorpe
Ogiethorpe
Agnes Scott
New Methodist University
South
Medical College
Thornwell Jacobs
Jacobs
Dr. Jacobs
War and poetry in a cart of news rattles readers
A fragment from the Leslie (Ark.) Record blends poems and poet notes on war poetry affordability and obituaries. It mentions a poet asking if war poetry should be sold and references soldiers killed, plus a joke about Emory Edge’s mustache imitating the Kaiser, and a Caruso contrast with Walter Johnson salary talk.
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Hoon
Nesville
Emon Edge
Eagle Force
Emory
Caruso
Tere
Leslie
Ark
Walter Johnson
Picller
Whippoorwill Poem and War Mule Notes in Houston Post
Judd Mortimer Lewis presents a heart rending closing stanza on whippoorwills with lines about tears and baby’s dim hall. War mule scarcity discussed by Mountain Courier correspondent notes mules under 45 are poor for plowing and war shortages strain farms.
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Judd Mortimer Lewis
Houston Post
Mountain Courier
Gulv
Atlanta to host Metropolitan opera for sixth season
Georgia festival directors authorize President W L Peel to close with the Metropolitan company for its sixth spring season in Atlanta. The plan aims to boost funds amid tough times, with Farrar to star in Carmen and an April program touted as the Metropolitan’s strongest yet in the South. Directors await final word on guaranteeing the venture.
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New York Evening Sun
Monte Carlo
Atlanta
Georgia
W. L. Peel
Metropolitan Company
South
Boston
Chicago
Farrar
Southern Authority
Suez Canal history by George Fitch and its grand schemes
George Fitch recounts the Suez Canal’s birth from ancient links between Asia Africa to De Lesseps negotiations. He notes the financial and political battles, British opposition, Egyptian conquest of labor, and eventual opening in 1869 amid vast expenditures and engineering triumphs.
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Suez Canal
George Fitch
Luthor
Sivan
Asia
Africa
Mediterranean
Europe
India
Indian Ocean
Cape of Good Hope
Gleopatra
Far East
Anthony
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Great Britain
Turkey
de Lesseps
Bonds the Only Solution for City Improvements
Letter from JAMES R. NOTHING dated January 20 1915 argues against raising the city tax rate and endorses bond issues for large permanent improvements. He cites water department needs of about 1 million for mains and Grady hospital upgrades around 300 000, with pay wards to offset costs, and says cyclorama revenue could cover interest and sinking funds. He urges bond funding for departments lacking current revenue, insisting taxes should not rise.
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General Assembly
Water Department
Atlanta
Grady Hospital
James R. Nothing
Exports rise as US trading power signals strength
The Holland Letter notes January trade shows growing export momentum with grain and cotton gains over last year. It highlights rail and port bottlenecks, predicts sizable 1915 international trade balance, and outlines US financing roles in aiding allied nations through banker led drafts rather than direct national loans.
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason Observes a Homeless Man
The poem notes a winter street vignette of a weary, hungry man named John Doe shivering in the cold with no shelter or food. It contrasts notable poets like Edgar Allan Poe and Robert Burns with wealthier, comfortable lives, questioning why fate favors the rich and starves the industrious.
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Wille
Uy Watua
Jet Doe
Walt
John Doe
John
Edgar Poe
Robert Burns
Fathers Should Share Spotlight in Public School Plans
An Atlanta Parent-Teacher meeting at Yenth street school debated Mr R J Guinn’s plan for two daily sessions in public schools. The piece argues that fathers must join mothers in shaping curricula, noting women’s limited access to broader schooling factors and urging fathers to present the child’s case in parent teacher efforts.
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Hy Isme Dooly
Yenth
R. J. Guinn
Board of Education
Guinn
Atlanta
Low Jong
Tony
Communischag
Fiom
Goa
Jielis
Fanny
Speuker
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Mexteo
White House
Witchener
New York
Mister Stigzard
Mister Blizzard
Dar
Adagas Enterprise
Lik. N
Marietta
George Bailey
Kentucky
Darky
Com
Astental
Holland
Cotton Pool Fund
Grand Central Station
Buffalo
Financial
Max May
London
Canada
American Banke
Atelligerent Nation
Federal
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Banks
Jaman
Italy
He. Hollan
Walt Mason
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