Constitution ad notices in New York and misc. editorial jabs
The text advertises The Constitution at News Stands in Manhattan and Park Row with hotel delivery option and subscriber notices. It intersperses dated 1909 commentary and satirical riffs on politics, politicians, and public figures, including Taft, England, and the Panama topic, plus assorted humorous asides about roads, libraries, and culture.
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New York
Hotsling
Broadway
Twenty-ninth Street
Forty-second
Park Row
Madlsen Bousrd
Roll of Honor campaign boosts Atlanta Associated Charities
In Atlanta a campaign led by mayor's wife and local women seeks 1,009 new $5 yearly members for the Associated Charities. Mystic Shriners join, business leaders back the effort as beggar removals and work programs improve self sufficiency. Prospects praise charity’s $30,000 annual saving to families and $14,000 from street beggar toll, urging donations.
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Associated Charities
Atlanta
Maddox
Mystic Shriners of
Forrest Adair
Associated Charities Crusaders
R. J. Guinn
Candler
Optimism and the Georgia Peach Outlook
A Georgia peach forecast weighs weather risks as springlike conditions threaten bloom and fruit. The piece hopes Providence favors a strong 1909 crop amid Peach Exchange plans, urging caution yet remaining hopeful for a bountiful season despite unusual February warmth and ongoing uncertainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Georgia Fruit Exchange
Providence
Harriman Plans Reconstructing Central of Georgia Railway
Mr Harriman announces plan to reconstruct the Central of Georgia to show the south what a real railroad is. He argues the policy serves public safety and better unit service, despite prioritizing development over immediate dividends. The move aims to meet growing traffic demands and vindicate John M Egan's former presidency.
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Ppassennes Edividads
Soret
Taftsenes
Fallroyd
Harriman
Central of Georgia Railway
South
Savannah
Georgia
Central
Bowithern
Central of Georgia
John M. Egan
The Folly of Secret Sessions
A historic critique denounces executive meetings as futile and unsafe to secrecy. The author argues that five or ten officials meeting behind closed doors inevitably leaks, publicizes the talks, and harms policy, urging an end to secret sessions. The piece emphasizes accountability and transparency over clandestine caucuses.
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Constitution
Pny
Things Happen So When It Rains Georgia Style
A collage of rural humor and commentary. Georgia reflections confront weather, charity, and farm life with snippets about rain, apples, peaches, and the deacon's dancing mishap. The piece blends local dialect, moral quips, and editor’s notes on country life and satire.
Six Acres and the Negro Problem at Tuskegee Institute
A reprint highlights a Tuskegee poultry farm success as a practical answer to race issues. The piece argues that productive, law abiding Black farmers owning land and business can anchor self respect and citizenship, while boosting regional economies by keeping earnings in the South. It emphasizes tangible livelihoods over abstract theories and urges both races to view poultry farming as a doorway to progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Journal
Tuskegee Institute
Ita
Mann
Constitution
America
South
sRegro
Hfe
Tuskegee
A Constructive Railroad Magnate Harriman Policy Praised
A historical note praising Edward Harriman for solid and substantial railroad construction. The piece argues Harriman’s approach, while not always aligned with public opinion on corporate relations, earns commendation for his leadership of a vast railroad mileage and his prudent control.
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Harriman
Edward 11
Joweer
COMER AFTER LYNCHERS IN MOBILE KEEPS INVESTIGATION OPEN
Governor Comer ordered State Solicitor Stallworth to probe the lynching of Puichara Roertzonst in Mobile. A $260 reward was offered for evidence leading to conviction. The mob abducted Rodverteen from the county jail, shot him, and lynched him near the scene of the crime, tied to the death of Dapn Bherist Pailip eich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
B. B. Comer
N. Stallworth
Puichara Roertzonst
Golicitor Stallworth
Stallworth
Rodverteen
Atlanta Architects Judge Students Work at Tech
Atlanta architects act as judges for architecture students at Georgia Tech. First two sets of elementary drawings were reviewed by J. B. Dillon of Morgan & Dillon. Awards went to A W Lieyd H Martin and F T Clerke R A Burroughs. Drawings shown in the Tech Library. The architecture department, begun last September, has enjoyed strong support under Professor Pescott A Hopkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlante
Department’ of Architecture
Georgis
F T Clerke
R.A Burroughs
Tech Lbrary
Pescott A. Hopkins
TMD
Georgia Lodge No. 153 Holds Knighting Meeting Tonight
Georgia Lodge No. 153 Knights of Wythas will confer the rank of knight on several candidates tonight with Grand Chancellor John P Ross attending. Judge Ross Hon John B Sleton and James W. Austin will deliver addresses. After the ceremony all will adjourn to the German cafe on South Pryor Street for a banquet. The lodge reports twenty one new applications in the past three weeks.
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Georgia Lodge
Knights of Wythas
Ras Deen
Casmandar Newman Lasor
John P Ross
Judge Ross
John B. Sleton
James W. Austin
Bas
Former saloon keeper speaks at Army Hall
Fritz Boldt a converted saloon keeper and longtime Salvation Army member will address the headquarters at 165 Whitehall Street Saturday night at eight. Boldt, a German native, converted in Florida years ago. Major and Mrs Edwy White and staff begin revival meetings at eight tonight through Sunday night with Captain and Mrs Gallagher assisting Sunday services.
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Fritz Boldt
Salvation Army
Whitehall Street
Mir. Boldt
Germany
Florida
Edwy White
Gallagher
Dr Heidt Laid to Rest in Augusta
Funeral for Dr John W Heidt held at St Mark's Methodist Church with Bishop Warren A Chandler preaching. Assistants included Rev Richard Wilkerson of Augusta and Dr J M Hopkins of Atlanta. interment in Westview Cemetery. Cadets from Rhineheelt Normal College Waleska Ga served as pallbearers amid floral tributes from Methodist pastors and conference churches.
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St. Mark's Church
John W Heidt
Thia
Ponce de Leon Springs
St Mark's Methodist Church
Warren A. Candler
Richard Wilkerson
Augusta
J. 3. Hopkins
Atlanta
Westview Cemetery
Rhineheidt Normal College
Waleska
Dr Heidt
Heldt
Methodiat
Massive fish capture floods Barnies mill pond event
In Valdorta Georgia on January 26 residents from six counties flocked to Multown for the largest fishing event in the region. Water drained from Barnies mill pond to permit repairs reducing the pond from about 10,000 acres to roughly 700. About a thousand men paid $1.50 to fish with nets and gigs, yielding a huge catch of trout and assorted fish up to 17 pounds each, totaling an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 pounds.
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Valdorta
Multown
Bamnies
Physicians to Meet in Statesboro Midwinter Convention
The midwinter session of the First District Medical Society opens in Statesboro on January 27 with Dr John K Tram of Savannah as president and Dr A Mooney of Statesboro as vice president. Dr Sigman of Savannah is secretary, KR Lea Moore of Key will give the welcome address for the city, and Dr H McCreckin of Register will offer the Bulloch County Medical Society welcome. A banquet at Hotel Jaeckel honors the guests.
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Statesboro
First District Metical Society
John K Tram
Savannah
A. Mooney
Sigman
KR Lea Moore
Key
H McCreckin
Register
Bulloch County Medical Society
Jaeckel
Leper Gets Injunction In Auguste Ga
In Auguste Georgia on January 26 a local move to detain Mia Kirke the Alken leper was halted by a court injunction. Fearful citizens planned removal from her longtime home but the injunction allows her to remain until another residence is provided.
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Auguste
Mia Kirke
Robbers Rampage At City Store Looting 800 Dollars
Police report a bold nighttime robbery on the city outskirts at AHL Thomp store. Experts used tools to break in through a hole, escaping with about 800 dollars. a bystander was assaulted but managed to flee. The incident marks a high profile heist in local crime history.
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Suez
Ahl Thomp
Herman Bhelkofaky
Court session notes on local business and filings
The grand jury will convene this morning in the office of the police chief for disposition of cases. Saturday May dates appear in the calendar with several inmates awaiting hearing in city court while appeals loom in the supreme court for charter applications. A hotel company seeks a charter with capital stock set at 1,000, represented by attorneys Bonnla & Breips.
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Police Coenty
Bo Heltoe
Wil Camm
Jorge Andy Calhoun
Hood
Tare
William J. Brett
Bo Ween
Superie
Helle Ves .Fiotel
Pines
Philionyms
Attermeya Bonla & Bpeips
Emory Receives 4175 Gift for Endowment Drive
Rev James E Dickey of Emory College led a fundraising drive at Mulberry Street Methodist Church in Macon Georgia to lift the endowment toward 800000. Donations totaled 4175 with trustees giving 4900 and alumni 30000, leaving the remainder to committees. A hidden donor contributed the cash gift.
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James E. Dickey
Emory College
Jamesten
Mulberry Street Methodist
Mactn
Ginve Cowher
Dr Dickey
Macon
W. G Solomon
W P Stevene, Jr
Hall
John J Hall
Wimberly
J. B. Rney
Cheries B Lewin
H. Expinger
W. T Johnson
HL Burghaoul
D L Monae
G. Z. Rank
C M Riles
Frank Brenan
A.B Simma
Dupont Guerry
Henry Whitehead
A B. Adams
B Pheurps
J R Tappan
J C Murphey
H. BR. Washington
L. Toole
Emory
Signal Corps bill expands officer and enlisted strength
Washington January 24 A bill would enlarge the signal corps by adding two colonels one lieutenant colonel three majors eighteen captains eighteen first and thirty six second lieutenants. Enlisted strength rises from 1200 to 2800 with officers and men folded into the army line when assigned with other troops.
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Washington
Signal Corps
Ouse Caramétien
Tke Thage
Engineer Corps
Six Acre Poultry Yard at Tuskegee Institute
The Montgomery Journal highlights Tuskegee Institute as hosting the southern states' leading poultry yard. About six acres are divided into specialized compartments for each breed, with thirteen houses, high whitewashed fences, and a large incubator complex housing four to five thousand eggs. The yard cares for four to five thousand fowls, with 3000 chickens in a brooder house and a strong emphasis on cleanliness and insect control. William B Williams, a Tuskegee graduate, runs the operation where both boys and girls receive poultry farming training, urging Alabama families to utilize this homegrown capability.
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Montgomery Journal
Tuskegee
Ala
Tuskegee Institute
Alabam
Tuskegee Tnstitute
South
Ftig
Wrooner House
Powtry Yard
Altogethat
William B Williams
Jis
Tuskegee Mathtite
Alabama
Tuskeges Institute
No Electoral Reform Debate Sparks Muddle in January
Fragmentary report notes unresolved motions on electoral reform. Voters rejected a push for a liner ballot amid limited support from MPs. The text references a secret ballot concept and mentions Lips’ district alignment, with unclear outcomes and fragmented details.
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Berit
Presianater
Danona
Tigeral
MP Districtiog
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