Constitution to Sell in New York City and Out of Town
Atlanta dated notice outlines constitution distribution and pricing for the United States and Mexico. It lists daily, weekly, and monthly rates for Atlanta and outside areas, details advertising manager WR Holliday, and provides Washington Bureau address and New York City sale locations. The notice warns against advance payments to out-of-town dealers.
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Atlanta
United States
Mexico
Abe
Carrie
WR. Holliday
Constitution Buiding
Washington
S. Street
N. W
John Corman, Jr
Hla
Constitution
New York City
Hatalina
Broadway
Forty-second Street
Times
Thirty-eighth Strat
Twenty-ninth
Renta
City council urged to repeal antiquated living-limit ordinance
A reader pleads for immediate repeal of a rule barring city employees from living beyond Atlanta limits. The letter argues the law is unjust, harms efficiency, and forces workers to move back into city bounds to keep their jobs. It notes health and productivity improve with outdoor space and urges officials to adopt practical, economical staffing.
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Atlanta
DeKalb
Fulton Couuty
Lanier Seen as Prophet of New South Industry
The Christian Science Monitor portrays Sidney Lanier as a prophet and post of the new south, foreshadowing industrial growth in his verse. It notes one ode railed at factory smoke, while a Boston contemporary views his songs of the soil and poem on Corn as signaling a future era of diversified agriculture bringing practical rewards to southern farmers.
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The
Christian Science Monitor
Sidney Lanier
Post
New South
Boston
Lanier
Monitor
Visionary poet foresees south's renewal through diversified farming
The writer, tracing a poet's civic and aesthetic conscience, argues he predicted the south’s revival via a shift from King Cotton to diversified crops. He links Whittier-Lowell lineage, prophetic voice, and present agricultural changes as the path to a brighter era for the region and nation.
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New England
Ying
South
Georgia Must Pay for Lynchings and Mob Rule
Subtle calls for federal intervention surface as editors condemn Georgia’s lynching record. The New York Globe urges action to end mob law, warn of federal intervention, and challenge gubernatorial candidates to pledge steps to curb lynching and restore law and order. Georgia’s rising lynchings draw national disapproval and demand accountability from state leaders.
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Georgia
Alabama
The Wedding Waits and Other Verses from Hills and Valleys
A patchwork of poems and anecdotes reflects small town life with rustic humor. It includes a postponed wedding explained by a Mountain Patriarch correspondent, quips on weather and spring, and brief columns from The Baltimore Sun style pieces about "home preparedness" and local musings. The tone is folksy, period-voiced, and lightly humorous.
Branded as Barbarians prompts Georgia action
A Sanford Florida reader cites editorials condemning lynching in Georgia and urges statewide measures. He recounts merchants avoiding Georgia firms and a New England manufacturer shrinking shipments, blaming a small lawless element and calling for firm corrective steps. January 24, 1916.
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Wditer
Louisiana
Georgia
New England
Inside City Limits Warned for Bar Work and Residency
A local city bulletin urges city workers to reside within town limits or risk losing their positions. The prison committee plans its first meeting of the year to elect a prison physician as Dr. Mel Martin nears the end of his term.
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Martin
Campaign for Emory Meets With Success in Atlanta
Atlanta backers press a drive to raise 690000 for Emory University with dozens of city leaders joining the effort. Forrest Adair calls for broad support noting Emory enrollment rivals Tech and could grow to about 2000 in two years, presenting cultural and regional benefits.
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Adents
Emory University
John’ Thrasher
EB. P. Chamberlin
Mr. Adair
Tech
Atlanta
Exhibition cars depart on five year Georgia tour
A large crowd saw the Georgia exhibit cars leave Union station at 1 30 pm bound for Atlanta and West Point on a long five year journey. Manager Leak praised the cars as flawless and superior to all prior showcases. A film crew recorded the departure and Miss Beckham and fifteen Boulevard pupils viewed the event. Prominent attendees included Charles J. Haden J D Price Lt Elmo Massengale Colonel P G McDuffie Julian Boehmann and about fifty other Atlanta citizens.
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Georgia
Union Station
Atlanta
West Point
Leak
Miss Beckham
Boulevard
Union Depot
Terminal Station
Iagt
Charles J. Haden
J. D. Price
Elmo Massengale
PG. McDuffie
Julian Boehmann
Fiddling Night Attracts 8500 People In Atlanta Auditorium
Old-time fiddlers thrill crowd at the convention opener in Atlanta. Fiddlin Joe Brown introduced by Professor Alex Smart as 8500 attendees fill the Auditorium with feet tapping and cheers. Notables in boxes applaud and regional performers like Moon Shiner Rob Young and Ross Bagley shine as John Carson and Gid Tanner draw praise. The event runs all week with nightly contests and charity sales benefiting the Daughters of the Confederacy.
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Alex Smart
Joe Brown
Dallas
John
Caruso
Farrar
Robert J. Lowry
Lawry
James W. English
W. T. Newman
John Carson
the Dane
Mra
Joh M. Slaton
Nash Broyles
Arnold Broyles
Bernard Broyles
Spencer R. Atkinson
Tom Connally
Phil T. Lingle
Burton Smith
Haynes Meradien
Old Man Robinson
Shorty Harper
Ross Bagley
Charles J. Haden
The
Georgia
Professor Smart
Liell
Mr. Threlkeld
Gid Tanner
Daughters of the Confederacy
Sears
Shepards Cigar Store
Edgewood Avenue
Norih Pryor
Tuberculosis Relief Committees Aid Patients Across Churches
The Anti-Tuberculosis Association relief committee met at 33 Banat Cain Street to discuss medical aid for tubercular patients. Women’s church societies fund the relief, totaling 290.05 last year, providing clothing and necessities for state or city sanitarium admissions. They plan increased church involvement and nurse-recommended home visits. next meeting set for February 17, 1916.
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Anti-Tuberculosia Association
Banat Cain Street
A Velvet Bean Revival for Southern Farms Says P Mathews
Lovett Ga January 24 1916 P Mathews argues velvet beans can transform cotton lands doubling corn yields and adding fertilizer value. He praises beans as a cheap feed and soil improver turning air nitrogen into soil nutrients while reducing reliance on commercial fertilizer. He compares beans favorably to alfalfa and urges widespread publicity to spread the method.
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Georgia
Gulf Coast
P. Mathews
Swan Draws Atlanta Fans With Egyptian Dance
Tickets go on sale for Paul Swan performances at the Atlanta theater box office with rehearsals daily. The show features Swan in The Sphinx with twenty Atlanta girls in Egyptian costumes, reflecting his years in Egypt and a dramatic tale of the Sphinx seeking humanity before dying.
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Swan Performances
Atlanta Art Aslanta Theater
Paul Swan
Nile
Hudson River
Egypt
Mr. Swan
Cairo
Atlanta
Lynch Law in Georgia and Federal Response Questioned
The New York World reports five African Americans were lynched at Sylvester, Georgia, after being taken from Worth County jail. The piece argues Congress and Senators have failed to demand federal intervention to defend rights of U.S. citizens. It cites Georgia’s history of lynchings and defends state sovereignty while condemning mob violence.
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Georgia
New York World
Lee County
Congress
United States
The
New York Globe
South
New York
Worth County
Sylvester
Fall
New Mexico
Borah
Idaho
Senate
United
Mexico
Unin
Monticello
Jasper County Jall
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Dudd Lewis
Wilt Griffin
Milwaukee Sentinel
Boise States
Hillville
Bentztown
Petunia
J. W. Bedell
Sanford, Fla
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Gilmer Street
Piedmont Avenue
H. Inman
Woodward
Alderman Spratt
Spratt
Inman
George Cornett
Police Board
Recorder
George Thomas Cornett
Cornett
Emory
Fiddlers
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