Grand Opera Guarantee Opens for Atlanta 1916 Season
Atlanta invites residents to join the Grand Opera guarantee list for the Metropolitan season promising an even more brilliant program. The Atlanta Music Festival directors note a past annual $8000 guarantee fund and aim to raise at least $70,000 for 1918. Coronel Wooel, association president, invites supporters to state their pledge in writing.
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Georgia Banker Comments on Usury and Federal Action
A well known Georgia banker disputes halting usury penalties by national banks. He argues the controller of the currency should enforce the law firmly, noting long practice skirted the law but urging future compliance and a public awakening to reform. The piece applauds federal initiative to address institutions violating usury laws.
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Georgia
Texas
Platform plank on elimination of practice in Georgia
The text asserts the state must pursue elimination of a practice and promotes a gubernatorial candidate to adopt the platform. It frames the issue as a duty of the state and invites a candidate to be the first to push it forward in Georgia. The note reflects political positioning and call to action without detailing specifics or identifiers.
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Washington
Georgia
North
Emergency shipping relief urged by Judge Longley
Judge F W Longley of LaGrange argues in a Constitution communication that Congress must act immediately to relieve port congestion and ship shortages. He warns of widespread economic distress if mills shut and unemployment rises, urging use of all government assets to move goods abroad and ease the emergency.
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LaGrange
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Atlanta S jars 25 000 relief fund showing unity in crisis
Atlanta residents respond to a national relief drive for suffering in Eastern Europe with 25200 raised by 800 donors including Jews and Gentiles. The effort highlights wide civic charity spanning widows jewelry orphans pennies nickels and dimes and shows Atlanta’s reputation nationwide.
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Atlanta
What His Fiddie Salad When Trouble Hit Him
A rough, dialect filled vignette describes a man with a fiddle tuning and playing as trouble surrounds him. He asks to hear the fiddle’s voice and, amid ragged clothes and thorny hat, signals a communal scene where friends respond with a rueful, wary conversation about who deserves a turn at the inn or shared space.
Fragmented Tales of Hants and Night Hunters in Dialect
A collage of dialect prose and poetry fragments references Uncle Jules, mystic figures, and a hunter's chase. It mentions Garret, Bruno, Bel Gonzales, and Columbia State. glimpses of wilderness imagery and a whimsical, rambling voice blend with literary notes from New York and weekly chapbooks.
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Bruno
Brunoa Weekly
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Samos Weekly
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Price of Gasoline Provokes Statewide Outcry in Decatur
Decatur resident J Maness denounces rising gasoline costs and asserts broad harm beyond auto owners. He questions profiteering, freight charges, supply shortages, foreign demand, and wartime blame, demanding accountability and a prompt investigation with promised relief.
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Baster
Atlanta
Gasolire
Texas
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Chicago
Maness
Usury Laws Face Barriers In Georgia Legislature
Carrollton resident John Rospench recounts his failed effort to curb high interest by a Georgia House banking committee. He alleges lawmakers are bank stockholders, shielding usurers, and notes farmers pay over 8 percent while borrowers lack representation. January 26, 1916.
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Emergent Demand for Prompt Action in Merchant Marine
Editor endorses Fuller Calloway before the Ways and Means Committee urging an adequate merchant marine. Praises Calloway for practical wisdom and criticizes Georgia and national lawmakers for inaction. Warns of Europe’s demand for U S goods and South’s dependence on transport, stressing need for ships and harbor improvements to boost prosperity. Dated January 6, 1916.
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Ways and Means
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