Constitution Building News and Telegraph Desk Ad
The Washington Bureau of Constitution is in the Hibbs Building with John Corrigan in charge. Subscribers are urged to rely on traveling reps and not to pay others. The Constitution offers hotel delivery and newspaper stands in New York plus office in Atlanta, GA January 31, 1910.
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John Corrigan
Constitution
New York
Hoteling
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Beast John Keiley
Atlanta
Bonded Warehouses Boost Cotton Prices Across the South
Colonel Robert J. Lowry of Atlanta urges bonded warehouses to lift intrinsic cotton value to 15 cents per pound and enable 10 to 12 cents borrowing against stored cotton. He cites western precedents where warehouse receipts secured credit, prompting Southern bankers and Farmers' Union to expand warehouse use for lasting regional benefit.
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Robert J. Lowry
Atlanta
Lowry
West
Farmers’ Union
Georgia Apple Industry Shown As Profitable Prospect
Georgia farmers urged to expand apple orchards citing high Western apple prices in Atlanta and Georgia’s strong climate. Colonels Wade and Habersham growers argue apples outperform peaches long term, with a Georgia orchard already paying off its purchase notes. Market scarcity limits growth, but soil and climate promise a bright, well attended harvest future.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Colonel C Wade
Cornella
Georgia State Horticultural Society
Sparta
Habersham
Habersham County
Georgia Poultry Boom Proclaimed in Local Columns
The Constitution notes a rising poultry and egg market as meat boycott and high prices spur a Georgia raid on hennery supplies. Chickens and eggs could yield bumper crops statewide with Fulton and other counties capable of boosting output to feed metropolitan demand and lure eastern dollars. The piece urges exploiting homegrown measures for deliverance.
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Georgia
Constitution
Dollar
Fulton
Ironies of the free seed graft in Congress
Representative Moss of Indiana attacks the free seed program as a graft that appeases wavering voters while worsening the postal deficit. He notes government seed is common, not rare, and often ends up as public property. Planters report seeds wasted or useless, with funds diverted from real farmer welfare.
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Moss
Indiana
Moga
Congress
Georgia counties neglect records spurring DAR vigilance
The passage condemns lax handling of legal and genealogical records in Georgia counties. It highlights Fulton County's past neglect of tax digests and crucial documents, praises current efforts to recover preservation, and urges the Daughters of the American Revolution to lead reform. It laments statewide inattention and calls for decisive action by civic women to safeguard history.
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Georgia
Fulton County
End of Penny Lifting for Rural Carriers Ordered
A post office department order ends the practice of rural patrons leaving pennies in mailboxes for stamps and other items. The change relieves rural carriers from time consuming coin retrieval in all weather. The policy was a long standing concession to support an underpaid workforce.
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Post Office Department
Just From Georgia And Other Local Snippets
A collage of rural verse and humorous poems from Georgia inspired columns. It includes a moonshine mockery of federal taxes, reflections on winter life, local dances, and satirical lines about law and industry with playful dialect and scattered character names.
D A R Crusade To Save Georgia County Records
The Daughters of the American Revolution undertake a campaign in Georgia to faithfully preserve county records. A constitutional member cites widespread neglect and urges DAR members to make record preservation their special duty, noting county newspapers show this issue in practice.
Wise Bird the Woodpecker Woodlands Acorn Cache Tale
A Cleveland Leader excerpt describes a woodpecker storing acorns in pine holes to stock winter food. He digs, hides, and reserves nuts through autumn, then retrieves them in winter when ground is snowbound. The creature appears wise, using foresight and learned results rather than appetite. The tale ends with a Louisiana Courier Journal fragment about polar contest jokes.
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Cleveland Leader
California
Bonded warehouses would solve the cotton problem
Atlanta banker Robert J. Lowry argues for bonded public warehouses to stabilize cotton prices by providing secure, auditable storage and negotiable receipts. He compares to western grain elevators, urges widespread bonded warehouses in the south, and predicts steady prices around intrinsic value aided by better storage, financing, and eventual canal access. January 29, 1910.
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Col
R. J. Lowry
Soung
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Robert J Lowry
Atlanta
National Cotton and Cotton Products Association Formed in Atlanta
Interest peaks as plans to organize a national body in Atlanta on February 10 at the Piedmont hotel gain momentum. Endorsements pour in from agricultural leaders, railroad presidents, college heads, editors, senators, and James Wilson. Exposition aims to showcase cotton seed by products and uses from oil to meal and fat. Delegates from governors colleges and railroads will be appointed. full program to follow.
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Cotton and Cotton Products Association
Atlanta
Piedmont Hotel
Weever
Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
Commissioners of Agriculture
Southern Daily
South
James Wilson
United States Secretary of Agriculture
Aration Ie
Hervey Jordan
C 3 Barrett
Soule
Letters From People Repeal Tariff on Food
Editor Constitution discusses the Bryan McKinley era and the 16 to 1 gold standard. The writer argues food products are protected by tariffs and calls for immediate repeal of all tariff laws to restore purchasing power and correct perceived economic imbalances.
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Bryan-McKinney
Congress
Senate
Cheer and hope noted in January message from Augusta
A fragment mentionsJOHN KEILEY in Atlanta and a January cheer urging that burdens lighten and skies brighten. It includes hopeful verses about cheer in the heart, care lifting, new hopes starting, and grief fading. The text blends a civic message with verse.
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Augusta Wali
Stump Boring Machine for Burning Prep
A Popular Mechanics article describes a stump boring machine weighing about 60 pounds. It uses a 1 1/2 inch auger long enough to bore five foot deep holes, mounted on a truck end stand and driven by a crank. Two men can bore around 100 pine stumps per day.
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Popular Mechanics
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