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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1915
Page
2
The article lists postal rates for The Constitution newspaper, detailing daily, weekly, and home delivery options, with prices for United States and Mexico, and the telegraph and management staff. It notes publication frequency and mailing classifications for 16, 18, and 24 page papers.
In Atlanta on July 18 1915 the constitution announces rates 66 canvta per monte 12 per week outside Atlanta and 14 cents per week outside city It lists J B R Holliday as advertising manager for territory outside Atlanta and John Corrigan Jr as Washington bureau contact It notes sale in New York City outlets including Hotaling Newsstands Times Building corner and Broadway locations and Forty second Street and Broadway the paper promises to handle advance payments for out of town dealers or agents
A defender of Georgia denounces William J Burns for spreading misstatements about the state and its officials, accusing New York newspapers and readers of amplifying unfounded tales. The piece compares Georgia’s justice to cases like Thaw, arguing Georgia upholds law and order better than some leaders who challenge its records.
An editorial summary urges mothers to keep babies clean and safe from filth mosquitoes and harmful surroundings. It stresses providing fresh milk clean water and proper summer care to prevent infant deaths, arguing neglect leads to needless tragedy and urging adherence to basic life rules.
The piece urges strict cleanliness in food and sanitary precautions to protect infants during hot weather. It warns that neglect allows disease to strike and stresses that mothers will give much to save their babies from illness and death in summer.
The postoffice department launches automobile service on rural free delivery routes starting August 2 with 105 machines over 5,500 miles in Georgia and eight other states. The program aims to shorten mail and paper delivery times, spur good roads, and pave the way for twice-daily mail and parcel post in the countryside as roads improve and cars multiply. The initiative hints at a national shift toward faster rural service and broader urban-rural exchange.
The article laments federal laws undermining a revived American merchant marine. It notes Pacific Mail to cease operations, Dear Steamship shifting registry to Vancouver to dodge burdens, and Japanese Mail planning Yokohama New York service via Panama in August. It urges U.S. action to restore home fleets and curb foreign encroachment.
A storm of restriction in the Panama canal act targets railroad steamship conflicts and language crew rules. Critics say burdensome U S legislation will push American lines like Pacific Mail and Dollar Steamship toward foreign registries, threatening U S flag commerce and growth.
An analysis of why Georgia resists women practicing law despite progress in Alabama and other states. The piece cites tradition, power, and explicit and subtle barriers, recounting incidents where capable women were blocked from office and law schools admitted women yet barred practice locally. It notes public hypocrisy and calls for legislators to confront the real opposition to women lawyers.
Glendale Dispatch reports a birthday luncheon hosted by Mrs Mathe Wood at 212 North Tsnbel Street. Seventy five guests ate a nine dish meal with a calorie lottery style system where each dish's calories were numbered and drawn. Guests often ended with tiny portions while others received larger servings, reflecting the dieting theme and claimed weight loss outcomes.
A lyrical sequence celebrates escaping the factory town to wild woods and fields of God. It voices children at play, lovers, and a timeless dream of life, sunshine, and blossoms beyond the city’s storm and strife. The poem envisions nature as a sacred holiday for all ages.
Experts warn the United States will accumulate a vast gold reserve as imports rise and foreign gold is drawn down. Austria and Germany show waning supplies while France and England adjust hoards, prompting likely long term shifts in global finances and potential rapid postwar American industrial revival.
George Fiter recounts the Shoshone Falls journey highlighting the falls as a dramatic, largely underadvertised spectacle. He describes the Snake River plunge of 210 feet and canyon views, noting civilizational changes amid the falls’ rugged, lonely grandeur.
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