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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1913
Page
13
Georgia faces a fiscal crisis as critics urge not to reduce appropriations but to raise revenue. The piece argues the Senate and House must act to meet urgent needs of state institutions and avoid a damaging showdown over tax equalization and expenditures.
A Good PENAL REFORM. Senate and House penitentiary committees will report unanimously in favor of introducing indeterminate sentences into Georgia law. Chairman Davison urged the change, noting it allows courts to set a flexible range and release upon reform or discharge at maximum, improving justice and efficiency.
Hillsborough county Florida voted 1 million dollars in bonds to fund its part of a brick highway extending 230 miles from Jacksonville to Tampa. The Associated Press notes this as the South’s largest county road bond issue, urging Georgia counties between Macon and Atlanta to invest to create a smooth national highway corridor.
Chicago authorizes ten patrolwomen to be assigned to beaches and dance halls to assist men, with plans for broader use of women in policing. Atlanta may follow, noting prior use in probation and detention work and the need for protection in dangerous situations. Referenced are the militant suffragettes and political unrest in Mexico as context.
Georgia themed verse and satirical quips mix with a comic ad for college grads and harvest help. Fragments reference Fury of campaigns, a note on office seekers, plus humorous poems by regional writers.
Mrs Turnover urges calls to grocers and butchers to complain about poor goods yet the husband resists, insisting on polite, humorous diplomacy. The tale ends with a hedgehog derailing an engine tender near Sandbach, England, delaying the Northwestern Line for half an hour.
A translated editorial urges Mexicans to reject factional violence and support a peaceful path to elections and national defense. It warns that continued internal strife invites invasion and jeopardizes civilization, urging leaders to restrain ambitions and put country before party. It stresses the need for lawful, inclusive elections and unity to resist foreign intervention.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes that women in public office show strong campaigning and administration, yet endure harsher attacks and criticism. Many resign under pressure, with examples like Mrs Ble Flagg Young leaving Chicago schools over disharmony, and California advisory board members quitting due to constant scrutiny.
The article traces the history of the rooster as a political emblem in Democratic campaigns from 1840 onward. It notes early use in banners and ballots, live fowl parades, and puzzle pictures, with Champ Clark recounting Joseph Chapman of Greenfield Indiana as a key origin tale. It cites Baltimore 1844 as a likely national adoption point and mentions Chapman’s death in the Mexican War.
In 1862 aboard the U S Kearsarge at Algeciras Spain a shark encounter near the Sumter’s fortress lay under watch. A dive party treks to sea as twenty men jump overboard. Jacob Barth and Tibbetts are named as victims and witnesses. The shark about 16 feet long is described by color and bite.
The Paris dispatch notes a comical display of centralized French governance during a seisme tremors event. A department hub prefect telegraphed the interior minister that upon first information he had assumed his uniform and would await orders, summoning the government attorney the lieutenant of gendarmerie and the police magistrate.
The London Chronicle recounts an early European tale tied to Lancashire cotton. It describes a fable where cotton bolls resembled sheep and allegedly contained a tiny lamb that, once eaten, yielded wool used to make cloth. This is cited as Europe’s earliest cotton manufacture account.
The Isabel II canal water to Madrid could produce about 3000 horsepower for sale to offset water costs. Puente Viejo works may take five or six years to complete, after which the plants would hold 2 165 600 000 cubic feet storage and sustain at least 9000 horsepower.
A fragmentary column cites poetry by Charles W. Hubner on divinity amid mud and scum. It then pivots to Congress’s summer agenda, noting Mr. Bryan’s responsive stance to critics and remarking that grape juice cannot erase memories of assaults.
A humorous antiquated sketch about Christopher Columbus born near Genoa between 1420 and 1450. It playfully traces his education in mathematics and navigation, early skepticism he faced, Isabella's influence, the 1492 voyage, and the ironic fate of Columbus and his crew. It ends with a tongue in cheek tribute to Columba and the role of women in history.
A Scottish solicitor Sandy McCute visits an office to seek a landlord and tenant inquiry. He muses on the case and wonders if it is worth pursuing a fight, noting the odds against him and the readiness of an opponent. The anecdote hints at prudent restraint.
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