Atlanta Finances and City Management Critique
A public notice praises Mayor Sims for pushing Atlanta toward a businesslike tax system and condemns waste and overlapping in city government. It calls for cooperation from council, citizens, and the Fulton county delegation, possibly requiring charter amendments and legislative help to stabilize assessments and control expenditures. Public building upkeep is also urged by Mrs. William C. Clark of Covington.
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Atlanta
Sims
Doday
Fulton County
Georgia
State of
Rainy Day Sermon Inspires Kiwanis Visitors
A home town philosopher praises letting rain be, urging acceptance of weather disruption as Kiwanis guests from Atlanta enjoy sunshine. The piece ties optimism to lamps of resilience, noting poets and editors, and mocks weather growers while urging cheerful perseverance amid spring drives and war anxieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Kiwanis
Georgia club women push cleaning public buildings crusade
The text praises cleanliness of homes and public buildings as a credit to households and governments alike. It urges Georgia club women to support efforts to keep public properties attractive and sanitary, calling cleanliness a valuable asset and cheaper to achieve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club Women of
Georgia
Claude Kitchin Death Ends Long Congressional Career
Claude Kitchin, minority leader in the house, died in a North Carolina hospital on Thursday. He had represented the second district for 22 years, succeeding his brother and father in a family political tradition from Scotland Neck. Once a war opponent, he became a steadfast defender of revenue legislation as Ways and Means chairman, but overwork and illness undermined his health. He was famed for his wit and relentless debate, leaving the South with a prominent, upstanding figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Kitchin
North Carolina Hospital
House
Congress
North Carolina
Kitchin
Scotland Neck
Ways and Means
South
Just From Georgia by Frank and Barton in Georgia
Fragmented clips from Georgias field notes and poems show rural wit and lessons. The piece includes verses about gratitude to the world and humorous quips on politics and culture with remarks by eight grade students and columns by George Bailey.
Prominent Woman Calls for End to College Hazing
Mrs Idus Robertson appeals to governors lawmakers and educators to stand against hazing in colleges urging kindness and discipline. She cites cases of harm to students and supports Emory University policy prohibiting hazing and requiring pledges not to participate. May 28 1923 Manchester Ga.
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Emory University
Emory
Idus Robertson
Manchester
Urges General Clean-up of All Public Buildings
A letter from CLARK urges a broad campaign to clean, paint, repair courthouses city halls and jails. It notes renewed renovations in Carington Sylvester and Atlanta and urges more towns to examine and improve their public buildings, calling for immediate plans and action.
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William C. Clark
Covington
Club Women of
Georgia
Carington
Sylvester
Garret
Atlanta
Clark
Bits of New York Life by O C Mintyre
A kaleidoscopic stroll through Manhattan scenes and celebrities from Broadway to Greenwich Village. Vivid vignettes describe Benny Leonard, Eva Le Galtienne, John Drew, Tim the candy man, and a roaming gypsy violinist, with urban life, culture, and lingering modern decay.
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New York
O. C. Mintyre
Benny Leonard
Broadway
Robert W. Chambers
Paris
John
Yap Wagona
Chinatown
Eva le Galtienne
Joe Urban
Delmonico’s
Pithy Paragraphs and Scribbler's Prize Parade
A chaotic mash of verse and prose items from a late era periodical features witty quips, rhymes, and captions. It notes two Grand tickets awarded to Allan Chandler and Trina M Ericsson for Pithy Paragraphs and hints at reader submissions with prizes.
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Loew
Allan Chandler
Trina M. Ericsson
Tocn
Lead Poisoning From Lead Water Pipes Warns Health Column
The Health Talks column discusses chronic lead poisoning from drinking water delivered through lead pipes. It cites New York as an example and notes lead pipes offer easy installation but risks from contamination, listing wide-ranging health effects and the diagnostic challenges for doctors.
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New York
Bright
Thomas Oliver
Wasserman
Crown Cork Co Reopens Southeast Branch Office in City
Crown Cork and Seal announces the reopening of its southeastern branch in Baltimore as business grows. W N Daniel sales manager says local storage will speed order filling, with N T Morley as credit manager. The Atlanta office becomes southeast headquarters. salesmen will operate from the local branch.
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Crown Cork CO
City
Crown Cork and Seal Company
Baltimore
W. N. Daniel
N. T. Morley
Mrs Richardson Chosen President Of Better Films Committee
Mrs Alonzo Richardson was elected president of the Atlanta Better Films committee at a luncheon meeting. She succeeds Mrs B M Boykin, who organized the group. New officers include Mrs R Frank McCormack as vice president and Mrs W P Lemmon as treasurer. Dowling from Hollywood warned members that acting requires steady work and cautioned against Hollywood’s image. Various community leaders joined the committee, including J Cook of the Y M C A and Girl Scout and Camp Fire leaders, as the luncheon featured new memberships.
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Alonzo Richardson
Atlanta
Better Films Committee
Richardson
B. M. Boykin
R. Frank McCormack
W. P. Lemmon
McCormack
Dowling
Le[land-Stanford University
Hollywood Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Better Filma
Willard Patterson
Metropolitan Theater
J. Cook
A.A. Jamieson
Frank Holland
Rosemary Stevenson
Tom Brooke
Camp Fire Girls
Lillian Lathrop
E. Marvin Underwood
Associated Charities
Louis J. Elsas
Junior Red Cross
Mies Brace
Poe
Robbery at Padgett Home Nets Ten Dollars
Burglary at 406 Virginia Avenue during Wednesday night took $10 from Ben Padgett’s trousers. The thief acted quietly, not waking Mrs Padgett or his wife, and the amount was discovered and reported early Thursday morning.
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Ben Padgett
Virginia Avenue
Roads Last Mile Only Spot Here Needing Repair
A Kiwanis convention in Atlanta prompts praise of the city while visitors from Evansville Indiana discuss improvements. The article notes a long stretch leading to Stone Mountain and the memorial site, with mention of Gutzen Borglum and the ongoing sculpture project. The piece calls for road repairs to improve Evansville’s view of Atlanta.
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Chat Last
Stone Mountain
Gutzen Borglum
Evansville
Leap from train believed cause of death
The body of William M. Davis, 24, of West Virginia with a Ridgecrest summer home was found beside the Southern railway tracks near Black Mountain. Believed to have leaped from a train overnight and fallen to his death, he was said to be a man of means. his hometown could not be learned.
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Asheville
N.C
William M. Davis
West Virginia
Ridgecrest
Southern Railway
Black Mountain
Davis
Last Day for Y M C A Swim Registration
Registration at the Y M C A closes tonight at 9. Owing to high enrollment and careful selection of glasses for lessons in swimming, only 75 boys were registered by Thursday noon, with most participants arriving at the last minute.
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Velock
Battle of Atlanta page query about Mrs Sarah Huff
A fragment asks who holds information about Mrs Sarah Huff from a Sunday page titled The Battle of Atlanta by Sarah Hutt. It references Howell Mill station near Atlanta and asks if she is still living and for her address, noting editor MES and a line about several years.
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Atlanta
Sarah Hutt
Howell Mill Station
Warrice
Peanut Growers Meet to Perfect Co op Organization in Albany
Georgia Peanut Growers Cooperative plans a mass meeting in Albany to finalize permanent organization. Fourteen of twenty four counties met quotas, with total area well over the 50 percent minimum. Worth County surpassed its quota amid large last year acreage and rising interest from farmers across Middle Georgia.
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Albany
Georgia
Worth
Bar of Georgi
Middle Georgia
Firl
John H. Mock
Mock
Monticello
Jasper County
Peanut Association
Joh N. Holder
State Highway Commission
House of Representatives
Holder
Jackson
Growers’ Otyn Association
Bedtime Hour Dreams and Night Encounters
A child recalls the comforting Bedtime Hour with mother tucking him in and telling fairy tales. He describes dreams of pirates, ghosts, knights, and fairies, and moments when frightening knockings occur, then waking safe with his mother nearby. The passage uses childlike imagery and the protective role of a parent.
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Brother Williams
Ting Tim
Greenwich Village
Tim
Los Angeles
So-and-So
Patrone
Golden Eagle
Tiny Tim
Dorsey
Mexico
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Walter S. Moovey
Stirtled
Tred Jackson
Walt
China
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Inma M
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Jed DE Mots
B. Ellke
I. Lewis
Jonnie
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Arthur Codington
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Victoria Brown
Dhl
C. F. Morgan
Mother Grasshopper
William Brady, EH
Opyright
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Eanut Growers
Arosa
Mia
Daniel Whiteblad
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