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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1921
Page
4
A fragmented OCR line from The Constitution shows header text for The Standard Southern Newspaper with editor Clark Howell and listed directors. No clear event or date is discernible beyond publication metadata for the issue.
Atlanta June 6 1921 subscription rates listed for Daily and Weekly editions. Advertising manager Holliday outside Atlanta. Constitution sold in New York areas. notes on AP rights and Raleigh Hotel Washington office. distribution details and non responsibility for out of town local dealer payments.
In Canton, Cherokee County, JT. H. Daniel convicted of murder for shooting and killing a deputy sheriff during a whisky seizure. He claimed mistaken identity, saying prior robberies prompted his actions. The jury sentenced him to life, highlighting swift justice as a deterrent to whisky trafficking.
President Nicholas Murray Butler urged American confidence and cautious reform at Columbia University’s 1921 senior class exercises. He warned against radical criticism and urged graduates to cultivate a constructive, contented outlook, balancing change with faith in the future. The piece also cites a Brantley County News reflection on the role of the home newspaper in community life.
Glimpses of Georgia life appear in verse and prose from local papers and humor items. A installment purchase tale centers Mollie’s summer hat with ribbons and feathers, while other snippets joke about marriage, fashion, and small town humor. A wild mix of regional quips, poems, and short notices from Greensboro Herald Journal and nearby papers follows.
American commentary on the latest French Chamber of Deputies vote notes Briand’s minority strength, France’s uneasy mood about Germany, and the delicate balance among Britain, the United States, and France. It warns that Briand’s position hinges on German compliance and fears a sharp policy shift if Germany reneges.
Dr William Brady discusses pure habits for children stressing washing hands before meals to prevent food contamination and disease. He warns against rushing meals and supports a 20 minute table time to aid digestion, noting lead poisoning and typhoid risks from dirty hands.
A reflective piece honors Justice White's simple tastes and gentle strength. It extols lifelong learning through reading, cites Green and Woodberry as influences, and urges continual thinking and observation to enrich mind and life. The author notes learning as a tax free wealth and laments wasted days when knowledge is not pursued.
A fortune telling note predicts a day of threats and rumors of war in this country. It foresees a chaig in Turkish affairs and political anxieties in Portugal and Switzerland this summer. Great Britain is foreshadowed in fortune. Birthdays indicate a strenuous year and active, gifted children.
A mass Kirkwood meeting to protest a proposed merger with Atlanta will be held in the Kirkwood school auditorium Monday at 8 PM. W E Saunders announces the event and invites all opponents to attend. The organizing committee includes Saunders Johnson Goher Cole Elia Lower and Apttleman.
Sermon by Rev. W J DeBardeleben at Payne Memorial Methodist urges moral equality and Christian conduct to ease race friction. He praises the Negro’s faith, optimism, and loyalty, calls for actions like peaceful preaching, anti mob violence measures, and race commissions while promoting temperate approaches to social equality.
An unusually large Lakewood crowd enjoyed a Sunday program at the resort. Wedameyer's fifteen-piece band offered an elaborate afternoon concert and a moving picture program followed in the evening. The band is a regular Sunday attraction and was well received. The film program featured a production by Charles Hay.
A diary style chronicle of New York life with notes on Lou's gang era on Second Avenue, theatre figures like De Wolf Hopper and Agnes Ayres, airport chatter, a beggar with artificial limbs, hotel price trends, and Newport versus Southampton social shifts as society moves away from Newport.
OSSIAN D. GORMAN of Atlanta Georgia writes of America’s duty to uphold freedom and equal rights under law. The piece envisions a world of peace where nations forget conflict, flags of might are furled, and Justice writes equal verdicts to establish a grand republic and global liberty.
Rev B R Holmes preached on racial pride at Little Bethel A M E Church in Slandtown. He urged Negroes to value their race and aim for higher service in schools, churches, and other organizations. Rev P E Ealey emphasized staying true to obligations toward friends in the South.
Dr Delmer H Croft outlined practical psychology in a Chamber of Commerce talk, stressing work joy faith and love as core. He cited healing cases and Scriptural examples including Jesus at Capernaum, then announced five lectures on Applied Psychology at the Kimball Hotel Ballroom starting Monday night.
Quitman Georgia June 5 Special Dave Harrell 27 years old an automobile mechanic unmarried was found badly sick on West Serben street at midnight after doctors said he admitted taking poison in a suicide attempt He begged to be saved stating he had made a grave mistake in tasting life
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