Notice to Subscribers from The Constitution
Advertising Manager 3 R Holliday announces The Constitution is on sale in New York City the day after issue. Traveling reps A L Talbot and C G Smith urge subscribers not to pay others and warn of no responsibility for advanced payments to out of town carriers or agents.
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R Holliday
Constitution Building
Atlanta
Waanington Bureau of the
Constitution
N. W
John Corrigan, Jr
New York City
Hotaling
Broadway
Forty-second Street
Times Building
Thirty-eighth Street
Twenty-ninth Street
A. L. Talbot
CG. Smith
Municipal vandal claims Atlanta cyclorama neglect
A critical editorial denounces Atlanta city policy for risking the Cyclorama of the Battle of Atlanta, valued at $100,000, with insecure housing and no insurance. The piece warns of potential damage or loss with spectators at risk and urges immediate protection and a permanent policy change.
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Atlanta
Parka
Dan Caray
Park Board
Weston the Great Plans 1500 Mile New York to Milwaukee Hike
Edward Payson Weston, 74, sets out from New York to Milwaukee on a roughly 1500 mile trek. Authorities note roads are poor in places and his famed earlier transcontinental walk still lingers in public memory with widespread attention and praise.
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Edward Payson Weston
Weston
New York
Milwaukee
Weston's Example Shows Exercise as Fountain of Aging Grace
The piece argues two morals about outdoor living and exercise. It notes that the average Weston faces difficulty walking to the county line due to neglecting regular physical upkeep, heredity and overfeeding playing roles, but stresses that sensible exercise can neutralize these factors and help all ages grow old gracefully and vigorously with a substitute for the fountain of youth.
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Weston
Cooling Time for Nations Promotes World Peace Plan
The article discusses Secretary Bryan's proposal for peace by publicity among nations. It notes Japan and several powers support the idea of not warping into conflict until an unbiased commission investigates disputes. The plan aims to provide cooling time, reveal quarrel causes publicly, and deter greedy aggressors.
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Bryan
Japan
State Department
Phe
Italy
Great Britain
France
Brazil
Sweden
Norway
Peru
Russia
Wilson
Commission Rule Idea Could Rise in States and Cities
A state commission proposal in Florida would create sixteen commissioners at three thousand dollars annually with a governor earning ten thousand and abolish the house and senate. Supporters argue it could fix governance in states and cities, while critics urge caution, noting Americans’ conservative tendencies and slow adoption of major reforms. The piece ends with a jab contrasting progress ideas with the Panama Canal’s Culebra Cut project.
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Commission
Florida
America
Great Britain
Right on the Firing Line and Tiny Local Notes
A collage of verse and light local items from Just Georgia includes a marching motto about diligence and a Grateful Undertaker banquet in Pottsville. Also reports Seaside News mischief with Major Jones’s wooden leg, literary jests, and a Daily Text urging steady effort.
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Major Jones
Tinea
Colonel and the nickel beer riddle in Florida gloss
The Florida Times Union riffs on pennies, prices, and public notes. A colonial joke about beer purchases hints at rising costs while the beer trust laments slipping sales. A humorous tease about Ham Lewis and a whisker shave follows a tongue in cheek suite of comments. Japan in a correspondence school class is mentioned as a note. Tariff lobbyists are described as at sea with voices rocking the boat.
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Florida Times-Union
New News of Yesterday by KE Edwards
KE Edwards presents a concise column reviewing yesterday’s events with reflections on notable people and evolving storylines. The piece connects past and present insights, highlighting local voices and ongoing public interest.
Richard Peters and the birth of Atlanta rail vision
The article recounts Henry Huntington’s praise of Richard Peters, tracing Peters influence from Georgia railways to Marthasville's transformation into Atlanta. It notes Peters advised moving Georgia’s capital to Atlanta, chose Newport News as an Atlantic terminal, and foreseen Atlanta as a great metropolis and rail hub.
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CP. Huntington
United States
Richard Petera
Mr. Huntington
Mr. Peters
Newport News
Richard Peters
Georgia
Pennsylvania Railroad
California
Maine
Peters
Augusta
Marthasville
Deters
James K. Polk
Pace
Atlanta
Great Metropolis
Gate City
Milledgeville
Atlantic
Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio
Savannah
The California Measure and Governor Johnson Debate
Frank Christy of Atlanta argues that California’s veto power should not override a nearly unanimous legislative vote on the Japanese measure. He contends the issue is domestic, touching schools and homes, and urges respect for state sovereignty over federal treaty matters. Christy cites parallels to early American debates on slavery and warns against national entanglements influencing state control.
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Johnson
California
Frank Christy
Atlanta
Home Grown Hay Costs Rise in Georgia Farms
A Jonesboro Enterprise note observes several loads of home grown hay passing the office. Grass grows anywhere in Georgia. Hay costs twenty five to forty dollars a ton. Farms with abundant hay can feed stock and convert forage into cash and profit. Prosperity follows farms with hay and corn in abundance.
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Jonesboro
Georgia
Gigantic Onion Grown by Local Gardener
Mr D T Williams presented the editor with a two pound onion measuring eighteen inches in circumference this week. It was the largest onion ever seen and was grown by Mr Williams in the local area.
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Lawrenceville News-Herald
D. T. Williams
Blame banker not farmer for cotton system in Georgia
W B H White Jr of Atlanta argues Georgia debt and stagnation stem from all cotton policy. He urges bankers to back cattle raising, credit expanded for small farmers with cattle as collateral, claiming a three year path to independence, more home beef and less debt, via a state wide bankers and business coalition.
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W. H. White, JR
Georgia
W. B H. White, Jr
White Provision Company
Atlanta
South
Howell Mil Road
Mr. White
White
Amult
Meeps Monty
Wilson Kay
Hastings
Benjamin W. Hunt
Eatonton
Blue Ridge
Ponderous Personages Alexander Hamilton
George Fitch biographies Alexander Hamilton highlighting his West Indian birth on January 11 1757 and rapid rise from store clerk to Congress secretary of the treasury His life spans wars politics and the push for an American republic ending with his duel and death at age 47 The piece satirically notes attitudes toward young men and includes snippets about suffragists and other clippings from local papers.
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Alexander Hamilton
George Fitch
West Indies
Hamilton
Bis
New York
England
United States
Bao
Burr
Weehawken
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