Atlanta Constitution subscriber rates and staff notes
Atlanta based Constitution notice outlines subscription prices for daily weekly and Sunday editions with rates for in state and out of town, plus staff contacts for the Washington bureau and New York City desk. It also includes political commentary paragraphs touching on Baltimore conventions, Lorimer, Taft Roosevelt and other figures, and general editorial observations from June 1912. The piece lists managers Holliday and Howell, and Atlanta addresses for subscription and distribution.
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Democratic advantage looms as Republican split feared
The piece argues the Republican steamroller could split the party by convention or surface submission, with Colonel Roosevelt possibly walking out or lingering resentment. It predicts a nearly guaranteed Democratic tilt regardless of Chicago and notes irreconcilable factional bitterness. A sane Baltimore candidate could win easily while Democratic cohesion shines through post Civil War era.
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Roosevelt
America
Baltimore
Greater Mercer: Macon urged to unite for full modernization
The Macon Telegraph argues Mercer should remain in Macon but be transformed into a truly Greater Mercer. It urges a statewide Baptist led get together campaign to modernize the university, backed by Georgia Baptists, the press, and public sentiment, including strong local ties to Macon.
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Macon
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Elberton
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Telegraph
Baptists of Georgia
Press of Georgia
Pendleton
Georgia
Atlanta
Congress and the Minnows Probing Weather Bureau
A satirical column targets Representative Akin and Congress for probing the Weather Bureau over forecast failures. It argues lawmakers focus on minnows, neglecting whales, noting the Ashbrook committee probes the post office while Hitchcockism lingers. It calls for addressing larger government inefficiencies first.
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New York
Post Office Department
Weather Bureau
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Ashbrook Committee
Grand Republic
American Farmers Excluded From Cheap Shipments Under New Plan
The piece condemns a proposed international parcel post scheme that favors Portugal, French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe and dozens of nations, while denying American farmers premiums. It argues eleven pound parcels should cost twelve cents per pound domestically, as opposed to higher rates for local US routes, highlighting injustice and political manipulation. The author warns of consequences for officials and calls for equal rights for American producers.
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Republic of Panama
Portugal
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Guadeloupe
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Panama
Santo Desange
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Buckhead
Fulton County
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Atlanta
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Hitchcock
America
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Just From Georgia and Honest Dialect Remnants
A fragmentary poem in rural Georgia dialect notes John writing home in crooked Greek and American English to reveal a taste for language, money requests, and political campaign chatter. It moves through rustic scenes, a rattlesnake in a jug, and a call to steadfastness amid shifting weather and life’s joys.
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John
Georgia
Waves Speak In Quiet Depths By Augusta Wall
A poem fragment presents waves answering in wordless depth about memory and faith. The speaker notes waves sweeping graves and washing shores with a mysterious majesty, concluding that the waves utter “Hope, faith, and God's land.”
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Augusta
Wall
Direct Election of Senators in Minnesota Approved
St Paul Minnesota June The state legislature today ratified the amendment to the federal constitution, previously passed by the house, providing for the direct election of United States senators.
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St. Paul Minn
Penese
House
United States
Deluge Causes Loss in South Florida
South Florida endures ten days of torrential rains causing about half a million dollars in damage. June rainfall totals top 7.65 inches, eclipsing the 6.22 inch 1899 record. acres of land flood, inland lakes rise, crops suffer, and bridges wash away. Rail traffic and trolley service disrupted on the Pinellas peninsula.
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Tampania
South Florida
Pinnella Peninsular
Johnston enters mayoral race in city election
Hon Steve R Johnston announces candidacy for mayor in a morning statement. He has served on the city council and board of education and vows to stay in the race until the polls close next fall.
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Steve R. Johnston
Steve R Johnston
Board of Education
Mrohnston
Children Day Draws 1000 At Plainsville
The annual Children’s Day exercises at the Baptist church in Plainville were held yesterday with about 1000 attendees from the surrounding country. Many from Rome attended. It was an all day event with speakers including Emmett Cole of Rome who spoke on The Young Men of the Bible. A fine musical program featured many voices.
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Baptist Church In
Plainville
Emmett Cole
Savannah Man Fined for Illegal Voting
Savannah on June 10 Charles & Conners was sentenced to three months on the chain gang and fined 100 dollars or three months in jail for illegal voting. The case involved voting in another's name during a bond election. Judge Freeman presided, marking a notable local conviction after earlier relents by judges.
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Charles
Engine crash at crossroads injures none in Georgia
Cordele Georgia June 10 When an auto carrying J I Bennett of Wenona and his 8 year old daughter was struck by a locomotive on the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad at the Fifteenth avenue crossing near a deep cut the car was demolished and the occupants were hurled but sustained no serious injuries.
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J I. Bennett
Wenona
Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad
Fifteenth Avenue Crossing
Three Blind Tiger Cases Before Recorder in Macon
Macon Ga June 10 Special Three blind tiger cases were before Judge Daly this morning Alex Niso la who is alleged to have peddled whisky in a push cart at the ball park Saturday was found not guilty of violating the city ordinance but bound over to the state court W H Bowen whose home in East Macon was raided was bound over Ive Davis a negro restaurant keeper arrested Sunday was tried this afternoon and also bound over.
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Alex Nisola
Ball Park
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Ive Davis
Boilermakers Strike at Macon Gas Works
Twenty four boilermakers, mainly from the Damien N J Iron Works, walked out at the Macon Gas Works in protest over wage offers of 42 cents per hour. The strike centers on contract job terms and hourly rate disputes amid labor tension.
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American princes laud American women in New York visit
Prince Henry of Reuss and Prince Christian of Hesse applaud American women as beautiful, natural, and spirited during a New York visit. Rear Admiral von Rebeur-Paschwitz echoes praise of the climate and hostesses boosting American allure.
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Prince Henry Ott Reuss
von Rebeur-Paschwitz
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Hessehilipsthal-Parchfeld
Prince Henry
America
Physician Uses Aeroplane When Automobile Balked
Rochester reports a hydro aeroplane carried Dr P L Allen from Hammondaport on Lake Keuka to Urbana to aid a boy believed concussed after a fall. The auto failed. six minutes later the physician joined aviator Hugh Robinson and reached the scene. In Chicago, Charles Dickinson plans to install an aeroplane at his summer home to travel 106 miles to Chicago with aviator Maz Lillie, detouring via Lake Calumet and Lake Geneva, then returning before office hours.
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Hammondaport
P L. Allen
Urbana
Lake Keuka
Chicago
Charles Dickinson
Dickinson
Maz Lillie
Lake Calumet
Lake Geneva
Feeding and hygiene advice to prevent summer infant deaths
The Georgia state board of health urges mothers to prevent summer diarrhoea by proper breastfeeding, careful feeding, and hygiene. It warns against early solid foods for under 12 months, stresses regular feeding intervals, and advises seeking a physician at first signs of illness, with specific tips on hydration, overfeeding, and fever care.
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Georgia State Board of Health
Georgia
Yellow Pine Rates to Be Investigated
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered an investigation into yellow pine and hard wood rates for Chicago Rock Island Pacific Sinoia Central and 22 other railroads in the south and southwest. It says trunk lines gain by tapping lines after allowances were ended and lumber traffic revenue is higher. No hearing date set but not before autumn.
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Washington
Inter- State Commerce Commission Today
Chicago Rock Glang
Supreme Court sends lighterage case to commerce court
Washington June 10 The supreme court ruled the commerce court could enjoin an immediate Interstate Commerce Commission order to review it. The ruling sends the Federal Sugar Refining Company's lighterage case back to the commerce court for further determination.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Commerce Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Autos Destroyed As Dawson Barn Burns In Fire
Dawson Georgia June 10 Special fire destroyed the barn of L C Durham and most contents. Loss estimated at 506 dollars with no insurance. Three automobiles were in the r although two were saved the third was destroyed.
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Dawson
L. C. Durham
Loi
Miss Postell Named Head of Normal Department
Miss Mary W Postell has been placed in charge of the normal department of city schools. Formerly principal of Fraser Street school she will move to the Girls High School to oversee normal courses. Her experience and popular personality are cited as assets likely to win broad support.
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Mary W Postell
Fraser Street
Elty
Board of Education
Miss Postell
Shls
Girls’ High School
Vardaman Speaks on Impending Crisis at Auditorium
James K. Vardaman, famed orator, will address the audience tonight at the Auditorium on The Impending Crisis. The speech, focused on the race problem, is highly anticipated after his Underwood rally appearance.
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James K Vardaman
Great Southern Crater
Underwood
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