Atlanta Diamond Jubilee Aims for Greater Atlanta Progress
Opinion piece calling Atlanta to use its 75th anniversary to plan a broad, civic driven, nonpartisan growth program. Advocates for the plaza, central park, traffic solutions, Stone Mountain memorial, and coordinated regional development to strengthen Georgia and position Atlanta as a major American center.
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Atlanta
America
North American
Central Park
Stone Mountain Memorial
Georgia
Justice Demands It: Fulton County Court Division Debate
A special committee led by Hollins N Randolph for the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce studied Fulton county criminal court needs. Findings include docket strain indictments trials jail conditions and grand jury recommendations. The panel urges establishing a new division of the Fulton criminal court.
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Newell
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Criminal Court
Fulton County
Hollins N. Randolph
Robert C. Alston
Charlesb. Shelon
R. Ke Rambo
Horace Russell
Jt B. Troutman
Fulton
Fulton Criminal Court
Fulton County Docket Overload Cited in Indictment Report
In 1922 January 1923 there were 1525 indictments affecting 1009 defendants with 685 untried by February 1 1923. For 1921 1609 indictments affected 2127 defendants with 770 untried. From Jan 1 1921 to Feb 1 1923 untried cases totaled 1455. Report blames docket congestion not court fault and praises Judge Humphreys and solicitors for efforts toward speedy fair trials.
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Grand Jury
Humphreys
Boykin
Stephens
Fulton County
Ex-Gov Lowden Visits Atlanta At Credit Men’s Meet
Former Illinois governor Frank O Lowden, a leading 1920 Republican nominee candidate, spoke at the National Association of Credit Men convention in Atlanta. The address covered national issues and federal taxation, reflecting Lowden’s blunt, businesslike style. Atlanta welcomed him as a familiar guest and noted his prominence in state and national politics.
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National Association of Credit Men
Atlanta
Frank O. Lowden
Ilinois
Chicago
Lowden
Harding
Ohio
Middle West
Thompson
Lowden J
Arkansas
Credit Men’s Association
Riverside Academy Honored as Honor Military School
Riverside Military Academy at Gainesville earns designation as an honor military school of the United States by the War Department. Only ten schools receive this strict award, allowing cadets to wear a gold star and permitting two graduates each year to enter West Point without a congressional appointment. The piece also notes other remarks on training quality and broader wartime reparations.
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Riverside Military Academy
Gainesville
United States
War Department
Georgia School of Technology
Riverside
West Point Military Academy
Fragmented verse and road sermon in bluesy mumble
A damaged OCR text blends lyrics and a travel sermon with colloquial dialect. The speaker speaks of light, roses, love, and a road journey, urging cheer and persistence despite obstacles, including a lion in the way. The piece combines poetic lines about dawn light and a cautious traveler.
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Cave
Ted
Straightening Out Georgia A Big Job for Big Men
Madison Georgia reader H A Wrench argues that Georgia must industrially uplift the state to curb negro emigration and labor flight. He cites cotton failure credit limits and social tensions as causes and urges coordinated leadership to subdivide land into small farms, attract investment, and raise public sentiment for widespread settlement and economic renewal. He calls for targeted land programs and industrial equality as the path forward.
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Georgia
Alliett
Lawa
Othara
H. A. Wrench
Madison, Ga
Arthur Meegan Wins Medal at Gonzaga Graduation
Arthur L. Meegan of Gonzaga College Washington D C won a gold medal and a distinction in modern languages at the graduation exercises Thursday evening. The medal was presented by Archbishop Curley. Meegan is the son of Mr and Mrs James Meegan of Washington and nephew of Mr. Meehan formerly of Atlanta.
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Arthur L. Meegan
Gonzaga College
Washington
D. C
Meegan
Curley
Meehan
James Meegar
Atlanta
Ne. Hay
Bits of New York Life by M'Intyre
The piece surveys theater life in New York noting rivalries among brother acts and the allure of perceived kinship. It describes stage dynamics, con men in Mulberry Street fur trades, deaf mutes’ social gathering at Fourteenth Street, and post show tips, with a closing copyright line from 1923.
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New York
M'Intyre
Fourteenth Street
Owen Forum
Evolution Debate Sparks Brownlow Sams Letter
Brownlow Sams of Atlanta in a June 15 1923 letter critiques Darwin theory and biblical accounts. He questions monkey to man progression, species origins, and universal evolution, arguing human reasoning dominates and evolution may be confined to man. He cites plants, animals, and celestial bodies as examples.
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Brownlow Sams
Atlanta, Ga
Late Lookout Mountain Irish potatoes show high profits
In Baldwin Ga on June 14 1923 Philbrick urges farmers to plant late Lookout Mountain Irish potatoes after July 15. He cites yields of 125 to 150 bushels per acre and reports a Banks county case yielding 400 bushels from one acre. Potatoes sell for $1 to $2 per bushel, with demand in factories and strong south freight prices. Two harrowings and two plowings needed.
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Lookout Mountain
Banks County
Philbrick
Baldwin, Ga
Masters Degree To Be Awarded By New Masonic Lodge
Twenty young men will receive the master's degree at 5 o'clock this afternoon from the newly organized Joseph C. Greenfield lodge F and A M the first class of honor by Inman Park Masonic body named for the late Joseph Greenfield. A large gathering is expected at the Masonic temple at the corner of Peachtree and Oak streets with Piedmont lodge officers in charge and Samuel Johnston delivering the lecture.
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Joseph C. Greenfield
Peachtree and
Oain Streets
Piedmont Lodge
Samuel Johnston
The Ten Books I Have Enjoyed Most
Ralph Henry Barbour lists favorite works literary and biographical notes. He names Balzac Dec, Defoe, Damas, Howell, Longfellow, Prescott, Scott, Stevenson, Taine and other authors and titles.
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Ralph Henry Barbour
Bates
Mr. Barbour
Richard Stillman Powell
Eugenie Grandet
Balzac
Mr. Isaacs
Crawford
Robinson Crusoe
Defoe
Three Guardsmen
Damas
Howell
Longfellow
Mexico
Prescott
Quentin Durward
Scott
Stevenson
History of
Taine
Tohn G Sprayberry to Rest in DeKalb County
Funeral services for John G Sprayberry 65 of 194 Euclid Avenue will be held at 2 30 Sunday afternoon at Masters Cemetery DeKalb County AY M Patterson Son in charge He came to Atlanta eleven years ago from Clayton County where he farmed He was a member of Sprayberry Lodge No 1 A M Rex Ga Survived by his widow two sons Jo R and L Sprayberry and two daughters Mrs FC Clarke and Mrs LJ Steele
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John G. Sprayberry
Euclid Avenue
Preaden
Sprayberry Fish Company
Decatur Street
Master’s Cemetery
DeKalb County
AY. M. Patterson & Son
Sprayberry
Atlanta
Clayton County
Sprayberry Lodge No
A. M
Rex, Ga
Jo R
4. L. Sprayberry
F.C. Clarke
L. J. Steele
Twenty Southern Youths Accepted by Marines
Twenty southern youths were accepted for enlistment in the United States Marine Corps in recent days, with a possible weekly recruiting record anticipated after a final check on Saturday. Georgia recruits named include William L. Pope of Newnan, Dewey Brown of Cuthbert, Amos Strickland of Waycross, Mack Adcock of Bremen, Vincent Harvey of Locust Grove, John L. Thompson of Tallapoosa, Theodore Sanderson of Buchanan, and Thomas P. O'Kelly of Canton, per Capt. Genrza Bower, Marine recruiting officer, Room 510, Postoffice Building.
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United States Marine Corps
Genrza Bower
United States Marine
Room 510
Postoffice Bulding
Captain Bower
William L. Pope
Newnan
Dewey Brown
Cuthbert
Amos Strickland
Waycross
Mack Adcock
Bremen
Vincent Harvey
Orme to Mill Street Trolley Service Resumes
Trolley service on the Orme to Mill Street line has resumed after about three months due to a wash-out. Officials of the Georgia Railway and Power Company announced the line was disrupted when heavy rains caused a wash-out on Cain Street near Williams, but repairs include filling the hole and laying new tracks. The service is now operating again.
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Orme
Mill Street
Georzia Railway and Power Company
Cain Street
Williams
Arthur Murray Wins Appeal Over Feist Copyright Case
Leo Feist Inc. loses damages and injunction in a copyright dispute with Arthur Murray's dancing school over The Virginia Blues. Judge Sibley rules the tune was not a public performance for profit, damages set at not less than $250. Feist to appeal. Attorney William B. Arnaud cites verdict as basis for appeal. T. B. Higdon represented Feist.
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Leo Feist, Inc
New York Music Publishers
Arthur Murray
William B. Arnaud
Samuel H. Sibley
T. B. Higdon
Sibley
Rethinking Meat During Work and Heat
A public note argues meat should be eaten sparingly for workers, especially in hot weather. It urges limiting meat to three times weekly in heat, recommends meat mainly for flavor, and suggests light meals at midday with dinner as the main daily meal. It warns against double meat portions and excessive fat.
Stanton dies at Waycross home in active civic life
V L Stanton prominent Waycross citizen and brother of Frank L Stanton died Friday morning at his home after a noon pain on the street. He had served twenty one years on the board of education and ten years as its president. A pioneer booster for good roads, he chaired the Central Dixie Highway association and represented the group at a Chattanooga meet. He leaves a widow Margaret Clarke Stanton and several children and grandchildren.
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V. L. Stanton
Waycross
Frank L Stanton
Mr. Stanton
Board of Education
First Methodist Sunday School
Stanton Was¢A
Cty
Central Dixie Highway Association
Chattanooga
Highway Association
Georgia
Dixie Highway
Chamber of Commerce
Stanton
South Carolina
State Life Insurance Company
Walter H. Stanton
Atlanta
National Carbon Company
Cecil V. Stanton
B. Stanton, Jr
Margaret Clarke Stanton
Lee
Roanoke
Hoyt Catlin
Bridgeport
D. B. Alexander
Greenwood
8. C
8. G. Riley
Hodges
Gas Rate Increase Allowed in Rome
The Georgia Public Service Commission approved a rate hike for Home Municipal Gas to 2.0 per thousand cubic feet after initial citizen complaints and a cross bill by the company. A December hearing paused the rise until service improvements and new company officials were added, with another Rome hearing in January confirming progress.
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Georgia Public Service Commission
Home Municipal Gas Company
Rome
Atlantans to Leave for T P A Meeting
Atlanta delegates to the 34th national Travelers' Protective Association convention depart this morning on the Dixie Flyer to St Paul Minnesota for the May 18 to 22 gathering. The Atlanta delegation includes F E Tabler John Owens Leonard Tacob and others as they press to bring the 1925 convention to Atlanta and begin marketing efforts.
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Atlanta
Travelers’ Protective Association
Georgia
South Carolina
Dixie Flyer
St. Paul
Thur Mei
Wiliste
John Owens
Leonard Tacob
John He Andrews Acopuls
John . Andrews
McDonald
Petes
Q and A from a 1920s readers page with varied topics
A compiled set of trivia questions and answers on topics from medicine and science to geography and history. Includes meanings of initials after names, hair care tips, whether certain marriages are allowed, details of the San Diego sinking, automobile growth, congressional pay, horse population, eclipses, Solomon's Mines, teak, salt, bank failures, Nellie Bly, coffee and tea consumption, newborn pulse, U.S. fire losses, timber to finished lumber, Lord's Prayer on a pit head, and microscopic writing feats.
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Nellie Bly
John Henry Metra
United States
W. Webb
Mr. Peters
London
Royal Microscopical Society
PITHY PARAGRAPHS AND MILITANT WOMANHOOD AT LOEW'S GRAND
A lively fragment from a 1920s page features Irma M Hiiesson defending her sex with a harpoon, awarding tickets to Loew's Grand to Miss Hiiesson and Mrs Victoria Brown. It includes quips, verses, and humorous exchanges about romance, manners, and femininity, with brief anecdotes and mock dialogue.
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Batcherloe
Irma M. Hiiesson
Loew's Grand
Victoria Brown
Charters Granted to Two Real Estate Firms Friday
In superior court Friday afternoon two charters were granted. The Saint George Apartment Company, capital 150000, will engage in real estate and building finance with J Carroll French of New York and W WLthett and Prideau Ellis of Atlanta among petitioners, Bell Ellis attorneys. The J J Dickey Bergstrom Company, capital 25000, will engage in insurance real estate and securities with Brandon Hynde as petitioners and Judge John D Humphries approving. The Security Sales Company charter was surrendered and liquidated.
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Superior Court
Saint George Apartmen Company
J. J. Dickey-Bergstrom Company
Saint George Apartment Company
J. Carroll French
New York
W. Wlthett
Prideau Ellis
Atlanta
Bell & Ellis
George L. Bell
Dickey-Bergstrom Company
John D. Humphries
Brandon & Hynde
Humphries
Security Sales
Berry H. Colling
Palmer Blackburn
Greenwood
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Stentard Boothe New- Clark Howell
Mark Howell, Jr
Telaphors
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Holliday
Borate
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New Turkely
Hotatiog
Iway
Bryant Park
Grand Central Depot
Office of Publica
Associated Presa
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Germany
Indianapolis News
FRAWE
Starton
Arthur Meegan
Russell Brothers
Weber
Fields
Rath Brothers
Montana Tomber Camp
Mulberry Street
Brownlow Lama
Great Britain
North American Newspaper Alliance
Tohn G. Sprayberry
Marines
Arthur Stringer
Orme-Mill ST. Eine
Leo Feist Company
Waycross Home
San Diego
Long Island
Congress
Atlantic Ocean
North America
South America
Pacific Ocean
Asia
Carribean Sea
Lower
California
Ophir
Hiram
Solomon
Arabia
Rider Haggard
Africa
B. T. Larvon
Irivia
Eriegson
Lola
J. B. Killegrew
Dixie
the Grand
C. P. Mule
HE Sisson
Califorate
Kerkate
Abd Learm
Uke
Arthur Codington
Allan Chanifler
Misa
Clifford Hitchle
W. J. Lambert
Dill Avenue
Finney B. Wednesdaere
Brideynes
Ne ‘Avirr
Lowndes
Rev. J
Stripsland
Greenwood Cameters
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