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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
10
Since May 1 there have been nine homicides, twenty hold ups, sixty one burglaries in Atlanta. The article argues the first aim of the law is punishment to prevent crime and asks what steps are being taken to safeguard life, order, and property and whether expanding the police force or increasing vigilance is needed.
The Southern Settlement and Development organization based in Baltimore launches a comprehensive south wide effort to advance agriculture industry and settlement using the blue print method. William H Manss checks field progress in Atlanta as Davies Warfield leads the initiative with expert staff and state affiliated bodies coordinating with central aims.
Judge Phillimore in London warns that ringleaders among militant suffragettes should not be released under any circumstances. The article argues stern measures may quell militancy and advance universal suffrage, though risks provoke public backlash and potential tragedy.
The text argues that subscriptions by individuals and corporations will yield big dividends, with funds carefully supervised by state finance committees. It notes Robert F. Maddox of Atlanta on the central executive committee as a guarantee of practicality and predicts a growing force of expert boosters.
In Macon the peanut vendors resume sales after a clash with the chief of police who ordered them moved. Bridges Smith leads a political surge, calming tensions as vendors reclaim their stalls and the city rejoices in peanuts once more. The episode also lifts spirits for local figures and polities.
A collage of verses and snippets from a bygone issue featuring rustic polemics on weather and politics, a humorous tale about Eve in a Bible belt dialect, letters from a seaside reader, cautionary chants on honey and moclin birds, and a local quip about Milton hair value, revealing community life and period voice.
A collage of quips notes the idea the graduate may fail to govern, Father would let him manage farm ten acres, and playful lines criticize summer fiction and a New York poet offering poems as proof of sanity, with a lawyer in tow.
A humorous exchange unfolds about chartering a tent life at Chautauqua grounds versus staying home. Jamesworthy frets over comforts and past Chautauqua misadventures while Camperdown and Mrs Camperdown push for outdoor living, recalling mud, rain, and a famous disastrous tent episode.
A 1918 column emphasizes the power of keeping promises in all relations from parent to child employer to employee and friends. It links integrity to trust and social magnetism, urging prompt appointments timely payments and self-consistency to ensure others rely on one's word.
Charles W. Hubner praises Richard Wagner in a centenary tribute that likens Wagner to Columbus boldly steering into the unknown. The poem extols faith guiding genius toward a new world of harmony and crowns his lifelong quest as a victory over fate.
A Kansas City Star item reports a Vienna death described as age 102 in a dispatch, but speculation suggests the man may have been 61 and misread. The note hints at drunkenness and a possible error in time worn by senators.
MYSTERIES 9 LITERATURE discusses Bunyan famed for Pilgrim's Progress and debates whether his tinker father and mixed heritage indicate gypsy blood. It cites parish records, social views, and skeptics like Sir Walter Scott, noting persecution of gypsies and arguments from Simaga and others about Bunyan’s ethnicity and identity.
The Southern Settlement and Development Organization, led by S Davies Warfield of Continental Trust, plans a broad campaign to develop the south through four major business divisions. William Manss leads a tour to study conditions, with Georgia and Atlanta officials aiding, outlining state committees, funds, and agricultural and industrial strategies.
From The London Chronicle comes a note on knee breeches dating to Wellington era. Black trousers persisted in fashion until the 19th century and displaced breeches. Duke of Wellington allegedly denied entry to Almack's in 1814 for wearing trousers, with later records showing admission in 1815 in King Street.
M Bonnier submits samples to the National Agricultural Society of Paris describing a vegetable ivory made from the albumen of a small palm fruit in the Hyphaena Borassus genus growing in French Sudan. The albumen hardens in air and resembles natural ivory in color and texture. The product is said to resemble another palm’s vegetable ivory found near the equator.
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