Atlanta Constitution subscription rates and distribution details
Stig Atlanta June 21 1914 announces subscription rates payable in advance for the Atlanta Constitution and its Washington Bureau contact. It lists daily weekly and Sunday prices for Atlanta and outside rates, advertising manager J R Holliday, and sale locations in New York City with railway carrier caveats.
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United States
Bally Ana Sunda
Atlanta
J. R Holliday
Constitution Building
Sels
Washington
S Street
N. W
John Corriganse
Constitution
New York City
Hotaling
Broadway
Forty-second Street
Times
Thirty-eighth Street
Twenty-ninth Street
Vital statistics and health service in Georgia debate
A Georgia newspaper urges the legislature to adopt both vital statistics and public health laws. Dr. L C Allen calls vital statistics the backbone of health law while Dr. Mary R Park warns against neglecting data. The piece argues life costs and disease preventability demand integrated statutory action.
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Georgia
Hmary R. Park
State Board of Health
L. C. Allen
Jackson County
Allen
Park
Everbody
Vital statistics and public health united for lifesaving laws
A public health system and a vital statistics system are inseparable and essential. Georgia is not poor, and the legislature should pass both bills with self supporting mechanisms, as delay costs hundreds of thousands of lives and leaves health salvation un Pursued.
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Georgia
General Assembly
The Moral of White and Georgia Beef Industry
The story highlights W. H. White Jr rising from initial obstacles to expand his Georgia packing plant. He credits The Constitution’s campaign for prompting entry into packing, notes cattle grade challenges, and reports last year’s business exceeding $1,000,000 as capacity doubles. The piece lauds him as a public benefactor.
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Georgia
W. H. White, Jr
Constitution
White
The Brown Loan Fund and an Expanding Civic Obligation
A.H. Moon of Baxley Georgia analyzes the Joseph H. Brown loan fund at the University of Georgia. He cites recent $500 gifts by the Dodd brothers of Atlanta as evidence of voluntary expansion. Moon urges further gifts from beneficiaries to widen access to education for Georgia youths, noting the fund began in 1882 with $50,000 and has grown to about $150,000 with around a thousand educated beneficiaries.
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A.H. Moon
Baxley
Joseph H. Brown
Tulvversty of
Georgia
Harry and
Eugene Dodd
Atlanta
Moon
Brown Fund
Dodd Brothers
Preston Arkwright
Athens
A Fiscal Revolution in Georgia Tax Equalization
An interview with Judge John C. Hart state tax commissioner argues the tax equalization law dramatically increases net state revenue by taxing previously hidden property. It predicts lower overall tax rates as the state pays current obligations promptly, with gains spread across counties and no one penalized.
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John C. Hart
Georgia
Magsca
State duty to educate all boys through university level
The speaker argues the state should provide full education access, not just facilities, noting that Brown fund and similar foundations achieve their greatest good by expanding opportunities beyond basic offerings.
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Brown Fund
Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds eugenic marriage law ruling
The Wisconsin Supreme Court sustains the state eugenic marriage law, reversing a lower court. The statute requires male marriage license applicants to undergo a blood test with a $3 fee, but physicians say the sum is too small to cover accurate testing, casting doubt on the law’s practicality and basis.
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Supreme Court of
Wisconsin
Legislature Rules on Medicine Spark Skepticism
The text argues that enforcing the law as written would yield evasion and bogus tests. A single test cannot be conclusive and would require repeated administrations over months, undermining the intended protection. The speaker urges lawmakers to pause until medical certainty reduces speculation and fanatic influence.
Tax Rate Reduced and State's Debt to Be Retired
Judge Jona C. Hart says Georgia’s new tax equalization act may cut the tax rate and erase the state’s debt within a year. He notes counties report added property omitted from digests, improving valuations, and stresses taxpayers share the burden fairly while officials trim spending and pursue debt payoff.
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Georgia
Jona C. Hart
Hart
Ons County
County Board of Assessors and Equalizers
Grarma
Short Course in Spanish From The New York Telegram
A quirky note from The New York Telegram on language quirks in Central America. Charles W. Donghie- Fife discusses translating Mexican terms and what a central American can do when calling a newspaper carrier. The text plays with playful phrases like Amadecu iloli quite atlax la dalle to summon a boy delivering papers.
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New York Telegram
Charles W. Donghie- Fife
Guatemala
Amadecu Iloli
The Boys Will Soon Be Home Theme Poem
A lyric narrative from a father about his sons grown and educated, recalling hard days of work in the fields and the pride in their schooling. He notes how mothers remember prayers, sons rise in college, and the family awaits reunion as the sun sets. The verse ends with a mother's whispered hope that the boys will soon be home.
Vital statistics bill urged to improve Georgia health data
A Georgia editorial advocates a state vital statistics law to record births deaths and disease. It argues data will guide health policy show where to act and prove health conditions to attract investment and settlement. The piece calls for a state health board funded with county physicians and enforcement to reduce preventable illness.
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State Health Board and Vital Statistics Law
AM Beneat
Commonwealth
Georgia
United States
Hiera
slypInes
State Board of Health
Smoryer Park
M.D _ Slate Board of Health
Dodd Brothers Set a Splendid Example in Giving to Brown Fund
Baxley June 17 1914 Dodd brothers Eugene and Harry contributed 500 to the Brown Fund at the University of Georgia. They rose from poverty through the fund and now urge others to follow their lead. The fund began with 40000 and now exceeds 150000, supporting about fifty students annually with interest loans repaid after graduation.
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Dodd Brothers
Brown Fund
Baxley
Eugene
Harry Dodd
University of Storgia
Brown
Fugene
Thes
Wir
Yéagan
Eugene and Herry Dodd
Georgia
Joseph E Brown
University
Harry Deda
Bark “Duthie Somes
Gayeene
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the Constitution
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Brown Loan Fund
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Larnin
Jymane
Georga
S. Allen
M.D. Hoschton
Sage
Georgia Thas
Board of Health
Boards of Health
Atlanta, Ga
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