Government by goad on Whitehall repaving delays
After months of delay the Whitehall street repaving between Gernett and Mitchell has finally begun. Merchants suffered from postponements wind and weather hindered progress and city savings on asphalt were argued as false economy. The Constitution urged action and questioned if city government will ever self propel to complete urgent jobs on time.
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Whitehall Street
Gernett
Mitchell
Walter P. Andrews
House of Representatives
Fulton County
Andrews
Spencer A. Atkinson
Congress Holds The Key To Prosperity Through Railroad Reform
Congress remains in session indefinitely to pursue legislation that would stabilize the investing world by curbing railroad pillage and restoring confidence in railroad securities. The Central of Georgia crash underscores the need for protection of widows orphans and charities, urging decisive national action.
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Congress
Central of Georgia
Central
Financial reform call to curb railroad wrecking
A historical editorial argues for criminal personal responsibility for railroad wrecking to protect investors and revive capital flows. It cites New Haven and Frisco cases as examples of legalized theft, urging Congress to enact tougher laws to restore confidence and spur a new era of prosperity in transportation finance.
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New Haven
Frisco
HS Congress
Investera
Congress
Mr Dorsey Declines Higher Political Office
The piece praises Hugh Dorsey for his success as Atlanta circuit prosecutor and the recent criminal case victories that raised his statewide profile. It notes public interest in offering him higher office but reports his decision to decline, citing modesty and good sense as guiding grounds.
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Hugh Dorsey
Atlanta
Dorsey
Atlanta Faces Birmingham in Methodist University Battle
The piece reports Birmingham under President Shook forming a campaign committee to back a Methodist university campus on a 6 acre site and valued at 300000, aiming to raise up to five million. Atlanta must organize a rival drive, with Agnes Scott, Georgia Tech, and Oglethorpe already in place, to compete for southern educational prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Eastern University
Southern Methodist Church
Birmingham
Shook
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
Birmingham College
Eastern College
Western College
Dallas
Texas
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Agnes
Nuggets by the Wayside and Toward a Home Dream
Fragmentary musings mix poems of home longing with cynical lines on wealth and wisdom. The piece juxtaposes rural imagery with heavenly hopes, suggesting tollable life and a quest for paradise amid social satire. It references heaven, streets of gold, and weary souls seeking rest.
Vacation Literature and Rural Humor in a Kansas Poem Review
A regional humor collage surveys poems and light verse from Kansas and Oklahoma sources. It mocks office life and small-town manners with dialect and rustic scenes, noting political satire and cultural snapshots across a string of whimsical pieces.
Vital Statistics Law Urged for Georgia Health Reform
A reader letter from EMILY R. WILLIAMS, M.D., Deputy Commissioner Health New York, praises vital statistics laws as a step forward to improve Georgia health. She cites pellagra, disease reporting failures, and the model law used by Tennessee and South Carolina, urging enactment to obtain accurate births and deaths data.
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Georgia
State Department of Health
South
United States Bureau of Census
Tennessee
South Carolina
Emily R. Williams
Health
New York
Spartanburs
Pessimism Turns to Hope for Atchigen Road
In The New York Sun, President Ripley of the Atchigen shocks Wall Street by adopting a favorable view of the road outlook while preserving his famed pessimism toward politics. He cites a farmer’s blunt harvest remark about damaged corn not feeding hogs as a classic parable.
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United States
Mexico
Imo Smo
Atlanta
I. R Holliday
Constitution Building
Aca
New York Sun
Ripley
Atchigen
Wall Street
Big Year Ahead The Brittain Forecasts Prosperity
W H Brittain president of J M Z Co Atlanta says 1914 will be one of the banner years in southern business. After visits to New York and the south he reports sound conditions, a healthy outlook and Atlanta seen as a thriving business hub. He notes eastern merchants expect a big fall and cotton prospects in Georgia look bright.
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New York
Atlanta
South
W. H. Brittain
J. M. Z. Company
Brittain
New York City
Mr. Brittain
Georgia
Covering Up by George Matthew Adams
A essay urges honesty about oneself, arguing no one can truly Cover Up who they are. It condemns hiding faults and touts plain speaking as the safer path. The piece contrasts public image with inner truth and urges openness about flaws and virtues.
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George Matthew Adams
The Spirit of Vacation and Public Figures
A meditation on taking time off argues travel enriches the spirit beyond home stays. It praises ocean voyages and domestic getaways, cites Niagara Falls and Yosemite as examples, and notes railways and steamers as vacation options. The piece ends with a playful quip about Langley and a satirical jab at political figures in Baltimore Sun style.
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Modera
Europe
Niagara Falls
Yellowstone Park
Yosemite Valley
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Harris and Harris battle over Georgia railroads and politics
W. J. Harris rebuts Judge Nat E. Harris about railroad ties and state lease of the Western and Atlantic line. He accuses the judge of conflicting roles as attorney for Southern and Central of Georgia railroads and questions resignations and lobbyist support. Governor Slaton basks optimistic on prospects as tax reports rise and legislative show plans begin.
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W. J. Harris
XN. E. Harris
William J. Harris
Nat E. Harris
Harris
Western and Atlantic
Southern
Central of Georgia
Central
Democratic Party
Woodrow Wilson
Macon
Southern Railway
Congress
Census Bureau
Secretary of Commerce
People of Georgia
N. F. Harris
The
Southern Road
Georgia
Southern Railroad
State Senate
N. F. Hacks
N. E. Harrie
Tom Watson
Watson
Jude Harris
Democrats of
Judge Harris
Woodrow Wagon Wax
The Kangaroo in Far Australia by CRORE PCH
A satirical overview of the kangaroo describing its physiology and behavior. It notes its jumping ability, size range, resting posture, diet and humorously critiques Australian farming, politics, and human values while praising the animal’s agility and the oddities of nature.
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Nature
Australia
Reserve Clause
Kansas
Ucket
Medical View on Child Labor and Tuberculosis Risks
The Vienna study led by Teleky links tuberculosis to child wage earners and apprenticeship life. It notes higher TB mortality among working youth, limits of medical screening, and argues for earlier school-based occupation guidance, 16 as a possible employment age, ten-hour workdays for under 18, and periodic holidays for study and sport.
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Taeniversity of
Vienna
Iralyssor Teleky
Berlin
Lie
von Pirquet
Teleky
Hus
Telek
Wrs
Veleky
The
Journal of the American Medical Association
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Foot Robinson
Alvere Howell, Jr
E.R Binck
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MR. Dorsey
the Methodist University
the Grea
Seon News
Woodsan Advocate
Seeee Lampsicn Petition
Bella
Jonah
Joshua
Bentztown Barn
Mint Julep Association
Demohn
Williaran
Buzo
Langley
High Olympus
Kermit
eBe
Wavernor Slaton
John M. Slaton
Slaton
John C. Hart
Oglethorpe
Bleckley
Oglethorpe County
Bleckley County
Putnam County
Hart
Kimball House
John T. Ruifeuillet
House
Capitol
Senate
Hugh M. Dorsey
Solletter Dorsey
Crore Pch
Beachell Ployee
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