Constitution Distribution Rates and Bureau Addresses
The Constitution lists carrier rates for Atlanta and outside Allania, with 50 cents monthly in Atlanta and 60 cents outside. advertising manager J R Hobinipay handles all territory outside Allania. Washington Bureau is at 1727 S Street NW. John Corrigan is chief correspondent. The Constitution goes on sale in New York City by 2 AM after issue and is available at major newsstands. It disclaims responsibility for advance payments to couriers, dealers, or agents.
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Atlanta
Cerita
Allania
J R
Tdétaing
Broadway
Forty-second Street
Times
Thirty-eighth Street
Twenty-ninth Street
Tennessee Court Decision Blocks Prohibition Efforts Across States
A Tennessee court ruling upholds liquor dealers right to ship liquor into other states despite their prohibitions, undermining states like Alabama Georgia and South Carolina and inviting federal action. The piece urges federal laws to empower states seeking prohibition and to remove barriers to enforcement.
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Tennessee Courta
Memphis
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Florida
Congress
Bad practice in Atlanta retail trade prompts action
Retail merchants of Atlanta deserve praise and support as they seek to curb a practice by some customers who take goods on approval, keep them for weeks, and return them when unsuitable. The issue harms merchants and honest buyers, tying up stock and creating resales risks. the Retail Merchants' Association plans to present the matter to the public.
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Atlanta
Retail Merchants’ Association
Atlanta Fatal
Campaign to remove pocket pistols spreads across Georgia
Georgia weekly presses unite to demand elimination of concealed pocket pistols following the Macon tragedy. Advocates urge heavy penalties and new laws in the next general assembly, arguing gun violence harms law and order and that newspapers must persist in the crusade against gunmen.
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Country Press of
Georgia
Crawfordville Advocate-Democrat
Macon
General Assembly
Cdy
Press of
Advocate-Democrat
Rights drive on clothing on approval with merchant support
The article argues for consumer rights to dress on approval, noting retailers in Atlanta and other cities adopting rules. It claims customers understand and accept the policy, and suggests wholesale public backing to end practice abuses. The piece asserts merchant endorsement will aid the reform and cites broader urban success.
Eight hundred women attend Taft Hall cooking school in Atlanta
The Taft Hall cooking class draws about eight hundred industrious African American women, with a thousand seeking admission. Demonstrations cover broiling steak baking biscuits and coffee making while teaching cost, chemistry and gas use. Atlanta housekeepers join in urging broader industrial training for domestic workers as a permanent city obligation.
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Taft Hall
Atlanta
The Hills and Vales of Such a Land as This
A collage of verses and snippets from Uncle Jules sayings, The Providence Way, brief notes from Millville, and light verse about Georgia and life on the land. The piece mixes poems, aphorisms, and a social note about a cherry prize.
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Uncle Jules
New Ordinance Aims to Separate Probation Office
A city committee debated a proposed ordinance to create the probation office as a separate department of police. Participants included Thomas B Felder Judge W H Preston James M Meade C I Coogler and Police Commissioner James W Maddox. A revised ordinance drawing support from both the recorder and probation officer was discussed for upcoming council consideration.
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Department of Police
Thomas B Felder
W. H. Preston
James M. Meade
C I. Coogler
James W. Maddox
Felder
Southern business campaign promotes regional growth prospects
A sweeping promotional effort highlights southern resources and growth, arguing the region supplies major US markets in lumber minerals and manufacturing. The campaign, funded by Massengale Advertising and southern dailies, runs in Printer's Ink and The Literary Digest, with ads totaling over thirty thousand dollars.
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Business America
Bis- Speke
New England
United States
Southern
Firma
Printera’ Ink
South
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Massengale Advertising Agency
Atlanta
St. Himo Massengale
Literary Digest
Massengale
Convict Warblers Sought for Prison Choir
Federal prison seeks prisoners to form a choir for all religious services. Father James Hickey leads the effort, building on a successful prison orchestra. The proposed choir would have 15 to 20 singers and likely be directed by John Hall, a noted songwriter serving a one year sentence.
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Federal Prison
James Hickey
Federal
Tom T Hat
John Hall
Broadway
Atlanta Newsies Lose Companion Fischer Passes
E O Fischer, 17, Atlanta newsboy who recently arrived from Germany died at Grady hospital. Funeral held at Greenberg and Bond chapel with Rev Dr Hendrix delivering a message on friendship among newsies. City newsboys pay all funeral expenses and have bought a casket and grave in West View cemetery for him. Fischer spoke little English and had no living relatives on this side of the Atlantic.
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W. BR. Hendrix
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Greenberg & Bond's
Atlanta
Newsies
West View Cemetery
Fischer
Desire for Franchise Expressed by Five Thousand Women
Atlanta suffragists at headquarters announced that in February they secured promatures of five thousand women in the city who want a voice in the democratic white municipal primaries. Weather delayed canvassing but petitioning will continue as long as the central suffrage committee deems fit. Male signatures not yet counted.
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Atlanta
Central Suffrage Committee
February Bank Clearings Show Strong Yearly Jump
February clearings totaled 67,852,638.77, edging January by a smaller amount and marking a $14,533,228.81 rise from February of last year. Local bankers call the month favorable for sales despite a dull mid month.
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Bani
Bakkera
Hansi Crusade Recalled From Cartoons Magazine
The Zabern incident in Alsace in 1918 inspired the Albatian cartoonist Hansi to rail against Germany. Lieutenant Baron von Forstner, famed for the Zabern affair, died recently in France where he served as a lieutenant after escaping a German sentence of one year.
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Cartoons Magazine
Baron von Forstner
Hansi
Germany
von Forstner
Zabern
Alsace
Farmers rally in Monticello fuels Georgia progress
The Macon Telegraph reports Betty Br. applauds the State Federation of Women Clubs for leading a Monticello farmers rally that showcases cooperative efforts to boost prosperity. Leaders include Dr Jarnigen and Dr NeLanch with Commissioner James D. Price. attendees hear how to raise pigs, garden, and diversify beyond cotton.
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Macon Telegraph
Matty Bite
Betty Br
Middle West
Elaly
Monticello
Monticalla
Ana
Northland
Georgia
Central West
France
State Federation of Women Clubs
Jarnigen
State Colless of
NeLanch
Experiment Station
Lewis
James D. Price
Nellie Peters Black
Atlanta
Federation
Telegraph
Uneir
Mrs. Black
Union Central Life to Introduce Farm Loan Amortization in Georgia
Roberta Zabner, financial correspondent in Atlanta, notes in a Georgia paper that Union Central Life Insurance plans to offer an amortization loan program for farmers. The editorial cites long-standing support for farming and hints at benefits for Georgia’s agricultural sector.
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Union Central Life Insurance Company
Georgia
Robert Zabner
Atlanta
Atlanta City News Roundup marks anniversaries and civic notes
A column salutes the 62nd anniversary of Atlanta's 1864 hog ordinance and recalls the move to relocate the capital, with notes on council committees and mayoral conventions. It also reports on Willam Hambrey Johnson the new astronomy hobbyist, zoo animal shortages at Grant Park, a Napoleon descendant's visit to the city clerk, Mayor Woodward's St Louis trip, and upcoming police board election details.
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Spresto
Aee
Aelanta
Miledgeville
James L. Dunning
Atlanta
James I. Williams
Richard Peters
E. Rawson
E. W. Holland
Joseph Oscar Cochran
Grant Park Zoo
Cochran
St. Leula
Parke
St. Louis
Chicago
W. P. Fain
Harry G. Poole
Joseph Leavus
Twaae Schoen
Poole
Police Board
J. Vaughan
Robert C. Clarke
Supreme Court of Georgia Denies Henhearing
Murray administrator v Hawkins et al from Sumter Train v Emerson from Chatham Copeland v Jordan from Blyb Davis receiver v Williams receiver et al from Colquitt Rabn v Hamilton Ritch v Hamilton from Chatham.
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Henhearing
Murray
V. Hawkins
Sumter
Train Et al
Emerson
Chatham
Copeland
Jordan
Blyb
Davis
V. Williams
Receiver
Colquitt
Rabn
Hamilton
Ritch
Court of Appeals of Georgia Judgments Affirmed
Court of Appeals of Georgia affirms judgments in multiple cases including Calhoun v State Smith v State and others. Listed defendants in error include Walter Detore Charles H Garrett A L Dasher W A McClellan with John P Kees solicitor general noted for contra.
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Calhoun
Smith v. State
Tremerty Court of
Macon
Judge Hodges
Walter Detore
Charles H. Garrett
A. L. Dasher
W. A. McClellan
Cor
John P. Kees
Solicitor General
Pharr
Bye
Fulton, Lamb, Receiver
Whitman
Ware, Cooper Company
Lanier
Cosquite
Stallworth
Martin-Orbur Realty
Chinese Punishments Describe Harsh Lash Rules
Tit Bits notes that Chinese law givers punish with flogging even for death row inmates before execution. Offenders of all ranks face the lash, enforced by officials who risk punishment if lenient. Examples include fifty lashes for misrepresentation by merchants and one hundred lashes for self-promotion by military personnel.
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Europe
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Erzerum
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Alan
Aes
Meadow
Satan
Gerten
Providence Way
Charlotte Observer
G. Washington
Monroe
Dees
Wren Satan
Brimstone
George Eailey
Thia Httle Song
Alice Corbin
Harriet Manros
Magazine of Poetry
Sapoix
Millville
Devil
Srfer Willams
America
Atlanta Newsies
Brunsat
Willam Hambrey
John
Aianta
Napoleon
Taylor
E. H. Pass
Napoleon Bonaparte
Walter Taylor
Mr. Pass
North Carolina
Woodward
St. Tenis
National Convention of Mayors
Supreme Court of Georgia
Court of Appeals of Georgia
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