Truth sought in Atlanta merchants war procurement dispute
Atlanta merchants allege discrimination in supplies buying at Fort McPherson. Congressman Howard and War Secretary push for full investigation headed by Major D W Martin, with President Wilkinson coordinating chamber of commerce input. Aim is a square, open-market bid process and fair treatment of local firms.
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Atlanta
Fort McPherson
War Department
Willian Schley Howard
Secretary of War
D W Martin
Chamber of Commerce
Major Martin
Edward H Butler obituary noted Buffalo News editor
The death of Edward H Butler editor and proprietor of The Buffalo Evening News and The Sunday News is mourned as a loss to journalism and public service. In Atlanta his son Edward H Butler is urged to uphold his father’s patriotism and integrity, aiming to match his father’s high standards in business, journalism, and civic duty.
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Edward H. Butler
Buffalo
MN. Y
Evening News
Sunday News
America
Atlanta
Campaign to expand Wesley Memorial hospital gains pledge drive
In Atlanta the Wesley Memorial hospital fund drive seeks 25 000 more with Asa G Candler promising to triple every outside pledge 1 to 3 until 75 000 is covered overall 100 000 goal The drive highlights broad community support and the hospitals expanded role across Georgia and the south with women volunteers leading the appeal and Candler pledging rapid matching donations to accelerate completion.
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Wesley
Asa G. Candler
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Atlanta
Georgia
South
Wesley Memorial
Long Distance Warrior in Congress Attacks War Policy
A partisan column condemns United States Senator Fall of New Mexico for three hours of anti intervention rhetoric. It argues his talk misleads border states, risks provoking war with Europe, and contrasts his stance with President Wilsons careful Mexican policy and restraint.
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Congress
United States
Fall
New Mexico
Mexico
California
Senate
Europe
Buncombe
Wilson
Atlanta Grand Opera Sets Phenomenal Opening Sale Record
The upset guarantee fund for Atlanta’s season of grand opera stood at $60,000 with the first day’s ticket sales exceeding $41,000. Atlanta led a southern patronage surge, signaling broad prosperity and a likely rush for season and single seats, urging prompt action to secure preferred locations.
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Atlanta
South
Georgia
President urges truth on Panama tolls in forward looking leave
A fragmentary report notes a press agent comment about prosperity and forward looking rhetoric. It cites President Wilson urging "Come clean" on Panama canal tolls and hints at broader world influence while naming other political figures and events in Alabama and a looming battle with Senator Fall.
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Panama Canal
A Story of the Moment by Walt Mason
A comic tale recounts a student prank and a sequence of practical jokes aimed at a narrator named Rumbelow. The narrator recalls being lured to entertainments and experiments, trapped into pumping wind at a church organ and shocked by a fake electrician act, with sharp wit and local color throughout.
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Walt Mason
Praising Antebellum Whites by a Colored Lawyer
Atlanta based lawyer Thomas Wilolines offers praise for antebellum whites, praising their liberal helpers and forebears while reflecting on the fading master slave dynamic and the moral loss to both races as time erodes southern ties.
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South
Thomas Wilolines
Macon Chamber Thanks Constitution for Help on Ocmulgee
The Macon Chamber of Commerce president expresses gratitude to The Constitution for its night letter supporting the undertaking to raise 100000 for navigating the Ocmulgee. He notes encouragement from business leaders and expects swift progress.
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Macon Trade Board
Constitution
Ocmulgee
Buiter
Dunwodt
Chamber of Commerce
Macon
Source of Beauty in the Soul and Landscape
Poetic reflection by Ernest Neal of Calhoun Georgia dated March 20 1914 notes beauty as inner soul light overcoming darkness and suggests music of the spheres is tied to the soul awakening melody. The piece reads as a brief evocative verse with personal signature.
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Ernest Neal Calhoun
Talbof
Talbotton
Democratic Executive Committee
HP McDaniel
T F Mahone
Williams
W W Childs
Notable Scottish poisoner trial ends in execution
The 1878 Chantrelle case in Edinburgh showcased a French educator who married Elizabeth Cullen Dyer in 1868. Suspected of narcotic murder, he was convicted after a lengthy trial, proclaimed guilty, and executed on May 31, after his bid for commutation failed.
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Eugene Marie Channelle
Elizabeth Cullen Dyer
Edinburgh
Scotland
Chantrelle
America
Chantrelles
New Yaares
Madame Chantrelle
Madame Chantrelia
Royal Infirmary
Maclagen
Madame Chant
Whief
Calton
Traynor
J P B Robertson
Thomas Shaw
Parlament Square
Home Secretary
Why and Hoy George Matthew Adams
Inspirational text arguing that humans learn from mysteries and unseen forces, urging readers to act with power, opportunity, and service. It frames the day as a sealed book and invites personal growth through inquiry and effort.
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Why and Hoy
George Matthew Adams
The Giraffe by George Fitch humorous essay
George Fitch humorously describes the giraffe as a tall, ridiculous creature. He portrays its neck as Nature’s long mast and its drinking as a clumsy process while noting the animal’s shyness speed and odd features. The piece pokes fun at science and farming with playful exaggeration.
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Animal Kingdom
Africa
Nature
Congress
Ty Cobb
Michigan
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Richmond
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Goorna
Andrew J Cobb
Supreme Court of the State
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Xvernor
United States Senate
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Telnorship
H H Linton
R.T DuBose
Elbert
J T R Stovall
J F Rhodes
Clarke
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Floyd County
Rome
W G Dunebee
J R Barron
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Leonard G Todd
J T Jenkins
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J Scott Davis
J M Yarbrough
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Thirty First
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Brownr
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