Master builder backs Dixie highway plan with cash promise
C. E. James, Chattanooga businessman and one of the era’s master builders, endorses the Dixie highway route linking Chicago to Miami. He offers 50,000 dollars and engineer services to grade the section along Walden's Ridge, betting on solid regional profit and swift conference-backed progress. The governors meet April 2–3 in Chattanooga to finalize plans.
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Two Days Left in Atlanta Opera Season Ticket Sale
Tomorrow night ends the season ticket sale for grand opera in Atlanta. Prospective patrons have two days left to secure choice seats, with both local and out of town reservations at Atlanta hotels boosting expected attendance. Best seats are moving quickly as late buyers risk missing preferred locations. Atlanta and the South show strong interest from Baltimore to New Orleans, making this year’s run notably eager. New York and Atlanta are the only two are.
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Citys on the Continent Offer Grand Opera to Southerners
The notice urges southerners to attend grand opera in Atlanta this year as the best option for hearing the world's greatest artiste in repertoire. With only two days left for season tickets, patrons are warned to act quickly at the box office.
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Subscriptions rise as Southeastern fair appeal gains support
The drive to fund the Southeastern fair at Lakewood shows Atlanta businessmen rallying for a $226 000 goal. Last night subscriptions reached 53500 with three days to go toward the target, urged by The Constitution as a sound investment. The effort would boost Atlanta and regional commerce, property values, and long term profits. Landlords also see gains as the event broadens trade areas and prosperity.
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Spring is Here Says Weather Prophet in Georgia
The piece blends weather lore and humorous verse as Mr. Wort Herrmann forecasts near Atlanta that spring is at hand despite occasional cold snaps. It mixes satirical market talk with regional jests, poems, and brief notes on literature, politics, and daily life in the South.
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Be Brave and Be Courageous In Faith and Life
Rev J Wilbur Chapman urges courage in adversity and poverty, moral integrity, and Christian witness through Christ. Editor notes reader reaction to Beveridge Lincoln highway piece, praising a concrete Dixie road from Chicago to Florida and predicting vast tourist travel along the route, with local endorsement from Chattanooga Tenn. B Tam...
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Merchants Laud Constitution and Honest Advertising
Prominent merchants praise The Constitution editorial stance on dishonest advertising. Letters from Ber Sime Hinstein of The Globe Clothing Co and Walter Ballard Optical applaud the paper’s vigilant reporting on commercial piracy. Dates cited March 28 1915 and March 24 1916 in Atlanta Georgia.
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Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason
A verse piece urging readers to curb chronic grief and complain less. It suggests naming cheerful topics like birds and hens, avoid prolonging misery, and adopt a brighter outlook each day. The poem contrasts laments about aches with practical, hopeful thoughts and simple pleasures.
Sunday Constitution Promises New Features and Exposures
The Sunday edition promotes a sensational full page on dancer Ralph Herz and divorce themes, tributes to hymn writers like Vanny Crosby, a four color fashion and beauty spread, four color Panama-Pacific Exposition images, and guides to exhibitions and Universal City. It highlights Saint George’s clubs and women’s groups, plus a teaser for E. Phillips Oppenheim’s The Black Box serial.
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