Notable 1909 Constitution Notice and Reader Bits
A compact page reflects a 1909 constitution advertising rate card for the Atlanta publication, subscription terms, and Washington bureau notes. It lists postal rates, weekly and daily prices, and carrier delivery details, plus a column of light political quips about figures such as Roosevelt and Taft and a travel notice for subscribers wishing hotel delivery in New York.
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Atlanta
J. R. Holliday
Constitution Building
Aere
Washington Mureau
Constitution
Hitbe Bulleurx
Fitchoth Street
John Corrixan
New
Park Row
Madison Square
Popular Sunday Concerts for the Auditorium in Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce directors urge regular Sunday afternoon concerts in the Auditorium Armory. The piece argues public hunger for music, cites earlier successes, and calls for inclusive programming featuring local talent, festival chorus, bands, and soloists to make it a weekly municipal feature and boost Atlanta’s regional reputation.
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Chamber of Commerce
Auditorium Armory
Atlanta
Publicity for Protected Industries in Tariff Debate
The piece argues for mandatory public reporting by protected industries to reveal profits from tariff protections. It compares favored sectors to public franchises, calls for a tariff commission, and links disclosure to aligning tariffs with national policy and consumer benefit. It warns against industry resistance and emphasizes consumer rights.
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Ralroada
Congress
Tariff Commission
Tts
Automobile Traffic Law and Reckless Drivers Debate
The piece laments urban and interurban road danger from powerful cars guided by untrained drivers and the harm from hit and run incidents. It notes public support for decency, calls for tougher enforcement of stop and assist laws like France, and urges stricter statutes across American states to curb reckless drivers.
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Hyde
Paria
America
From Georgia Summer Muse to Rural Folksy Echoes
The fragment sketches a diaried collage: a Georgia summer scene in a “Just from Georgia” mood, a hammock and mint julep, mock ingbirds, a sunlit day. then stray lines on magazine standards, a log cabin saying, and a rural humor chorus about farmers, saints, tavern talk, and dreamlike country life. It blends poetry and faded jokes from a bygone rural press.
Chauffeurs Who Flee From Accidents
A French court episode notes drivers who fail to stop after crashes as a warning to American motorists and pedestrians. James Hazen Hyde, a New Yorker, was fined and imprisoned in absentia while abroad. the case reflects a common on road etiquette issue and public safety concerns on city streets and highways.
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America
James Hazen Hyde
Paria
Hyde
Italy
Knoxville Campaign Aims to Put City on World Stage
Knoxville launches a wide scale advertising push through leading newspapers to showcase its resources and opportunities. The Commercial Club led by W. M Goodman will frame Knoxville as a wholesale market, mining and marble hub, coal center, furniture producer, and farming product tradings outpost with cheap labor, shipping and fertile markets.
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Knoxville
Oltier
Brannd
Texas
Oktoma
Iquan
Tennesese
Kentucky
Nouth
Tennessee
Knoxgill
Commercial Club
W. M Goodman
le Ao Live
German Ambassador welcomed in Milwaukee on May visit
Count Johann Heinrich von Uernstorf, the German ambassador to the United States, was greeted by German-Americans of Milwaukee and hosted by the Citizens’ Business League. He attended receptions, luncheons, and automobile tours during his stay, with a busy schedule of engagements. A separate federal court action in Kansas City involved a temporary injunction restraining a St Louis official from pursuing a rail rate challenge against railroads, with no other state officers named in the order.
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Bernstorff
Milwaukee
Wis
Johann Heinrich von Uernstorf
Unitedates
Citizens’ Business League
Kansas City
Smith Stepherson
Judew John F Philips
Siebert Jones
St. Louis
Alunerie Prdery Gga
Shipwrecked Life and Justice’s Loose Scales
A Georgia 1907 report recounts Jaman Hart’s burglary conviction and three year term, followed by transport to a convict camp. It contrasts Hart with W G Thompson, jailed seven years for embezzlement at Palmer Hardware, and notes Hart’s aged decline, brief prayers for mercy, and the governor’s possible pardon amid a system of harsh justice. The piece blends social critique with vivid maritime imagery and local officials.
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Deeda
Jaman Hart
Chathem
God Save the State
Georgia
Hart
Charleston
Savannah
Sin
Alwase
China
Chatham County
Superior Court
Old Hart
Thin
Great Sinte
Anug Larvar
W. G Thompson
Palmer Hardware Company
Gaxannah
Ne‘am
Palmer Hardware ‘Company
Thompson
Rane
District Court
Stonecutters Walk Off Jobs In Atlanta Federal Building
Stonecutters on the federal building project in Atlanta quit work amid a pay scale dispute with contractor KE C Hairston and supervisor G F Coles. The Finished Stone Cutters' Union sought a 75 cent daily raise plus a half holiday on Saturdays, with some employers approving and others resisting. Contractors say the delay will not halt progress since the work can continue with existing teams and stones already placed in walls.
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Federal
KE C Hairston
Atlanta
G F Cokes
Ballaton
McAle
Coles
Colea
Dassford
McCaul Brow
Walla
Methodists Discuss Missions in Korea at Nashville Meeting
Nashville May 6 The Korean mission described as in demand and revival spreading, with Ward representing the mission noting evangelistic progress and wider work. Gibson of Kansas City reported growth in the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society and a financial gain as Stubbs cited movement momentum. ER Chappell and Hamill reported Sunday school gains with literature reaching 600000 pieces and 89000 member increase. Callahan described Nippon Bunsei school work and threefold church members. Conference plans to hold the Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday school boards conference in Nashville next January.
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Nashville
Board of Misalmua
Methodiat Entacopal Church South
Mianop Ward
Stubbs
Missionary Oo
General Sunday School Board
ER Chappell
Ttn
H SM Hamill
Callahan
Japan
Nippon
Itreet
Methodist Epiacapar Church
Aouih
Nashe Vie
White Men Honor Memory of Barber
In Livergreen Alabama on a May day a funeral procession honors Henry Adama, a Black harhat who died Sunday. Prominent white men joined judges, lawyers, bankers and merchants in escorting his body to the cemetery and funeral at thecolored Methodist church. The scene stunned the town with unity across racial lines.
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Livergreen
Henry Adama
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