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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1913
Page
14
A terse policy note states the entity is not responsible for any advanced payments made to out of town carriers, local dealers, or agents. It signals risk transfer to the payer in transactions involving third party intermediaries.
England edges closer to woman suffrage as a Commons vote stalls 266 to 219. Militancy debates and Irish home rule influence deter passage, but the movement spreads globally with the United States and other nations moving toward enfranchisement. Observers foresee a historic shift altering electoral politics worldwide.
The proposed tariff bill taxes mutual life insurance companies while exempting fraternal ones, claiming the move affects policyholders with incomes under 4000 dollars. Advocates say the measure unfairly targets holders of mutual policies regardless of policy size or dividends used to reduce premiums.
The finance committees of the senate face a choice on exempting fraternal and purely mutual insurance from government taxes. If one class is exempt, it is argued, the other in substantially the same category should also be exempt. The instinct to protect dependents governs the stance.
President Woon urges support for the Playgrounds and Recreation Association of America in a convention letter, calling city playgrounds among the era’s most vital efforts. Atlanta’s park board seeks 5009 for summer concerts in Grant and Piedmont parks, seen as essential outdoor spaces for families and children.
Oscar Underwood of Alabama, longtime Democratic House leader and Ways and Means chair, received spontaneous bipartisan praise in the House on his fifty first birthday. Republican Leader Mann urged members to set partisan differences aside and celebrate the "able gentleman from Alabama" whose forty years in public life were lauded as a national asset.
An international commission plans centenary peace celebrations for America and Great Britain. The article urges repealing Panama canal tolls to honor obligations, reduce friction, and boost civic significance, noting writers and figures eyeing publicity as satire on Congress and public sentiment. It mentions Bryan, Bernhardt, and George Ade in a broad critical tone.
A fragment from a collection of verse notes and poems. Includes reflections on money and faces, tariff satire, celebrates the hungry poet, and echoes from The Baltimore Sun. Also cites a Houston Post note about Texas twins and ends with a poetic dreamer motif.
The western floods raise corn oats and hay prices as warehouses and graineries are swept away. Damaged railroads hinder shipments, delaying supplies for those depending on the west for food and farm goods.
A stray dog provokes a divorce suit in Atlanta as the pet upsets a home. The piece notes such canine disruption is rare and contrasts it with a farmer’s remark about raising produce instead of worry. A Tattnall County note reports Mr. William Hodges selling about 1000 dollars of cotton to local buyer Al Smith in town Wednesday.
Washington May 7 former Senator Jonathan Bourne of Oregon proposes a federal highway plan to spend 3 000 900 000 over fifty years funded by fifty year non tax bonds. He argues good roads boost farm values and replace horse power with traction engines. The piece also examines consular service reform and Georgia appointments abroad.
The piece argues that influence begins early and is inseparable from character. It warns that influence cannot be concealed at home, can spread globally, and returns to shape the Influencer. It emphasizes responsibility in how one acquires and uses influence for sunshine rather than shadows.
The unknown real name of Francois Villon, famed fifteenth century poet, is explored here. A Parisian born thief and rebel, Villon used many aliases to evade authorities while producing powerful verse. His life mixed crime and genius, from murder and robbery to the writing of Ballade of the Hanged and Grand Testament.
In 1912 a Georgia letter argues California cannot constitutionally bar aliens from land, urging repeal of the fourteenth amendment. It cites Wo v Hopkins and cites equal protection as universal. The writer asserts Congress must decide and calls for California to concede errors and restore rights for Japanese and other aliens.
A dramatic 1908 1910 jail record chronicles a woman's decline from a brief 30 day city prison sentence to repeated disorderly conduct drunk and moral offenses. It questions state responsibility for girls led to prostitution and disease, urging industrial training for wayward youth amid rising guardianship concerns.
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