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Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1909

Page

5

Constitution Travel Ads and Georgia Road Contest Epilogue

The item comments on subscriptions and advertising for The Constitution, notes in Atlanta and Maryland, and highlights Georgia highway controversy. It praises the State Good Roads $5,000 Contest, with Albany Dougherty County leading contributions and county towns showing support. It urges coordinated counties, automobilists, and business leaders to back improved year round highways to boost prosperity nationwide.

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Menace of Bad Streets in Atlanta City

A dated Atlanta editorial laments dangerous street conditions on Glennwood Avenue and across the city. It argues for prompt repairs to prevent accidents and prevent costly damages, urging steady maintenance over reactive fixes and criticizing delays in the street repair policy.

Atlanta Glennwood Avenue Niice

When Men Sail the Air Wright Brothers Triumph

An enthusiastic reception marks the Wright brothers return as the world witnesses the first practical steps toward powered flight. The article, while noting weather and mechanical challenges, credits the Americans with a distinct advance in aerial navigation and solidifies their historic place even if further progress remains.

Wright Brothers Yan Han Yat

Congress Should End Tariff Agitation

A reader argues that prolonged tariff disputes depress U S industry. Citing Huse and Washington, the piece urges Congress to finish tariff agitation so business can resume, with the Great Northern Railway and broader economy ready to move forward again.

Congress

Velvet Valleys and Poetic Sermons From Georgia

A collage of verse and prose evokes velvet valleys, love and faith, with references to nature, heaven, and moral notes. Excerpts mention flowers, rivers, and divine presence, interwoven with quotations about ambition, poverty, and social admonitions from a rural reading.

Letters From the People's District School Taxation

A reader discusses Home Missions and education after the Civil War, praising Governor Glenn's appeals yet urging broader common school funding. He cites Kansas and Nebraska as models of tax supported schooling and urges tax law reforms to fund ten months of schooling. Christian Massacres in Turkey letter follows, expressing disapproval of Armenian killings and urging U.S. moral stance. Cedartown Ga May 01, 10.

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Fatal attack as husband harms his wife in Fort Gaines

At noon a Black man, Tom Kelley, allegedly attacked and fatally wounded his wife in Fort Gaines. Violence unsettled the town as residents rushed to the scene and authorities began investigations amid tense racial tensions and public safety concerns.

Fort Gaines Monegro Barber Tom Kelley Aics Ciizens Negroce

The Plea of Armenia A Native Speaks For Survival

A native Armenian writer recounts massacres and famine in Asiatic Turkey, detailing family losses, land dispossession by officials, and the 1895 96 outrages. He urges American intervention to prevent slaughter, stressing humanitarian duty and the need to protect Christian communities amid Young Turk reforms and competing factions.

Amercrinta Maamaret-al Mr. Kuretia Vvanues bin Unele Zod Asiatic Turkey Central Armenia Jegat Ortaber Anothar Aratte Constantinople Ahmed Ziza Young Turke Slam- Ubten Reform Party Youre ‘Turk Party Committee of Union and Progrean Liberal Party Matem Mansacre Peleia Turkes T Committee of Union and Progress Dristain Berlin Germany Uneland Murala Inter Samuel J. Barrows America

Inauguration Then and Now As Viewed by the State Press

The Macon Telegraph contrasts past and future inaugurations for Governor elect Brown. It recalls the Saul imitation at the 1967 ceremony and argues for a simple Jeffersonian style. The Savannah News notes Georgia’s next governor will favor plain, economical, citizen led proceedings.

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