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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1913
Page
13
A terse note states responsibility for advanced payments made to the out of town focal carrier, dealer, or ARE. It emphasizes proper handling and accountability for funds transferred to distant logistics partners.
A Southern Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union meeting in St. Louis raised 24577 dollars for foreign missions. A controversial AP report questions whether funds should also address domestic moral issues amid a spectacle of diverse national costumes and a grim Death's Head symbol highlighting local heathen conditions.
The Ad Men’s club of Atlanta urges support for a Memphis versus Atlanta game drawing large crowds. Receipts will fund promotional stunts at the Associated Advertising Clubs of America convention in Baltimore. The club previously staged a Boston watermelon cutting in 1911 to boost Atlanta’s image and plans several notable publicity efforts this year.
The passage notes assistance from a group tending the game tomorrow afternoon and underscores they are not alone in helping ad men. They provide material to support Atlanta, aiming to improve the event’s prominence and appeal.
The article notes a shift in both the United States and Japan away from jingoistic talk in the California Japan controversy. It cites Associated Press reports from Tokyo stating war talk is denounced as foolish and harmful to diplomatic peace efforts. Secretary Bryan warns against subsidized patriotism and mercenary newspapers.
The Nebraska States Journal urges a cash first philosophy echoing a pay as you enter trolley policy. It argues many live beyond means, incurring debt, and that cash purchases for daily needs could curb wasteful spending and reduce living costs. It notes raises often lead to higher spending and advocates less dependence on credit.
The inter national opium conference at The Hague next month may summon representatives from about thirty four nations to discuss eradication. China’s determined crackdown ended much of the domestic opium market, despite British trade and warehouse stocks in Shanghai. England may be urged to buy surplus opium to ease trade obstacles and advance global progress toward banishment of the drug.
A collage of rural idioms and satirical lines about loafing, hot sun fatigue, and life choices. The speaker mocks political graft, auto culture, and weathered wisdom, contrasting idle contentment with the grit of labor and the search for steady bread and home. The piece weaves imagined scenes of misers, drivers, and dreamers in a rustic, humorous tone.
The article notes that worn flags are burned rather than discarded and that army navy practice for generations dictates destruction when flags are unserviceable. It questions whether public buildings follow the same plan and mentions other distant remarks about government speech and U S affairs.
Socrates, the 5th century B C Athens thinker, is ridiculed as a crank who loafed on street corners to teach philosophy. He courted controversy, argued with authorities, and was condemned to death for his beliefs.
A debate over Oliver Cromwell's death and burial hurtles through Macaulay’s histories and later claims. Accounts suggest the body may have rested at Naseby Field rather than Westminster Abbey, with various theories about embalming and a wax effigy used during public displays.
A reminiscence recounts how Benjamin Le Fevre used Democratic ties with James A. Garfield to influence a postmaster’s reappointment. Pendleton agreed to back immediate Senate confirmation, prompting Garfield to push the nomination during Sherman’s absence, leading to a swift executive session and Pendleton’s persuasive speech.
A public piece argues that harsh detention for all suspects ignores individual character. It urges judges to use probation instead of confinement for many youths and the thoughtless, citing Georgia’s rising prison population and the need for reform to prevent future crime. It critiques political attitudes toward punishment.
A reflective piece extols Obscurity as the school of achievement where individuals gain discrimination, genuine energy, and responsibility. Mentions a Senate scene with Pendleton and a postmaster nomination, noting approval and Jona Sherman’s reaction.
A poem praising mothers as the bravest fighters, waging a lifelong, silent war within the walls of home. It speaks of their steadfast endurance from infancy to old age, describing endurance as a wall-up battle fought with patience rather than swords or cannons.
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