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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1914
Page
9
An Old-Time Day editorial reflects on a true winter Thanksgiving of 1914 with crisp air and high spirits at home while Europe teems with war. It praises American safety and prosperity, urging gratitude for democracy and sanity as world events unfold, and calls on readers to feel renewed hope.
The campaign to rehabilitate Atlanta's school system is producing tangible results. Board members, councilmen, teachers, and citizens urge broad cooperation, noting the issue affects every child and the city’s future. Time to act is now as the new administration takes office next January.
A defensive editorial argues against ecclesiastical proscription in Atlanta’s church life. It condemns coercive standards and lash methods used to enforce conscience, warning such tyranny harms the church, liberty, and American religious heritage. It urges a compassionate, conscience-led church free of rigid, ministerial mandates.
A national conditions survey led by Armour & Co. official H H Merrick predicts a rising business cycle with grit and brains overcoming pessimism. He cites October export gains, positive trends in New York Chicago San Francisco and booster sentiment across Atlanta and New Orleans as signs of recovery and growth.
Georgia verse notes a Thanksgiving theme with lines about blessing the bread and seeking strength to tide us over. The poem mentions land, a spreading table, and faith expressed through work, ending with a call to fold hands for love and blessings.
A reader notes poems of thankfulness and home life juxtaposed with reports of Chief Joseph’s War. Harriet Monroe praises a Carlisle college's quoted Indian poem as among the finest, highlighting the sorrow of chiefs and the cold, blankets, and the resolve to fight no more.
A rustic printed recitation mixes Thanksgiving lore with fables of Brer Turkey and Possum Runnin. It includes a cautionary tale of a man who marches to the “growlin’ ranks,” a joke about wooden cannons, and a playful call to advertise dental care and church invitations while celebrating Mister Happy Day.
S R Stone of Atlanta argues for resurfacing with road tar and gravel or crushed rock to even Belgian blocks and reduce traffic congestion. He proposes paving a square temporarily to let the public judge its efficacy and cost compared with tearing up blocks for a full pavement.
Thomas Ri Shipp profile highlights E Lee Worsham of Atlanta as Georgia’s state entomologist since 1907. The article lauds his war on boll weevil and wilt, his cotton breeding work, and his role in conservation and farmer education across the South.
A reflective vignette contrasts a man who fears death with a passive Christian who neglects church. It laments modern indifference, urging return to devotion, church learning, and personal reform before life’s brief years slip away.
A Washington Post note on Jules Verne romances once deemed impossible for boys now seen as dated. The piece contrasts early literary ideals with modern tastes, reflecting cultural shifts in childhood reading and heroism.
More than two thirds of the girls at the English Commercial High School wear eyeglasses due to poor lighting. The old Crew Street annex is dilapidated and overwhelmed by growth. A new building funded for 1915, with 100000 dollars, is urged as necessary to provide space, a library, and better conditions for 251 current students and future increases.
A Des Moines Capital piece praises The Atlanta Constitution for its bold critique of how southern states have managed the cotton issue. It argues the south relies on charity, urges selling cotton at best prices, planting another crop, and self-reliance, citing Iowa's six cent corn as a model.
The Holland Letter notes a promising return of US business after years of stagnation. Executives of large industrials anticipate better earnings and possible dividend resumption in late winter or spring as Europe sustains heavy US purchases. Reports from New England, the Midwest, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Cincinnati show varied but growing output and hiring, with optimism about a sustained recovery.
A Thanksgiving column notes the era’s mix of banter and worry. It jokes about overindulgence yet warns of economic ripples from war debts and a possible rebound in American business and dividends amid a quiet holiday mood. Holland.
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