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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1913

Page

9

Constitution Prices and Distribution Outside Atlanta

The Constitution lists 58 cents per diairth and 12 cents per week outside Atlanta, or 60 cents per month and 14 cents per week. Advertising manager is listed as Bufidine with bureau address at 1727 S Street NW. Distribution notes include New York City sales by 2 pm next issue and pickup at Times Building, Broadway, 38th Street, and Broadway locations. advance payments to out-of-town dealers or agents are not accepted.

Atlanta New York City Hotating Broadway Forty-second Street Times ‘Building Cospar Thirty-eighth Street Twenty-ninth Street the Constitution Id

Georgia Poised for Cotton Prosperity Amid Market Surge

Georgia stands to benefit from a rare cotton market upturn, with Eastern condition near normal and Western belts deteriorating yet supporting high prices. The Journal of Commerce confirms that Georgia remains the leading East of the Mississippi producer, with receipts rising and prices around 14 cents, possibly 15 cents.

Georgia Journal of Commerce Louisiana Arkansas Tennessee Missouri Oklahoma Texas Mississippi

Georgia farmers brace for prosperous year ahead

The state expects a strong cotton crop with costs at least 23 percent below the ten year average, boosting margins and Georgia’s share of national prosperity. Atlanta stands to benefit as commercial capital of the Eastern cotton zone, leveraging preparations by business leaders and farmers statewide.

Sturned Georgia Union Atlanta

Federal Aid to Roads Opens National Debate in Detroit

The American Roads Congress in Detroit discusses federal aid for highways, aiming to gridiron a million miles of roads in two years. Secretary Houston argues for dollar-for-dollar cooperation, condemning pork barrel methods, while calling for a nationwide system free of wasteful spending.

American Roads Congress Detroit America Dorsey W. Shackleford House Committee On Congress Houston Detroit’ Congress

Just From Georgia by Frank Lb Stanton and The Dancing Travelers

A lyrical column titled Just From Georgia features Frank Lb Stanton and The Dancing Travelers. The piece blends nostalgic lines with hopeful visions of future life, sensations of music and dance, and a cynical note on economic disparity as a grouchy brother imagines a gold paved, golf linked future for the wealthy.

Just From Georgia By Frank Lb. Stanton

The Glossy Sage Of Tariff Tales In Our Times

A fragmentary column blends editorials and verse on cheap goods, prosperity, and tariff talk. Quoted voices from Glasco and Whitsett reflect on costs, temptation, and public faith, with poems and stray notes about canals, Dixie tunes, and local sermons.

Didn't Want to Talk Shop From Current Opinion

Raul Edgar Creed was sent to Lone Island to extract an Appendix. He missed the last train, stayed overnight in a miserable hotel, and awoke to being taunted at breakfast by a sallow cadaverous country girl. She mocked him and urged him to hang his symptoms.

Raul Edgar Creed Lone Island

Story of the Moment: Old Mr Crimson Worries over His Aviator Son

In a humorous tale by Walt Mason, Old Mr Crimson frets about his son taking up aviation. A hotel keeper notes fate is fixed, while the family recalls Sam Partridge’s varied careers and the dangers each path held. The narrative travels through four brothers, including a steeplejack and a photographer, whose mishaps reinforce the old man’s panicked sleep. Jim, the youngest, survives dangerous escapades, leaving the Crimson household with a stubborn mix of pride and fear.

Crimson Sam Partridge Jim Sin Anoter Town Sam Ie New Postoffles Tim Bis Vale of Tears Misgar

Complaints About Highland Avenue School Basements

A letter from R W W Gower of Atlanta dated September 29 1913 calls attention to crowded city schools with basements used as classrooms at Highland Avenue School. He notes 124 students enrolled and basements dark damp and unsanitary hindering learning though headmistress Miss Jonson and staff strive to help. He urges better politics and school board methods.

Baker Highland Avenue Inman Park Jonson Atlanta

Grave of Maj RB Hull 66th Georgia Linked to Lost War Remains

Editor Constitution seeks information on Maj RB Hull of the 66th Georgia Infantry C S A. A lone grave near a small town bears a slab inscription stating he was killed at the battle of Binnekers with no dates. Relatives or anyone with knowledge of his fate or resting place are asked to respond to F 8 Garrick G dated September 27, 19ta.

R. N. Hull Georgia Infantry C. S.A RB. N. Hull Binnekers

Sailing Wheelbarrows Of China

A fragment describes sailing wheelbarrows used in Shensi inland regions. Wind from west to east drives these crude vessels, aiding transport of country produce where wheelbarrows face sand and space limits. The text notes ingenious, continuous operation and reliance on favorable wind direction for movement and load handling.

China Tie -Shensi

Origin and History of the English Poet Laureate Title

The piece surveys the laureate tradition from ancient Greek crowns to medieval England, noting early versificators and royal patronage. It traces the first official English poet laureate to Dryden in 1670, lists ensuing holders, and discusses evolving duties and emoluments under sovereign patronage.

Ferrarch Rome Paris Oxford Cambridge Greece Apollo John Skelton Poeta Laureatus England Bendongen Henry Edward IV John Kay Chaucer Edward III Ea “Spenser Queen Elisabeth W. Hamilton Chaudir Gower Kay Andrew Bernard Skelton Robert Whittington Richard Fawards Spenser Samus Datiles William D'Avenant Charles Fouson D'Avenant Waby John Dryden Dryden Gahary Thomas Shadwell Nahwa Tate Nichi Row Laurence Huadgn Colley Cibber Thomas Warton Henry James Pye Robert Southey William ‘Wordsworth Alfred Tennyson Alfred Austin Robert Bridges Alfred Te Southey Wordsworth Pye Tenny~ Son Fountey

Joy rides and alcohol fueled car folly in cautionary prose

A satirical critique of joy riding warns that gasoline with alcohol makes reckless driving deadly and absurd. It mocks drunken drivers who imagine racing Saturn and Clash with trains, noting the danger to bystanders and the high toll of fatalities.

Earth Connecticut

Preparing for the Future Aged 20 and 65 Life Outcomes

The piece argues that about half of 20 year olds survive to 66 while 200 of 1000 will be in want at 65. It urges young men to avoid waste, thrift, study, and self discipline to avoid poverty in old age, contrasting two life paths and noting actuarial estimates.

Cleveland Plain Dealer Adusries America

Step Lively by George Marth Am

A compact exhortation on daily diligence and initiative. It urges timely action, steady effort, and passing on ideas to others, comparing life to keeping crowds moving and never sleeping at the switch. It envisions a noble, selfless drive to improve work and share progress with successors.

George Marth Elis Paset

Cricketing Meteor The Hon L Tennyson Emerges in Hampshire

The piece profiles I. Tennyson, son of Lord Tennyson and grandson of the poet laureate, as a rising county cricketer. It notes his recent centuries, hard hitting, and strong defense while musing that cricket renown may not guarantee literary or political fame. The portrait calls him a robust young man with a retrousse nose.

New York Evening Mail English Illustrated Papers L ‘i. Tennyson Lord Tennyson Hampshire

Wide Awake Censor at Tarsus Textbook Shipment

During Abdul fidmid's reign in Turkey the American Missionary College at Tarsus sent a large consignment of textbooks to New York. Most items arrived, but a few chemical texts were missing. A commissioner reproved the president for complaining and urged him to destroy nonreligious books rather than admit why texts were saved as evidence.

Abdul Fidmid Turkey Colege Tarsus New York Cer Orst Ike

Royal Sermons and Coronation Schedules Through Ages

The article recalls Victoria preferring sermons to be brief, and King Edward VII restricting sermon length for coronations. It notes London bishop allocations, a cut sermon during illness, Napoleon III limiting preachers to fifteen minutes, and Charles II's unusually strong response to a stirring sermon by Kenn.

Victoria Edward Declaret London Napoléon Charles II of England

Dickens Rooms Describe Comforts in God’s Hill Home

Charles Dickens valued guest sleeping quarters at God’s Hill with the best beds a comfortable chair and a large writing table he kept a daily supply of quill pens and paper. A miniature library sat nearby and a fire burned in the sitter’s room with a copper kettle at the hearth.

Dickens God's Hill Charles Dickens Chariga Dolby Alway

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