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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1906
Page
11
The Atlanta paper calls for a formal, official inquiry into municipal ownership of public utilities. It argues such an study would reveal real savings, lower taxes, and improved services, citing examples from Jacksonville and other cities while urging action by the city council.
A sift of late 19th century clippings covers bank notes questions, county affairs, and civic reports. It notes a forged Savannah bank bill and a state inquiry, a Fifth regiment shoot, disease checks on mules, boll weevil fears, and new weights laws for flour and corn meal amid local humor and poetry from Atlanta and Georgia communities.
Two ministers endorse a Southern editorial arguing the race issue can be resolved only through Christian gospel teaching. They urge evangelizing and moral training of Black communities, condemn reliance on education alone, and call for mercy, leadership, and biblical outreach in the South.
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt Uncle Allen Sparka remarks that American citizens should be proud of the inventive genius of their people. He notes no country can produce as much pure olive oil and elder vinegar from diverse types of edible resources as the United States.
Ponce de Leon hosts Sheltering Arms Day with a 50 cent combination ticket to all attractions. Soldiers from the Fifth Georgia perform drills, a fire department drum corps entertains, and Chief Joiner’s ex pert demonstrations add to the program. Proceeds aid needy families with food and clothing.
The Decatur Orphans Home received a $10,000 gift from the Methodist of the Atlanta district. The home’s school, opened two weeks ago, reports 29 pupils. Miss Besew Ware of Lincoln is principal with a staff including Miss Magme John of hbn gon, Miss Floy Ray of Case Spring, and Miss Matle Loverss in charge of kindergarten. The program emphasizes industrial training, with baths and gym facilities, and will be shown at the state fair in Atlanta.
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