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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1914
Page
13
A quirky column riffs on walking away from trouble and war woes. It cites Bentztown Bard’s verses about leaving cares behind, and features humorous local items from Musket Ridge with comic characters like Phil osopher and Puss Irvin. The piece blends folksy poetry, light satire, and community jests.
The editorial argues the board of education should immediately use a newly allocated 11,812 dollars approved by council and the mayor to end Atlanta schools double sessions. It warns delay harms teachers, students, parents and outsiders and predicts swift action this week will restore normal operation.
The article argues Japan’s public denial of aims to permanently hold Jaluit shows friendship with the United States despite war plans against Germany. It contrasts jingoist pressure with Japan’s stance, noting cautious policy on eastern Pacific territorial gains and the broader wartime propaganda and public reaction.
The Holland letter notes John Skelton Williams as the first Washington official to publicly acknowledge U S bankers for their wartime services. It recounts gold underwritings, underwriting pools, and the banks' role in maintaining New York credit amid European war shocks. Williams urges confidence and emphasizes resources to meet foreign obligations through trade and resupply.
The piece contrasts the south’s cotton harvest and brief labor employment with eastern factory closures leaving workers without work. It extols the south’s mild winter, blue sky, balmy air, and praises Taber.
Senator G M Huse from Riverdale Georgia urges governors of cotton states to convene legislatures and enact a uniform law to limit next year’s cotton crop to 50 percent of 1914 acreage. He argues federal relief is unlikely and a state law would raise prices, reduce supply, and boost southern welfare.
Louise Townsley appeals to the city council and mayor for funds to build or rent adequate schoolhouses to relieve severe overcrowding in colored schools. She describes dangerous grading, rushed teaching, unsanitary conditions, and a student who died from the strain, urging restoration of eighth grade colored schools and better facilities for healthy student learning.
George Fitch humorously surveys cheese varieties from cremina to Swiss and Limburger noting preservation, production, and cultural quirks. He contrasts goats milk cheese and Roquefort with German Limburger, joking about odor, sustenance, and cosmopolitan palate.
From The vetroit journel the piece laments the cathedral’s desecration, comparing it to Napoleon’s destruction of Strasburg cathedral. It bemoans the vandalism and the assault on a treasured religious monument, noting the harm to its beauty and historical weight.
Atlanta reader CHAS. A. WIKLE argues against taxing medicines, noting druggists earn about 40 percent profit and face rising raw material costs. He urges women to buy American toilet articles to keep profits local, support workers, and avoid passing costs to consumers.
A Civil War era style verse extols homespun dress as a badge of Southern unity and pride. It celebrates Southern rights, Confederate bonds, and loyalty to the South, imagining a future where a soldier beloved returns to choose a brave partner.
A Cheffie M2 piece argues workers lack empathy for war’s cost. It envisions barely fed marchers, exhausted soldiers, and the impact on mothers, wives, and children, warning that callous talk misses the human cost before battle's end.
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