Dixie Highway Tour to Visit Atlanta for Welcome
The Dixie Highway tour progresses from Chicago toward Atlanta where the travelers will receive a royal reception on Friday October 15. Civic groups including the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and Georgia Chamber of Commerce prepare to host, escort from Rome, and showcase the new route as a landmark in road building. The tour caps a wider effort to highlight interstate tourism and regional development along almost 2000 miles of highway through the South and West.
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Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
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Ad Men's Club
South
Grain Rate Decision Affects Nashville Grain Exchange
The U S court refused to stay a federal order, allowing the interstate commerce commission grain rate ruling to take effect October 15. Nashville and similar southern points will gain rail shipment parity with Nashville, affecting grain and flour shipments. The decision clarifies rail facilities privileges across the territory.
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United States
Nashville Grain Exchange
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlanta
Nashville
Atlanta Seeks Parity in Wheat Freight Rates with Nashville
The text argues that Atlanta and other southeastern cities deserve the same wheat freight terms as Nashville. It notes Nashville enjoyed a carload wheat privilege, while Atlanta faced higher through and focal rates. The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered removal of the Nashville bias, granting Atlanta an opportunity for fair competition and potential market gains.
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Atlanta
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
War Echoes and World Turmoil In 1915 Chronicle
A reflective 1915 newspaper fragment discusses London war sounds from the western front, Conan Doyle’s alarm at sleepless nights, raid fears from Zeppelins, and calls for paralyzing German targets. It touches on mobilization, the aim to drive out invaders, and lingering hopes for peace amid global turmoil. It also notes James Whitcomb Riley birthdays, Bulgarian art debates, economic strains, and Balkan war tensions as the world war looms.
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Western Front
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Cather’s
England
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Hagen
Cody Hessnert
Prose Fragments Reflect Sunlit Wealth and Autumn Dreams
A string of lyrical lines and fragments evokes gold chains, red roses, rich lovers, and the fleeting value of wealth. Phrases about blessings, gratitude, and the hereafter mingle with rural images of fields, hills, and autumn. The text reads like a patchwork of poems and maxims from a late century newspaper page.
Whiz Sat urday game sees rattler tale and drift
A fragment from Dahlonega Nugget recalls J Berry stepping on a rattlesnake barefoot, jumping away and killing it. The note adds this makes three such incidents for the gentleman and touches on assorted old newspaper quotes and verse snippets from various papers.
Elaborate Reception Given Dixie Tour at Indianapolis
Indianapolis hosts a Dixie Highway inspection tour from Chicago to Miami with an elaborate welcome by the Indianapolis Board of Trade the Chamber of Commerce and the Hoosier Motor Club Officials and directors greet the motorists escort them from Crawfordsville and Jamestown to Indianapolis including a stop at Speedway A sermon The Roadbuilder is planned at Roberts Park Church before the group proceeds to Martinsville French Lick and Bloomington The organizers aim to boost highway support and consider extending the road to Mackinaw City and Michigan inclusion.
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Ind
Dixie Highway Association
Indanapolis Board of Trade
Chamber of Commerce
Hoosier Motor Club
Board of Trade
Chicago
Miami
Fla
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Covington
Veedersburg
Hillsboro
Waynetown
Crawfordsville
Mace New Ross
Jamestown
Liston
Pittsboro
Brownsburg
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Hoosier
Jamestown Band
Speedway
Severin
Albert Hurstdna
Roberts Park Methodist Episcopal Church
Indianapoli
Oclo&k
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Herbert J. Bass Ag
William EL. Howard
French Lick
Waverly
Bloomington
Bedford
Mitchell Orleans
Paoil
Thomas Taggart
Michigan
Mackinaw City
Holderby Denies Christianity Fails Amid World Tragedy
Dr A R Holderby preached at Hast Point Presbyterian that infidels claim Christianity is a failure due to bloodshed and mobs. He argued the Bible shows God reigns and will overrule world events for redemption and Christ's kingdom, defending Georgia and its people while condemning mob law.
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Jeary Christ
Hast Point Presbyterian Church
Dr Holderby
Jerusalem
Europe
Georgia
Holterby
Christ
Georgia Harvest festival called biggest amusements week
The executive committee declared the Georgia Harvest festival would be the largest and most pretentious exploitation of amusements and state resources in Dixie. They refused several large entertainment proposals due to lack of space, with manager REn Clark predicting many more acts would be turned away before month’s end.
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Georgia
Man of the Arctic Night Faces Suffering and War
An evocative poem fragment from John O’Keefe in a New York World column describes a lone Arctic trooper amid freezing seas and bombardment. It contrasts the icy wilderness with the human toll of war, alluding to lost children and relentless sleet.
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John O'Keefe
New York
Leaders of America Devoted Christians Declares Dr Ogden
Dr Dunbar H Ogden pastor at Central Presbyterian preached at Five Points yesterday, labeling Roosevelt and Wilson as devoted Christians and praising Lee and Jackson as religiously devout. He urged that one’s path from the Creator defines fate, warning that folly costs purity, temperance, and opportunity, and that home life reflects one’s faith to live splendidly.
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Ogden
Tooth-picks by George Fitch in a public setting
George Fitch ridicules the toothpick as a social trigger in a satirical piece. He claims it shocks high society, likening it to a public torture device and suggesting a performer disguise himself and retreat to an isolated ocean retreat to preserve reputation. He notes society’s fear of pageantry and discussion on taboo topics.
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Craverse
Iowa
Georgians to Speak at Appalachian Good Roads Meeting
Bluefield W Va October 1 At least five governors Goldsborough of Maryland Stuart of Virginia Rye of Tennessee McCreary of Kentucky and Hatfield of West Virginia are set to speak at the seventh annual Southern Appalachian Good Roads Association convention to be held October 14 to 16. About 300 delegates from nine states will attend with studies on road financing construction and maintenance. Georgia will be represented by W Mccallie state geologist William F Eve and A M Turin with other state officials listed.
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Maryland
Stuart
Virginia
Rye
Tennessee
McCreary
Kentucky
Hatfield
West Virginia
Southern Appalachian Good Roads Association
Bluefields New Masonic Temple
Association
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Alabama
John H. Smal
O Eldridge
United States Office of Public Roads
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A G Batchelder
American Auromobile Association
M. V Richards
Southern Railway
W McCallie
William F Eve
Georgia Federation of Road Authorities
A M Turin
North Georgia Good Roads Association
W A. Hansell
C M Strahan
Athens
W T Winn
Atlanta
Old Guard Celebrates Peace Monument Unveiling
The Old Guard battalion of Gate City Guard marked the fourth anniversary of Piedmont park peace monument unveiling with a brief ceremony and a flower decoration led by a parade. Dr. B Wiimer gave a short talk and prayer as crowds gathered to recall the national event once hosted by military representatives nationwide.
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Old Guard
Gate City
Dixie
Peace Mission
B Wiimer
Highway Committee Plans Reception for Dixie Tour Visitors
Chairman Ro Reed of the highway tour reception committee calls a luncheon at the Ansley hotel Tuesday to finalize arrangements for the visiting Dixie tour. The group arrives in Chattanooga Thursday night, departs Friday morning for Atlanta via Rome, where they lunch and are met by Atlanta escorts. In Rome a dozen cars welcome them, and near the county line a brass band and over 100 cars greet the entourage before an oyster supper at the Auditorium.
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Dixie Highway Tour
Ansley Hotel
Oclork
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Rome
Elyse and Coromersial
Lectures Draw Big Crowds On Boll Weevil Campaign
E Lee Worsham, Georgia state entomologist, spent Sunday in Atlanta after a week campaigning against the boll weevil in South Georgia. He reported large and interested crowds at lectures on the weevil and control methods, with night meetings added beyond schedule.
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E Lee Worsham
Atlanta
Dusk and Moonlit Meadow Scene in Poetic Fragments
A fragmented verse paints dusk's charm with moonlight and crickets in a meadow. Images of stars, dew, and woodland musk evoke nature's scent and twilight music, though lines are broken and incomplete.
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