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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1915
Page
5
The notice lists subscription rates by mail within the United States and Mexico with prepaid terms, and details various rates for daily and weekly editions. It identifies I R Holliday as advertising manager outside Atlanta and provides addresses for the Washington Bureau and New York distribution points.
Tourists from Chicago driving to Miami on the Dixie highway face severe weather tests. Nashville to Chattanooga delays due to heavy rains reveal road weaknesses. Georgia and Tennessee counties must build durable sections. Good roads benefit producers by quicker markets and easier access to supplies. Communities must act to improve routes.
The recent Galliard cut slide threatens the canal channel with unsafe depth, requiring up to ten months of excavation at one million cubic yards per month. Goethals is credited for opening the canal despite ongoing earth movements, risking further disruption but providing a year of service. Commerce adapts as ships wait or reroute.
The article discusses England enacting a strict anti-treating statute aimed at curb drinking by banning paying for others drinks except with a square meal. It notes economists predicting drastic reductions in consumption across about 10 million people and a potential 80 percent drop, signaling a radical shift with implications for U S states still near prohibition.
The governor general of Belgium issues a decree banning the removal of eyes from song birds and prohibiting artificial blinding. The measure is praised as a humane act amid wartime cruelties, while note is made of broader reflections on war and communication with other worlds.
Kin Hubbard of The Indianapolis News notes the Dixie Highway travelers led by Abe Martin, praising the road builders and the welcome homefront in Indiana. The piece lauds the cheerful march of Dixie bands and the home folks cheering the route to new lands.
A collage of verses and quips reflecting rural humor and philosophy. Observations on time, misery, and life, with snippets from editorials and sermons about fame, intelligence, and social conduct. The piece blends pop culture lines with moral stances and light verse.
An editor urges the city police board to extend clean up efforts by prohibiting any member of the force from accepting gifts. The piece argues such gratuities corrupt efficiency and should be strictly enforced, aligning with practices of federal departments and suggesting adoption by state and city groups.
An open meeting of the Joseph Hamersham chapter of the D A R on Wednesday October 20 will discuss the Bleckley Plaza project in Atlanta. Readers submit editorials praising the central park idea and critiquing wasteful spending, with plans to marshal public support and leverage civic leadership for rapid action.
The Indianapolis News notes Dixie highway commissioners travel from Chicago toward Miami and avoid Salt River in Kentucky. The piece praises progress, the spread of the good roads spirit, and argues roads unlock opportunity, reduce isolation, and connect regions, underscoring roads as the foundation of transportation.
A gathering celebrates progress from Panama canal insights to electric street cleaners saving money in New York. Local chatter promotes river development for the Chattahoochee with Congressman Adamson praised. Mrs W L Peel urges attendance at the chamber of commerce to back Atlanta’s river projects and Indeed a new plaza will host trees and a more ambitious lease.
A Southern Georgia love lyric by Ernest Neal from The Constitution extols a Piney-Woods girl. It celebrates her hair brow eyes lips and smile with country imagery of cypress pines and sugar cane, in a nostalgic romance tone.
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