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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1913
Page
9
The board of education plans an investigation into deficiencies in the public school system following a monthly meeting. A probing committee will report in a month and the board will urge immediate council action to address dangerous conditions in several schools and push for fundamental reforms.
Governor John W. Slaton urged Georgia to fund the state fair, noting agriculture is a pillar of wealth and that statewide fairs provide powerful ocular demonstrations of the industry’s potential. He spoke in Macon during a war relief visit, optimistic finances will improve with the new tax equalization bill and next legislature.
Judge George Hillyer warns the state’s laws foster a legal mob spirit and contempt for courts. He calls for a thorough legal and judicial reform by the Georgia legislature to remove impediments and restore orderly procedure. The piece ties national issues and political names into the broader call for legal modernization.
The Georgia division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy voted to invest the $10,000 Francis Bartow memorial fund in land beside the mountain school at Rabun Gap run by Andrew J. Ritchie. The land will support the school and its upkeep will be paid by the institution, while the title stays with the Daughters. The project aims to train mountain youths in cattle raising and beef production, using local opportunities to uplift the region.
A fragmented and rambling Georgia column mixes poems and patched musings on love wealth and life. It cites Georgia figures and local readers with stray lines about love songs and a call to support a local paper the Uplift while lampooning politics and journalism.
In a humorous clash over social rules a stranger touts etiquette, Mrs Curfew rebukes him, and a tin wedding gathering erupts. Rival neighbors Mrs Geewhilikens and Mrs Turpentine trade barbs until tinware flies, spoiling gifts and decor.
The Indianapolis News reports on Sir Alfred Turner Carlyle of Chelsea embankment London writing a new book and recounts his spiritualist experiences linked to W T Stead. Carlyle describes post Titanic visions and messages guiding Stead and other spirits, with Stead allegedly appearing at Wimbledon and in Carlyle's room.
A wounded bird seeks light as a beacon amid the storm. The speaker laments fate and describes a woman whose name blessed the earth and who is remembered beyond death. The verse closes with the speaker’s own despair and a note of futile longing.
The London Chronicle notes that the term gas was coined by the 1648 experimenter van Helmont. He called it gas because its untamable, chaotic appearance reminded him of the ancient chaos. The text contrasts today’s gas devices with that unchecked early idea.
The piece argues Galileo faced limited restraint rather than torture. It notes 1615 abjuration, 1637 blindness, and confinement in comfortable settings, with disputes over myths of torture. Biographers Blot and von Gebler are cited alongside Brewster and Whewell on Galileo’s treatment and imprisonment.
The piece extols constant practice and self discipline as Edge and Fitness. It argues missing daily work harms performance, notes athletes and students gain, and urges persistent, efficient service to sustain success and reliability. The voice stresses keeping nerves steady and body respected to support brain effort.
Briefly surveys naval lore and transport curiosities from past eras. Notes the Iron Duke nickname linked to Wellington, the Mersey steamship Duke of Wellington, and the fast 17th century ship Harry Grace a Dieu. Mentions Henry Haldane and Wolsey entourages and a Hague exhibit wagon ship with wheels sailing.
The piece traces the penny’s long reign spanning six centuries from Offa of Mercia as its origin to later coinage changes, noting rare early gold issues in 1357 and the shift to copper and bronze under later rulers, culminating in Victoria’s era.
The polyglot interpreter admits some languages stump him and recounts a Hampstead Green postoffice puzzle recorded by Baines. Two women seek a money order for a foreign trader in Oxford Street. Clerks insist on a Christian name, but the Turk has none. The bill shows Kotzemolien, so they split the name to Katz Molien.
Diogenes was a misanthropic Greek philosopher who mocked humanity. The piece recalls his tub life in Athens and his sharp exchanges with figures like Alexander the Great, noting how later imitators failed to win public favor and stressing a single rigid rule in histery.
Charles W EWot, president emeritus of Harvard, warns of declining American vitality as immigrants reproduce their kind. He cites Chicago’s shift from American stock to diverse nationalities and notes American farming communities vanish in rural districts. He argues widespread small family trends cross classes and erode traditional American stock.
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