City and county clash over creek cleanup for $200,000 plant
County and city officials clash over clearing Peachtree creek to ensure the new $200,000 sewage disposal plant operates properly before winter rains. Chairman Quillian, backed by Chief Clayton, urged immediate creek work but now says it may wait. Mayor Woodward insists action is needed and the city should hire help to protect the plant.
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Peachtree Creek
Quillian
Clayton
Woodwark
Miss Wells Fights McDaniel Street Rename Victory
Susie Wells of McDaniel Street led opposition to renaming the street to Oxford Terrace while property owners pushed the change to a grander title. The fight reached the council stage where Wells ultimately prevailed by a strong majority, aligning with The Constitution’s stance.
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Miss Wells
Susie Wells
McDaniel Street
McDaniel
Oxford Terrace
Georgia
Motron
Politi
Atlanta streets as landmarks not names
The piece praises Miss Wella for opposing changing street names in Atlanta, arguing streets honor historic events and figures. It applauds the council for resisting the recurring folly of renaming streets, emphasizing local individuality and loyalty to old associations.
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Wens
Atlanta
Wella
Council
Time for New Haven wreck probes by commissions
Following the latest wreck on the New Haven railroad twenty six persons lost their lives and fifty were hurt or maimed. The interstate commerce commission has begun an investigation while past probes by federal and New England commissions yielded little beyond retirement of Melien. The piece questions if regulatory bodies are helpless to prevent such indiscriminate slaughters.
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New Haven
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commercce Commission
New England
Melien
Judge Pendleton Urges Firm Stand Against Fulton County Violence
Judge John T. Pendleton denounces pistol toting and lawlessness in Fulton County. He urges Atlanta authorities and citizens to back the law, warning the community risks rising crime and urging a brace to let the law prevail over outlaws. The judge champions a strong, uncompromising stance in court and the streets.
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John T. Pendleton
Grand Jury
Pisto
Fulton County
Georgia
Pendleton
Fulton
Atlanta
Judge Pendleton
State Trade Board to Convene Georgia Chamber Event
The Georgia Chamber of Commerce plans a September 16 meeting in Maton led by Charles Haden of Atlanta to form a general conference uniting commercial manufacturing and agricultural interests. Proponents say coordinated state action mirrors western expansion and will unlock opportunities through a new state board.
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Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Maton
Charles Haden
Atlanta
State Trade Board
Georgia
South
Techs Night School at Georgia Tech Opens Evening Classes
Since 1908 the Georgia School of Technology offers a night school for laboring men and youths seeking skilled trades. About 250 enroll yearly with tuition nearly free except a $5 matriculation fee. Prof J N G Nesbit leads the program, which provides day-class facilities and a cooperative method to help students earn wages. Sessions begin September 17 with enrollment Sept 15 to 19.
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Georgia School of Technology
J. N. G. Nesbit
Just From Georgia By FRANK 1. STANTON
A rambling verse collage sketches rural Georgia life and politics with humor about weather, tariffs, and public offices. It blends names and local quips, noting a Texas legislator resigning to take a post office, and features regional idioms and playful portraits.
The British Drama Debate Sparks A London Reply
The Indianapolis News reports Gilbert K. Chesterton claiming there is no British drama, provoking a London critic to retort that such a claim is absurd and asks what people have been yawning over for so long.
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Indianapolis News
Gilvert K. Chesterton
London
Odds and Ends of Georgiana by Sam W Smal
Sam Smal retells quirks from Georgia and US history. He notes Cox of Georgia inventing the circular saw in 1786 and traces its impact on the lumber trade. He recalls the early Ferris wheel, built in Atlanta before the Civil War, and Madame Octavia Walton LeVert as the first American woman government commissioner to a world exposition.
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Sam W. Smal
Michigan
Cox
Georgia
EW Whitney
Sam
Atante
Walton Spring
Italan
Italy
Chicago
Madame Octavia Walton LeVert
George Walton
United States
Walton County
Madame LeVert
Mobile
Alo
Paris
Napoleon IV
France
Mexico and the Serpent’s Folds in Verse and Prose
A fragmented 1913 column from Atlanta blends Horace Dubuse’s tribute to Mexico with Joseph W. Humphries’ vignette of marital strain. The poem extols Mexico as a divine land of beauty and peril, while the prose fragment depicts a man’s dark mood and eventual thaw as his wife returns, set against an Atlanta backdrop.
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Mexico
Horace M. Dubuse
Atlanta
Miracle of the Manuscript Unearthed by Market Shuffle
A Greek manuscript, wrapped around fish and presented to the bishop of Uganta, turns out to be part of a centuries old treatise. The bishop, via a market stall, saved the remaining pages from loss, revealing a remarkable literary treasure.
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Uganta
Tiga
The Marseillaise Who Composed France's National Hymn
The article surveys disputes over the composer of La Marseillaise Rouget de Lisle is credited by Grove though claims dispute his authorship. It traces German and Grison oratorio connections and cites critics and editors in a long debate with no final settlement.
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Rouget de Lisle
Grove
Karl Blina
Germany
Haltzmann
Elector of the Palatinate
Blind
Gudbrand Vigfusson
Grisons
Racine
Vigfusson
Grison
Fetis
Conservatoire of
Brussels
Rouget
Lasult
Î le Lisle
Paris
Edouard
Grisen
Amedeo de Lisle
Rowault
Wes Trouget
Strausburg
Paleo
de Lisle
Castll Blase
Madame de Montesson
Pesleurters
Operaz
Ghick
Imbault
Griaon
Gossec
Farm Life Readers for Rural Children
Duncan invites The Constitution to review Farm Life Readers Books 4 and 5 adopted by Alabama schools. He notes 100 plus pages of home and farm topics such as plowing soil seed corn livestock chickens and vegetable gardens, with classical selections. Letters from U S Department of Agriculture officials and educators accompany the offer, praising practical rural education.
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Office of the Constitution
Germany
Alabama
United States Department of Agriculture
South
Little Rock
Ark
Girerd Pinchot
Harvie Jordan
Lawton B. Evans
Augusta
State
United States
Department
West
W. K. Tate
South Carolina
Turel
E. T. Fairchild
Kansas
National Education Association
Fairchild
Geo. W. Duncan
Silver, Burdett & Co. Publishers
Paris Realty Values and a French Dukes Estate
The article notes New York property values rival Parisian prices with Paris booming similarly. It records the Duke de Massa, grandson of Regnier and keeper of the seals under Napoleon I, dying at his Champs-Élysées residence. His father in law Baron Reger once bought the estate for about 50 thousand dollars in francs sixty years prior. A capitalist group offered 18 million francs, nearly 4 million dollars, for the property, but the Duke refused.
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Paris
Indianapolis
New York
Duke de Massa
Regnier
Napoleon I
Champs Billysees
Baron Reger
Judge Walker and Reuben Jordan Tenant Farm Model
Article praising Judge R Walker of the Alabama Court of Appeals for his tenant farming example with Reuben Jordan near Huntsville. It highlights improved land, diverse crops, and strong landlord tenant partnership seen as community building among southern farmers and the role of the negro farm hand in agricultural progress. Dated Normal Ala September 1 1923 PC Parks director Alabama College for Negroes.
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Landlorad
R. Walker
Reuben Jordan
Judge Walker
Alabana Court of Appeals
Reuben
Madison County
Hunteville
Ala
Walker
South
Parks
Agricultural and Mechanical College For
Normal
Corn on the Streets Astonishes Cuthbert Leader
A Marlborough Prolific corn stalk with six ears, four large and well formed, was seen on the streets near Mr. A. C. Maye’s property in Cuthbert. The unusual display drew attention and sparked local envy among residents from Iowa.
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Iowa
Cuthbert
A. C. Maye
End of the World in the Next Hour Prompts Protagonists
The Gun Day Constitution previews a dramatic tale about facing the final hour and choosing among panic, defiance, or calm. It recalls Conan Doyle style clues with Professor Challenger and Summersee. Readers are urged to stay tuned for the first installment in next Sunday's issue.
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Professor Summersee
Conan, Doyle
Malone
Challenger
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