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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1913
Page
9
A letter from a trusted Atlanta source warns that a Puritan backlash could reverse recent social gains. The piece cites historical cycles of repression, notes a rising sting of arrests over private conduct, and urges restraint and targeted enforcement to avoid a broader public sentiment shift.
Atlanta’s baseball pennant victory in the Southern league is portrayed as a citywide drama. Over 40,000 residents attended the final weeks of the season, united by a shared resolve to win the pennant and celebrate a fighting chance to triumph.
Victory described as an avalanche of effort by Atlanta’s home team under Manager Billy Smith. The piece credits crowd psychology, resilience, and determination for a likely unprecedented southern baseball triumph. It praises players for fighting odds and boosting city spirit, hoping for a repeat in the 1914 season.
Atlanta banker Witham is described as morally upright yet protests Senator Smith against the Clark amendment taxing cotton futures. The piece notes Senate Democrats may delay action for a year after news that cotton prices rose. It argues singling out cotton as immoral while hedging in other crops continues.
The piece argues President Wilson should press to finish key party promises this December session, including currency, trusts, and railroads, to avoid.democratic peril. It warns against piecemeal surgery and partisan demagogy, urging national, statesmanlike action with swift, sincere reforms. It references Jerome, weather, and Canada in a reflective aside.
A compact 1920s style column features verse snippets and short humorous notices from Georgia. It includes romantic refrains about old loves, a courtroom quip about a judge, light country songs, and regional vignettes cited by The Dixie Joy Train and other features, with playful dialect and portraits of southern life.
A retired merchant recalls a neighbor who constantly borrows items, from hats to a grandmother, and how a scheme borrowed from a fortune teller leads to swift retaliation. The tale centers on turning the tables by borrowing relentlessly until the borrower retreats, urging strict reciprocity among neighbors.
Bridgeport Connecticut is praised for manufacturing prowess and circus fame as Phineas T Barnum shaped its map. The city’s old families, factories, and monuments are noted, with Elias Howe cited for the sewing machine and the town’s role in early American industry and travel on Long Island Sound.
A Spanish historian asserts Columbus used the name Christobal Colon and may have been born in Pontevedra, not Genoa, suggesting Hebrew ancestry and a Con partnership link to Fonterosa. The scholar argues Pontevedra records show his family prominence and notes 1489 persecutions of related Colon members. The hypothesis, if proven, would challenge Italy’s claim to Columbus and spark scholarly debate.
Atlanta editorial condemns a recent Capitol steps arrest as frivolous while praising the city’s detective force. The piece warns against overzealous arrests in murder cases, urges careful judgment by the police chief, and laments a sensationalized incident involving a young girl. Written by a traveling man in Atlanta, Ga.
Witham, Atlanta capitalist and head of the Georgia bank chain, pens a letter to Senator Smith protesting a proposed 0 cent tax on hedging transactions in cotton. He notes cotton prices near $3 per bale in country towns, links the rise to caucus action on the Clark amendment, and urges deferment until after harvest. He warns the tax could harm the cotton states during a large crop and fragile prosperity.
The piece praising American effort on the Panama Canal notes waters feeding locks, Gatun Lake nearing completion, and engineers delivering a monumental achievement. It credits corrected methods and management, highlights improved American standing in the Caribbean, and mentions jealousy among canal authorities amid a harsh climate, with no scandals.
A poem text recounts yearning for home across Galway Devon Scottish and other places. The speaker notes the distant calls of childhood and youth, blending memories of hedges houses and seas with a nurse of wandering hearts. Authored by Judd Mortimer Lewis.
In Germany Frau Backer a menagerie proprietor married Herr Schnie der and gave him as dower an elephant a lion and several other wild animals to form the witness of a rival show.
A satirical piece lauds Work Street as the model path to usefulness and fulfillment. It contrasts Easy Street’s luxury and high taxes with Work Street’s practicality, urging residents to pursue meaningful work rather than comfort and status. The town’s shifting population underscores generational change as the key to lasting value.
A historical note highlights the 1675 publication The Rules of Civility with excerpts on polite behavior. It lists prohibitions on pulling a man by his buttons or clothing and on disruptive actions during conversation, including snoring, sweating, caping, or dribbling, to maintain decorum.
Report describes offenders detained in a new Bordeaux jar then moved by touring car to a temporary dwelling along a scenic route beside a river with serene uplifted scenery in the distance.
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