Subscription rates and distribution details for The Constitution
The notice lists subscription prices for The Constitution dated September 23, 1914, with daily and Sunday rates for the United States and Mexico and weekly options. It details carrier and mail delivery costs in Atlanta and outside, advertising management, and bureau address. It notes sale points in New York City and newsstands, and disclaims responsibility for out-of-town advance payments.
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Atlanta
United States
Mexico
Holliday Constitution
Avante
Washington
G Street NW
John Corrigan
Stett
Charset
Constitution
New York City
Broadway
Forty Second Street
Times Building
Thirty Eighth Street
Twenty Ninth Street
Washington county tax revisions vindicate county
The Constitution defends Washington county against prior tax figures showing a 164000 decrease and notes revised returns later revealed over 300000 in corrections. It argues tax dodging was exposed and praises the county’s good name, stating politics should not prejudice taxation fairness.
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J J Harrin
Washington County
Ita
Georgia
Hariig
Washinngton County
Sanderaville
Harris
Harria
Tax Commissioners Office
Hanna
Harns
Georgia County
Hog and Hominy Show At Atlanta Corn Display
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce corn show committee plans a hog and hominy carnival at the municipal auditorium on December 12, 3 and 4. The display aims to promote Georgia and the South by publicizing farm products and enticing cooperation from business, agricultural, and industrial groups nationwide to boost yield estimates and related support.
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Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Municipal Auditorium
Georgia
South
Federal Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
The South Rejects Congress For Cotton Relief
A northern broadside rages at Congress over wartime currency promises and relief for cotton farmers. It denounces empty assurances, asserts the South will self‑help, and vows to solve the crisis without federal aid. It recalls past failures and calls for decisive local action.
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Yuet Rugg
Washington
Buncombe
Congress
South
Europe
Alagia
Wall Street
Education Board Should Urge the Council to Act
The board urges a direct personal presentation to the city council and the people of Atlanta to secure a remedy for the crisis in schools. It cites double sessions and long transfers, calls for renting extra rooms and extra teachers as a temporary fix, and demands board members present details to council next Monday to fix responsibility.
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Board of Education
Atlanta
Atlania
Council
Counci
Diversification drive urged by Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
The Atlanta Chamber advocates a statewide exhibition combining soil surveys countywise and expert farming practices to boost diversification and markets. It argues coordinated effort with Georgia commercial bodies can save the state during the current crisis and yield long term dollars. Automobiles threaten morale as war continues and town name changes won’t fix the issue.
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Henry Grady
Chamber of Commerce
Georgia
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Representative Harris Answers The Constitution
Sandersville letter from J Harris condemns a Washington county tax case editorial. He cites misstatements by The Constitution, defends county officials John H Smith A Chamlee and J H Quinn, and demands an unconditional apology for alleged political accusations about tax equalization and assessor appointments.
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Hiditor Constitution
Washington County
Washiigton County
Washington
Sandersville Gearman
Tucsdey
Senate
Dlander
Hardwick
John H Smith
A Chamlee
J H. Quinn
J Harris
Better Rest a Year On Cotton Says Jordan
HARVIE JORDAN of Atlanta Ga argues in the Constitution Tribune that world raw cotton supply will outstrip demand, urging farmers to curtail planting by 50 percent next year. He cites 1914 and 1915 figures suggesting a large surplus and uncertain wartime consumption, urging immediate adjustment of crops.
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Kashinskya
Egypt
India
United States
Hureps
Harvie Jordan
Wet Tax on Excess Cotton Suggested by Danforth
Dr A R Danforth told a Constitution representative that a federal law curtailing cotton production next year is the only permanent remedy for current troubles. He proposed a war tax on all over three bales to the plow, arguing such a tax could be constitutional and applicable nationwide, unlike state-by-state limits.
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Congress
A R Danforth
Ourist
Babylon
Great
Middle West
Wong
Victor Hugo and Commas in 19th Century Punctuation
The London Chronicle notes Victor Hugo prized precise punctuation, with printers delivering eleven proof revisions for Le Legende des Liedee to place commas correctly. It recalls Thomas Campbell walking six miles to and from his printers to swap a comma for a semicolon, illustrating strict literary standards.
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Victor Hugo
London Chronicle
Winges
Thomas Campbell
Holland Plan for Rail Relief and Gold Pool Aid
The Holland Letter argues for rail relief to boost railroad incomes, easing securities sales abroad. It describes a New York financing syndicate and a gold pool up to 150 million dollars to liquidate foreign debts and stabilize the U.S. markets, with banks mobilizing reserves and an underwriting plan to absorb American securities held overseas.
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Wilson
Great Britain
Europe
Financial District
New York Central
Washington
New York City
New York
House of J P Morgan & Co
A. Great Syndicate
Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve Board
England
Holland
The World's Work August Issue Highlights Rail Titans and Public Health
The August World's Work surveys future railroad finance hubs in Brazil as potential centers for the next era of American promoters, and reviews Herbert S Houston on advertising morals. It also previews Saint Louis pageants by Parker and Leupp on public health campaigns against trachoma, plus essays by Eddy Levick Osbison Todd and others on culture, industry, and politics.
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CM Keys
United States
Huntingtons
Hips
Harrimans
Braz
Herbert S Houston
Tella
Associated Adverting Clubs
America
George Parker
Saint Louis
St Louis
Constance D Leupp
McMuhen
United States Public Health ‘Service
Appalachians
Sherwood Eddy
Edwin Levick
John M .Osbison
Frederick Todd
Walter A. Dyer
Arno Dosch
Bucthr J Hendrick
Janet Ruth Rankin
All Along the Lind and Volcanoes and Deer and Steamboats
A humorous 19th or early 20th century column discusses party loyalty as a political glue, then moves through whimsical essays on volcanoes, the deer, and steamboats. It contrasts loyalties with national unity, mocks rhetoric, and lightly critiques tourism and river transport while painting vivid, satirical portraits of nature and technology.
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Roberts
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