Beulah Poynter and Pickaninny Twins at Garden Theater
Elbert Hubbard recalls a 1913 Kansas City vaudeville bill featuring Beulah Poynter and a black face act. He details a plan to stage two children as the Pickaninny Twins, the audience reaction, and the tragic death of Billy from pneumonia after the show. The piece ends with the performers bidding farewell as Hubbard boards the Santa Flyer north.
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Garden Theater
Kansas City
Beulah Poynter
Moving Pictures
Lah
Buster
Billy
Beulah
Garden
Muskogee
Fort Worth
Southern Settlement and Development Org aids South growth
The development of The Southern Settlement and Development Organization led by William H. Manss is explained in Atlanta. It promises expert staff to boost agriculture, diversify crops, and aid industrial and mining development to increase money circulation from 50c to $5. The Georgian pledges support, urging co operation to make the South more prosperous with better farms, education, and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Manss
Southern Settlement and Development Organization
Baltimore
South
Atlanta
Georgia
Imagination and Achievement in the Age of Marconi
The piece argues imagination drives material success while mere dreaming yields little. It cites Marconi Columbus Rockefeller Morgan Fulton and others to show imagination plus execution leads to real progress. It warns against letting dreamland overpower practical aims and urges cultivating imagination with conscious discipline.
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Marconi
Garrett P. Serviss
Columbus
America
Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Morgan
Steel Trust
Fulton
The Earth's Greatest Men Are Dreamers
The text extols dreamers as those who reject limitations and pursue absolute truth and possibility. It praises historical reformers who stood against slavery and led moral progress, likening their impact to frontier pioneers in civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Els
Readers Defend Artwork and Real Estate Faith in The Georgian
Cecil Calfee of Atlanta argues public exhibition of September Morn offends delicate sensibilities and mocks modesty, while praising real estate investment as safe and steadily rising in value around Atlanta. The letter reflects cultural debates and civic concerns in early 20th century Georgia.
Elbert Hubbard On Billy And Buster Story Of Stage Brothers
Elbert Hubbard recounts the tale of Billy and Buster, children of the stage, who were to be raised as brothers. The anecdote explores fraternal ties, theater life, and the moral of shared kinship beyond bloodlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hubbard
Billy
Buster
Tis June in the City Too
Poem by Lilian Lauferty contrasts city and country scenes as June moods linger. The speaker admits city work blocks leaving memories of open roads and nature while city winds whisper of magic amid summer.
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Lilian Lauferty
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Are - Gee
Herg
Smith
Getter
Chariey Smith
HERBS
Charley Smith
Ronk
Elbert Hubbard
International News Service
Grace
Modest
Billy and
Beu
The
Humane Society
Friends of the
Buster and
Prac
Busi
Atlanta Georgian
Rony
Georgian Company
Alabama St
Honsoit
Mal Y Pense
Editor
Adam
Eve
Cecil Calfee
E. Fair St
Atlanta, Ga
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