Times-Recorder Official Organ for Americus and region
The Times Recorder, Americus Ga, is the official organ of the city Sumter Webster and railroad commission district. It lists editors T Gamble J C Cornforth W Farlow L Dupree and provides subscription rates for daily and weekly editions and mailing details.
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Americus
Thomas Gamble
J .C. W. Cornforth
W. Farlow
W. L. Dupree
the Times-Recorder
City of Americas
Sumter County
Webster County
Railroad Commission of Georgia
3Rd Congressional District
U. S. Court
Southern District of Georgia
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Common sense in school reform targets women’s training
An editorial argues for practical, gendered schooling to fit future domestic roles. It criticizes faddish college mimicry in high schools and calls for stronger fundamentals, practical business and domestic instruction, and earlier de-emphasis of Latin, algebra, and geometry.
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Chicago
Realife
At Last For Four Years More We Count It Fine
A compact verse line appears to celebrate extended state alignment or tenure. The piece hints at political or ceremonial significance with four additional years noted and a sense of approval. The tone is jubilant and speculative about forthcoming state alignment.
Pandora's contained 0 much trouble
A fragment from the Kansas City Journal quotes a speaker asking about a Pandora’s box and describing it as a bandbox, signaling a metaphorical observation about trouble or emptiness in a historical piece. The readable text centers on the paradox of containing great trouble in a small object.
No Fourth Nomination for Bryan Is Debated
The piece argues against a fourth Bryan nomination for the Democratic Party. It insists no man is fit to lead to sure defeat, warns a Bryan candidacy would cost states from the old South and beyond, and urges the party, especially the South, to oppose a fourth nomination and solidify unity for future battles.
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Democratic Party
Bry
Bryan
United States
Horace Greeley
New York Herald
Georgia
Old South
Kentucky
Virginia
Hari-Kari
Mr. Bryan
Carnegie Seeks Tariff Revision and Luxury Tax
Andrew Carnegie signals support for revising tariffs to aid consumer protection, arguing infants label on steel is outdated. He favors heavy luxury taxes and commodity tax cuts, aligning with Democratic arguments and pressuring Republicans to move past Cannon stalemate for a sensible tariff revision.
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Andrew Carnegie
Steel Trust
Carne
Congress
Taft
Speaker Cannon
Carnegie
Invitation to Albany Visit Americus by Trolley
An invitation urging Albany residents to visit Americus for a summer trolley ride. The piece highlights a $100,000 government building under construction, a Carnegie Library nearing completion, a top ranking YMCA, extensive sidewalks, and potential highway paving. It promises Albany visitors a welcoming, bustling Southern city experience and notes a friendly baseball defeat as a local flourish.
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Albany
Americus
Carnegie Mbrary
Garret bard seeks work mood through beefsteak aroma
In a Chicago note a literary figure declares belief in atmospheres that spark effort. A garret bard smiles and says the best atmosphere for work is one filled with the aroma of beefsteak and potatoes.
Precisely So
In Pittsburg Post item a speaker notes ten million microbes constantly prey on the system and a rival competition is described as fierce, reflecting a humorous exchange about health and rivalry.
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Pittsburg Post
Governor Smith Endorsed for Georgia's Education Future
The governor is praised for promoting education as the state’s key to future growth. The piece lauds his support of educational reform, noting Georgia’s untapped human potential as the greatest power for broad development. The endorsement calls his record admirable despite disagreements on other issues.
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Smith
Georgia
Why is the country not prosperous despite bumper crops
The piece questions why national prosperity lags despite Secretary Wilson claiming eight billion dollars in farmers’ crops this year. It notes regional business gloom, low wages, and poor merchant trade as people wonder why wealth from crops does not translate into widespread prosperity.
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Sect
Wilson
Secretary For Agriculture
Dear at the Table Sparks a Light Pocketbook Dilemma
A Chicago dining scene unfolds with a young man in a light pocketbook being urged not to call his companion dear at the table. The exchange hints at social expectations while a server notes the bill exceeds three dollars for the ordered portion.
Slovenly farming and thriftful seed improvement urged
A concerned plea argues population growth outpaces food production. It cites Belgian and French farming methods as doubling yields within a decade, condemns slovenly agriculture, and urges agricultural schools with passionate professors. A York County farmer boosted corn yield from under ten to 35 barrels per acre via rotation and seed quality.
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Collier's Weekly
County Falm
Luther Burbank
York County
Corn Belt
Carnegie
FARM WASTE TO WOOD ALCOHOL EXPERIMENTS AT WASHINGTON
Dr. Wiley of the Department of Agriculture conducts experiments in turning farm waste into wood alcohol for fuel and manufacturing. The work uses corn and potatoes as feed, raising concerns that farmers may sell crops instead of feeding them on the farm. The piece warns of forest stripping, soil deterioration, and the loss of natural fertilizer, urging on farm feeding to preserve soils and profits. It notes the potential of using waste watermelons and musk melons to produce alcohol, suggesting broader waste-to-fuel opportunities.
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Dr. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Washington
The Wreckers and the Blameless Woman
A Chicago Record Herald poem depicts gossip harming a woman's reputation. Two women initiate rumors, spreading tales as a dozen others join to publicize the slander. The blameless woman endures loneliness and stigma before a new day begins.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Lovely Woman Waltzes and a Patchwork of Clippings
Detroit Free Press praises What Hurts as a remarkable piano waltz set. Ad lists price 1.00 per copy and offers 25 cents postpaid via The Globe Music, 1155 Broadway, New York. Nearby clippings joke about politics and science asides from the music feature.
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Polla
Globe
Broadway
New
York
Won't Be Guided by Missouri? A Voice From Brooklyn
A brief Brooklyn Standard-Union notice questions guidance on displaying Missouri on a future page. The fragment hints at editorial caution or a call for clearer labeling in print. No further details available in the readable text.
Woman reports ball of fire seen over New Jersey field
Mrs. Caroline L. Pierce of Mullica township, New Jersey, 75, recounts a nocturnal sighting on November 14. She describes a bright window light, then a ball of fire shaped like a moonlit face that hovered over her turnip field before fading away.
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New York
Caroline L. Pierce
Mullica Township
N. J
Mrs. Pierce
Jeter
Egg Harbor
Daily Train Cat Charms Montclair Hoboken Route
New York reports commuter cats have adopted daily rides on the Montclair branch of Lackawanna’s Morris and Essex division. A Maltese cat travels between Montclair Lackawanna station and Hoboken daily, typically 8:30 to 9 am outward and returns before 7 pm. Its owner is unknown and behavior baffling to stock brokers and train crews.
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New York
New Jersey
Lackawanna
Montclair
Hoboken
Morris and Essex Division
McAdoo
TWO ROYAL AMERICANS GO TO COURT IN MASS
Teewee lema and her sister Charlotte princesses of the Massasoit royal line win a Massachusetts court fight over land title in Lakeville. Henry A. Wyman held the deed. the sisters gain life tenure and a right of way strip claimed by Josiah Demoranville. Teeweelman and her sister live near Lake Assawompset and Boston, asserting they are last Massasoit heirs.
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Taunton
Mass
Teeweelema
Charlotte
Massasoit
Plymouth
Massachusetts
Henry A. Wyman
Lakeville
Wyman
Josiah Demoranvile
Teeweelman
Slater
Lake
Assowompaett
Boston
Hunters Find Pot of Gold in Old Mine Kettle
Oil City, Pa. Nov 25 Two loggers Howard Woods and Thomas Dickinson while rabbit hunting near Olepolis uncovered a cotton kettle filled with gold coins and silver totaling 3600 dollars plus 22 dollars. News spread and many workers rushed to the site as rumors tied the treasure to John Caldwell, an eccentric farmer from early oil days who vanished into an asylum years ago. The incident halted work as the kettle was displayed amid local speculation of Caldwell’s buried money.
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Oil City
Howard Woods
Thomas Dickinson
Reed
Olepolis
Woods
Dickinson
John Caldwell
The Consultation Pack Mystery Case Dialogue
The Exchange between two doctors frames a puzzling medical case. One doctor notes the mystery while the other questions the patient's finances as a possible factor in the examination.
Public life and society notes from Americus and environs
The Americus paper reports varied local life including political talk on near mayors and utilities, social notes on visitors from Ellaville and Macon, a rush of shopping for Xmas ware, and a campaign for municipal ownership issues. It notes a Senate-style debate on governance, security of marriages licenses, and ongoing community notices such as lost and found items and farm rentals.
New Masonic Temple in Atlanta Draws National Attention
Atlanta notes the completion of a new Masonic Temple in the east district, described as the most beautiful structure devoted to Masonry. Plans for a Scottish Rite reunion next April promise visits by prominent national figures, including Hon. Richardson of Tennessee and the Supreme Council leadership from Washington.
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Atlanta
James
Richardson
Tennessee
Supreme Council
Whosington
D. C
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