Athens Banner Letter Attacks Senator Smith Over War Views
The Athens Banner reprints a Kennedy letter criticizing Senator Smith for opposing war measures linked to veterans benefits. It accuses Smith of deceit and hypocrisy for denying past statements about going to war with Germany and aligning with Lodge against the Wilson administration. The piece laments political opposition amid WWI context and cites a German submarine Lusitania incident.
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Peoplev
Democratic Party
Senator Lodge
Dewart
Wilson
Smith
America
Flanders Field
Georgia Leads South in Peanut Industry Growth
The Southeastern Association of peanut growers touts six reasons to expand peanut farming in South Georgia. Peanuts provide a valuable oil, nutritious shelled nuts, and butter substitutes, with potential to reduce cotton reliance and boost regional independence.
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Georgia
Southeastern Association of Peanut Growers
South Georgia
Association of Peanut Growers
Tahoe
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz and New Questions
A list of quiz items and answers covers Egyptian Fellahs and education, Alice Sit by the Fire, Sam Houston, and other terms. New questions ask about frescoes, Mississippi state flower, Kit Carson, sugar use in 1919, opal, colonial interior painting, rust prevention, and the occupation best serving humanity.
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Egypt
Sona
Joseph de Morgan
Sam Houston
Virginia
Tennessee
Texas
San Jacinto
Republic of Texas
United States
Houston
Kilauea
Mona Loa
Mississippi
Kit Carson
Call of Universal Love and Duty Echoes in Prayer
A devotional text reflects on multiple calls to conscience and service. It contrasts inner urges with external voices, urging sacrifice and universal love as the guiding call from within and beyond.
Georgia Proclaims Good Roads Week in May
Governor Dorsey issues a proclamation urging observance of Good Roads week in Georgia from May 17 to 22. He asks counties to hold meetings and secure cooperation for better highways to boost state development and curb loss of food products due to poor transport.
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Dorsey
Georgia
Commonwealth
Sermons to Live By Bible Faith and Moral Reform
Excerpted preacher uses Psalm 119 9 to argue the Bible transforms lives through study and faith. Quotations praise the Bible as a unique, inexhaustible treasure guiding morality, salvation from vice, and daily strength, with endorsements from Gladstone and church leaders.
Q and A on wages and nursing pay in a 1920s column
A reader asks about wage division with a wife and the ethics of a bet. Answers advise giving all to the wife. Another query seeks a Pricilla Dean photograph from Universal City for twenty five cents. A nurse comparison explains graduate vs practical nurse pay and training methods.
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Artend
Universal City
Calif
Answers by Carolina Jewett and Advice on Work and Independence
The text offers aged advice on stain removal for silk garments and a young girl seeking independence. It presents cleaning steps for perspiration marks including dry cleaning and ether, then shifts to a nineteen teen era question about leaving home for a hotel job and the adviser warns the girl to remain with her father, citing her youth and need for judgment.
Footwear reform urged in health talk on women’s heels
A health talk urges women to choose sensible shoes with broad padded heels and flexible toe spread. It warns high arches and extreme heel styles cause discomfort, favoring low or military heels and avoiding the French heel.
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Rhea
Donkey and Chinese School Scene in Rice Milling
A courtyard scene shows a donkey grinding rice to flour for schoolchildren with an assistant, a calm Chinese woman in a traditional role. The account notes flour mills in port cities and uses the scene to discuss sanitation and American orientalist aims amid early immigration concerns.
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China
Banner Interview Corrected By Mr Glenn Dorough
A corrected letter from Glenn Dorough clarifies his early political support. Dorough states he initially backed Hoover, not Hoke Smith, and condemns Smith and Hearst papers as German propagandists. He cites wartime unity and opposition to German obstruction, ending with his respect.
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MIR
Glenn Dorough
Propaganda Used Against U S Merchant Marine, Benson Says
Annie Benson chairwoman of the United States Shipping Board charged at the National Marine League annual meeting that propaganda was being used to harm the American merchant marine.
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Associated Press
New York
Annie Benson
United States Shipping Board
National Marine League
Census Returns Rise in Selected Cities Across States
Washington reports census returns with Bristol Virginia and Tennessee tallying 13 776 an increase of 10 2 percent Aiken B C 4 103 up 4 19 Denison Tex 17 065 rising 25 2 across listed locales reflecting population shifts and growth.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bristol
Virginia
Tennessee
Aiken
B. C
Denison
Tex
Four Entire Sympathy Strikes Reported in Columbus
Between seventy five and one hundred Big Four car reporters in Columbus Ohio struck in sympathy with switchmen tonight Local employees warned they would block car inspections The report also notes Frances P Gravan was confirmed as assistant attorney general by the Senate from New York with approval today.
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Associated Press
Colmbus
Ohio
Big Four
Frances P. Gravan
Washington
Senate Today
Francis P. Gravan
New York
Phil W. Davis Jr announces for Congress in Georgia district
The candidate Phil W. Davis Jr of Lexington Georgia declares his bid for the Democratic nomination to represent Georgia’s Eighth Congressional District in the 67th Congress. He stresses loyalty to party principles and pledges adherence to traditional American policies. His campaign runs through the upcoming primary, and he appeals to white voters in the district.
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Eighth Congressional District
Georgia
Democratic Party
America
Phil W, Davis, JR
Lexington
Palmer Returns Next Friday for Final Campaign Push
Palmer plans to speak in Savannah, then return to a local auditorium for his last campaign address. Illness delayed his Atlanta date, and Palmer HQ released the statement noting letters of support from prominent Georgians urging a pro League stance and a serious Democratic delegation to San Francisco.
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Auorany
Washington
Savannah
Palmer
Hoke Smit
Aone
Mr. Palmer
League of Nations
San Francisco
Georgia
Alwiya
Herrera Front Seizes Guatemala City in Rapid Revolution
Guatemala City reports troops backing Carlos Herrera have seized the capital while President Cabrera’s forces besiege it. Shelling is reported in multiple districts as Herrera’s faction seizes the main railroad into the city and claims the revolution is spreading inland.
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Guatamala City
Carlos Herrera
Guatamala
Cabrera
Herrera
Col Dorsey Davis to Speak in Maysville for Palmer
Col Dorsey Davis will speak at Maysville on Friday in the Interest of Attorney General Palmer for the presidency. He is well known in this section of the state and the announcement of his speaking will attract a large crowd. Davis is regarded as a great campaigner and one of Georgia's best stump speakers.
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Phil W. Davis
Office of
Congress
National House of Representatives
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Dorsey Davis
Maysville
Palmer
Col Davis
Georgia
Stutz stock short charge shocks New York board
Allan A. Ryan chairman of the Stuts Motor Car Company resigned from the New York Stock Exchange and accused members of the board of governors of being short in Stutz stock trading. The exchange suspended trading as prices skyrocketed.
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Board OF Governors
Associated Press
New York
Allan A. Ryan
Stuts Motor Car Company
New York Stock Exchange Today
Rey
Sonora Faces Military Ultimatum From Carranza Forces
Nogales Sonora April 3 General Diegeorgerson the Carranza military commander has issued an ultimatum to the Sonoran government De La Surts and General Cualles of the Republic of Sonora warn that military measures will be taken unless the state submits to the national government report from here states
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Associated Press
Nogales
Sonora
Diegeorgerson
Carranza
de la Surts
General Cualles
Striking workers end walkout and return to work
In a surprise settlement, 3000 railroad strikers in the pot yards and passenger terminals agreed to resume work at midnight. The dispute will be reviewed by a railway labor board for formal adjustment of demands.
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Assoc. Press
Washington
Ano
Mel
Railway Labor Board
Night switchmen strike ties up freight service
New Orleans reports twenty five night switchmen failed to report to work, halting half the road's freight service. In other news Mr and Mrs W P Haygood announce the birth of a son this morning.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
I. C
W. P. Haygood
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