Athens stories rail at politics and progress
A collection of city notes covers a bribery acquittal in New York, Memorial Day in Athens, and the Georgia State Baraca convention attracting young leaders. Georgia governor honors Thomas Jefferson’s memory with Ho Mins Randolph traveling to St. Louis for the unveiling. The Chinese Tong in Atlanta is described, as is a push to crack down on blind tiger cases while Governor Brown enforces strict labor policy.
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Brown
Ho Mins Randolph
Thomas Jefferson
Georgia
Jefferson Memorial
St. Louis
Randolph
Atlanta
Missouri
South
New
Sinton
Problem of the Income Tax and tariff reforms
The article outlines the link between tariff revision and a new income tax law. It notes expected revenue losses from tariff cuts, the Democrats' plan to replace lost income with a graduated tax on incomes over four thousand dollars, and the focus on closing evasion to ensure the tax yields about one hundred million dollars annually. It emphasizes crafting a near perfect collection method to prevent loopholes and meet revenue goals.
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Congress
England and the Turkish situation discussed in depth
A discussion on Britain's stance toward the Turkish crisis notes England’s large Muslim subjects and potential backing of Turkey. A London Review of Reviews writer argues the Sultan is both temporal ruler and Caliph, and Britain as the greatest Muslim power must reckon with Islam’s global influence from Constantinople onward.
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England
Turkey
London Review of Reviews
Calif
British Empire
Guarding Against the Fly In The Home And Yard
A historical housefly public health brief stresses it is a health menace and urges cleaning stables and lots, destroying garbage, and installing screens on windows and doors. It calls for seasonal action to prevent kitchen contamination and to kill flies wherever possible.
This Date in History and Birthday Notes 52nd Birthday
A nostalgic recap lists notable birthdays and events: Benjamin Franklin’s death in Philadelphia in 1790, J Pierpont Morgan born in 1837, and Paul Revere’s ride centennial in 1875. It highlights Senator Willard Saulsbury of Delaware born April 17 1861, plus congratulates several notable figures on their birthdays including Dr. Charles H Parkhurst Charlemagne Tower William R Day Willis Van Devanter John M Faison.
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Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Boston
William G. Simms
Charleston
S.C
J. Pierpont Morgan
Hartford
Conn
Rome
Italy
Quebec
Upper
Lower Canada
Simon Bernard
Louis Napoleon
Paul Revere
Alexander Mackenzie
Canada
United States Senate
Willard Saulsbury
United States
Delaware
Georgetown
Del
University of Virginia
Wilmington
Saulsbury
Charles H. Parkhurst
Charlemagne Tower
Germany
William R. Day
Supreme Court of the United States
Willis van Devanter
John M. Faison
North Carolina
Books on progress and adventure inspire readers in 1910 news review
May Harbin surveys Do Something Be Something by Herbert Kaufman and other新 titles. Kaufman’s essays challenge readers to greater vitality and universal kinship. Notes on The Princess and the Goblin simplified by Elizabeth Lewis, English Walnuts by Walter Fox Allen, Poor Dear Margaret Kirby from Macmillan, New Thought by Charles Brodie Patterson, War by John Luther Long, The Joys of Living by Orrison Swett Marden, John O Jamestown by Vaughan Kester. Publishers include George H. Doran, J P Lippincott, Walter Fox Allen, Macmillan, Crowell, Hobbs Merrill.
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Herbert Kaufman
Kaufman
George H. Doran Co
New York City
George Macdonald
Elizabeth Lewis
J.P. Lippincott Co
Philadelphia
Walter Fox Allen
United States
North
Georgia
Lawrenceville
N. J
Charles Brodie Patterson
Dr. Patterson
London
Thos. Y. Crowell Co., Publishers
New York
Orrison Swett Marden
Y. Crowell Co., Publishers
John O
Jamestown
Vaughan Kester
Virginia
Pocationiias
Eggleston
John Smith
School of Realists
Obbs-Merrill Co. Publishers
Indianapolis
HOGS GRIND THEIR OWN FEED AT SD STATION
At the South Dakota agricultural station hogs are set to work in a hog motor that grinds their feed as they root at the grain in a revolving drum. The device aids digestion and readies the animals for market, while stock raisers note exercise improves fattening. A furnished six room apartment with bath and sleeping porch on Prince avenue is available to rent by month or year, phone 426.
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West
South Dakota
Prince Avenue
Curious Towers of China PoG That Was at the Pole
The article surveys ancient Chinese stone towers built for defense and idol worship. It notes their impressive masonry, solid foundations, and remarkable persistence against wind and time, with vegetation sprouting from cracks despite visible decay.
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China
Blackened sleep ends in stove blaze at Marcus Hook
Mrs. Harry Chadwick wakes in a room darkened like her husband as both are bl nered after sleeping beside an oil stove. The couple’s fire ordeal ends when Mr. Chadwick hurls the burning stove out the window. The clipping shifts to Obersten, survivor of Amundsen’s polar expedition dogs, a separate note.
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Harry Chadwick
Marcus Hook
Speed of Carrier Pigeons for 100 Miles
A historical note states that the speed of a carrier pigeon for 100 miles is about 125 feet per second, indicating remarkable endurance and period testing of avian messengers.
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Athens Banner
Athens Daily Banner
Mr. Farmer
Georgia Woods
Alabama
Athens
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mitchell
Massachusetts
Congress Gaines
Senator Saulsbury
May Harbin
Margaret Kirby
Kathleen Norris
The
Macmillan Co., Pub
John Luther Long
Luther Long
Hobbs-Merrill &Co., Publishers
Mays al
Wang Ewi
Assouan Dam
Assouan
Nile
Sir William Willcocks
Obersten
South Pole
Roald Amundsen
Brittany
France
Christ
Loch-Christ
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