Lawmakers Cut Georgia Smith Lever Funding Notify Farmers Hurt
After a stormy debate the Georgia House reduced the Smith Lever fund from 130000 to 100000 dollars per year for two years. The editorial argues this 30k and 50k cut cripples farm work, harms farmers, and urges the Senate to restore the appropriation to the maximum possible level. It calls for swift legislative action to protect compliance with federal funding.
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House of Representatives
College of Dollars
House
Georgia
Senate
State of Georgia
Smith-Lever
Extra Session Talk Follows Confederate Pensions Clash
The piece notes growing talk of an extra legislative session as the Senate pushes new tax items to fund Confederate pensions and the House resists, risking a clash before adjournment. It urges agreement on tax measures and appropriations to avoid an unwelcome extra session and financial strain.
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Senate
House
Shock to the Republicans on Tax Relief Promises
The piece asserts the Republican party, in power since the armistice, promised tax relief but now faces a proposed treasury tax increase of over a quarter of a billion dollars. It argues voters won’t see promised curbs on expenditures and predicts continued lavish spending. Dawes is mentioned as cutting only small sums. The author warns Americans expect no relief from Republican rule.
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Congress
Executive Department
Mellon
Dawes
Hell and
Maria
Immigration Reform Bill Aims Predeparture Screening Abroad
The House immigration committee chair proposes evaluating prospective immigrants at American consulates before departures. He cites inadequate port inspections and argues predeparture screening would weed out undesirables, sparing hopeful workers the burden of failed journeys. Supporting voices urge timely enforcement and broader immigration control.
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House of Representatives
Washington
Europe
Foreign Visitors to Washington Shape a Century Memory
The article recounts famous guests who visited Washington across generations from Louis Philippe to Joffre, Versailles diplomacy to Mount Vernon tributes. It notes the 1917 Joffre Viviani visit, West Point cadet review, and the tomb honors given to Lincoln, with reflections on global leaders influencing American unity and world patriotism.
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Washington
England
William
the IV
Edward the Vie
Joseph Chamberlain
France
Louis Philippe
Jerome Bonaparts
Talleyrand
Prince de Joinville
United States
McClellan
Count Zeppelin
Aurum
Garibaldi
Staten Island
Louis Kossuth
Hungary
Pasala
Grand Duke Alexis
Prince Henry
Prussia
LaFayette
M. Viviani
Marshal Joffre
West Point
Mount Vernon
Edward
Prince of Wales
Mr. Balfour
Joffre
Viviani
Lincoln
Springfield
New York Harbor
Central Park
Columbia University
New York
Vivian
Balfour
Lord Cunliffe
Bank of England
Sata
Butler
Amercan
America
Quiz Answers and New Questions From Yesterday
A recap lists yesterday’s Kwiz answers and ten new questions. Topics include moon distance, Woolworth Building height, Dickens, Casuso birthplace, Colorado and Sweden cities, Belgian king, Shakespeare, Dutch New York governance, and a famed German river.
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New York City
David Copperfield
Enrico Caruso
Colornado
Sweden
New York
Germany
15-Year-Old Boy Held For Murder In Dublin Area
An incident near Dublin involving George Avery an 18 year old white male who was fatally knifed by George Walker a 15 year old boy occurred Tuesday night near the Orlanna Odist church after an argument over drinking water at a nearby house Walker reportedly struck Avery fatally before returning to the church where Avery collapsed in a pool of blood Walker is in custody awaiting further proceedings. eye witnesses did not witness the actual attack.
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Dublin
George Avery
George Walker
Ormation
Orlanna
Walker
Young
Avery
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Athens, Ga
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Fred W. Stacey
George A. Coulton
Foreign Trade Financing Corporation
Rev. C. McKay Smock
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Boston
Lexington
Lexington Engineers
Lexington Athens Motor Company
Prince Ave
Athens GA
JA Bell
IPG
Lad
Glenn
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Rembrandt Harmer
Zoon van Bijn
Rembrandt
Owen Meredith
Earl of Lytton
de Soto
Mississippi River
Richard I
Richard Coeur de Lion
Thomas Hardy
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Daily Herald
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Ind
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Athens
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Erie
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