India in the World Eye as Britain Faces Future
The piece surveys a turning point as India posits independence alongside Ireland and Egypt. It notes India’s vast yet unequal society, its mineral and agricultural wealth, and a history spanning empires from Aryans to the British. It recalls Mogul sultans, Portuguese traders, and early English ventures shaping colonial rule.
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Great Britain
Ireland
India
England
Rabindranath Tagore
Jagadis Chandra Boye
Six Catit
Alexander
Clive
Oldier
Hindustan
Greece
Sultan Mahamud
Ghazni
Punjab
Endart
Baber
Queen Victoria
Herver
Vasco da Gama
Calicut
English East India Company
Dutch East India Company
Swalley
Fort St. George
Europe
Smuggling of Narcotics Menaces United States Enforcing Law
The government battles a rising narcotics smuggling ring as enforcement struggles to curb widespread drug use. Despite stringent laws and steady efforts, trafficking and consumption remain alarmingly high, threatening national welfare and public health. Strong actions and public resolve are urged to eradicate the drug habit.
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United States
Eption
Big Bible Conference Opens in Athens This Week
Dr G Campbell Mor and L G Broughton lead a two week Bible conference starting today in Athens. The event will draw hundreds from across the state and several states, bringing significant benefits to the city and offering students a rare opportunity to study the Bible with eminent preachers.
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G. Campbell Mor
L. G. Broughton
Athens
Wis
Dr. Morgan
Cople
Athens Years Ago Highlights Civic and Cultural Activity
In a 1894 Athens Daily Banner column, notices cover a citizen’s suggestion to remove a standpipe after a city purchase, H. H. Carlton’s speaking engagement in Avalon with a return for Speaker Crisp’s address, a Lucy Cobb concert praised for Miss Vowell and others, calls for birth and death registers to improve city records, Gus Nicholson joining J. S. Cowles and Co. in cotton weighing, F. B. Lucas promoting coal quality and pricing, a revival at Oconee Street church drawing hundreds, T. W. Reed speaking to men at the YMCA, and Athens Park’s revival of a city park with improved grounds, a proposed public library expansion, and school-library offerings.
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Athens Daily Banner
Tom Dooley
H. H. Carlton
Avalon
Franklin County
Athens
Crisp
Athens Needs Junior High Says Mrs Johnson Debate
Mrs Louis Johnson argues Athens should reorganize to include a junior high. She cites educational research, economic and social benefits, and the history of high schools, urging a $225000 bond to fund better housing and equipment for all three levels.
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Louis Johnson
Athens
Banner-Herald
United States
France
Japan
Philippines
Marcella
Aenior High
Board of Education
Lotus Eating With Berton Braley in Florida
An snippet about Florida as a lure from Berton Braley's verse, contrasting northern cold with tropical charm. The poem references lazy days, palm lined coasts, and a lingering desire to stay, noting in a tongue in cheek aside a rare mention of farm labor shortages and big league teams with fragmented text and garbled figures.
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Florida
Madison County farmers uplifted by sober workers and hopeful talks
Hon H C Tuck reports Madison County farmers are hopeful and hard at work with plenty of home raised rations and a promising small grain crop. Athens speaker Oliver and agricultural expert Magnus addressed locals on insects and boll weevil control, boosting farmer morale.
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H. C. Tuck
Danielsville
Athens
Oliver
Magnus
Agricultural Department
Tuck
Madison County
Free State
Florida
Fone Eller
Cheney
Jacksonville
Williams
Elder
Mr. Elder
Connell
John Williamson
Oconee
Farmington
Margaret Connell
Georgia
John White
Ireland
James White
Frances Turner
Joe Hodgson
Jackson
John Moore
Center
Ste
Moore
Heart to Heart Talks on Irreverence in Church
A reader condemns irreverence in worship noting late arrivals, conversations during prayers, makeup and toys in sight of the altar. He urges congregants to restore reverence between Sunday school and church and to set a proper example for the young. The piece laments loss of reverence and calls for immediate correction.
Adrenal Glands Shape Courage and Economic Rents Debate
The article surveys adrenal glands and their hormone effects on fear and bravery, cites Dr. Charles Louis Nix of Northwestern University, and imagines future uses. It then discusses a ruling dubbing a New York gas rate confiscatory, proposes itemized rent bills to show taxes and depreciation, and notes a monster in Patagonia. It ends with a pro rata view on prosperity tied to freight, rents, and prices, plus a quip about moonshine and pipes and a Kanane cooperative union.
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Charles Louis Nix
Northwestern University
Walsh
World War II? No, Passchendaele battle drift in 1917
In October 1917 Haig’s forces push along the Ypres Passchendaele ridge threatening German positions near Polygon Wood and the Belgian coast. German counterattacks fail. Allied prisoners and staggering German losses mark a decisive British gain as operations shift toward Ostend and the Lille railway.
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Haig
Flanders
Ypren
Passchendasele
Marne
Hale
Ypres
Messines
Passchendaele
Passchendael
Gheluvelt
Polygon Wood
Plandopa
Bernn
Lne
Morien- Roulers
Iit
Germany
Belgium
Lawsen
Kamerad
Eeotor Crast
Dixmude
Broodaciude
Broenbeek
Jansbeek
St. Jean de Maufelare
Veldhoek
Greman
East Flanders
Ostend-Lille
Ostend
Zeebrugre
Sca
Daily Sermonette on Choosing Duty and Life
A compact moral note cites Ezekiel 33 14 urging the wicked to turn from wrongdoing to live. It adds that men choose their duties and will face sorrow without duty, echoing George Eliot on sorrow and breadless hardship.
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Ezekiel
George Eliot
Learn a Word Everyday Glamour defined and illustrated
The daily word GLAMOUR is explained as charm enchantment spell and attraction with its roots in Srotch glamour and English glamour oo corruption. A companion note urges careful usage noting distant glamour contrasted with close view as seen in sea island speech.
Snow Blind and Sleeping Fires Book Reviews
Virginia Lott reviews Snow Blind by Katherine Witt Hart as a tale of exile and survival in the North country where a murderer hides with a younger brother and a cousin before helping a wandering girl. The Sleeping Fires is lauded as one of Gertrude Atherton’s best, set in San Francisco with a physician wife and a Bostonian woman in an evolving journalist triangle.
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Katherine Witt Hart
North Country
Gertrude Atherton
San Francisco
New York
San
The Dangerous Season Health Advice and War Notes
Dr R H Bishop warns of winter illness and lifestyle risks as the dangerous season peaks. Readers are urged to spend more time outdoors, exercise, and eat vegetables to bolster immunity against colds grippe and pneumonia while avoiding overeat. The note shifts to golf club rulings with Royal Canadian Golf club refusing ribbed clubs and upcoming Canadian championships. Military report recalls German and British actions near Broodseinde and Polderhoek, noting a brief artillery preface, heavy rain, and successful British counterattacks amid quagmire conditions.
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H. Bishop
Bright
Tononto
Royal Canadian Golf Club
Royal and Ancient Golf Club of
St. Andrews
Hamilton Golf and Country Club
Mount Bruno Golf Club
Montreal
Toronto Golf Club
United States
Broodseinde
Polderhoek Chauteau
Chateau
Thin Wan
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Thens, Ga
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Supreme Court
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Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company
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