How a Boy's Name Was Immortalized
A Georgian donor created a lasting memorial by endowing a University of Georgia fund. Fifty thousand dollars grew to two hundred thirty thousand and will likely reach millions, aiding hundreds of students. The piece urges wealthy Georgians to fund dormitories chairs libraries or chapels to preserve their names for centuries.
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Cmd
Termain
Yondey
University of Georgia
Joseph’e. Brown
Charles McDonald Brown
Georgia
The Changing Dominion Status in British Federation
The war shifts dominions from crown dependency to effectively independent states within a federation led by the crown. Debate arises over potential crown coercion, dominion secession, and Ireland possibly joining as a dominion before eventual independence.
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Andrew Bonar Law
League of Nations
Ireland
Britain
Canada
Plans for employment conference face political hurdles
The piece critiques a set of employment resolutions as unrealizable under a Republican Congress. It links rail rates, tax reform, tariffs, and export shifts to employment, and notes prewar price imbalances in commodities. It closes with satirical remarks on labor, gadgets, and fashion.
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Rational Employment Conference
Republican Congress
Republican Party
European Thrones and American Wealth Clash in Headlines
The column laments wealth from tinplate mills funding European throne rehabilitations while praising American enterprise as railroads restart jobs for 44,000 workers since July. It notes unemployment insurance debates, Liberty bond gains, and predicts Caruso’s successor amid Canadian election commentary.
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Peonnsylvania
Erie
New York Central
New York
New Haven & Hartford
Ken Turpin d
Nature's Remedy by Dr. R H Bishop
The article promotes fresh air as nature's remedy for health. It warns against indoor life and poor ventilation, urges open windows for circulation, and states air quality affects longevity. It applies to all ages and stresses outdoor living year round.
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R. H. Bishop
American Entry Shifts War Tide With Early 1917 Actions
A detailed wartime recap notes April 1917 actions including the Mongolia gun incident in British waters, U S destroyers in the Atlantic under Rear Admiral Sims, and the arrival of U S army medical units in England. It covers May to June 1917 troop movements, Pershing’s reception in Europe, and widespread Allied patriotism as American forces begin active service in France.
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Lexington
Mongolia
Ric
Rice
English Channel
United States
Atlantic
Bar Admiral Sims
United States Army
England
Red Cross
The
Somm
George
Buckingham Palace
London
Parsons
Cambrai
Geuzacourt
Genral Pershing
France
Liverpool
Boulogne and
Variay
Pershing
Europe
Boulogne
Board of Pershing
Sande
Tony
Don’t Forget Memoir From Dr Barton
A reminiscence recalls a boyhood scene near a village where the narrator walked miles to deliver a death notice for his grandfather. An uncle’s nagging reminder about nails leads to a resolve to curb forgetting and adopt careful memory, with a candid note on occasional slips.
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WM. E. Barton
Georgia Faces Harvardites In Historic North Game
The piece notes Georgia’s first northern game and predicts strong interest across the South. It says the Strand Theatre may be taxed handling the crowd and that the game starts at 3 sharp with 50 cent admission plus a war tax.
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Georgia
North
South
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