No War Spirit Now in Nation Says Wilson Neutrality Emphasized
A regional editorial digest notes President Wilson's call to keep the United States out of the European war. It reflects on neutrality, watchful waiting, and public restraint amid global tensions. Regional papers concur with Wilson’s plea for restraint and national unity.
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China
Japan
Wilson
United States
Ohio
State Journal
Rep
Una
Winecoff
Atlanta
Tanta
J. F. Letton
Ansley
Frank T. Reynolds
Jas. F. deJarnette
A. H. Chapman
Remember the Orphan Children Observance in Georgia
A historic appeal urges Georgia residents to support orphans through a Saturday workday and cotton donations. Churches will Sunday collect funds and clothing for orphans at Hapeville Decatur Clinton Macon and other homes. The drive asks for winter clothing bedding and feeding costs, and invites cash or cotton gifts to fund care.
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Georgia
Hapeville
Decatur
Clinton
Macon
Athens Merchants to Meet Over Cotton Crisis Tomorrow
City business leaders are urged to attend a 5 PM meeting at city hall to discuss an immediate practical plan addressing the cotton situation. The notice stresses prompt, careful, selfless work, asserting Athens merchants are among the world's best and can craft relief measures for the area.
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Athens
Idolater If I Limit God To My Own Ideas
Poem reflecting on idolatry and human attempt to define the divine. The speaker admits narrowing God to human thought risks creating a self-made image and yielding fear at the false worship of imagined limits. The piece contrasts revelation with personal conceit and urges reverence for the infinite.
I would rather have been a French peasant
The speaker contrasts war and imperial power with a humble life in a French village. He imagines a peasant’s simple happiness—loved wife, knitting, children—versus Napoleon’s grave and the bloodshed associated with his reign.
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Napoleon
Weakened Opposition Sees Gains in Wartime Policy
The Springfield Republican argues the nation’s mood favors the in power party as support for the president remains strong both at home and abroad. It praises Roosevelt’s restraint on foreign policy criticism and asserts unity in backing the president during wartime.
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Roosevelt
United States
Bryan
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Belgium
Ons
Gerard
Berlin
Whitlock
Brussels
Springfield Republican
Ind
Free Advice and Snake Warnings From Auraria Church
In Auraria a M E church sermon ends with a marriage disruption over a fourteen year old bride to be. Rev W T Dowdy directs Miss Wright and Fate Evans to wed but Miss Wright’s father objects. The piece warns of many rattlesnakes, dried springs, and lightning-rod fire risks, urging lanterns over torches and caution about liquor hidden in fodder or barns.
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M. E
Auraria
W. T. Dowdy
Miss Wright
Fate Evans
Pap
Mam
Appointment of oil and fertilizer inspectors in Georgia politics
The article discusses Commissioner J. D. Price’s plan to appoint about 20 inspectors for oils and fertilizers, noting the political leverage and salary range from 300 to 1500 dollars. It covers timing, opposition, and the challenge of selecting among many friends, alongside other political notes on Judge Carl Vinson, Senator Hardwick’s resignation, and the death of Josiah Carter.
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Atlanta
J. D. Price
Price
J. J. Conner
Conner
Carl Vinson
Milledgeville
Congress
T. W. Hardwick
United States Senate
Hardwick
Slaton
Judge Vinson
Macon
Josiah Carter
United States
Hoke Smith
Adies
Joe
Carter
Georgia
Senator Smith
Mr. Smith
Joé Carter
Joe Carter
Jed Carter
Fraternity of
Fred Foster
Madison
Morgan County
Spencer R. Atkinson
Fulton
Forter
Atkinson
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Carrier Bay
North Georgia
Namez
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Idolator
Robert G. Ingersoll
Fred Lewis
State Committee
Democratic Executive Committee
Tallapassa
A. L. Bartlett
Paulding
J. M. McBride
Haralson
Bartlett
McBride
Tallapoosa
Ort
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph. Company
Athens Empire Laundry Company
Wagont
Ford
Ford Motor Co
Griffeth Een Co
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