Teutons on Offensive and Georgia News Flash
A late 19th or early 20th century style column reports on wartime sentiment with references to Teutons, oaths, and the Allies. It notes Athens advancing daily development and Atlanta politics including pistol bans and street vendors. It mentions state education growth, the Western & Atlantic Railroad lease debate, Confederate veterans, and Georgia court rulings on motorcycles. Legislator John R. Cooper plans bills to curb judge discretion and align with juries. Summer school attendance at the University of Georgia rises and students seek work to fund education.
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John R. Cooper
Macon
Superior Court
United States Supreme Court
the Universalty of Georgia
Thore
Summer Count Keeps Athens Busy Year Round
Athens departs students for break yet remains active with a bustling summer scene. Teachers swell the town as the summer school thrives under top state educational leaders, reflecting Athens growth into a full year city with constant work and supply needs.
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Athens
University of Georgia
Silence on Sagamore Hill Shapes Roosevelts Next Move
Roosevelt’s silent stance after a pivotal verdict prompts speculation on a future campaign. Party loyalties blur as both old guards and reform-minded Republicans weigh Teddy Roosevelt’s possible return. Voters credit Wilson, not party, with steady leadership amid postwar recovery.
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Oyster Bay
Teddy Roosevelt
Long Island
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Teddy
Republican Party
White House
Wilson
Better Rural Credits and Cooperative Marketing Needed
The piece argues for a stronger rural credits system and cooperative marketing to boost Southern prosperity. It notes wealth is produced but not retained, cites midwestern competition and middlemen, and urges two steps: individual self sufficiency and cooperative regional action to improve credit and marketing.
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Darkey
Jes
Union urged by Georgia farmers to back credits and organizing drive
J. J. Brown of the Farmers' Co- Operative and Educational Union warns of a difficult outlook for Georgia crops, especially in Middle and South Georgia, unless rural credits improve and farmers strengthen unions. He cites growing cooperation from business interests and notes a plan to enroll 50,000 to 75,000 more farmers this year.
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Farmers of Georgia
J. J. Brown
Farmers’ Co- Operative and Educational Union
Georgia
South
Italy's Entrance Into the War Noted by Experts
Experts warned that Italy's entry would add a million trained soldiers for the Allies and shift pressure on Austria. The move could inspire Romanians and Greeks, affect German forces, and alter the battlefield in Galicia, the Dardanelles, and the Po Valley amid a broader war fatigue.
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Italy
Europe
Rome
Frank H. Simonds
Galicia
Austria
Dardenelles
Bulgaria
Ustrian
Trentine
Tyrol
Po Valley
Vienna
Trieste
Verona
Milan
Adige
Mincio
Przemysl
Russia
Dardanelles
Venice
Rheims
Louvain
The President and Mexico Policy
The president and cabinet adopt a new method for Mexico amid a long chaotic war. The piece portrays Mexico as stripped and starving, with revolutions consuming fields and crops, and says the United States must lay down the law for Mexico’s own good.
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Mexico
United States
Sam
Keeping in Fighting Trim and Public Health Efforts
The piece urges personal hygiene and health preparedness as patriotic duties in wartime. It stresses sanitary organization, disciplined lifestyle, and informed self care to defend against disease, highlighting health education in schools, clubs, and public lectures as crucial to building automatic, healthful habits.
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Hfe
A Model Industrial Town in Germany Krupp Built Exssen
The article discusses model industrial towns and cites Exssen in Germany as a notable example built by Krupp. It links Krupp to military machinery and suggests Frau Bertha Krupp von Boblenia is connected to the family.
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Germany
Exssen
Krupp
Europe
Krupps
Frau Bertha Krupp von Boblen
Essen Krupp Model Town Sparks Feudalism Debate
The article reviews Essen as an industrial center praised for housing and welfare for workers under the Krupp family. It questions whether the benevolent feudalism reflects philanthropic motive or shrewd business sense, noting sanitary housing, sick care, pensions, and age asylum.
German envoy to explain American war stance to Kaiser
Germany plans to send an envoy chosen by its ambassador in the United States to translate American sentiment on warfare to the Kaiser. The German side hopes the envoy will clarify that the United States remains a land of peace neutrality fairness and strength amid the crisis.
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Germany
Kaiser bin Eelf
United States
Washington
America
Strangest professor in the world at California university
The University of California hires Ishi as a demonstrator to teach students how primitive North American savages lived. The once naked hunter now wears store clothes and a top hat, rejecting shoes, while guiding lessons on fire-making, hunting, and cave man psychology. The piece notes the experiment shows latent potential in unlikely subjects.
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University of Chicago
University of California
Ishi
Ish
Savage
Shi
Fighting for Her Nationality in War Like France
The article argues that nations fight for survival and existence, noting that Germans defend their lives while the French, especially the elite, see Germany as trying to crush their nation. It cites Beveridge in the Review of Reviews as offering an interpretation of the war’s motives.
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Germany
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Great Britain
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Athens Banner
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Athens Weekly Banner
Clarke County
Post Office
Teutons
Ohio
Atlanta
Wright
Western & Atlantic Railroad
Georgia Court of Appeals
Sagamore
Brown
Georgia Farmers’ Union
B. C. Branson
H. J. Watson
J. Z. Green
Union OF Farmers
Essex
Essen
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