Model school plan urged by Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs
Mrs J Lindsay Johnson writes for the Atlanta News outlining a model country school in Georgia. The aim is a two room school near a railroad with 50 pupils, featuring best teachers, manual training, domestic science, gardening, wood and iron work, and crafts for boys and girls. The program emphasizes education through occupation and remunerative outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lindsay Johnson
Georgia Federation of Women’s Club
Atlanta News
Georgia
Drawing the Color Line at the White House
Reports claim Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt has barred colored servants from the executive mansion in Washington. The policy would remove the many Black staffers, though an exception might be made for Jerry Smith, longtime Grant-era servant. The Athens note hopes President Roosevelt imitates the policy in Athens by appointing a white postmaster.
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Athens
N. Jackson Street
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Sheen
Servine
Roosevelt
Eruptions Eczema and Digestive Health Claim Cure
A historical ad asserts skin eruptions arise from humors and digestion. It recommends strengthening digestion over drying medicines and promotes Sarsaparilla, citing testimonials including J. G. Franks and a mentioned customer from Bos 225, claiming permanent cures.
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Pontry
Thouse
Hood
J. G. Franks
Lls
Gererpatine
Oh Mr Kubelik and the genius Paderewski tale
A humor piece from Modern Society recounts violinist Kubelik dismissing Paderewski after a performance. A flattered beauty asks about Paderewski, but Kubelik explains his fear that Paderewski’s influence could dull his own originality and jeopardize his confidence and career prospects.
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Wobelik
Paderewski
Kubelik
Hassling Beauty
M. Paderewski
Moneleur
M. Kabelik
The Divorce Question and Rising Divorce Rates
The article argues against divorces except on Scriptural grounds and cites rising U.S. divorce figures. It compares yearly totals worldwide and notes a 1901 state report showing 24,007 marriages and 3,009 divorces in one year, with most divorces issued to wives for abandonment or cruelty.
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United States
France
Germany
Ransia
England
Chicago Record-Herald
Daune
Please Dont Punish Her Editorial On Wifes Abuse
The Macon Evening News condemns domestic violence and urges Indiana courts not to punish a wife who struck her brutal husband with a chair. It cites repeated beating of the wife and praises her restraint, arguing no man may abuse a wife and that severe punishment for wife beaters is warranted under the law.
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Indiana
The Cost of Strikes Across the Steel Industry
Experts estimate 60,000 idle workers for two and a half months costing about 10 million in wages. Steel trust groups saw nearly 15 million in lost gross earnings. Over twenty years ending 1900, strikes and lockouts caused about 468.97 million in losses, with workers bearing 204 million and employers 122 million in strikes, plus 52 million for labor and 20 million for employers in lockouts. Half of the strikes failed to achieve their goals.
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Great Steel Trust
Steel Trust
Carroll D. Wright
United States
Mr. Wright
The Study of Government
The young men of the south neglect an essential student of government. They fail to study the great problems underlying our system, acting as if they will never participate in government. The time is coming rapidly when they must play an important role in this country. It is crucial they equip themselves and ground themselves in true governmental principles.
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South
Mozley Lemon Elixir Promises Healing For Many Ailments
An 19th century advertising notice touts Mozley s Lemon Elixir as regulator for liver stomach bowels and kidneys. It targets biliousness indigestion insomnia nervousness fever and various pains with claims of cures from testimonials. Bottles priced 600 and 1 include endorsements from ministers and local officials and note availability at H R Palmer Smith Bros and others in Atlanta and Memphis.
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H. Mozley
Atlanta
Georgia faculty limits Georgia football to seven games this season
The University of Georgia faculty ruled the football team may play only seven games despite plans for fifteen. The seven chosen by players include Sewanee Davidson Auburn UNC South Carolina Alabama and Vanderbilt Unit. Coach Reynolds expects a seven win effort, with Vanderbilt and North Carolina seen as toughest scalps. Practice remains vigorous with fifty players, Monk noted for a strong Auburn game performance.
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University of Georgia
Hirsch
Sewanee
Davidson
Auburo
University of North Carolina
University of South Carolina
University of Alabama
Vanderbilt
Texas
Clemson
Atlantians
Tech
Virginia
Reynolds
North Carolina
Yale
Princeton
Monk
Auburn
Atlanta
Bile Do
Palmetto
Mach Fo
M O C Gibson Died After Sudden Rheumatic Chest Pain
Mr O C Gibson longtime 216th district constable died yesterday after a sudden attack around one o clock. He was unconscious for hours despite medical efforts and passed at six in the evening. He leaves a wife and three children and carried three thousand dollars in life insurance amid many expressions of sympathy.
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O. C. Gibson
Lumpkin Street
Gerdine
Gibson
le Yond
Mr. Gibson
Texas Wonder and Early 1900s Trade News
An ad touts Hall's Great Discovery Texas Wonder as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles with mail order sales from Dr E W Hall. A letter from Ripley Tennessee praises its effectiveness. The piece also notes a Chicago Telephone strike for higher wages and a druggist recommendation for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. London dispatch discusses rumors of an American steel trust in Europe.
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Hall
E. W. Hall
P. O. Box
Louis
All Druggiata
Ripley, Tenn
B. W. Hall
St. Louis
Bruton
Pastor Baptist Church
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Athens Weekly Banner
H. J. Rowe
Lessee
Model Rural School
The
State Normal School
Federation
Macon Evening News
American Steel
Mozley
Mosley
O. D. Davis
Eld
M. E. Chareh
Nempaan
H. Mosley
Morley
RB. L. Rocco
Memphis
Acard
H.R. Palmer & Sons
Smith Bros
Chicago
Omoaco
Chicago Telephone Company
O .O
O. R. Grandin
Ontario
N. Y
Chamberlain
H.R. Palmer & Sone
New York
the Tribune
London
Cardiff
Ache
Castoria
Bears
J. L. Arnold
Clayton & J. Jackson
Sts
Athens, Gna
Osborne
Harrow
Talmage Hardware Co
Lipscomb & CO
Athens Cas Co
Allen H. Talmage
Washington St
Athens, Ga
Gainesville
Johnson Shoe Store
Broad Street
L. H. Johnson, M’sr
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