Wilson Campaign Fund Question Sparks Jersey Election Debate
The Times questions whether Thomas F Ryan funded Woodrow Wilson’s New Jersey governor bid. The Indig. Press asserts no known Ryan contributions to the Underwood campaign and notes a $10,000 Wall Street check to the Wilson effort was the last known Ryan gift. The dispute ends with Wilson supporters silent on the Ryan charge.
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New Jersey
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Tweedledee
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Oscar Underwood
Underwood
Bankhead
Underwood and McKinley: A Parallel in Leadership
A historical comparison argues that Oscar Underwood mirrors William McKinley in political leadership and tariff strategy. The piece contends Underwood’s tested, decisive leadership strengthens the Democratic Party and positions him as a strong standard bearer for the national campaign.
Light for the cotton grower in census data bill
A senate agriculture committee vote favors a bill to publish cotton production, consumption, stocks, and exports from the United States as part of the ginners' report. The aim is to illuminate global cotton status, though critics say it omits foreign consumption and mill stocks.
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Senate Committee On Agriculture
Smith
South Carolina
United States
Govleneanease
Agricultural Department
Weather Gazet From Georgia Opines On Seasonal Tone
A fragmentary verse scene mocks the weather man and bureau forecasting. It mentions a Binger of Weather who cares little for season, sings of violets in the breeze, and implies shifting weather and frozen pipes as typical year round.
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Bone
Tia
Weather Bureau
Billville Benner
Prosperity and Joy In Town Ties Across Rural Life
AES pa Prosperity theme runs through a poem and editorial snippets about rising prosperity. The piece notes moonshine distilleries moving closer to town and catalogs lighthearted rural verse about life, reporters, and a newspaper editor joking about exhausted editions while a resignation circulates.
End of Dreadnoughts and the Arms Race
The Saturday Evening Post notes that battleships fail to guarantee peace and argues that naval power invites conflict. It cites Italy's Tripoli seizure and Beirut bombardment as evidence that modern fleets provoke, not deter, war. The piece questions armaments trends as humane opinion curbs warfare and predicts future super-dreadnoughts despite public unease.
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Saturday Evening Post
Tripoli
Beirut
Italy
Decatur Plans Joint Civic Beauty Meeting
Decatur plans to discuss beautification and sanitation at a 4:30 p.m. joint meeting of the civic beauty committee of the Decatur Board of Trade and the Ladies Auxiliary. Reports from subcommittees will outline plans while officials endorse Cleaning-Up Week and urge broad community participation, including leaders in the colored population.
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Ittle
Decatur
Decatur Road of Trade
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Kindergerden
W. H. S. Hamilton
Slvic
B. H Hunter
Ladies' Auxiliary
Pentagonal Debaters Selected at Georgia
Athens Ga April 4 Special Debaters chosen from the University of Georgia will represent the institution in the pentagonal debate on May 4 at five colleges: Georgia Vanderbilt Virginia North Carolina and Tulane. Georgia selects Edgar Dunlap and Harold Meyer for the affirmative with Wright Abbott as alternate. Negative debaters are George T. Northen and W A Mann with A O Sparka as alternate. Georgia will argue the affirmative at Athens with Vanderbilt and the negative with Virginia at Charlottesville. The topic: That all interstate corporations should be required to obtain a federal charter.
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University of Georgia
Georgia University
Vanderbilt
University of Virginia
University of North Carolina
Tulane University
Louisiana
Georgia
Edgar Dunlap
Gainesville
Harold Meyer
Augusta
Wright Abbott
Louisville
George T. Northen
Atlanta
W. A. Mann
Milner
A. O. B. Sparka
Macon
Virginia
Charlottenville
Milledgeville Favored for Odd Fellows Home
Milledgeville, Ga April 4. It seems highly probable the Georgia Odd Fellows plan a home for orphans and indigent members will be located in Milledgeville. The grand lodge will decide this spring. A Midway colonial home offered by M. H. Bland is being considered and a Milledgeville committee views the proposal as the best option.
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Odd Fellows of Georgia
Order
Grand Lodge
Odd Fellows
M. H. Bland
Midway
Macon
Clarke County approves 200000 courthouse and jail bonds
Clarke County voters approve a 200000 bond issue for a new courthouse and jail after years of seeking larger facilities. The measure passed with two thirds of the registration list, following a previous defeated attempt last December. The old courthouse has served for half a century and will be replaced to house officers and avoid downtown office leases. Albany Dispatch notes the 1137th vote was cast, meeting the legal requirement.
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Clarke
Freehell
Grand jury probes Rome locker clubs in Georgia
Rome Georgia April 4 Special The Floyd county grand jury is investigating locker clubs in Rome under Georgia law. Possession of a United States Manor license is prima facie evidence of violation of prohibition. Judge Maddox charged the jury and the solicitor general provided a list of license holders including the Hika and the Owls. No indictments have been returned and outcomes are awaited by club members.
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Floyd County Grand Jury
Georgia
United States
Maddox
Grand Jury
Solicitor General
Hika
Owls
Artistic Window Display At Shop Of Quality
Two storefront windows of the Cloud Stanford Company draw passersby with hand decorated Easter lilies and new men’s wear displays including suits shirts ties and handkerchiefs. The windows combine art with guidance on proper men’s attire and are praised for color harmony and visual appeal.
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Cloud- Stanford Company
Sisters plead guilty to defrauding aunt's estate
Two Marion sisters Viola Hossbauer and Alice Rickard admitted forging and fleeing with a will denied to sister Marian Gerhart, seeking a $10,000 estate from an aunt. The guilty plea centers on probate fraud and deception over the aunt's share.
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Ind
Viola Hossbauer
Alice Rickard
Thair Slater
Marian
Gérhargit
Recelvelt
Georgia Urges Underwood Vote to Lift South in National Politics
An Atlanta figure promotes Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama for president, arguing Georgia should unite to cast its eight votes for him at the Baltimore convention. The appeal stresses southern unity, regional pride, and the chance to reclaim influence in national affairs, urging Georgia to set a prestige example for neighboring states.
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Oscar W. Underwood
Underwood
Baltimore
Nomiie Jonn i. Tre
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Alabama
Democratic Party
Democratic leader urges Oscar W Underwood for President
Hon Edmund W Martin of Atlanta declares it a fatal mistake for Democrats to nominate a candidate whose utterances would defend the party. He cites Oscar W Underwood of Alabama as the strongest choice and argues Alabama will vote solidly for him. he stresses tariff reform, relief from rising living costs, and national leadership to unite the party.
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United States
Oscar Underwood
McKinley
Underwood
House of Representatives
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White House
Edmund W. Martin
Atlanta
Fulton County
Democratic Party
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Oscar Wedeewiee
Alabama
Oscar W. Underwood
New Jersey
Yeagan
Convict Escapes Train Window Near Marbury Alabama
Henry Hast a white convict awaiting transfer from Florence to Wetumpka state penitentiary escaped a passenger train through an open window near Marbury Alabama. He was recaptured near Verbena with help from dogs after pawing loose from chains. The incident occurred Tuesday night during transfer and was witnessed by Birmingham prison guards.
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Ala
Henry Hast
Florence
Marbury
State Penitentiary
Wetumpka
Verbena
Bast
New York
Harry
Birmingpeen
Birmingham
Marshall
Ater
Train wreck near Chicago crushes mother and infant
A mother with her baby in arms and an 18 year old died when a Chicago and Alton train collided in Chitags on April 4. The crash injured several others and disrupted service as rescuers worked at the scene.
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Chitags
Chicago
Ad Alton
Examinations for Positions Next Week at Department of Agriculture
Secretary Donnell of the civil service commission for the fifth district will hold examinations next Wednesday and Thursday for a scientific assistant in plant pathology at the department of agriculture. There are three vacancies, with a salary range of 1200 to 1600 dollars annually. Both men and women may apply, but male applicants will receive preference under equal conditions.
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Ratary Donnell
Civil Service Commission
Fth
Department of Agriculture
I Department
Donnella
Elvil Service Commission
Husband of the Vic Saves Negro From Mob in Kentucky
B kton Ky April 4 An 80 year old negro escaped lynching last night only through the plea of Geor Robingon a prominent Todd county farmer whose wife the negro is alleged to have attacked. Robingon begged that mob action be halted and the negro was rushed to the county sheriff for protection.
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Todd County
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