St Swithin Weather Talk Sparks Heavy July Rain
The story recounts St Swithin’s legend amid a July rain spree across Falton county. Forecasters and United States Weather Bureau readings in Atlanta cite heavy rainfall, 3 5 inch total with 26 minutes of downpour, a southerly storm wind, and a sharp 28 degree temperature drop from 91 to TL degrees. The storm caused tower damage, clerical fear, and transport delays.
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St Swithin
Winchester
Falton
St Bwithin
Atlanta
Granke
United States Weather Bureau
Empire Building
St. Swithin
Nother ‘Capeta
Carrie Colis
Closing Exercises Mark Vacation Bible Schools in Atlanta
Twelve hundred fifty six children from five schools, guided by sixty five college helpers, joined a patriotic closing as a Syrian boy led a salute to the Stars and Stripes. The evening featured cradle songs, barefoot toddlers in nighties, and baskets and needlework displays. A parallel ceremony at Big Bethel Church on Auburn Avenue hosted over a thousand colored children.
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Atlanta
Eva Bridwell
Sach
G. R. Buford
John J.kagan
Dunbar H. Ogden
John E. White
Big Bethel
Auburn Avenue
Federal plans to flood vaults and aid crop movement
Federal funds to flood vaults 18 and 19 at 63 percent of face value and 75 percent of market value for state and municipal bonds. Deposits will back moving crops and be repaid in installments through next spring. Secretary McAdoo aims to preempt credit crunch amid cotton prices, with Tillman urging swift congressional action to authorize emergency currency and regional bank relief to prevent vast losses to southern planters.
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McAdoo
the Treasury
MacVeagh
Tillman
United States
Congress
Eyo
New York
Pirates Hold Up Farmers Prompt Scuttling Ship Fear
A fragment notes locals fear dark deeds by New York pirates who threaten to scuttle the ship rather than loosen their grip on farmers, signaling tension and possible harm to livelihoods.
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New York
Lipscomb Tax Bill Faces House Deadlock in 1914 Reform Fight
The House debates the Lipscomb tax bill amid resistance to tax revision, with legislators split over a state board plan and the Wright substitute. Officials report continued declines in county tax returns, signaling a possible revenue shortfall as debates unfold.
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Shep‘Bard
Lipscomb
Tany
State Board
Ways and Means Committee
House
General Assembly
Althhough
Wright
Sheppard
Lipscom
Mr. Wright
Wright Vaid Thtre
Odger
Comptroller General
Rip
Harrison
Glass currency bill moves amid interlocking boards debate
Washington July 91 reports progress toward the Glass currency bill in the house banking committee. Chairman Glass and Secretary McAdoo pushed for an advisory board of twelve bankers to confer with the federal reserve board. Debate over interlocking directorates stalls action. Democrats plan a currency caucus August 11. Critics call the measure dangerous for bankers and government oversight. Secretary McAdoo faces calls to testify on alleged stock bond manipulation.
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Washington
Giese
A. Mitchell Palmer
Representative Eagle
Texas
House
McAdto
New York
Neeley
Kansan
McAdoo
Money Trust Committee
Vonda
Stock Exchange
Fagte
United States
Futura
Federal Reserve Board of Directors
Fragmentary Notice Summaries Value Marks at Four Dollars
OCR reads a brief listing noting values four dollars and six dollars across street values. readable fragments mention price markers and street numbers, but the full context and dates are missing.
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Terminal Station
Federal
South Carolina
House Banking and Currency Committee
South
Hous
Stovall
Akin
Hilbert
Mrakin
Moss
Cabh
Arkansas
Moon
Troup
Hardeman
Lot Jefferson
Meaders
Oconee
Olive
Richmond
Holtzclaw
Houston
Fullbright
Webster
Irwin
Echols
Dawson
Grady
Thomas
Brooks
Monroe
Warren
Fannin
Quitman
Stephens
Tattnall
Dodge
Johnson
Clay
Upson
Towns
Coweta
Marion
Whitfeld
Jones
Schley
Murray
Hail
Baker
McDuffle
Catoosa
Douglas
Walker
Carlton
America
Alfred Benjamin & Co
Alfred Benjamin & Company
Hanan
Manhattan
Gotham
Oxfords
Aeene
Ewes
Benjamin
Brdhive
Newsea Per
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