Alabama Death Warns Georgia on Senate Vacancy
A notice reflects on Senator Joseph F. Johnston of Alabama and urges Georgia to act before adjournment. It discusses proposed Georgia bills for interim appointment or special election to fill a Senate vacancy and warns against potential loss of representation or influence during critical votes.
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Alabama
United States
Joseph F. Johnston
Johnston
Georgia
General Assembly
House
Senate
Congress
Tax equalization urged as quick remedy for Georgia crisis
The writer argues that tax equalization would be the shortest and easiest solution to Georgia’s distress. They claim unequal taxes cause dodging and worsen the state’s predicament and warn that without relief at this session, the next may suffer further.
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Georgia
Thorgia
State Senate Week Ends With Tax Equalization Push
The speaker notes the senate is prepared to send a tax equalization bill to the house, hoping it opens room for a real measure. He says the move may protect the state's honor and name and expresses confidence in the assembly's patriotism, expecting a favorable outcome in a few days.
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Goa
Senate
House
General Assembly
A Word for Dumb Lovers in Love and Law
A physician testifies that idle men make the best lovers while The Baltimore Sun says love making is largely about phrasing. Many men win wives by charm rather than craft, but few master phrases. sincerity outlasts clever talk, and the true lover who remains inarticulate may still sustain a home and finances.
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Chicago
Baltimore Sun
Eve
Tim
Atlanta real estate board eyed for national meeting
G Middleton of Augusta writing from Winnipeg to The Augusta Herald urges Georgia and Atlanta to press to host the National Real Estate Association of Exchanges. He notes securing a southern convention would bring capital and development, urging Georgia to entice investors and improve advertising while weeding out bad dealers. He argues the southeast could attract serious capital and that the convention could travel south for future regional business.
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Atanta Real Estate Board
Winnipeg
National Real Estate Association of Exchanges
Louisville
Pittsberg
Buffalo
Sonville
Atlanta
Georgia
Printee
Maine
Manitoba
A Long Session Affects Office Seekers And Congress
A paraphrased colonial-era quip notes that lengthy sessions help office seekers while summer congressmen joke about returning from vacations. The piece mocks politicians blamed for delays on roads, and hints at foreign hotel waiters influencing support for a Castro expedition in a satirical tone.
Two Minute Man Parody Hits Congressional Floor
A humorous verse by Frank L. Staynan mocks the two minute man in Congress. The poem rails at quick speeches and endless rhetoric as lawmakers address the House. It features a speaker named Bret Baker and lines about long sermons and weary officeholders.
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Mr. Halter
Consant
House
Bret Baker
Them teachers Haven't Been Paid Patched in Plausible Verse
A fragmented column of verse and prose pieces sketches financial woes of teachers, journalists, and local figures. It blends dialect sketches with brief comic vignettes about lawyers, judges, and editors, hinting at a county or city newspaper culture. Strong names and places appear in snippets, including references to Lippincott's and The Globe office, plus regional dialect humor about pay, home, and duty. The tone mixes satire with frontier realism, presenting a collage of local life and professions under strain.
German trio at Broadway cafe discuss marriage remark
Three Germans dining in a Broadway cafe talked privately about politics and a mutual friend's second marriage. One man declared that a man who marries a second time does not deserve to have lost his first wife.
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Sappincotts
Helping Others Seeds of Kindness Backfire in Firework Tale
A community tale mocks charity books and a bid for Fourth of July kindness. Mr Curfew and Mr Porcupine clash over celebrating with old time fireworks outside the city, ending in wreckage and two men hauled home injured as a warning against scattering kindness.
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Berore
Porcupine
Sreworka
Frank
Flery Hun
Dong
Bunker Hill
Boya
Curfew
Mr. Porcupine
Cams
Dockyard of Solid Rock at Cockatoo Island
The New South Wales government dock yard on Cockatoo Island Sydney harbor is carved from solid rock. Convict labor cut back the rock to create graving docks and water access, with two thirds of the 38 acre site now leveled about 15 feet above high tide.
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London Glabad
New South Wales
Cockatoo Island
Sydney Harbor
Australia
The Marshal of the Turtles and Keller’s Odd Caravan
A. L. Keller of New Madrid county shipped five turtles from Tallapoosa to Parma totaling 780 pounds. The turtles will be sent to domestic markets for turtle soup. Keller uses an old bull turtle as a bellwether, tying a red rag around its neck to guide the herd to the depot, then returns to the breeding grounds after loading.
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Secom
Parma
A. L. Keller
New Madrid County
Talilpoosa
Tallapoosa
Keller
Pete
An Authors Income Tax Protest by Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold challenged an income tax assessment in person after being valued at £1,000 a year for his literary fame. In a December 4, 1870 note to his mother, he recounts the interview, noting the tax was reduced to £200 annually and joking that more writing would prevent losing money. The chairman quipped that the public would owe them.
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Matthew Arnold
Arnold
Edgware
Board of Review
Oklahoma Governor’s Absence Triggers Pardons and Contracts Gone
Acting governor pardoned four felons and signed twenty-two book contract agreements during the governor’s absence. Upon return, the governor revoked the pardons and repudiated the contracts, signaling tension between executive leaders amid a chaotic power play.
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Indianapolis
Oklahoma
Calvary Sites in Jerusalem Adebate over Golgotha’s location
The article surveys competing theories on Calvary’s site near Jerusalem, weighing the traditional Church of the Holy Sepulcher location against Gordon’s Calvary near the Damascus Gate. It notes historical doubt about city walls in Christ’s era, mentions key proponents, and stresses reliance on ecclesiastical tradition and limited Gospel data.
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Skulla
Golgotha
Adam Wa
Adam
Capitollum
Aelia Capitolina
Calvary
Church of the Sepulcher
Constantine
Damascus Gate
Axton
Christ
Wulibald
Soewult
Korte
Holy Sepulcher
Eixteen
Holy City
Zimmermann
Otto Thentus
Gordon
Conder
Jeremiah
Grotto
Pamapeus Gate
Spuzz by George Matthew aDays Spuzz and the spirit of Spuzz
An odd poetic piece extols the word Spuzz as a driving force behind achievement. It celebrates Spuzz as fire courage action and the allied mental discipline guiding heart mind tongue and hands. Historical figures are cited to illustrate the word's power and necessity.
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Spuzz
Columbus
Savonarola
Luther
Gladstone
Hugo
Beecher
What If Things Were As They Should Be
A reflective poem by James Hampton Lee of Atlanta Georgia ponders fame beauty and truth asking how world outcome would change if great art and noble deeds were fully realized and spoken heard and valued by all, ending with the question of heaven on earth.
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Heaven
Earth
James Hampton Lee
Where Pins Go To Asrom Answers
Paris scientist Dr. Xavier reports pins and needles in ordinary air slowly vanish by turning into ferrous oxide. A pin, a needle, and a file long exposed fade over months while a polished needle lasts years. The study links disappearance to atmospheric rust and protective coatings.
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Asrom
Paris
Xavier
Taxes by George Fitch at Good Old Shan Taxes
Taxes are discussed as a universal burden with real and personal categories. The piece notes real taxes on real estate while personal taxes target a person's own wealth, jokes about assessors, mortages, and public spending, and laments unequal tax payment among neighbors.
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George Fitch
Stratford Through Time From Winter By Shakespeare’s England
Stratford, Ancient and Modern traces three centuries of change in Shakespeare’s birthplace. The town has grown from timber houses and 1400 inhabitants to a thriving center with hundreds of new dwellings, iron bridges over the Avon, swept streets, and restored Tudor relics including the Shakespeare cottage and two ancient churches.
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Stratford
Shakespeare
England
Perio
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