Atlanta to Macon Highway Debate Prompts Shorter Route
Frank Reagan argues for a shorter better highway from Atlanta to Macon via WePouough, contending the best highway will emerge regardless of route. He criticizes the old Central railroad corridor as underused and urges local towns to wake up to new competition and travel gains.
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Medonough
Griffin
Atlanta
Wacon
WeDonough
Macon
Central Railroad
Georgia
Tariff Revision Urged as Congress Delays Currency Plan
Congress faces pressure to speed tariff revision amid fears of Senate filibuster to delay currency reform. Leaders like Todro, Cockinger, Simmons, and Lodge urge action, noting impending duties on $166.0 million in imports held in bonded warehouses. A timely pass is urged with the motto Do It Now.
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Congress
Senate
Srnatore
Todro
Llinger
Imer
House of Congress
Senator Simmons
North
Lodge
Universt
Georgia Forwards Tax Equalization Move After Senate Substitute
Georgia lawmakers approve the senate substitute for tax equalization using county boards and a state commissioner, praised by Speaker Burwell and Governor Slaton for steadying finances and strengthening the state. The measure marks a turning point toward forward progress, with teachers to be paid promptly and public schools safeguarded.
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Senate
Burwell
House
Georgii
Georgia
Slaton
General Assembly
George
Governor Linds Mission and Wilsons Peace Efforts
President Wilson 36 to be congratulated upon his attempt to peaceably settle the Mexican situation. The Huerta administration shows weakness and hold on power, while American newspapers question the wisdom of exposing Mr Lind to danger. The White House promises protection as discussions of personal diplomacy continue.
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Mexico City
United States
Mexico
Washington
White House
Wilson
Foreign Relations Committee
Crawford
North Dakota
Senate
Moshe
Carranza
Bacon
Congress
War
Mr Ling
Wexiett
Linds
The Plowboy and the Joys of Field Labor
A Scotsman style meditation on plowing, whistling, and the farmer’s toil. It argues plowing builds strength, appetite, and character, contrasting the plowman’s rough work with leisure, and noting economic and moral rewards of honest labor for young men.
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Atlanta
When the Rain Comes and Other Georgian Musings
A muddled collection of verse and prose notes from Georgia topics. It blends poems about rain on graves with political humor about a legislator and family vignettes from plantation life. Readers find musings on weather, politics, and daily social tales without a single coherent feature.
Shorter and Better Highway to Macon
A 1918 letter to the Constitution promotes a shortened Atlanta to Macon route via McDonough Conley Stockbridge and Forsyth claiming a total distance saving of about 11 miles. The plan cites DeKalb and Henry counties incentives and a board of trade push to gain official cooperation and construct a four mile impassable segment near McDonough. Franklin Reagan of McDonough urges the change and support from local officials.
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Macon
Mantas Door
General Prison
Conley
Stockbridge
White House
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Jackson Indian Spring
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Forsyt
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Alanta
WeDoonuzh
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Indian Spring
Forsyth
DeKalb
Henry
DeKalb County
Donough
Frank Reagan
Henry County
Alan Shorten
Morgan's Escape Mystery in Civil War Prison Tales
The article recounts John Hunt Morgan's Civil War raids into Kentucky Ohio and Indiana in 1862 63 and his dramatic escape from the Columbus Ohio penitentiary amid disputed claims of a tunnel escape and subsequent travels through Kentucky Tennessee and Georgia before his death in 1864 The piece notes contested evidence about the tunnel its length and whether authorities aided the escape and mentions wide postwar discussion on the event.
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John Hunt Morgen
Morgan
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Aeto
Columbus
Morgan Mukbed
Aie
Cinemmatt
paBwcar
Ubia Ter Assante
Orce
Tennessee
Georgia
Richmond
Foronta
East
Paitia
Wmrsaq
Sane Tappare
Morwan
Making Better Lawyers Falter Constitution
Earl Sims urges Georgia lawmakers to raise the standard of legal practice and remove deadbeat lawyers and ambulance chasers. He argues a proposed bill would curb unqualified practitioners infesting the state. Atlanta, August 11, 1913.
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Earl Sims
Georgia
Stevens
Atlanta
Team Work by George Matthew Adams
An early 20th century moral essay extols team work as the force behind success in sports, business, and daily life. It argues the brain and body must coordinate, urging daily practice of individual and collective effort to avoid waste and improve efficiency.
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George Matthew Adams
Bacon County Plaque for Senator Baon’s Historic Election
Georgia should honor United States Senator Baon as the first popularly chosen American senator by creating a new Bacon County named to mark this reforma tion era milestone. The proposal argues a statewide tribute matching past county namings for eminent Georgians and notable service in the U.S. Senate.
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Augustus Cetaylus Baon
United States
Georgia
An Som V. Sonali
Drew Jackson
Sericea
Senate
Raran
House of
Jackson Crawford Berrien Dawson
Colquitt Toombs Stephens Cobb
Ben Hill
Coffee consumption per person by country and heavy drinkers
The United States averages about 9 pounds per person and 360,000 heavy coffee drinkers last year. Germany records 540 pounds per person, South Africa 7 pounds, Britain 63 pounds, Holland leads with 157.2 pounds, and Tritgium follows with 70.9 pounds per person, reflecting wide national differences in coffee use.
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United States
South Africa
Great Britain
Holland
Old Time Juries Fined By Monarchy Through Centuries
A historical note recalls how juries faced royal penalties for verdicts the crown disfavored. Queen Mary fined an unwilling jury £2000 after a non convict verdict, and Elizabeth repeated the practice, which persisted until 1670 when the fine by Jeffreya was overturned on appeal.
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Siricholas Throckmerton
Queen Mary
Elizabeth
Jefreya
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