Georgia banks lend state 475000 at 3 percent
Governor Slaton announced in a message to the General Assembly that Atlanta banks loaned the state 475000 at 3 percent, half the rate they paid in New York, with a statewide call for emergency support. Banks outside Atlanta offered higher rates and limited funds, while Atlanta banks answered with financial sacrifice, earning statewide praise.
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Atlanta
Slaton
General Assembly
Georgia
New York
Tariff Revisions and Business Confidence Rise
Debates in the Senate show Democrats favoring the Underwood-Simmons tariff. Business leaders anticipate no major disruption during readjustment and note lower duties and bonded goods. Raw materials see cuts or freedom, with optimistic Bureau of Commerce statistics signaling continued activity.
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Underwood-Simmons
Senate
Bureau of Commerce
Trade totals rise as imports and exports set new records
Imports of raw materials rose by 77 million dollars and those of partly manufactured goods by 55 million, while exports of manufactured goods and agricultural products jumped 167 million to June 30, 1913. Total imports for the year reached 1.813 billion, exports 2.466 billion, signaling robust business amid tariff debate and currency concerns.
Dayton adopts new city charter with manager system
Dayton followers approve a 1914 charter modeled on Galveston innovations. Five commissioners retain legislative duties while a trained city manager handles administration. It includes an initiative and referendum, a department of social welfare, modern budgeting, auditing, and centralized purchasing. The plan concentrates power in a few hands and aims to modernize city government nationwide.
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Ciizens
Dayton
Galveston
Department of Social Welfare
New York
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Just From Georgia by Frank U Seanton and Dodge News Verse
A long humorous regional verse from The Dodge News Mishawaka Indiana recounts Springbrook Park Field Day humor at the factory. It blends rural and factory life with playful songs about summer leisure, references to Dodge workers, county life, and local social scenes, ending with light political quips on prohibition and reform.
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Dodge News
Mishawaka
Ind
Springbrook Park
Judge condemns immigrants in IWW critique in 1913
A Pittsburg judge denounces the Industrial Workers of the World and urges stricter immigration laws after sentencing rioters. He warns that foreigners, especially from Russia and Poland, inflame labor disturbances and threaten American workers, calling for press coverage and action. BV. Walkley, Columbus, Ga, August 14, 1913.
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Pittsburg
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Solomon Bhelleh
Victor Broiman
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Louis Mikolusky
Michael Durosa
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Poland
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Columbus
The Straight Line by George Matthew Adams
A short essay on life success urges following a straight-line path. It argues daily focus on worthy purposes, forming direct habit, and solving problems immediately with decisiveness and efficiency.
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George Matthew Adams
Baron in a Barber Shop Observes Chicago Manners
In his book Les Etats Ameriaque Baron d Estournelles de Constant notes Chicago barber shop scenes. A slender manicuring typist in her twenties works with calm precision while a thirty year old man reads a paper, both absorbed in their tasks as he observes distinct American customs.
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Baron d’Estournelles de Constant
France
Chicago
Slende
Ring
Music’s Mystic Power by Charles W. Hubner
Poetic meditation on music’s spell over the mind and heart. The voice speaks of music as a holy art that unveils thoughts and longings words cannot express. It imagines dreams and a golden stream of sound guiding the soul toward heavenly feeling.
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Charles W. Hubner
Keeping Tryst in a Meadow Song by Augusta Wall
Poetic fragment describes a sacred tryst with nature. It paints fern deep, silver rill, shining pebbles, green fields, butterflies, night birds, and incense from flowers. The speaker imagines twilight, fragrance, fireflies, and mossy couches as a intimate, reverent encounter with beauty.
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Akles
Augusta Wall
Did Venus de Milo lose her arms indeed
The Venus de Milo, famed centerpiece of the Louvre, originally had arms. The right arm held drapery at the waist, the left raised with an apple. Arms disappeared during transit after a 1829 seizure battle off Melos, leaving the statue armless at its Paris home.
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Melon
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Greece
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Pharus
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Count de Clarne
A Story of the Moment by Walt Mason
A satirical monologue on marriage, divorce, and domestic chaos unfolds as a narrator debates a salesman about a book on divorces. The piece lampoons agents and municipal constraints, recounting a chaotic morning with a fire, failed breakfast, a broken sugar bowl, and a visit from Mrs Terwilliger’s volley of children.
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Walt Mason
Europe
Why He Worked and the Bearded Lady Exchange Barbs
A tersely worded exchange unfolds as a sympathetic Worhan purchases a photograph while the Bearded Lady retorts with sharp humor. The dialogue hints at strain from family pressures and job disillusionment, capturing a tense moment in a small-town scene.
Aw Martyrs
George Fitch humorously notes that modern martyrs abound in society. He cites examples from factories to theaters and ships, arguing the “martyr business” fuels safety concerns and social scrutiny, yet often harms those labeled martyrs while benefiting others.
A Painting for Jurors
The Seine district jury in Paris asked to place Prudhon’s painting Justice Pursuing Crime on the courtroom wall to ease long examinations. The artwork, once replaced by a crucifix under Napoleon and later by wallpaper, was finally restored to inspire fair justice by the keeper of the seals.
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Indianapolis
Seine
Paris
Chacellery
Prudhon
Court of Assize
The Hereditary Fears From The Kansas City Star
An essay contemplates primitive ancestors fears during droughts and cold, arguing a panicky survival mindset may persist from early ignorance. It questions how much of ancient superstition a modern artist can convincingly evoke while living in solitude.
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Kansas City
Malone Woods
Maine
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