Southern states support US stand on cotton contraband
The South backs President Wilson against Britain's contraband actions on cotton. Despite reduced acreage and smaller exports, farmers press for adherence to international law, predicting the cotton crop may still fund prosperity. Georgia chambers report renewed business health as home production rises and farmers cut fertilizer and labor costs while storage and interest burdens loom.
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Hoke Smith
Wilson
Germany
Lusitania
Washington
Georgia
England
South
Lingland
George
Georgia Chamber referendum gauges upbeat Georgia business
The country merchant, country banker and country trader concur that fall business will be exceptionally good. The Georgia Chamber of Commerce conducts a referendum to measure business conditions across the state, sending out hundreds of inquiries to gauge the current outlook.
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Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Georgia
Georgia Tax Equalization Law Saves State From Deficit
The state tax rate stands at 48 mils within constitutional limits, aided by Georgia s tax equalization law. It kept values high after a year of depreciation and war related downturns, preventing a large revenue shortfall and increasing the digests by bringing previously untaxed property into taxation.
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Georgia
Strenuous Labor Day Parade Proposed by New York Evening World
The New York Evening World calls for a Labor Day parade led by the Provisional regiment of patriotic public officials and business leaders who trained at Plattsburg. It argues the strenuous holiday has fostered public spirit and shows how citizens from all walks, including bankers and lawyers, may unite in service if the call comes. The piece also notes rising Boy Scout training and broader American civic spirit, contrasting peace benefits with emergency readiness.
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New York Evening World
Plattsburg
Plattsboro
Patriette
Boy Scout Movement
Baltimore American
United States
Georgia’s Financial Problems Seen Solvable With Public Support
The text argues that with capable administration and sincere public support there is room for greater effort to ultimately solve Georgia’s every financial problem.
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Georgia
Hubby Holds His Own Amid Odd Romance Tales
A west story tells of three women who bought a husband and would sell him again. Long Island City reports fifty policemen stopping a burn rescue by devoted wives. The Evening World praises selfless love, recalling Dutch city legends and enduring songs of John Anderson.
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Long Island City
New York Evening World
The
Evening World
Retired Blacksmith Becomes Village Capitalist Hero
A humorist critic likens Longfellow to a garage owner, but The Jacksonville Flat Metropolis presents Matthew McNulty, a Lafayetta area blacksmith, as a successful village capitalist. He worked sixty years at the forge, helped haul canal traffic, built a large shop, owns a $40,000 fortune and a farm, now living a comfortable retirement.
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Longfellow
Jacksonville
Matthew McNulty
Lafayetta
Dax
McNulty
Lafayette
Toledo
False ideals of work hold back southern youth in Atlanta
Br Ismna Dooly argues that false ideals about labor deter Atlanta youths from taking solid opportunities in local industry. She notes openings in manufacturing offer high pay, yet many avoid these roles due to perceived stigma, suggesting technical education and local career paths deserve stronger emphasis and public support.
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Br Ismna Dooly
Atlanta
Yoang
Lim
May Cool Ardor of Outlaws
The Brownsville Herald notes that a thousand more troops may be sent to the lower border. While not strictly necessary now, their arrival should boost security in areas unsettled by recent outlawry. The paper suggests soldiers could be deployed as far as Texas City or Fort Sam Houston, easing tensions among Mexican adventurers who wrongly felt they could seize the border.
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North
Georgi
Atlanta
Monagy
Tagguirs
Ake
Brownsville
Herald
Texas City
Fort Sam Houston
Song of the People and the Dawn of Light
Poem-like reflection on social change and divine justice. The People rise from hardship as kings and courts fade, the dawn and light of God guiding a new day. Mention of a world changing, a harvest joy, and the voice of the People speaking through faith.
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Goa
Arms makers and plants expand as war orders rise
The Holland Letter notes Schwab and other large manufacturers expanding facilities along the Atlantic coast and inland to meet wartime orders. It describes upgrades at Bethlehem Works in Pennsylvania, New Haven arms production growth, Bridgeport plant enlargements, and the Niles Bement Pond and Pratt & Whitney expansions, plus a major new powder plant at City Point Virginia built by Du Pont de Semains Company with 12 000 workers. The piece frames these as prudent business responses tied to national defense and postwar utility.
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Snrgg
Charles W Schwabs
Ocean Front
Delaware
Schwab
Bethlehem
Great Arms Company
New Haven Conn
Winchester
New Haven
New Haven Railroad Company
New Taven
Clt
New Haven Bay
Jong
Bridgeport
Niles Bement Pond Company
Best
Hartford
Pratt & Whitney Company
Rurone
Hartford Company
National Arsenal
Austria
Hadford
Pope Manufacturing Company
Recever
Una
Niles
Charles M Schwab
City Point
du Pont de Semains Company
General Grants
James Rivers
Norfolk and Western
Tanlroad
Italy
Greece
Poland
United States
Editorial Commends Law Simplification Yet Condemns Corruption
A Washington state editorial by EA Barnett critiques judges and lawyers for perverting justice and hindering proper court work. It urges honest professionals to protect the courts from corruption and insists on reforms to restore reverence for institutions and equal treatment under the law.
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Stalin
Faet
Onis
EA Barnett
Washington
Beards and Bold Governors in Kentucky History
The Bowling Green Messenger recalls Governor Proctor Knott remarks on facial hair, noting Kentucky’s beard fashion as a post Mexican War custom. It credits Larirus Powell as a bearded governor, mentions Lincoln as the first U.S. president with a beard, and cites varying shifts in style among Kentucky men and public figures.
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Bowling Green Messenger
Proctor Knott
Weir
Kentucky
Larirus Powell
United States
Abraham Lincoln
War warnings and industrial boosts cited in Holland note
A Holland letter recalls President McKinley facing powder shortages before the Spanish war and notes belligerent funding being partly reinvested in expanding plants. It mentions an American industry pledging a $20,600 bonus for rapid wartime production, seen as a near gift through increased capacity.
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Sible
McKinley
Spain
Atlantic
Holland
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