Georgia Cotton Prospects Signal Prosperity This Winter
Georgia faces a hopeful season as fall crop conditions outpace many states. Texas shows greater losses due to drought while Georgia maintains better percentages, with figures from August and September indicating Georgia’s crop stability versus Texas decline.
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Alabama
Mississipp
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missouri
Oklahoma
The
Journal of Commerce
New York
Orth
South Carolina
Londa
Luit
Progress of the Negro in 1913 Emancipation Anniversary Review
The article surveys a 1913 Negro progress overview from the Springfield Republican and Monroe counsel, comparing freed Black life in the South to reforms in Russia. It cites population, education, farms, and school funding, noting rising literacy and school enrollment while highlighting ongoing social and economic changes.
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Monroe
Tuskegee Institute
United States
South
Broeg
Negro Education Needs Practical Industrial Training
State School Superintendent Brittain urges improved negro education focusing on discipline, morals, and general schooling with more industrial type instruction. He argues education should be right and pragmatic, supporting a national concerted effort despite regional fanaticism and lethargy hindering progress.
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Brittain
Africa
Smashing a Masher Provokes Scattered Public Debate
An Atlanta woman defends herself when followed by a passerby described as a masher. The account, framed as a cautionary tale from a rural-to-city visit, emphasizes fear and calls for deterrence. A policeman is mentioned, plus a folkloric refrain urging consequences for harassers. The piece argues for safeguarding women in public spaces and reflects period attitudes toward gender and safety.
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Atlanta
Ate
Gil
Wilson Leads Global Backing for Mexican Peace Plan
President Wilson gains support from Great Britain, France, Japan and most Latin American nations for a peaceful settlement to the Mexican revolution. Argentine and Brazilian officials note extensive use of U S legal texts and American expertise in law and governance, signaling broad international endorsement for his approach. Mexico must accept a just settlement.
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France
Japan
United States
America
Buenos Ayres
Dr Oka
Supreme Court of the
Carilcani
Supreme Court of Brazil
Albany, NY
Law School
Peru
Bolivia
Chile
Mexico
Cotton quality rule from government tests
Government experimenters conclude that mixing even a small amount of low grade cotton with high grade reduces the final product. A bale should be pure. 450 pounds of good cotton are worth more than a 500 pound bale with lean and fat streaks.
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Agricultural Department
Washington
The Crow and the Peace Dove in Georgia Folklore
A fragment from a Georgia voice presents the Crow and the Peace Dove in dialect. The Black Crow complains of hunger and wonders about the dove while a rabbit and fence imagery appear, with a playful rural scene and questions of wit and fortune.
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Peace Dove
September Morn and Rural Reflections in Dalton Citizen
A mosaic of prose and verse items from The Dalton Citizen and other papers. Dialect snippets, poems, and a rural correspondent’s notes mingle with scattered names, events, and editorial asides. The fragmentary piece mentions marriage notices, portraits of September, and local commentary, ending with a quip about an empty bottle and a coming quart.
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Dalton
Mille Kunitz
Misa Marly
Shiloh
Royal Tattooing of King George and the Czars
King George once pricked elaborate Japanese designs on his arms and chest while Duke of York, a practice Queen Mary opposed. He cautioned the Prince of Wales not to follow. Curiously, the czar resembling King George was tattooed by the same artist with similar designs.
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Granad
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Prince of Wales
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Chancell or Barrow on Negros in Georgia at a Georgia State Agricultural Society event
At a Georgia State Agricultural society convention in Cuthbert Dr David C Barrow University of Georgia chancellor delivered a long address on The Negro in Georgia He urged practical study of the labor force and education urging read write and geography for negros while warning against migratory mixing and calling for stronger white supervision to improve negro conditions He stressed race integrity and the need for whites to help educate and support the black population while acknowledging shifts in negro behavior and religion since slavery
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Martin V. Calvin
Georgia State Agricultural Society
Cuthbert
David C Barrow
University of Georgia
Georgia
Roosevelt
Liberia
Alberta
United States
Kansas
Barrow
The Iron Crown of Italy in World Mysteries
The Iron Crown of Lombardy, famed for its mystery, dates back to antiquity with a sacred iron band said to be from the Cross. It has crowned kings from Agilulf to Charles V and Ferdinand I, passing through Napoleon’s era and into modern Italian kingship.
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Oxford
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Lombardy
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Anthorie
A Story of the Moment by Walt Mason
In a humorous monologue a druggist remarks on his wife’s stammer and the clash of talkativeness in marriage. The Village patriarch riffs on elocution, domestic life, and the pleasures of listening to wives, ending with plans to play a quiet game after supper.
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Walt Mason
Jim
Jimalong
Jimajong
Pho
Your Size by George Matthew Adams
A reflective piece on size and worth, contrasting power with character. It argues true greatness lies in deeds, not public visibility, noting worth endures beyond life while power fades. The essay urges self-reflection about how big a person truly is through actions rather than status.
Government Tests On Cotton Grades At A and M College
Washington August 29 government classification tests on standard grades of cotton will be conducted next year at the textile department of North Carolina State College in Raleigh. Agricultural technologists will lead the project with cooperation from the textile department to determine waste and bale quality across five full grades on various spinning frames.
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A & M_ college
Weat
Raleigh
Department of Agriculture
A. Cobb
Department
Fales & Jenks Machine Company
Pawtucket
RK I
Southern Novelty Company
Hartsville
Thomas Nelson
North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Ar
United States Government Department of Agriculture
Poison Belt tale opens with Challenger turmoil in Doyle serial
In the first installment the earth enters the Poison Belt causing odd events at Professor Challenger's home. A long time servant leaves suddenly after the professor hides under a table and bites a maid. Gas effects on his brain drive the dramatic escape as the tale begins in The Sunday Constitution September 7.
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Sunday Constitution
Challenger
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