Atlanta Seeks Regional Reserve Bank Status
Atlanta of Georgia is on the tentative list for a regional reserve bank as the American currency system forms. Committee members visited in January to hear business leaders and review Atlanta’s claims, backed by clearing house and chamber of commerce data.
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Atlanta
Organization Committee
Atlanta Clearing House
Industrial Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Georgia
Southwest
Washington
New Orleans
South Atlantic
The Question of Beef and Tariff Effects
Trustworthy evidence suggests American packing interests have beaten the tariff by seizing control of leading Argentine beef firms. Prices stay high for consumers despite the tariff drop, raising the question of U S policy and the power of capital in meat supply across hemispheres.
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America
Argentina
United States
North America
Europe
Georgia Beef Industry Hopes to Break Beef Trust
Discussion at national meetings and local examples argue Georgia can build a strong beef sector. Packers claim meat famine drives expansion to Argentina, while Georgia farmers are urged to boost cattle raising. W. H. White Jr. cites White Provision plant profits as proof independence is possible.
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American Association of Trackers
Chicago
America
Georgia
White Provision Company
Atlanta
W. H. White, Jr
Beef Trust
Oscar Underwood in Alabama Campaign Tour
The Alabama trip marks an unusual canvass by Oscar Underwood for the senatorial race. He plans to avoid public business during travel and expects to be in his seat when Congress reconvenes after the holiday recess on January 12, a contrast to rivals who pause at critical sessions. The piece lauds him as a principled statesman and urges Alabama voters not to fear his nomination.
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Oscar Underwood
Alabama
Mr. Underwood
Congress
Underwood
Saner Holidays Highlight City Christmas Observance
Christmas days brought fewer tragedies and less debauchery across Atlanta and Georgia. The police reported a notably tranquil period with isolated incidents, while churches and the press helped shape a saner spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
South
Georgia Farmers Embrace Winter College Course Growth
Georgia farmers show rising interest in the State College of Agriculture winter session at Athens. From January 5 to 16, 200 to 300 farmers of all ages are expected to attend, focusing on cotton, cereals, animals, horticulture, corn club work, poultry breeding, and veterinary topics. The program, once experimental, now signals a new era of agricultural progress and farmer responsibility in the state.
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Georgia
State College of Agriculture
Statistica
Athens
Corm Club
Holiday Luxuries for a Festive Table and Gifts
A guide to elegant holiday entertaining with poinsettias and Japanese holly trees as centerpieces. It covers preserved fruits from Nice France, method to soften, color, and mold them, and crystallized fruits and nuts as bonbons. Includes syrup steps and cautions about damp days.
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Nice
France
Confectionere
How Ollie James Got Back Speech in Currency Debate
Senator Ollie James delivered a sharp retort in the currency debate against Senators Root and Cummins over civil service tests. He cited the Aldrich-Vreeland act creating the national monetary commission, arguing Republicans used extensive patronage while Democrats would not inherit civil service limits.
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Ollie James
Washington Dispatch
Louisville Courier-Journal
James
Root
Cummins
Aldrich-Vrealand
Ntional Monetary Commission
United States Treasury
Senator Wacks
Mr. James
Being Santa Claus
Poem salutes Santa as a dreamer visiting homes at night to bring joy to poor and needy children. It imagines a helper with sleigh and bells brightening a mother’s somber home and giving joy to a ragged child peering from a window.
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Santa Claus
The
Baltimore Sun
Jad K
Christmas Memories From The Chicago Record-Herald
Poem recalls a Christmas scene with a family, a baby held on the knee, candy lights, and a tree. Santa has been to town as toys lie about. The speaker reflects on past joys, candle lights gleaming, and a sleeping baby in twilight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record-Herald
Santa Claus
A Story of the Moment on Chivalry and Suffrage
A colloquial tale features Mrs Jiggers and other townsfolk debating streetcar etiquette, male politeness, and women’s suffrage. A landlady narrator recalls past restraint and a shift in views, praising equality and the end of gentlemanly ritual for comfort and political rights.
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Diggers
Jiggers
Mrs. Toogood
Illinois Lawmaker Attacks Railway Passes Deadheadism
In a fiery denunciation, a Illinois House member denounces railway passes and deadheadism, praising a bill that would curb passes and recounting how the Chicago and Alton Railway conceded by honoring passes before repeal. He decries official corruption and urges stronger legislation and referendum tests.
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Cere
Springfield
Steelino
Rachel
Molinos
City to Build 10,000 Houses for Workers
The municipality of Bugnos Aires contracts Compania de Construcciones Modernas to build 1,000 houses for employees with a plan to 2,000 houses per year. They request exemption from customs duties on imported building materials from the government.
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Boston
Queen of Navarre's Poisoned Gloves Mystery
The article revisits the tale of Queen Jane of Navarre dying in Paris during the religious troubles, noting rumors of poison via perfumed gloves. It cites Wraxwall, Davila, Voltaire, and D Aubigne, weighing natural illness against suspected murder and examining journalistic and historic opinions.
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Jane
Navarre
Paris
Margaret
Nathaniel Wraxwall
France
Rene
Florence
Florentine
Catherine de Medici
Wraxwall
Davila
James
Meserat
Aving
D'Aubigne
Voltaire
Chronologie
Caillard
Calvin
Oo D
Har Chy
Margaret of Valois
Favorite Recipes of Distinguished Women
Mrs Caled Powers presents Graham bread history and a muffin recipe. It explains graham flour origins from Dr Sylvester Graham and suggests variety in bread making with a Graham muffin recipe using wheat flour, graham flour, sugar, milk, butter, salt, baking powder, egg, and baking in hot oven.
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Caled Powers
Representative Powers
Kentucky
Sylvester Graham
Land Values in Large Cities Compared to London Sale
The Providence Journal reports a London 19 acre sale by the Duke of Bedford for 50 million dollars prompting city land-value comparisons. It notes New York land at 407 dollars per square foot and Chicago over 100 dollars per square foot for land alone, with Boston and Providence values similarly high.
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Io Ajanta
Atlanta
Solliday
Constitution Building
Soit
Sliverritory
Washington
John Corrigan
Chereé
Constitution
New York City
Hotaling
Mod Forte
Ceconud
Times Pullaing Cobhner
Tirty-Eighth Street
Broadway
Providence Journal
London
Duke of Bedford
Fifth Avenue
Forty-second Street
New York
Threadneedle Street
Chicago Dispatch
State Street
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Boston
School
Washington, Milk
Hawley
Summer
Chauncey
Bedford
West and
Tremont Atrests
Temple Place
Washington, West
Tremont Streets
Washington and
Winter Streets
Providence
Dorrance Street
Hotel
Dorrance
Union Trust
The Individual and the Group in Congregational Thought
In the Congregationalist piece the editor argues that individual worth and group life are inseparable. A response notes a request for a single man to lead a large group, but the message remains that both the person and the group are needed and must be joined by and rather than or.
The Rocky Mountains and Their Mighty Role in America
A 1913 overview extols the Rocky Mountains as a vast western feature shaping travel, railroads, and national life. Descriptions cover peaks, scale, and impact on economy and culture, noting Colorado’s highlands, mining scars, and the mountains' potential as a turbine power source.
A Queer Kind of Run From The Lowell Courter c
A fragmented commentary discusses economic alarm, stock volatility, and slow business in the United States. It notes weak demand, declining profits, and concern over tariffs, forecasting potential panic if trends persist. The piece mentions Christmas gifts, immigration, and January dividends as part of the national mood.
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Lowell
United State
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Guanto
Pri-Weekl
Underwood Way
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