Mothers of Washington to press Carnegie Library meeting
The Washington Bureau report notes a 10 o clock meeting called by the Parent Teacher associations to advocate Carnegie Library support. It highlights organized mothers pushing for better school facilities, equal educational opportunities, and standardized, better funded schools amid two years without new public school buildings and rapidly growing enrollment.
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Carnegie
Carnegie Library
Ufe
Aia
Literacy test veto upheld shows common sense
In a debate over the literacy immigration test, the House failed to override the president's veto. The measure would have barred many with strong educational credentials while admitting others likely to undermine civic life, and the House rightly sustained the veto.
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House, of Representatives
Republic
House
The Golden Bullet Cooperation Among Allies
The allies pool financial resources and military effort with discussions of loan cooperation and mutual credit support. England remains strongest financially, France second, while Russia may resist surrendering independence. Partnerships aim to reinforce weak financial lines without full interdependency.
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England
France
Russia
Noted War Aims Echo Sir Edward Grey Quote
The passage reflects on surrendering fiscal sovereignty to national judgment and notes that wealthier nations hold an advantage in final tests. It recalls Sir Edward Grey’s remark that victory would come with a golden bullet and that England possessed such an instrument. The text claims an alleged financial coalition of the Allies has reshaped that bullet into a better, more manageable form.
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Edward Grey
England
Bundle Day in Atlanta Aids Needy With Cloth Bundles
Atlanta prepares for Bundle Day on Thursday February 11 as the Associated Charities collects old clothing and shoes donated by residents. Officials aim to distribute up to 10 000 bundles valued at about 25000 dollars at no cost to givers, with wise distribution under charity oversight and Constitution support.
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Atlanta
Associated Charities
Mother's Right to Education Board Voice Sparks Atlanta Debate
Emily McDougald champions mother's representation on education boards. She argues mothers know their children best and should have a vote on school administration. She cites New York Chicago and Virginia as examples and warns current boards lack authority, risking stagnation.
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Emily McDougald
West
Atlanta
Idea Bears Fruit in Cattle Exhibit for Atlanta
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce backs Hereford cattle show and sale in spring, with B Frank Mebane and Warren T McCray supporting the plan. J Hell Miller chairs the committee, proposing Miller Union Stock Yards as the exhibit site, aiming to boost Georgia's beef industry and credit bankers and farmers to improve native stock. The effort seeks a date and arrangements, while unrelated notes touch on songs and presidential turnover in Villa.
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Miller
McCray
Miller Union Stock Yards
Georgia
Georgia Voices and Washington Day Reflections
A student composition blends a poem about the sun with lines praising George Washington. The piece notes Washington’s birth, leadership, and the origin of Washington, D.C., while joking about public speeches and a father’s planned long remarks on February 22. The narrator mentions expectations to attend the father’s speech.
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George Washington
Washington, D.C
Congress
Mexico
George
Washington
Little Springtime Lady a Georgia Love Song
A fragmentary page notes stray verse lines and prose from a Georgia newspaper section. It includes a lyric titled Little Springtime Lady and scattered musings on poetry, moral proverbs, and local editorial snippets. The jumble preserves era tone without full context.
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Georgia
Dividend Pause Hidden in United States Steel Wages Policy
The Holland Letter reports that US Steel directors chose to suspend dividends on common stock while not reducing wages. It argues the move aims to stabilize prices and deter monopolistic practices, noting tariff effects, European war disruption, and modest production-cost economies that allowed maintaining earnings without higher dividends.
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United States Steel Corporation
Iron and Steel
Ateel
Pirices Ao
Sigel Corporation
Europe
United States
George W. Perkins
Steel Corporation
Perking
Holland
Date boils scar Baghdad faces across the Middle East
National Geographic notes a persistent skin disease called the date boil that scars the faces of Iraqis and others in the Middle East. The affliction, known by many names such as Button Alep and Nile sore, starts as a red spot and can rofit over months to years. Its cause and cure remain unknown and its appearance even embarrasses travelers returning from Arabia.
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National Geographic Magazine
Bagdad
Nile
Bane
Arabia
Aleppo
Educational program supervision should be shared by mothers
Editorial by Emily M McDougald argues Atlanta mothers must gain municipal voting rights to influence public school funding and policy. It cites 6000 taxpaying women and urges a revised city charter or constitutional suffrage to place women on school boards and oversee bond allocations for superior education.
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Emily M McDougald
Atlanta
Atisata
The Planet Mars by George Firend satire
A humorous early 20th century piece describing Mars as a small, inhospitable world with a thin atmosphere and long winters. It jokes about canals as battlefield trenches, near-Earth proximity, and famous figures not emigrating, reflecting playful science fiction wit and social satire of the era.
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Mars
George Firend
Siwash
Earth
John D. Rockefeller
J. P. Morgan
Kaiser Bill
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason
A poem laments cold poverty as the speaker urges readers to notice homeless people living outdoors. It contrasts comfortable indoor life with the hardship endured by the unseen, urging empathy and responsibility for those in the cold.
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Walt Mason
On the Right Line Says Hickey of Cooledge
James B Hickey proprietor of Piedmont Hotel argues in Atlanta that the city’s patchwork system fails residents. He cites nearly five million dollars spent annually and a pending council resolution to amend the charter raising taxes from 1.20 to 1.50. He calls for weighing the issue by the people.
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Atlanta
Emily C. Mdougald
Hickey of
Cooledge
Jas. B. Hickey
Piedmont Hotel
Nickel town politics and a rare shark tooth find
A Kansas town nicknamed Nickletown plans a spring election with four residents left, three men running for mayor and women pivotal voters. Meanwhile a Santa Ana report notes a shark tooth found at 662 feet, well preserved and tied to a nearby fossil-rich site. Other items include a stork joke in a Berlin zoo and medical notes on a lung case from Red Lion.
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Nickles Town
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George Cowles
Oscar Mulson
Cowles
Santa Ana
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