Atlanta’s case for regional bank status backed by finance leaders
A special committee pushes Atlanta as the central financial hub for the eastern south. Officials argue the city’s geographic position, strong growth in manufacturing and population, and record high bank clearings justify locating a regional bank here. The committee and its members pledge to present a clear, concise case to supporters.
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Atlanta
Middle North Carolina
Alabama
Otio River
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
South
New Orleans
Judge Price Gilbert Buys The Columbus Enquirer-Sun
Judge Price Gilbert purchases The Columbus Enquirer Sun from C I Groover, promising a regime marked by service and advocacy for public causes. Groover, a prominent journalist and businessman, helped advance civic uplift in Georgia.
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Columbus Enquirer Sun
C. I Groover
Price Gilbert
Gilbert
Chattahoochee
Georgia
Enquier-Sun
Th. Groover
Enquirer-Sun
Groover
Our Perpetual Congress
An analysis of how Congress has become a constant body since 1913 and the implications for constitutional governance. The piece argues that prolonged sessions hinder business, invite political agitation, and suggests a constitutional amendment or institutional reform as a non partisan topic for debate.
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Congress
National Congress
Roosevelt
Taft
Catt
Witte Frankenstein Warns Against State Liquor Monopoly
A historical digest notes Serge Witte once pushed a government monopoly on vodka to curb drunkenness and fund education, but critics claim profits now fuel militarism. The piece links Witte’s motives to today’s political strife and warns of a drafty backlash across Russia. It also parodies current events from Philadelphia to Huerta, reflecting a satirical tone.
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Russia
Serge Witte
Council of Empire
Witte
Lke Frankenstein
Sergius Witte
Weel
Wittes
War and suffragettes spark a town up in fretful verse
A fragmentary civic agitprop voice mocks valentine commerce and suffrage clashes. It recalls a colonel and major figures warning of war and law, praising Washington and a Hullville child noting George Washington’s month. The piece wryly questions honesty and fate amid town tensions.
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Grace Amazin
Washington
Georges Washington
Hullville
Fragmented 19th Century Letters and Odds and Ends
A mosaic of clipped fragments includes letters to Congressmen about salaries and leaving politics for trade, poems and songs about journeys and valentines, notes on press remarks from a Mountain Patriarch, a poker tale in an ice chest, a town education board letter seeking a music and science teacher, and assorted rural musings and street vernacular.
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George Bailey
George
Georgia
G Washtington
Holton Town
Paul Used Word Blood Says Reader in 1914 Letter
Fraternal note from P Cloveland of Atlanta Ga dated February 11 1914 questions Dr C A Ridleys sermon on Acts 172é and claims Paul used the Greek phrase exhenax haimatos meaning of one blood urging consultation of Greek Testament and defending a blood reference in the verse.
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C A Ridley
Paul
Putliam St Atlante, Ga
Efficient Sandwich Fillings and Bread Handling Tips
A nineteenth century guide advises using bread at least 24 hours old and trimming crusts for dainty sandwiches. It details lettuce preparation, combining chicken with veal, and various fillings including crisp bacon with sardine, chopped beet cheese with sausage, caviar spreads, ham mixtures, and sweet fillings of figs nuts dates with sugar. It also notes bread varieties and serving beverages with sweet sandwiches.
Playing and Being by George Matthew Adans
Essay on authentic performance and personal growth. It argues that true acting mirrors living, blending inner being with outward role. The author warns imitators and urges self-forgetfulness to become genuine workers and speakers.
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George Matthew Adans
Favorite Recipes of Distinguished Women by Mrs Hill
A period piece recipe column explains a method for tender round steak browned in butter and bacon, then baked in a covered dish with water and onion. The dish yields a tender steak with pan-browned potatoes cooked in the same gravy, offering a convenient three-dish result.
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Stenik
Pride of Princes and a Civil War Regiment Tale
An excerpt from The Best Stories in the World recounts Colonel Cabe Bouch organizing and dictating a regiment during the Civil War. It features Tam huradle, an itinerant evangelist, entering a camp to save souls and Boueh’s harsh command demanding ten men for baptism and vowing no Massachusetts regiment would beat him.
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Mason
Massachusetts
Ming
The Colt Trial and Execution Tragedy
A Brooklyn era report recounts the Samuel Adams murder by John C Colt, his arrest, trial, and conviction. The narrative covers Colt’s death by suicide in prison, his final hanging, a dramatic interview with Dr Anthon, and a mysterious prison fire that erupted as witnesses noted the gruesome scene. The piece emphasizes the sensational nature of the case and its lasting infamy in American crime history.
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Samuel Adams
New York City
John C Colt
Parkman
Boston
Webster
Harvard University
Colt
Adams
Colts Room
Broadway
Mc Wheeler
Mr Colt
Wheeler
Colts
St Lous
New Orleans
Kalamasco
Walt
Tme Colt
Lavash
Anthon
Coltg Brother
Caroline Henshaw
John Howard Payne
Lewis Gasford Clarke
Anthon Colt
Hillyer
Calisce Aoor
Goodby Colt
The Flea by Ghorgl Fitch
A humorous sketch describes a tiny flea with extraordinary legs that can leap vast distances. It imagines the insect’s audacious behavior, its appeal to adventurous readers, and ponders the flea’s place in society and travel, with feisty asides about modern life.
Upland Rice Culture in Georgia's Mountain Valleys
In northeast Georgia the old antebellum rice culture survives in mountain homes once run by slave owners from the lowlands. The upland plots, tended by descendants and some locals, yield small but steady crops, with some settlers adopting modern mills and methods.
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Georgia
Deca
Santa Carona
South Carolina
Wren
Charleston Regio
Goreti
Bintan
Nei Ibars
Uplindrica
Europe
Hall
White
Ben Hill
Berrun
Hrooky
Bryan Bulloch Calhoun Camden Charlton Chatham
Gulinch
Coffee
Guluwiit
Decatur Dougherty
Barly Echols, Lefianham, Cmanuel
Glynn Grady Hibersham Hall Irwin Jef Davis Lee
Abraham
Isaac
L G Hardman
Haccachee
Lam Told
Hay
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Clark Howell
W.L. Halstead
United States
Mexico
Pally
Careier
R Holliday
Constitution Building
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Nww
John Corrigan
Constitution
Forty-second Street
Times Building
Thirty-eighth Street
Twenty Ninth Street
the New Enquirer Sun
Frankenstein
John Land
Philadelphia
Kansas
Hobson
Uncle Sam
Huerta
Valentine Wer In
Bittvitte
Descon
Chepa
Aoises
Conrad
Lyrte
Ubout
Soma
P Rey
Hanijon
Henrietta ED. Gravel
Joseph Jefferson
Jefferson
Acing
Hite
Worman
Robert P. Hill
Representative Hill
John C. Colt
Ghorgl Fitch
Ward
Diplomata
Department of State
William Jennings Bryan
Mun Ware
Ware Sandy
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