Vera Cruz Lesson Warns of Recuring Disease Risk
The Vera Cruz outbreak after US sanitation efforts shows how quickly old health problems return when safeguards lapse. Vaccination and town cleanup cut deaths, but without persistent measures the city again risks yellow fever and smallpox, urging an international health commission to enforce sanitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Havana
Panama
New Orleans
Funsten
Uncle Sam
International Health Commission
Vera .Cruz
Non- partisan tariff reform idea from Wilson
The piece argues for a tariff system depoliticized by making trade policy expert driven, comparing the U S split on protection and revenue tariffs to political hypocrisy. It cites France’s approach with an independent tariff board adjusting schedules to world changes, avoiding revolutions and partisan agitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Trade Commission
France
Tariff Reform Debate Across Nations and Parties
The article discusses England and the United States debating tariff policy. It notes Britain moving away from free trade, while in America tariff making remains bartered and influenced by log-rolling. Roosevelt and Taft support tariff commissions, but partisan demagogues resist nonpartisan reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
America
Roosevelt
Taft
Newspaper Advertising Is Best Investment for Retail Firms
J LeRoy North of Cincinnati urged Y M C A members that daily newspapers form the foundation of retail advertising. He warned against exclusive use of other media, saying space in newspapers should be the first budgeting priority, with other forms considered only after. He praised newspaper value tied to paper veracity, circulation, and reach into homes. The Constitution echoed his points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. LeRoy North
Cincinnati
T. LeRoy.North
Young Men's Christian Association
Gall
North
Northwell
Centela
Vital statistics law lacks funding for enforcement
A heated plea urges temporary financing to bridge the gap until the next legislature. Georgia remains alone among states without a vital statistics system, as doctors await a diagnostic mechanism and officials seek a practical setup to implement the law promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
General Assembly
Friends of
Vitel
Georgia
South Carolina
Prisoner Exchange Plan Aims to Ease War Burden
A proposed German English French and Russian prisoner swap would release 150000 incapacitated soldiers and ease care, food, and housing demands. The idea, rooted in humanitarian motives, faces questions over parole guarantees and broader exchanges amid about one million POWs across the four nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Germany
Pope Benedict
Russia
France
The Coming of Spring and War Times Echo in Ink
Fragmentary column from the Dalton Citizen reflecting on New Year musings, quotes and poems, plus a long Hartford News digest about Pratt Whitney, Pope plant sale, and the rise of American industry in wartime. Mentions The Columbian State, Houston papers, and general business mergers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
New England
Ohio
Federal Treasury
Pope Manufacturing Company
Pratt-Whitney Company
Niles-Bement-Pond Company
Cincinnati
Canada
England
Europe
Australia
United States
Ngland
Russia
France
Pratt-Whitney
Pratt- ~Whitney
Pope Company
Day
Pops
Whiel James A.warrell
United States Steel Corporation
Niles- Bement-Pond Company
Puere Brandiser
Leankvears
Pierpont Morgan
Holland
Grady Hospital Plea for Adequate City Support
A letter from M. T. Davis of Atlanta dated January 16, 1916 praises Grady Hospital's work and urges an adequate appropriation. Davis, a former patient, commends superintendent and nurses, notes overtaxed capacity, calls for nurse dormitories and expanded free-patient facilities, and appeals to public opinion to influence city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Hospital
Grady
Boyseiane
Ely
Atlanta
Tan
Bince Grady Hospital
City Hall
M. T. Davis
A Sack of Flour by George Fitch
A humorous piece notes a sack of flour weighing forty nine pounds costs about $1.50 and can sustain a family for months. It contrasts flour as a vital necessity with the pretensions of American excess and Belgian wartime hardship. The piece laments consumer choices vs bread supply and mocks lavish spending while highlighting flour’s practical value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nac Ae
Ufé
Belgium
Mfe
Breathalyzer Watch List Targets Habitual Drunkards
Atlantic City dispatch reports Philadelphia Record detailing county probation plans to force habitual drinkers on a “jam list” to give breath samples to the County Probation Officer Scull. Recorder Keffer quipped “Figures don’t lie” as he explained a new scheme. James Finer, an old offender, was granted liberty but must report to the probation officer each morning and night during unemployment and prove sobriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
City Dispatch
Philadelphia
Keffer
James Finer
Pliner
Postponed Rural Credit Legislation Draws Editor's Fire
Editorial blasts the postponement of rural credit legislation as disastrous and disappointing. It cites small costly rural credits in the regional bank system and accuses money-power interests of blocking Senate action through filibusters. It points to Senator Owen’s banking committee stance and notes partisan obstruction. The piece mentions Georgia senators Smith and Hardwick opposing rule suspensions amid wider political gridlock. January 16, 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen
Senate
Banking Committee
District of Columbia
Georgia
Smith
Hardwick
Smai
Wilson
Congress
Editorial endorses rural credits reform and delays
Dr Royall J. Miller of Atlanta argues that rural credit legislation should be amended to allow rediscounting farm loans at 4 percent, urging quick action in Congress. He cites Wilson era failures, Federal Reserve constraints, and the need to bolster farmers and bank stability through updated policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
America
Congress
Harvie
Jordan
Wits
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank Ray
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve
Federal Reserve Law
Democratic Party
New Reserve System
Atlante Reserve Bank
Royall J. Miller
M. D
Atlanta
Rippling Rhymes and the Water Wagon Journey
A whimsical verse chronicles a dusty road ride on a water wagon. Passengers swap seats to avoid the fumes and thirst, with Booze tempting readers to drink. Tourists endure a long journey through forest stages, escaping the dragon of liquor as they reach Hydrant Town and sip from a garden hose.
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Constitution the Standard Soulhern Newspaper
Suinday
Tri-Weekly
Clark Howell
Roby Robinson
Albert Howell, Jr
Z- R. Black
B. W. Gratty
Sc Cence
Wjrk Holliday
Constitution Building
Washington
8 Street
N. W
John Corrigan
Constitution
New York City
Hotaling
Broadway
Forty-second Street
Times
Jonah
Grace
Heaven
Earth
Starbright
John Jordan Douglass
Columbia State
A. Georgia
Dalton
Adams Enterprise
Bentztown
Sealy
Texas
Houton Post
the News
Houston
Baltimore
Spring Place
George Fitch
Ay Waltr Mason
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!