Bringing the School to the Farmer
An 1910 Georgia article promotes practical agricultural education via the Farmers' Cooperative Demonstration Work led by Dr. Knapp. It cites county demonstrations showing how seed selection, fertilization, and cultivation raise corn yields, urging southern farmers to adopt proven methods to boost income and rural prosperity.
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S A Knapp
National Department of Agriculture
United States
Pr Knapp
Macon
Martin W Calvin
Georgia
South S
Knapps
Knapp
Birthday of Robert E Lee Celebrated by Atlantans
The article recalls Atlantans gathering to honor Robert E Lee on his birthday with speeches by Judge George Hillyer and General John B Gordon. It discusses southern memory, unity, and lingering sectional tensions, mixed with editorial quips about current events and national figures.
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South
Robert E Lee
Tee
Richmond
John B Gordon
Rancorps
Horeott
Robert B. Lee
Bond Push At Ward Meetings In Atlanta City
City wards host meetings this week and next to advocate a 33,000,000 bond issue for Greater Atlanta. Officials urge residents to attend, endorse the bonds, and show a strong, unified majority to ensure passage and support city progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater
Atlanta
House In Debate on Cannonism Taftism Wars
The text argues that Cannonism, or monopolistic influence under republican rule, remains unlikely to lose power or hurt the public welfare amid controversy. It claims that evidence shows Cannonism will not defect to Taftism and that the public welfare remains safeguarded despite the broader dispute.
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House
Lessening Police Slugging By Mayor Gaynor Criticized
The piece commends Mayor Gaynor of Greater New York for condemning the prevalent police practice of slugging prisoners. It argues officers should avoid brutality except when protecting themselves, noting brutality sours lawfulness and worsens criminal behavior, urging humane restraint and accountability in arrests.
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Gaynor
Greater
New York
Dresden
China
Moore
Dixie Lyrics and Old-Time Verse From Georgia
A collection of early 20th century verses and song snippets about Dixie The Old-Time Dixie musical mood mixes with playful dialect and regional pride The piece threads through references to New Year greetings Captain Jack Crawford and Miss Dixie framing a nostalgic look at Southern culture and music.
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Jack Crawford
Scout
Miss Dixie
Bentstown
Teaching farming to boys and girls in Georgia
Georgian country school commissioners meet in Athens to plan statewide youth farming programs. Under State Agricultural College guidance, boys and girls will form industrial clubs with corn and crop contests, prizes to incentivize diligent study, and broad promotion of modern methods to counter rural stagnation. The youth campaign promises faster rural progress than other efforts, while adult farmers pose a tougher challenge to adoption.
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Georgia
Athens
State Agricultural College
Mrs Cullinane Sues For Total Divorce In Court
Mrs Nona Cogledge Cullinane filed for total divorce from R Cullinane in superior court claiming adultery with a married woman led to disgrace for her and their two children Thelma and Robert married November 7 1896 she seeks alimony and custody of the children with Madison Bell as her attorney.
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Nona
Cogledge
Cullinane
R . Cullinane
Madison Bell
Cultingne
Thelma
Robert
Proof of the Pudding in Ballinger Fic... Washington Dispatch
A Washington dispatch claims the proof of the pudding arrives as fears rise that Democrats outmaneuvered Republicans in the Ballinger Ficisson inquiry. The insurgent vote to appoint the committee was led by Representatives Hayes and Murdock and Speaker Cannon’s era remains unscathed, with some insurgents fleeing to the White House.
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Massachusetts
Washington
Ballinger-Ficchot
Hayes
California
Murdock
Kansas
Cannon
Japanese Emperor Receives American Navy Officers
Tokio January 19. Rear Admiral Seware commander in chief of the Pacific fleet Rear Admiral Hubbard commander of the Asiatic Squadron and the captains of the US navy were received today by the emperor who was cordial The officers were prevented by United States Ambassador O Brien.
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Mikado
Tokio
Japan
SeWree
Pacific
Admral Rubbard
Bave
United States
O Brien
ICOL. E. E. POMEROY MAY RUN FOR MAYOR
Col E E Pomeroy of the fourth ward and mayor pro tem is among likely candidates to succeed Robert F Maddox as Atlanta mayor. He has been urged by many to run and will support Maddox if he seeks a second term. If Maddox does not run, Pomeroy plans to enter the race. Other possible contenders include Carlos H Mason, BA Quillien, and Semen G Woodward.
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Atlanta
Robert F Maddox
Colonel & E Pomeroy
Colonel Pomeroy
bin Frigada
Maddox
Colonsl Romeroy
Carlos H Mason
Board of Police Commissioners
BA Quillien
Band
Toompiasion
Semen G Woodward
Tramp Injured While Boarding Georgia Train
Special from Macon Georgia January 19 reports Branan a white tramp attempted to board an outgoing Georgia train at noon was thrown and sustained a badly fractured leg He was removed to the city hospital for treatment.
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Macon
Branan
Georgia
Moral Bond Debate by Dr Lee in Atlanta Sermon
Dr Lee frames the bond issue as a life and death moral question for Atlanta voters. He argues improved sanitary conditions and public health reduce deaths, urging backing for bonds to enhance education opportunity and environmental purification, citing London sanitary gains and typhoid reductions as precedent. The sermon appeals to communal duty and love one another on February 5th.
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Atlanta
England
London City Council
Atlantas
Cotton growers clash with spinners over Berlin exhibit plan
Atlanta letter critiques the idea of cotton producers displaying in Berlin with European spinners. It questions benefits to growers from closer ties, warns of manipulative statements by mill interests, and notes tensions between farmers and organized spinners during discussions leading to an American Exposition in Berlin scheduled for June to August.
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Licitor
Berlin
Germany
Europe
Atlanta
England
Austria
New York Cotton Exchange
Musgrove
Themer
W Macaro
Chicago
Have Effective Laws And Then Enforce Them
Arthur Hobbs of Atlanta urges strict auto speed laws and enforcement to protect pedestrians. Citing New York and other northern cities, he calls for fines, three month licenses suspensions, and prison terms for repeat offenders to curb reckless driving and safeguard wives, daughters, and sisters on crowded streets.
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Peachtrea Street
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Atlanta
Yelo
New York
ARTHUR @ HOBBS
State health officers hold interesting session
At the Southern Health Conference adjournment a meeting in the Piedmont Hotel brought together state medical board officers for informal discussion on worm control strategies and sharing methods from Florida Louisiana Mississippi Virginia and North Carolina. The group endorsed direct cooperation with the Rockefeller commission led by Dr Weilffe Rose, backed by civic and business groups, to vigorously push hookworm eradication across the central south.
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Southern Health Conference
Piedmont
Porter
Board of Florida
Board of Health
Florida Health Board
Louigiana
Mississipm
Louis Jang
Virginia
North Carolina
Rockefeller Commission
Wiellffe Rose
Central South
Feading
Farmers Union
Labor Unions
Womens Organizations
Robbery at Bartow County Tax Collector Office
Carternville Ga January 18 a man entered the office of Jozeph Bhew Bartow county tax collector at the courthouse and stole a box of money and checks before escaping The theft occurred while Bhew was at dinner and the window was found raised The loss is estimated between 200 and 300 dollars with no clue yet obtained by authorities.
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Bartow County
Carternville
Jozeph Bhew
Big City
Shaw
Woodrow Wilson Nominated by New Jersey Democrats
James Nugent chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee announced that Woodrow Wilson of Princeton University will be put forward as the party’s presidential candidate for 1912. Nugent called Wilson the most popular Democrat in the East and predicted a nationwide Democratic victory due to Republican chaos in Washington.
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Trenton
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
New Jersey
James Nugent
Democratic State Committee
East
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