Freeing Atlanta Girls from Cramped High School Conditions
The finance committee and council neglect a new English Commercial High School building for Atlanta’s female students. About 220 girls use the institution now, with next September risking room shortages and unhealthy surroundings. The piece urges council to fund improvements and end municipal stinginess.
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Atlanta
English Commercial High School
Finance Committee
Council
Finance
Virginia Military Institute Indemnity Bill Before Congress
The Virginia Military Institute seeks civil war indemnity totaling 214.7 thousand dollars. House measures by Rep Flood of Virginia and Senate figures from Sen du Pont of Delaware have been introduced. The issue is presented as nonpartisan and nonsectarian.
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Congress
Virginia Military Institute
House
Representative Flood
Virginia
Senate
Senator du Pont
Delaware
Restoration demand for Georgia school damages from Civil War actions
Tor du Pont and other figures advocate restitution to a historic southern school damaged when General Hunter ordered razing actions. The list covers buildings, quarters, gas and medical facilities, libraries, laboratories, and equipment. Senators and presidents protested the destruction as war action, but the claim remains for equitable reimbursement by the government.
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Tor du Pont
Hunter
Georgia
duPont
McKinley
Union
Atlanta urged to fund Fifth Georgia National Guard at Wilson inauguration
Editorial praises Atlanta for historically strong civic support and laments current apathy toward sending the Fifth regiment to the Wilson inauguration. It notes rival Georgia cities mobilizing large delegations, calls for immediate subscriptions by leading businessmen, and urges a sizable city response to preserve Atlanta’s national standing.
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Atlanta
Georgia National Guard
Georgia
South
New Orleans
Not Everyone in Taft Era Progressives
In a welcome to Sir Horace Plunkett, Taft labels political labels like progressive as often mere platform poses. He argues deeds and loyalty define faith, not catchwords, and notes Wilson’s inaugural-ball stance, office-seekers, and prominent figures like Morgan, Rockefeller, and Castro feature in a brisk, commentary tone on politics and power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Plunkett
Ireland
Taft
Turkey-Trotters
Kingdom of Heaven
Wilson
Rural Rhymes and Road Woes From a Georgia Column
A Georgia humor column parodies travel woes and political antics with verse about rubber tires and highway dangers. It jokes that the road is unfair to the common man, mocks office seekers waiting for plum tree shakes, and lampoons aspirants entering politics while poking fun at local figures and rural life.
Athletics for a Lifetime in Harvard Freshmen View
President Eliot urges Harvard freshmen to choose enduring athletic pursuits to sustain health and mind through life. He contrasts open-air sports like walking, rowing, sailing, and tennis with China’s lack of athletic recreation, stressing long-range benefit and lifelong engagement.
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Eliot
Harvard
China
Ufe
Lord Bacon
Eiread
New News of Yesterday by E J Edwards
A 1913 feature recounts how family neglect and playful mischief destroyed key Revolutionary War records, leaving only blotting paper scraps. The anecdote frames General Webb and Thurlow Weed as narrators who preserved history through journals that once risked lost forever. Tomorrow’s installment promises recovery of a Revolutionary document.
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E. J. Edwards
Edwards
James Watson Webb
Courier and Inquirer
New York City
William H. Seward
Thurlow Weed
Seward
United States
Brazil
General Webb
Samuel B. Webb
Lfe
Mama Betsey
Connecticut
Bunkersfilk
Mistakes and the Growth Mindset by George Matthew Adams
The essay argues there are two kinds of mistakes: ordinary misthinking and careless errors. Big people rise above mistakes, learning from them, while careless, reckless errors drain energy. After meetings or sermons, acknowledge blunders, profit from them, and move forward with renewed effort.
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George Matthew Adams
Henry Ward Beecher
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Mr. Beecher
Beecher
MYSTERIES OF ANTIQUITY ON CHRIST BIRTH DATES
A discussion of chronologists disputes over Christ's birth year. It traces Dionysius the Less and others who proposed dates from 748 to 760 after Rome's founding, noting shifts to the Vulgar Era and debates among Bede, Chrysostom, and modern scholars. Tomorrow Chatterton and Rowley Parchments.
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Christ
Dionysius the Less
Justinian
Dionysius
Rome
Panodorus
Arcadius
Hia
Bede
Charles Martel
Gregory II
Eugenius IV
Evangelist Luke
John the Baptist
Tiberius Caesar
Jesus
Matthew
Herod
Bethlehem
Chrysostom
Petavius
Prideaux
Playfair
Kepler
Ideler
Munter
Clouds as a humorous take on weather and society
A satirical piece from 1913 compares clouds to a powerful uncontrollable trust and mocks their effects on farming ball games churches and daily life. It leans on playful science like cirrus and cumulus naming and imagines meteorology with rudders pilots and aerial antics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
New York
Scotland
Character Cameos By Robert V. Carr
A biting portrait of Judge No. 85 and No. 86, detailing vanity, self-importance, and belief they are above the law. The text criticizes taxation, public service, and the need for accountability, warning of an awakening when power is tested by the many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert V. Carr
Ferson
Delty
British Museum Books and Library Finances
From Chambers Journal notes the British Museum library covers about 75 percent of books published in Britain. Purchases, gifts, and copyright-law rules steadily grow holdings, with lavish spending by the Literary Lady of Bloomsbury approaching £180,000 last year. The article recalls the 1753 Sloane collection founding, the library’s expansion, and the removal of the natural history section. It ponders the value of autographs on reader forms, and ends with a Dublin Dispatch quip about 1913 risks and Titanic icebergs.
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Chambers’ Journal
British Museum
Museum
Bloomsbury
Natural History Museum
Hans Sloane
Noone
Hendon
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E R. Black
H. W. Grady
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Wee
Ana Deze
Paz
Sundal
Atlapea
Atlantas
Washington
John Corrigan, Jr
Tssue
Hotaling
Broadway
Forty-second Street
Times
Thirty-eighth Street
Twente-ninth Street
BDL Crowley
Dixie
Castro
Mr. Wilson
Mr. William Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
The
Watch Trust
Adams Enterprise
Redbone Bugle
E. J. Edowarda
the World’s Mysteries
Chatterton and the Rowley Parchments
George Fitch
British Museum Books
Dublin
Dispatch
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