Georgia teachers pressured by delayed pay spark loan debate
Governor Slaton faces a call to borrow half a million dollars to speed Georgia country teachers’ salaries. Critics argue current delays force teachers to accept high interest via short term loans, draining funds and harming the public school system. They urge leveraging state credit to reduce costs and end chronic late pay. The issue highlights long standing flaws since 1869 and the need for legislative action to ensure timely compensation.
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John ME Slaton
Zovernor
Georgia
Shere
Commonwealth of Georgia
Better Registration Laws Move Aimed at Georgia Reform
Representatives Arnold of Delethorpe and Henry county ally on bills to simplify Georgia registration laws. The plan proposes permanent registration aligned with the Constitution and Governor Slaton's inaugural address. The current system would be replaced to streamline voter lists and eligibility checks.
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Arnold
Delethorpe
Henry County
Georgia
Slaton
Georgia voting reform urged to protect enfranchised voters
A political column argues for a sweeping registration law that would keep eligible Georgians on the rolls, limit purging, and extend registration time. It contends current practices disenfranchise thousands and hinder fair elections, urging repeal for better governance.
Mountain highway plan backed by Burtz for Blue Ridge counties
Late Senator Albert H Burtz of Lil J advocates a mountain highway spanning Gilmer Fannin and Pickens counties to link remote regions with Georgia’s Blue Ridge. The plan envisions bonded funding, phased county work, and concentrated labor to reduce upkeep costs and boost tourism, industry, and summer resort development in mountainous north Georgia. Progress noted at Fourth of July gathering as representatives from mountain counties discuss a split approach to solve transportation in the Blue Ridge within years.
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Albert H Burtz
Georgia
Kang
Bunz
Fim
America
Georgia Blue Ridge
Blue Ridge
Georgi
Newspapers and Takers: Press, Libel Laws, and Censorship
Federal judges in New York rule that newspapers face restraints when libel and propaganda claims arise from advertiser withdrawal or hostile reporting. The debate weighs press liberty against license, warning that strong libel laws protect the public while tempered by dangers to free expression.
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Federal
Judes Hand of
W York
Ilea Tor Inj Tienen Bs
Aiper
Ermies
Hanny
Ticians
The Georgia Fourth and Dixie Parades in Verse
A fragmentary historical verse recounts a Fourth of July parade in Georgia with bands playing Dixie and old battles recalled. It blends Revolutionary era nostalgia with satirical jabs at politics and public discourse, mentioning Gettysburg, a wooden leg incident, and a prophetic airship anecdote.
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Ballvillie
Blilville
Gettysburg
Jnkins
Deacon Jones
Elder Spitkins
Raul
Oife
Early Art of Banking From The National Magazine
The article traces banking origins in Europe and the United States, noting early Italian and Genoese banks, the Bank of Venice, and the Bank of England. It highlights Pennsylvania as home to the first U S bank, the First National Bank of Philadelphia, chartered in 1863, along with the evolution of other financial institutions in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania through the 19th century.
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Haly
Entec
Genoa
Bank of Venice
Cavia
England
Europe
William
Bank of England
Fis
United Stats
Pennsyiania Bank
Thliladelphia
New Profession Emerges in American Magazine Style
A fragment discusses a related profession and its emergence in American magazine culture. It notes human fascination with roles and skills, plus how people perform work in this evolving field. The piece hints at a peer-like trend shaping modern work.
A Story of the Moment by Walt Mason
A landlady recalls two boys fighting over a spinning top dispute as a satirical meditation on life. The tale parodies priorities, arguing nothing under the sun makes a real difference while lampooning politics, fame, and the president as figures in a world where trivialities eclipse deeper meaning.
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Mr. Jiggers
United States
Jiggers
Washington
Bindernagles House
S.udor
John Bunyan
Walter Raleizh
Ito
Roland
Lafayette
Lin
Hans
Stres
Debates Over Medical Practice Bill in Georgia
A July 3 1913 letter from Gamessville condemns a proposed medical reform bill. The author argues the measure is a misrepresentation by quack defenders of allopathy and rejects claims it would limit practice to qualified eclectics and homeopaths while preserving current boards. The piece questions figures named by the opponent and urges Americans to guard ethical licensing amid state upheaval.
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Garlington
Richmond
Tee
Gandine
Homeworths
New Ot
Todem
Fansom Rite Aid
Georgia
God
The Aged Hare From the Fall Wall Gazette
A fragment recounts a tale from long ago in Ag shelin where an imam or village parson and the Bhaja Nasr ed Din Bifend discuss a passing camel. Garry Charles Lukech notes a neighbor asks about the odd beast, and the Bhaja claims the creature is a hare a thousand years old.
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Fall Wall Gazette
Agshelin
Asta
Zeppelin airship carries gun atop envelope
Popular Mechanics notes a new Zeppelin variant with a light quick firing gun mounted on the envelope roof. The gun position is reinforced by steel framing and accessed through a central shaft passing from the gondola to the envelope center.
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Dirigible
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Zeppelin Air Ccruiaer
Cirear
MYSTERIES OF WAR AND MURDER IN FRANCE 1417 1419
Chronicles recount the Paris massacres and Burgundian Armagnac factions during Henry V’s Normandy campaigns. Key figures include Charles Duke of Orleans Duke of Bourbon Arthur de Richemont and King Henry VI. The Montereau murder and Parisian carnage intensified civil strife as Rouen fell and truces failed.
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Henry V
England
Agincourt
Charles Duke of Orleans
Duke of Bourbon
Duke of
Orleans
Duke
Bourbon
Arthur de Richemont
Burgundy
Armagnse
France
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Dauphin
Duke of Burgundy
Isle of France
Normandy
Picardy
Paris
Fiell
Duke of Burgundys
Henry
Rouen
Paria
Seine
John the
Montereau
Armagnacs
Cicero the Great Orator of Rome and His Downfall
The passage surveys Marcus Tullius Cicero as Rome’s famed orator, detailing his rise from youth through law and politics, his clashes with Sulla Catiline and Caesar, his ambivalent stance amid Pompey and the triumvirates, and his ultimate downfall when the second triumvirate exiled him, noting his lasting legacy and 63-year lifespan.
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Tiber
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Sulla
Bois Rule
Italy
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Greece
Prarter
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Licera
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Catilines
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Senate
Substitute for Oil of Birch in Kansas City Journal
A Kansas City Journal item describes a Kansas mother and former school teacher addressing her obstreperous children with a stern lecture. She calls them to account saying she is surprised disgusted disappointed and ashamed, proposing a humane alternative to harsh punishment.
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The
Kansas City Journal
Who's Who for the Quiet Power of Character
A reflective piece on personal integrity and inner dignity. It argues that true worth lies in the hidden qualities of character rather than social position, noting that everyday roles and familiar names carry quiet significance and potential glory for patient, steadfast individuals.
Panamanian Canal Triumphs in Great Engineering Feat
A catechism from Scribners Nhat extols the Panama Canal as the world’s greatest engineering feat. It covers planners like Ferdinand de Lesseps, U S purchase details, yellow fever discovery by the stegomia mosquito, Dr Jesse Lazear, Colonel Gorgas’s sanitation triumph, and the canal’s locks, dimensions, costs, and opening timeline. It cites 1904 possession, Goethals leading success, and vast savings in transit distances and costs.
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Panama Canal
Ferdinand de Lesseps
United States
New Panama Canal Company
Jesse Wo Lazear
Woc Gorgas
Rae Washington Goethals
Atlante
Pacific
Warem
Ereat
New York
San Francisco
Guayaquil
Galiao
Honolulu
Yokohama
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