German Peace Appeal Undercuts Imperial Censorship
The piece argues German socialists show broad support for ending the war and peace on favorable terms, contrasting public sentiment with government censorship. It notes suspensions of Vorwaerts and other papers for peace or harsh statements, suggesting press suppression reveals public desire for swift peace while warning readers about imperial motives and propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
William
Vorwacrta
Berlin
War Times
Count von Reventlow
Aso
Fragmented Georgia verse and newspaper jottings on liberty and politics
A patchwork of wartime poems, obituaries, and polemical lines from Georgia papers. It mixes patriotic songs with satire on currency and politics, noting editorials on yellow legs and subscrip tion trades, plus a humorous obituary and reflections on liberty and the sea.
Evoking Duty or Defiance Amid Patriotic Echoes
A fragment questions if those habituated to blind obedience masked as Fatherland loyalty are finally awakening to dissent. It hints at a shift in attitude toward authority and national creed within a tense political climate.
Georgia Law on Mob Violence Calls Attention to Penalties
The Constitution cites Georgia penal code provisions as a warning that officers and citizens have duties to prevent mob violence. Paragraphs 356 357 238 62 impose misdemeanor liability for failure to act or assist, and outline penalties including possible murder indictments if mob violence results, with duties to arrest, summon assistance, and bring weapons where needed.
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Charles H. Brand
Athens
Superior Court of the Western Circuit
Shiftless father bill urged to shield children in Georgia
State Superintendent M L Brittain pushes a measure granting county and city boards of education authority to require parents to provide food clothing medical care and schooling to children. If noncompliant after 30 days the board can notify authorities to arrest the parent for misdemeanor and levy a ten dollar fine or ten days on roads with penalties increasing on subsequent offenses. Discretion allows boards to consider the child’s condition poverty and agricultural needs.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Walter P. Andrews
Fulton
House
Senate
Ahe
General Assembly
M L Brittain
Brittain
County Boards of Education
Bit
State of
Board of Education
Board of
Boards of Education
The London Tram’s Troubled Early Years
The London Chronicle recalls the 1861 tram debut as met with citizen indignation and fears of danger, leading to removal before revision of lines in 1870. It notes nationwide tram growth from the 1870s with passenger counts rising from 146 million in 1878 to over 2.65 billion by 1908.
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London Chronicle
London
Brixton
Kennington
Whitechapel
Bow
The National Political Horoscope on the Presidential Nomination
In Washington with summer evenings approaching, Sam W. Saal surveys the 1916 Republican field and Wilson’s renomination, weighing candidates like Borah Cummins Harding and Fairbanks, and noting blocs from progressives to liquor interests, temperance voters, and labor, while pondering which figure will emerge atop the convention.
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Sam W. Saal
Washington
Wilson
Wee Evihu Root
New York
Root
Senate
Woodrow Wilson
Boss Barnes
Roosevelt
Theodore
Syracuse
Barnes
Cannon
Taft
Penrose Barnes
Thelr
Chicago
William E. Borah
Idaho
Albert B. Cumming
Iowa
John W Weeks
Massachusetts
Warren Harding
Ohio
Lawrence Sherman
Charles W . Fairbanks
Indiana
Theodore Burton
Frank B Willis
James Mann
Illinois
Whitman
Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania
Hadley
Missouri
Wiling Barkises
New Jersey
Poliical Sea
Fairbanks
Pacific
Butter
Northern Methodist Church
Mason
Diaons
Farbanks
White House
James R Mann
Ifim
House of Representatives
Gk Fu
Joe Cannon
Tn Mann
Mann
Exat
Lodge
Baines
Fernoce
Okey
Church
Attongl
Vann
Labor
Kan Banks
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Mexico
Tara
Pec
Asec al Cn
Es Neewer
Holliday
Constitution Building
Aurora
Borealia
Huerta
Harry Thaw
Dover Ranch
Olive Grove
Saline County
Knoud
Bugles of Liberty
Macon News
Dalton
Lyons Progress
Lamar Democrat
Billville
Hawaii
Lesiles
Stallene
Sweet
M. L. Brittain
The
London Tram
Borah
West
Borahia
Franklin Pierce
New Hampshire
Eee Ee Cummina
Harding
Sherman
Vonasder iv
Burton
South Americn
Mio
Burton Weirwh Harlin
Wiis
Im 14
Chi Republicana
Huston
Weywill
Tim Hagin
Burton Elt Sory
Ms Puty
Hircing
Laumerers
Herrick
Temperance
Tiank
Republian
Raverns
Jammie Cox
Ghia
Winis
Sam Gompers
Tabor Department
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