Governor Slaton Urges Tax Reform to Save Teachers
Governor Slaton addresses the Georgia State Press Association at LaGrange urging tax equalization to fund school teachers promptly. He denounces defrauding the country by withholding teacher pay and calls for a mill levy for a year and a half, warning that borrowing power delays solutions and hurts the state’s honor. The speech centers on ending chronic deficits and ensuring equitable taxation.
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England
Asquith
Arthur Balfour
Lems
Georgia
Slaton
Gia State Press Association
LaGrange
Commonwealth
Yny
Ways and Means Committee
Educa Canistore and Daughters
Georgia Governor Slaton Sets Example of Statesmanship
The governor urges honesty in finances, warning against deficits and excess spending. He asks what is the honor of the situation rather than its politics, placing service to the people above personal scheming and partisan ends. This sustained plea for fiscal responsibility reflects broad public-spirited leadership.
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Georgia
Providence
Slaton
A Murderous Quack Preys on Victims in Friedmann Cure
An Atlantan denounces the Friedmann treatment as a deadly fraud that extorted $3,000 in advance and worsened patients’ conditions. He notes another young man died weeks after treatment and cites national coverage and state actions against the quack. The piece accuses the federal government of inaction while such schemes continue.
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Tig
Friedmann
New York State
United States
Empire Beneath the Swamp: Georgia Eyes Reclamation Bill
A Georgia proposal seeks a $5,000 appropriation to survey swamp lands, inviting a matching federal share and expert engineering to map drainage for 4,500 square miles. Proponents argue the plan yields vast fertility, tax gains, health benefits and a quicker path to reclaiming submerged land.
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Georgia
Altin
Glynn
Recorder Broyles Defends Authority Amid Charter Debate
A Matched editorial lauds Nash R. Broyles as essential to Atlanta's crime control and urges preserving the recorder's powers against charter amendments. The piece commends Senator Huie for opposing restrictions and cautions that weakening the recorder could empower criminals, with other reforms deemed secondary. It also comments on national figures and events with a satirical, breezy tone.
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Atlanta
Nash R. Broyles
Judge Broyles
Huie
Thirty
Recorder Dow
Huse
The Boys of the Weekly Press in Old Georgia
A nostalgic verse essay from the Georgia Weekly Press Association at LaGrange recalls hand presses and the rise of modern printing. It contrasts old time labor on the hand press with new light and speed, then shifts to a humorous vignette about a dress suit for a White House visit and a clip of local news from the settlement, including a broken post office, a train crash, and a burned horse.
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Atlanta
United States
Mexico
Shaeees J. Te Holliday
Constit Sola
Washington
John Corrigan
Constitution
New York City
Broad Way
Forty-second Street
Building Corner
Thirty-eighth Street
Broadway
Twenty-ninth Street
G. Bradley
C. G Smith
the Boys of the Weekly Press
Georgia Weekly Press. Association
LaGrange
White House
Bryan
Brother Bryan
M Bryan
Cali
Talin
Public School Bible Reading Vote Opposed by Churches
The 8 to 5 vote shows strong public sentiment against mandating Bible reading in schools. Ministers from many denominations oppose the bill, warning of religious bitterness and a forced religion stance that would threaten freedom of conscience.
Where Did Mandeville Get His Facts
A historical look at Sir John Mandeville famed Book of Travels. The piece examines his claimed journeys to Turkey Asia and India, the fantastical creatures described and his fame amid 14th century scholars, while noting later doubts about his travels and sources. It cites Irving and various medieval authors as competing influences on his work.
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John Mandeville
Europe
Dandevine
Mandeville
England
Turkey
Asia
India
Snalla
Co. Tumbus
Shakespeare
Johanus A le Barbe
Jehan & Mandeville
Liege
Fama
Washington Irving
Columbia
Mandevilla
Cathay
Mangi
Marco Polo
Columbus
William
Boldengel
Oderic
Johannes de Plano Carpini
Hetum
Siill
The Agriculturalist Parody on Farm Fame and folly
A satirical piece mocks the notion of becoming an agriculturalist by flaunting wealth and luxury. It contrasts lavish farms, costly equipment, and pampered cattle with the average farmer, arguing the dream is impractical yet appealing. The text blends humor about pretentious farming with advice to aim for balanced, practical agriculture.
A Telephonic Device From Berlin Invented by a Couple
An article from the Technische Monatshilfe describes an optical telegraph replacing the telephone. A neat deaf married couple built a four key keyboard akin to a typewriter, sending electric currents to incandescent lamps. Lamps glow per letter or numeral, spelling words and numbers, enabling rapid long distance communication with paired sender and receiver, possibly in separate rooms or houses.
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Technische Monatshette
Berlin
Fone Perein
A Story of the Moment by Walt Mason
A humorous pastiche in which the narrator riffs on children and civilization. He odds that children cause trouble, recalls incidents with his wife and neighbors, and ends by fleeing to the woods to escape the domestic scene while musing on childhood’s impact.
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Walt Mason
Childood
Smallleali
Tf Chilgren
Potiphar
Lon
Douglas
Sylvan
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Guen
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la Follette
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Rockefeller
Mulhall
Champ Clark
Caele Joe Cannon
Toom
Mike
Chilluns
Yeister
Zion
Sub
Satan
George Fitch
Newey
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