Tax equalization as Georgia's needed reform remedy
A fervent call to end tax disparity and repudiation in Georgia. The speaker denounces decades of legislative timidity, urging a special legislative order to pass a reasonable tax equalization bill. He warns that continuing dishonor will damage Georgia’s reputation and credit.
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Ness
Texas
Union
Georgia
HOUSE
Slaton
National Opinion
Sayim
Commonwealth
Georgia’s Budget Crisis Warns of Shameful Decline
Governor Slaton urges immediate restraint as Georgia faces a budget overflow of 280 000 beyond revenue from the constitutional mill tax. He warns that continuing excess spending will bring ignominy and stunted development, urging pruning of appropriations to avert disaster and protect the state’s credit.
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Georgia
Gov Relief
Ernor Slaton
Tennessee
Presiding Judge Roan Seen as Fair Umpire in Noted Trial
The article lauds Judge L. Roan as the unbiased, highly knowledgeable presiding official in a nationally noted Frank trial. It praises his encyclopedic law sense, unwavering judicial spirit, and fairness toward both state and defense, insisting no party could fault his conduct or duty.
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Roan
Deserved tribute to Soule and state college of agriculture
The Georgia General Assembly refuses to seriously entertain charges against Dr. Andrew M. Soule, praising him and the state college of agriculture as a model investment. The institution’s extension work and agricultural programs are credited with elevating farmers’ views, boosting wealth, and advancing science linked farming across Georgia.
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Andrew M. Soule
State College of Agriculture
General Assembly
Soule
Georgia
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Northwest
Georgia’s policy toward agricultural schools urged to lift prosperity
The passage argues that Georgia should expand and faithfully apply its legislature’s policy toward agricultural training. It contrasts Georgia with Wisconsin and Minnesota, noting other states’ investment in agricultural schools and urging Georgia to enhance its own programs for future vocational prosperity.
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
Georgia
Federal marriage laws debated amid proposed constitutional amendment
The Edmonds proposal from Pennsylvania would place marriage and divorce under federal control, but it faces doubts about passage this session. Critics warn uniform divorce without a uniform marriage law would be ineffective, while supporters cite a national need to curb lax marriages and protect civil society. The issue hinges on education, politics, and the balance between states and federal authority.
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Eamonds
Pennsylvania
Ines
Edmonds
Up and Down Believer in Faith and Birds and Billville
A collage of colonial verse and rural humor reflects a gambler's faith in gospel, a Brethren debate on belief, a Billville newspaper saga with Sam Riley, and a meditation on birds as teachers amid sorrow. The piece blends religious doubt, small town life, and nature’s quiet guidance with a folksy voice.
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Jonnah
Epye
Billville
Sam Riley
Sam
Jim Jeffries
Wise course delays tariff fight and avoids filibusters
Republican senators oppose only formal objections to the new tariff bill, avoiding filibusters and delays. Democrats are seen as able to pass the bill, while critics mock lecture dates and public figures. The piece blends political opinion with current events and satirical jabs at suffrage are mentioned. The Houston Post notes a new county drive in Georgia while officials face office-seeking scrutiny.
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Senate
Postman Records from Hartlepool and Bits Ton
A Hartlepool postman with 160000 miles over 6250 parcels sets no record, while Mary Jackson of Bits Ton exceeds with a half century of daily deliveries from 1819 to 1860. She missed only four days off duty, deemed not for fault, and left a sum to Wolverhampton loan institutions.
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London
Hartlepool
Mary Jackson
Meneses
Mary
Wolverhampton Boanholes
Joanna of Flanders and Her Patricide Legend
A medieval tale recounts Joanna, daughter of Baldwin of Constantinople fame, who believed she killed her father or ordered his death. She faced visions of patricide, endured illness, and sought atonement by building monasteries and schools before dying in 1241 after a life shadowed by remorse.
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Aland
Joanna
Baldwin
Flanders
Constantinople
Ceanna
Margaret
Pulip
Namur
Philip
Ramore
Ferdinand
Philip Augustus
France
Jeanne
Louis Wiy
Louis
Laula IX
Thomas
Bavoy
Doolittles Girl and Aunt Julia Stir Romantic Skirmish
In a rambled tale of love and meddling relatives a Doolittle family scene unfolds with a would‑be elopement thwarted by the elder’s pistol bluff. A 15 year old girl is kept in the garret as a caution, while Aunt Julia pensively recalls youth and warns about practical constraints and romance.
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Julia
Rilawhetn
Jule
Elizabeth
Elijah
Thad
Pratt
Stringhalt
Doolittle
United States
Sunt
Remarkable Involuntary Fast Endured By French Corporal
The London Chronicle recounts a cor poral in a French colonial infantry who survived 28 days without food or drink after falling into a mine near Brest. Rescuers found him frail but alive, having endured a harrowing imprisonment. A contrasting note cites a Dover chalk cliff incident where a man entombed 160 days lost weight from 160 to 40 pounds and survived.
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London Chronicle
Brest
Andre Desrats
Desrats
W. B. Carpenter
Dover
The Cucumber Fable of Travel and Turmoil
A satirical piece likens the cucumber to a volatile vegetable that travels across the nation. It traces growth from two leaves to a vigorous vine, then to peppers heat and eventual pickle. The essay blends humor with odd, vivid imagery about youth, danger, and appetite.
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Ita
Keep Pegging. By George Matthew Adama
An early 20th century exhortation extols persistent effort through the “Pegging Away” principle. It uses racing metaphors of continual, steady striving to overcome discouragement and achieve growth, urging the reader to persevere day by day.
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George Matthew Adama
Teachers Must Be Paid Promptly in Georgia
A cartoon style notice from The Atlanta Constitution urges prompt payment to school teachers, condemning delays and highlighting the need for timely salaries. It references a Rome Tribune-Herald cartoon by Grege critiquing legislative actions affecting school funding and Bible reading in schools.
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United States
Mexico
Dally
Atlanta
Ninth Street
Broadway
Bradley and C
Smith
Lauren County
Hersia
Atlanta Constitution
Georgia
Rome
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