Patterson a Builder Helps Dayton Through Crisis
John H. Patterson of Dayton, a major American figure, visited Atlanta to assess civic assets after Dayton's flood. He organized relief, proposed a city manager model blending business discipline with commission governance, and believes Dayton’s plan can succeed elsewhere with proper authority and advisory support. Patterson urges cities to run like businesses and lead through crises.
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Patterson
John H. Patterson
Dayton
Ohio
America
Atlanta
Mr. Patterson
Joseph Fels and the single tax evangel of a financier
The Philadelphia financier Joseph Fels, a major promoter of the single tax alongside Henry George, died recently. A Jew who believed in service over wealth, he funded lavish annual gifts to advance the idea. His seeds for a new economic order may bear a lasting, if uncertain, harvest.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Fels
Henry George
Fels
Atlanta
The
Constitution
America
Not Even the Colonel and Water Power Debates
A Boston City Club discussion features Congressman Caleb Powers of Kentucky urging Republicans to nominate Roosevelt to block Wilson. The piece weighs Wilson's advantages and the looming 1916 race, then shifts to President Wilson's policy on federal control of water power, proposing private lease sites with government reversion and broad regulatory cautions amid a debate on state versus federal powers.
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Caleb Powers
Kentucky
City Club of
Boston
Roosevelt
Wilson
House
Senate
Congress
Harvest Echoes and Folksy Verses From Georgia and Beyond
A collage of rustic verse fragments and rural humor from Georgia and the South. Includes labor, harvest imagery, spring poetry, dialect sketches, and light anecdotes about local life and candidates. Readable bits portray farmers, weather, and small-town character through short, punchy lines.
The South Eldorado of American Adventure
A historical analysis by Richard H. Edmonds in Manufacturers Record, republished from the Baltimore Sun, arguing the modern south outpaces 1880 United States in population, bank deposits, manufacturing, coal, oil, and education. It frames the south as the coming Eldorado for investment and growth, noting migration southward, renewed opportunity, and the need to view prewar achievements to forecast the next decade.
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Richard H. Edmonds
Manufacturers Record
Baltimore Sun
United States
South
Maryland
Misaiasippi
New England
Middle States
Central South
Texas
Oklahoma
Central
Sahara
Scouth
Old South
Bonaparte Nostalgia Sees Baby Victor Napoleon Rise
The piece envisions a future Victor Napoleon, son of a Bonaparte line, as a possible heir to the Bonapartist legacy. It contrasts his fate with the Orleans lineage, noting his unlikely path to military service and the main duty of marriage to continue the dynasty amid loyal Bonapartists' pride.
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New York
France
Bonaparte
Napoleon
Pergon
House of Orleans
The Luetgert Murder Trial Remains a Chicago Mystery
A May 1897 disappearance in Chicago led to the sensational murder trial of Adolph Luetgert. The sausage-maker was convicted for the presumed killing of his wife Bertha Luetgert, with evidence including rings, a preserved tooth, and dissolved body fragments. He died in prison in 1899 after a post-mortem noted heart fat degeneration.
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Hermitage Avenue
Diversey Boulevard
Chicago
Adolph Lustgert
Sansape
Lie
Mra Tuetgert
Potusn
Uetgert
Sno
Deneen
Diedrich Ficknese
Luetgert
Gally
Luetsert
Supreme Court
Tuetgert
Ulinois
West Named to Fill Bacon Seat in U S Senate
The Albany Herald reports Governor Slaton named Hon William S West of Valdosta to succeed the late Senator Bacon in the U S Senate pending election. West, a Georgia legislator and businessman, is praised for experience, statewide service, and broad-minded leadership aligned with the Wilson administration.
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William S.west
Albany Herald
William S. West
Valdosta
Moon
Slaton
Bacon
Congress
Colonel West
Tou
Florida
Kaga
Wilson
West
Georgia
Senate
South Georgia
Herald
Snow King Defeats Cotton in Arctic Ballad Tale
A verse tale from 1914 portrays the Snow King rallying the North Wind and Arctic hosts to raid the land of King Cotton. The Snow King announces triumph over Cotton, winning with frost and icy banners. Cotton is captured with toy chains as the Snow King and Rose Queen celebrate in a wintry coronation.
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King Cotton
Snow
Polar Zone
Arctic
King of Snow
Txeath
Land of the Sun
Land of Flowers
Cotton
Mount
Bea
Fairy Land
Cival
Eatonton, Ga
Buenos Ayres A city of grand plans and slow decay
Buenos Ayres is described as South America's largest city with 2.1 million inhabitants, a hub of Spanish speech and American hustle. The piece highlights rapid growth, grand opera access ahead of New York, vast wealth contrasts, cattle and grain trade, and a looming gloomy future as rural ties linger and inequality persists.
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Buenos Ayre i
Spain
South America
Argentine Republic
New York
Atreeta
Paris
London
City
Wall Street
D. Ces
Buen Ayres
Wil
Pialy
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Sal Saat
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Woodrow Wilson
John D. Rockefeller
Bryan Cove
Ice Men
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Bert Walker
Bill Shittess
Old Bill
Bill
Statehouse
George
Bailey
Blythe
Houston Post
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