Rural credits explained by N C Nelson for Georgia farmers
N C Nelson of New Orleans clarifies in The Constitution that rural credits like the land bank are not loans for slackers but instruments to balance credit conditions for energetic farmers. He urges Georgia farmers to diversify and boost production, noting wealth comes from intelligence and labor, with credit aiding but not replacing effort.
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N. C. Nelson
New Orleans
Bo W. Hunt
Hatenton
Georgia State Bankers’ Association
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Nelson
Georgia
Land Bank
Water cure protests by unemployed army in Washington
The piece condemns Walwoonia's water cure tactics used against unemployed demonstrations. It portrays the marches as noisy nuisances that disrupt towns and capital, labeling many protesters as discontented hoboes rather than genuine workers. It notes willingness to work but skepticism about the movement's sincerity.
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Coxey
Washington
Idle unemployed marchers seek champagne and truffles in New York church scene
A crowd of about a hundred well dressed unemployed men stormed a New York church seeking jobs. Offered work at three dollars a day to shovel snow, they refused, demanding luxury items instead. The episode paints them as agitators grabbing the limelight, not hungry for work.
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New York City
New York
Jack
Golden Gate State
Congress Faces Spooks Over Coastwise Shipping Subsidy
Critics warn ship building interests lobby to preserve the Panama Canal coastwise subsidy. Some say a plot to “prostitute Congress” is feared, while others urge calm as Congress can defend itself and the public awaits a remedy.
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Congress
Panama Canal
Opening Alaska and the railroad pledge in 1916 remarks
President Wilson signed a bill for a government-built Alaska railroad and said the act corrects a long-standing wrong. He framed it as extending brotherhood from the continental United States, stressing Alaska’s vast size and untapped coal gold and agricultural potential alongside land-holding reforms.
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Alaska
Wilson
America
The Domestic Styse and Other Ballad Sketches
A transcript of verse fragments and dialogue from a periodical page includes poems and vignettes about love, labor, political change, and daily life. Lines reference Shelley, a weary voter, a landlord and traveler, and rural scenes with blizzards and violet songs, preserving the era’s conversational tone.
Westinghouse Fathered the Air Brake and Modern Railroading
George Westinghouse, inventor of the air brake, reshaped railroading by proving high speed could be safe and controllable. His work joined Edison, Stevenson, and Watt in shaping nineteenth and twentieth century civilization, positioning him among historic pioneers. The text notes suffragettes in a brief aside.
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George Westinghouse
Westinghouse
United States
Stevenson
Watt
Edison
A Story of the Moment by Walt Mason
A humorous dialogue about domestic duties and modern housewives. Mrs Jamesworthy and Mrs Toplofty spar over a burned dinner as a critics judge concentration and duty, while a moralizing narrator chastises neglect and promotes thrift, with a cynical aside on accident insurance.
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Walt Mason
Old Bridge
Hon
Captain Kidd and the Pirate Hunter’s Pursuit Across the Atlantic
The article recounts Captain Kidd as the famed pirate of the Atlantic and details the anti piracy raid led by Robert Livingston and Lord Bellomont. It covers Kidd’s capture path from Oyster Bay to Boston, his trial in England, and execution at Execution Dock London on May 24 1701 with nine crew members.
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Captain Kidd
Atlantic
Kidd
Nova Scotia
United States
High Seas
Robert Livingston
New York
Lord Bellomont
William
Mirate
Indian Ocean
American
New York Harbor
Oyster Bay
Bellomont
Boston
Livingston
England
William Moon
Belomont
Admiralty
The Boa Constrictor in North American Perspective
A colorful 19th century style piece argues the boa constrictor is a tropical marvel though its author notes we live in North America. It describes size fantasies, hunting methods, and a humorous warning about the snake’s strength and sleepiness after meals.
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Boa
Brazil
North America
Georgia Voter Registration Rules and State Committee Notes
Georgia voters must register six months before the October general election. The permanent registration law applies only to those registering after its approval. those qualified in earlier years must requalify. The act creates a permanent qualification book and requires tax collectors to list electors, with registrars examining qualifications every two years. A meeting of the state Democratic executive committees is planned for early April to discuss senatorial primaries and potential "free for all" voting for two U.S. Senators, plus South Georgia’s push for representation and Governor Slaton’s possible moves.
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Slavon
Slaton
Fell
General Assembly
State of
Georgia
Board of Registrars
Ben
Pereson
Democratic Executive Committees
Han Wiliam
Harms
William
Haima
Cedartown
W. S West
Valdosta
A Ho Ubn
Avanta
G. R. Hutchens
Rome
JE ‘Tipton
Sylvester
de. S.A. Crumbles
Georgetown
Gambrell
Macon
Bob Terren
Greenville
J. W. Mayson
Atlanta
Albert Howell
L.A Brannen
Statesboro
B.S. Grifith
Buchanan
Hugh Howe
Athens
Savannah
W. C. Siuodgracs
Thomasville
E. W Griffin
Bainbridge
Gainesville
FL Allen
Cumming
John M. Folder
Jefferaon
Carl Vinson
Milledgeville
Archibald Blackshear
Augusta
Alin Guluske
Crawfordville
W. M. Goodwin
Sanderaville
JW. Quincey
Douglas
T Woodward Valdusta
OF Memory
Blackshear
J. R. Clements
Ocilla
C. W. Griffin
Hastman
Harvard
Hawkinsville
L. D. Shannon
Jeffersonville
J. W. Palmer
Riley
United States
State Committee
Lst
Lacon
South Georgia
Albany Herald
Sutton
Bacon
Herald
South Geeraias
Uovernor “Slatin
Hay
South Ten
Ria
South Weormia
Lis Teat
Fai
Ernor Slaton
Senate
Smyrna
Ital
Efficient Housekeeping In Domestic Science Lecture Notes
Doimentic Science Lecturer Genrietta D Gravel outlines practical uses of dried fruits for home cooks. She praises evaporated fruits for flavor, texture, and value, gives soaking and cooking methods, and shares a coconut raisin dessert recipe with detailed measurements and steps.
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Genrietta D. Gravel
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Rory Robinson
Albert Howell Jr
R Black
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Mexico
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Constitution Building
Atlant
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Forty-second Street
Times Building
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Helier
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Wien
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Daily Grist
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Maren
Spemal
Eearty
Theate Tires
Walker
Grady Atkinson
AJ. Hutchinson
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Colne
Ove
Elbert Colvis Elberton
Elgert
Jamies Mulntosh
T. M. Swift
T. B. Crawford
Sherino
Wales
W. W. Vaughan
Elbert Superior Court
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