Trade prospects in South America outlined by Thomas
Charles C. Thomas reports valuable insights from his South American tour focusing on the west coast markets for American goods. He warns that success requires adapting banking, sales methods, and customer outreach to local needs and timing, noting Europe’s postwar recovery will delay rivals and offer an opening for the United States.
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Charles C. Thomas
Atlanta
New York
South America
Thomas
Brazil
Europe
England
France
Germany
Tie
South
Alsertia
A Question in Ethics on Arms Exports in 1915
The article debates whether it is right to supply fighting nations with weapons and supplies as Europe is drawn into war. It notes ammunition factories in America may stop accepting European orders, arguing against organized butchery while considering profits from sales of horses mules wheat and other goods.
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Europe
America
Rural credits and the sixty third congress report
A Washington dispatch questions the push for a rural credits system tied to the federal reserve. The Herald notes real farmer need is unclear, argues credit terms favor wealthier borrowers, and warns the Democratic Party could suffer if rural credits go to a morgue. The piece laments political promises and European ties influencing U.S. policy discourse.
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Commission
Congress
Washington Dispatch
New York Herald
Herald
Federal Reserve System
Baltimore
Callatera
Democratic Party
Guilg
Speculative debate on arms exports and disarmament
The passage weighs arguments for and against arming Europe with U S arms and food, noting how some see export liberalization as hastening peace while others fear protracting the war. It muses on an experimental fifty year shutdown of gin factories as a proxy for disarmament and its ethical implications.
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Congress
Europe
Europa
Atmosphere and character in daily life by J Wilbur Chapman
Reverend J Wilbur Chapman argues that atmosphere shapes health and morality. He cites business, home, and church as areas where low or high atmospheres influence outcomes, urging readers to walk with Christ to maintain uplifting surroundings.
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Porter
Conscience by George Frith A satirical piece on internal guilt
George Frith offers a humorous meditation on conscience as a "small dark voice" guiding or failing men in politics and finance. He compares conscience to a demanding wife, warns it can be manipulated by debaters, and argues it should guide deeds rather than be an accessory. The essay critiques moral posture and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Market Agent Plan Aids Georgia Farmers Marketing Crops
Commissioner J D Price appoints AT A Montgomery as market agent to connect Georgia producers with buyers, not acting as buyer or seller but offering office assistance to link buyers and sellers. Plan includes grading grain, coordinating with transport lines, and promoting Georgia grown goods to keep money in state while diversifying farming beyond cotton.
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DeLouch
J. D. Price
Price
J. A. Montgomery
Department of Agriculture
Montgomery
Department 4
Summissioner Price
Mnst
Georgia
Commissioner Price
The Doom of Liquor Traffic Audited by Nations
The piece argues liquor is a social and economic blight undermining religion, progress, and national strength. It cites wartime prohibitions in Russia Britain France and Germany, with figures and quotes from David Lloyd George and Russian officials, and notes industry and medical figures backing abstinence discussions.
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Philadelphia North American
Ruaafa
France
Chamber of Deputies
Russia
Nationa
David Lioyd George
MM. Bark
Paris
Great Britain
Petrograd
George Kennan
Midvale Steel Works
Link Belt Company
George TW. Blabon Company
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason
Poet narrator discusses peace and war with neighbor Wax, debating method to end conflict. A playful quarrel escalates to a street fight with objects thrown and police involvement. The piece ends with a cynical line about war and nations reflecting human flaws.
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Walt Mason
Wax
King
Kaiser
Gore
State Farmers urged crop diversification and market help
The department promises full assistance to farmers, urging diversification into grain and stock raising to offset cotton shortages. A market agent will connect buyers and producers, but the department will not handle buying or selling, only facilitator and communication.
The Holland Letter on Capital Exports and Railroads
The Holland Letter discusses continued and rising foreign capital exports led by Switzerland and New York State bond sales that offer favorable, non taxable returns. It notes the difficulty of meeting railroad capital needs this year due to international finance and profiles the Gould and Harriman eras in Missouri Pacific, arguing new owners may finance and expand the system while old transcontinental ambitions fade.
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Switzerland
United States
Great Britain
France
New York State
New York
West
Pacific Coast
Goulds
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Financial District
George Gould
George Jay Gould
Missouri Pacific
Jay Gould
Southwest
J. E
Harriman
Great American Desert
Gould
Fay Gould
Gelonce
Russell ‘Sage
B. H. Harriman
Union Pacific
Commodore Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Itealies
Boston
Estern Nk
Rnson
Monuments Honor Georgia Governor John Treutlen in S.C.
A 1914 ceremony at St Matthews S C unveiled a granite boulder memorializing John Adam Treutlen Georgia’s first governor. The stone, five miles south of St Matthews at Mott’s Crossroads, bears a bronze tablet noting Treutlen born 1726 in Berchtesgaden Austria and martyred by Tories in 1782. The event was led by William Thompson Chapter DAR and Emily Geiger Chapter CAR with support from St Matthews parish.
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Emily Geiger
Children of the American Revolution
South
St Matthews
Charleston
Columbia
Bellville
Ft. Motte
Orangeburg
Mott's Crossroads
Torles
William Thompson Chapten
Emily Gemger
C. A. ST. Matthews
John Adam Treutlen
Salzburgers
Sailzburger
Muhlenberg Sa
Bolzius
Bolzins
Treutien
Ebenezer
Pastor Bolzius
Mbeneser
Savannah
Ebenezer Congresarion
Mahlénbers
Treutlen
Mahlenbe
Bbetexer
Mullenberg
Georgia
Savarnnah
Cominies of Safety
Savanna
State Assembly
Commonwealth
Yate
St. Matthews
Georgia Assembly
Augusta
Muhlenberg
T. H. Drener
Kere le
Adam ‘Freaylen
Justine
Aleo Ine
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Pame
Atlanta
Macan
Sara
Fai Han Mattys
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Mexico
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Imo . Mo
J. RB Holliday
Constitution Building
Washington
8 Street
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John Corrigan
New York City
Hotaling
Broadway
Forty-second Street
Times Building
Thirty-eighth Street
Twenty-ninth Street
Panama
Sixty-Third Congress
Carranza
Nobrellas
Prise
T.R
J. Wilbur Chapman
D. D
George Frith
Good Old Sivvash
Holland
John Treutlen
Salzburger
John Adam Trecylen
Geougla
Berchtestaden
Austria
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