Congress Moves Toward Repeal of Panama Toll Exemption
The Associated Press reports the Sims bill to repeal the coastwise toll exemption for Panama trade ships will be voted on in the House next Saturday. The piece argues repeal is likely, with the Senate expected to act quickly, framing the issue as one of national honor and financial impact.
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United States Treasury
Bishop Kinsolving Urges Brazil Mission School in Talks
The Right Rev L L Kinsolving, Bishop of Brazil, spoke in Atlanta delivering lucid sermons urging financial support to establish a mission school in Brazil. He criticized North American ignorance of South America and stressed understanding for future business with southern nations.
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Brazil
Atlanta
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World markets and South American potential for U S growth
A speaker argues the United States must expand its cosmopolitan outlook beyond domestic concerns. He portrays South America as a vast land of possibilities with a twenty million population and urges awareness of its politics, education, commerce, and industry to avoid competitive disadvantage.
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South America
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Roosevelt
Kingolving
John Wesley
Southern Publishers Convene Two Day Atlanta Session
The twelfth annual convention of the Southern Newspaper Publishers association meets in Atlanta for two days with guests including Rogers of The New York Globe and Seitz of The New York World. Discussions focus on business aspects of newspaper operation and its coordination with the news end. The Constitution welcomes these leaders steering the southern press from Richmond to the Rio Grande.
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Southern Publishers
Southern ‘Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Atlanta
Southern Daily Newspaper World
Rogers
New York Globe
Don C. Seitz
New York World
Richmond
Rio Grande
Constitution
South
Nonpartisan interstate trade commission bill outlined
The bill, framed by a House subcommittee as a bipartisan product, aims to centralize federal supervision over interstate business beyond railroads. It promises nonpartisan sponsorship, curbs on invasive inquiries, protection of trade secrets, and orderly unsnarling of scrambled tasks while urging swift passage and national economic recovery.
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The Halcyon Day and the Water Question in Town
A retired merchant laments city water analysis claiming it could kill a giraffe and recalls old well water with nostalgia. He contrasts pumps and wells with modern hydrants, describing pump priming, overhauls, and rope-hauling water while praising the old well as a cherished community institution.
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Halcyon
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Alra
Asia Minor
Earth
St Patrick's Saint and his Irish mischief
Verse recounts St Patrick using wit and saintly power to banish reptiles and pests from Ireland. It playfully narrates his feats from Dublin churches to Munster turf, noting hilltop sermons, enchanted creatures, and local shopkeeping, ending with a boastful benediction to the saint.
How. Small! How Great! A soul's universe in view
A brief verse by Ernest Neal of Fairmount Georgia dated March 14 1014 contrasts the smallness of earthly concerns with the vast reach of the soul. It meditates on perception knowledge and feeling as a personal cosmos expanding toward divine truths beyond the mortal world.
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Heaven
Ernest Neal
Fairmount
Great Thynne murder trial at Westminster Abbey tale
The article recounts the 1682 Thynne murder in Pall Mall and the trial of his killers. It details Thomas Thynne’s wealth, marriage intrigue with Lady Northumberland, and the involvement of Konigsmarck and Captain Vratz. Vratz and others were arrested, while Konigsmarck was acquitted after a notoriously controversial trial led by Sir Francis Pemberton. The narrative notes the mixed English and foreign jury and the plea for king and bench after the verdict.
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Westminster Abbey
Thomas Thynne
Longleat
Tom
Count Carl John Konigsmarck
Northumberland
Thynne
Konigsmarck
Vratz
Wara
Holland
Pall Mall
Lady Northumberland
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Holborn
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Wratz
Leicester
London
Gravesend
Francis Pemberton
King's Bench
Kavigsmarck
Pemberton
Himselt
Talk It Over by George Matthew Adams
A social guidance piece urges readers to resolve conflicts by talking things over. It extols discussing views with others or self reflection to cool anger and gain new perspectives, highlighting the value of dialogue before action and the idea that light equipment travels farthest.
Politically Charged School Book Bill in Georgia Gears Up
McCrory school book bill looms in upcoming Legislature and county politics across Georgia. State Superintendent Brittain refuses to engage on re election while candidates push for state funded books at cost. In Dublin, Laurens, Newnan and Milledgeville, multiple races signal broad interest in school policy and circuit judgeships.
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McCrory
3L L. Brittain
Brittain
Cane satire by George Fitch on age and youth
A humorous piece compares canes as both necessity for the old and fashion for the young. It notes old men rely on the cane for support and safety, while the stylish young carry it to avoid awkward social judgment. The essay pokes fun at youth errors and ends with a tongue in cheek suggestion of compulsory cane decor.
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George Fitch
Geoa Old St
Fragmentary overheard tale of a man’s odd misfortune
A murky exchange heard through a thin partition of a bar parlor and taproom reveals a voice recounting a strange incident. The speaker says he set a man on a footstep and left him there, noting the man slept with his hat dropping to the path and an elevenpence found when he woke.
Ten Dollars a Week and the Family of Five
A historian notes that ten dollars per week barely covers a family of five and outlines strict budgeting. The piece discusses frugal cooking, waste reduction, and a teacher-initiated exercise for eighth graders to plan budgets and shopping for a five member household on ten dollars weekly. It emphasizes daily savings, careful meal planning, and learning by doing.
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