Prosperity, party fate, and a two-thirds vote clash
A heavy political analysis warns that Democratic success hinges on delivering prosperity over the next two years while Republicans gain in Congress. It condemns Georgia’s two-thirds of registered voters rule for bond approval as stifling progress and urges a change to two-thirds of those voting. It notes Roosevelt’s declining but pivotal role and cautions that fiscal policy and tariff battles will shape the 1924-leaning political landscape.
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United States
Congress
Wilson
Nn Congress
House
Senate
Republican Party
Polit
White House
Georgia
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Joe Cannon
McKinley
Gallinger
Brandegee
Longworth
Penrose
Bibb County
Bible
Atlanta
Repeal Pressure Itself Bites Extra Crew Law Supporters
Legislation in New York and Pennsylvania targets repeal of the Extra Crew Law. Some who once pushed it now face hardship under the rule, which forces railroads to add a fixed crew size even when not essential to safety or service.
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New York
Pennsyvania
Extra Crew Law Burden Hits Railroads and Workers
The Pennsylvania system wastes over a million dollars annually on surplus crew costs, funded by past safety spending. As hard times hit, hundreds of trains are cut and thousands of workers lose jobs, with the New York Central reporting similar strain. The public and employees bear the cost of what the author calls foolish legislation.
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Pennsylvania
New York Central
Valuable Servant: Council Supports Captain Clayton Advisory Engineer Post
The Atlanta council and mayor agree on a measure to continue Captain R M Clayton as city advisory engineer. With 30 years in service he knows Atlanta's streets sewers and water system best. He will be paid 2400 dollars annually and is expected to receive unanimous council approval.
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R. M. Clayton
Atlanta
Clayton
Georgia hogs drive cash in select counties as cotton fades
In Quitman and Colquitt counties Georgia farmers shift from cotton to hogs with big returns. Brooks County reports 2 million dollars in hog sales for January against 1 million in cotton while Colquitt counts progress cutting cotton dependence. The Moultrie chamber notes a hog market netting 1,142,000 dollars from 53, hogs, aiding a shift toward diversified prosperity despite national debate.
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Georgia
Brooks County
Quitman
Colquitt County
Moultrie Chamber of Commerce
Iittle
Coljuitt
Moultrie
Chamber of Commerce
The Mitgille Perpetual War Song Fragment
A partial war news aside from The Adams Enterprise features a verse about running and endurance, then a note from the editor explaining the paper cannot publish more war news due to being a weekly, lacking leased wire, and cable tolls.
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Tella
Adams Enterprise
Poetic Fragments and Rural Riffs From Donkey Club Note
A collage of verse and playful sketches from a rural paper, mixing dialect humor with a mock church announcement. It includes a fable about a possum hunter and a lighthearted wordplay item about a donkey club meeting after services, plus rustic song snippets and cheerful cabin door imagery.
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Donkey Club
The Firgety Stenographer Tempering the Summer Layoff
A nervous boss fires a longtime top worker for being fidgety as summer layoffs begin. The stenographer reflects on her nail biting hair fussing and restless habits that distracted him, despite praise for her performance. She realizes she was the target, not her competence.
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Pen
Metz: A French City Endured Siege and German Rule
Metz, capital of Lorraine, a 60,000 population town, endured sieges and shifting control through centuries. Once never captured, it fell to Prussia in 1870, now a largely German city with fortifications, a famous cathedral, and medieval streets, where locals face tense cultural realities amid war memories.
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Metz
Ince
Assembling the Legislature in Extra Session
Georgia readers debate Governor Slaton's stance on calling a special session to curb cotton planting rights. Citizens Samuel B. Adams and Ld. AUCONNELL weigh constitutional limits, state intervention, and possible concurrent legislation to stabilize cotton prices.
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Slaten
Slaton
Samuel 1B
Adams
Savannah
Holland Letter Reveals Massive Allied and Neutral Credits in U S
An article surveys international finance during wartime, detailing the National City Bank’s loan to France of 10 million dollars and suspected Norwegian and Russian credits in New York. It notes potential German and Japanese credit activities, exchange movements with Berlin, and large foreign spending by Britain, France, Russia, and others while American banks back belligerent and neutral nations.
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National City Bank
France
New York
Ananelal
Norway
Russ
Russa
Tussig
Taybha
Russia
Germany
Unis
Berlin
Belgium
England
van Get
Japan
United States
Hussis
Washington
Boston
Chicago
J. P. Morran & Co
Joan
Anat
Iran
Geri
Han Aecisen
Ottawa
New York City
Great Britain
Weeland
Fever Exchange
Holland
New York Pianist Withdraws From Paderewski Lesson
An ailing New York pianist, studying with Paderewski, withdraws from lessons in Lausanne amid health concerns. The pupil, formerly tied to the notable maestro and family, travels from Elen with an uncertain future as the matter unfolds in Paris and Lausanne.
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Paderewski
Cew
York ‘Times
Waki Tne Watriest
Lausanne
Seevadts
de Stock
Rene Assum
Durin
Elen
New York
Pedepewskh
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Roby Robinson
Albert Howell, Jr
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H. W. Grady
Mexico
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Holliday
Constitution Building
Sola
Swreet
John Cockman
Chase
Constitution
Flolnling
Broadway
Forty-second Street
Timnes
Thirt
Eefth
Twenty-ninth Street
Mr. Zeppelin
Villa
Chicago News
Juse Pexon
Tipperary
Portugal
Georgia & Stawton
Mat
John
Warricane
Aery
Whitesburg
Folger McKinsey
Rome
George Fitch
Ory
VERE
Alabama
Bankhead
Auconnell
Boyston
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