Banks in Atlanta Lead Georgia Toward Prosperity
The article notes Atlanta banks have returned every dollar borrowed to finance the cotton crop, with New York balances settled by mid November due to high cotton prices. Georgia banks accumulate deposits, seek safe investments, and consider financing farmers to hold cotton for price rises next spring, signaling broad regional prosperity.
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Atlanta
Georgia
New York
F. G. Corker
Dublin
Liverpool
Railroad Mistakes and Erdman Act Arbitration Appeal
The Southern Pacific railway announced a strike and simultaneously sought arbitration under the Erdman act as amended. The move, described as made at the eleventh hour, signals the company’s attempt to resolve the dispute without a work stoppage.
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Southern Pacific Railway
Newlands provision urged to avert rail strike
The passage argues for compulsory arbitration to resolve industrial disputes before anger and prejudices harden. It warns that delayed proposals erode trust, lead to strikes, stagnation, and higher future costs as wages and lost time are financed by higher consumer prices. It likens labor conflicts to international quarrels.
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Newlands
Judge Clements Dropped From Interstate Commission
President Wilson declined to reappoint Judge Judson C. Clements of Georgia as an interstate commerce commissioner. Ex-Governor Br. B. Glenn of North Carolina is expected to succeed him amid Democratic party maneuvering involving Senator Overman. Supporters note Clements’s vigor and prior contributions at a critical railroad policy moment.
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Wilson
Judson C. Clements
Georgia
Washington Dispatches
Judge Clements
BR. B. Glenn
North Carolina
Clements
Glenn
Senator Overman
Overman
Senate
Cattle and the Corn Boys Prize Proposal in Georgia
W H White Jr of White Provision Co Atlanta offers a shorthorn bull as prize to Georgia Boys Corn club winners to boost cattle raising at home. He argues cattle and corn harmony strengthens the state economy and urges Georgia business leaders to back the effort while noting broader calls for local beef industry growth.
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W. H. White, Jr
White Provision Company
Atlanta
Boys’ Corn Club
Georgia
White
South
Corn Club
Just From Georgia by Frank L Stanton
Poem reflecting on fleeting time and enduring hope as seasons change from spring to winter. The speaker urges believers to dream of May and a rose, even in life’s coldest times, while acknowledging hardship and social sorrow. A facet of Word From Brer Williams appears with advice on hospitality and social duty.
Long The Worup Revolves 7 Georgia Song
A Georgia song lyric piece describes country life with frost, stars, and fishing. It blends rural scenes of pastures, partridges, and fiddles with images of courtship, honey, cider, and dancing. The text includes multiple excerpts and quips about life, love, and rural pleasures.
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Georgia
The Hen's Fresh Opportunity
The Providence Journal notes American hens fail to respond to protection policies causing egg shortages. With eggs scarce and prices rising, imports from Siberia Denmark or Norway rise. foreign futures grow, tariffs shift, and a push for efficiency is urged to revive production.
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Providence Journal
Siberia
Denmark
Norway
Germany
Austria
Coln
Statesmanship and Cookery in Progressive Society
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer essay a president of a household economy group argues cooks outpace statesmen in importance. He notes a good cook can aid a leader, while bad cookery harms society, and foresees women using cookery as a political platform with suffrage advancing.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
A Story of the Moment by Rae Altman Retrenchment
A satirical monologue in a boarding house setting critiques high living costs. A landlady and a guest trade barbs over tobacco, blame Wall Street and government for inflation, and mock social pretenses. The narrator laments rising prices and laments the milkman and tenor Signor Mandolini in a social critique of modern hardship.
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Jiggers
Wall Street
Washington
Miliman
Michigan
Signor Mandolini
Our Diplomatic Service At Its Lowest Ebb
James Daversport Whelpley argues in The Century that the U S diplomatic service is at its lowest ebb. He cites disorganization, vacancies, and politicized postings under Wilson and Bryan, predicting poor outcomes without continuous policy and professional diplomats.
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Providence Journal
James Daversport Whelpley
United States
Great Britain
South America
Whelpley
Wheip Jey
State Department
Washington
Hays
Wilson
Bryan
Whelpsey
Germany
France
Was America Known to the Ancients in World Mysteries
A survey of ancient and later writers suggests some believed a vast continent beyond Europe Africa and Asia. Theopompus Hanno Aristotle Seneca and others are cited for hints of a western landmass or Atlantis and debates on whether ancient seafarers reached America or its islands.
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Western Hemisphere
Theopompus
Alexander the Great
Africa
Hanno
Mariana
Spain
Pilars of
Hercules
Straits of Gibraltar
America
Diodorus Siculus
Christ Islands
Europe
Aristotle
Seattle
Carthage
Atlantis
Seneca
Transp
Thule
North
Asia
Atlantic
Efficient Housekeeping Nut Recipes and Tips
Domestic science notes describe nut rich foods and methods for nut breads nut butter croquettes and taffy using walnuts pecans Brazil nuts and chestnuts. It covers making a bread sponge with corn meal adding chopped nuts shaping and baking croquettes and preparing American taffy with sugar water butter vinegar cream of tartar and a cracking finish.
The Strong Public Servant in Historical View
The essay argues that a strong government and strong public servants are tools of a capable people, cautioning against judges assuming legislative power. It cites Caracalla’s era to illustrate the 제거 of judiciary obstruction by a firm ruler, a notion reflected in a satirical frame about Chief Judge Papininus.
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New York Sun
Buenos Aires
Oyster Bay
Caracalla
Papininus
Equator
Is This Accurate From Flarper's Weekly
The passage condemns endless wars and criticizes investor driven sacrifice, urging focus on constructive domestic work. It argues Americans deserve a peaceful country and warns against diverting Congress and the president from home tasks toward war, calling war both exciting and degrading.
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Flarper
America
Congress
Ponderous Personages Homer by George Fitch
George Fitch recounts a humorous, fictionalized life of Homer the ancient Greek poet. The piece follows him as a blind street singer in Greece, detailing hardships, songs, later fame, and jokes about his works and reputation.
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Homer
George Fitch
Siwash
Greece
Asolis
Ionia
Thrace
Aeolis
Sonia
Clock Watchers by George Matthew Adams
The essay urges daily life measured by Clock-ticks to honor time and duty. It praises Edison at Orange New Jersey as a paragon of focus, urging readers to seize each minute to act and achieve meaningful deeds. It frames time as precious and warns against wasted moments.
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George Matthew Adams
Edison
Orange
N. J
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