Self-Preservation Put Forward By The Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution editorial urges reduced cotton and diversified crops to maximize the cotton loan fund value. It argues that self preservation for southerners means cutting cotton, boosting food crops, and avoiding market collapse, highlighting ties among farmers, banks, and merchants.
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Federal Reserve Board
Europe
Jean Fund
South
Farmers’ Union
Bankers’ Association of Texas
Dethronement of Alcohol in All Russia
An Associated Press summary describes Russia’s adoption of national prohibition during wartime, creating an empire of sobriety with about 150 000 00 people shedding intoxication. Peasant millionaire Techelishei leads agitation, with economic motive boosting mobilization and soldier efficiency, improving earnings and prosperity despite war. King John Bartycorn opposed prohibition, a notable wartime feature.
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Russia
Associated Press
Michael D. Techelishei
Tehelishef
John Bartycorn
War and temperance widen global democracy of effort
The article argues that war accelerates two linked forces. The instinct for political democracy grows alongside a democracy of effort, forming an allied band against alcohol. Absinthe and alcoholics are banned during the war, England tightens public house rules, and Germany shifts against beer.
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England
Germany
Cotton movement gains pace in Georgia ports and markets
The piece notes rising cotton trade activity in Georgia and inland towns as exports resume under new terms with Europe. It says debt liquidation is underway and the whiskey of the war era may be ending, promising farmer profit, mill sales, and renewed market liquidity.
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Georgia
Auanta
South Carolina
Texas
Georgina
New Currency System Opens Bright Prospect for Nation
President Wilson hails the new currency system as releasing national credit while Atlanta opens a regional reserve bank under Governor Joseph A. McCord. The piece notes the system’s fluid medium, fewer panics, and improved ability to expand or contract with demand, acknowledging imperfections yet praising a strong start toward reform.
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Wilson
Atlanta
Regional Reserve Bank
Joseph A. McCord
Sam
United States
Thanksgiving Day in Dixie Speech Tale of Brer Turkey
A rustic Georgia flavored piece mixes dialect proverbs and showy humor about Thanksgiving. Brer Turkey boasts a turkey trottin victory while locals reminisce on fate, judgment, and faith in daily life.
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Dixie
Bentztown Bard Teases A Right View Of The Country
A column fragment quotes Uncle Jules urging readers to boost the country with a positive view. It contrasts a warn of doom with a call to action and highlights local verse, gossip, and humorous asides about editors, poets, and farm life in a small community.
National Banking System Opens Across the Nation
The Holland Letter notes the nationwide start of the federal banking system this Monday, with New York banks first to reorganize and join. It highlights regional bank openings, renewed confidence in markets, and New York as the financial heart, aided by large gold deposits and planned cotton pool participation.
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Bis City
Congress
New York
Federal Reserve System
Financial
London
Investment, Bankers’ Association of America
Philadelphia
George B. Caldwell
Daving
Caldwell
New York City
Benjamin Strong Dy
Pierre Jay
Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Financial Center
Reserve Bank
Reserve District
Fesionel Bank Organization of
Ottawa
Canada
Newy
United States
Gaston
Shawmut Bavik
Boston
Weeks
Massachusetts
Bis
Holland
Germany's Provision Supply From Berlin to London
London dispatch reports Germany holds wheat and rye stocks ample for months, with government controls likely to fix bread prices. It notes Germany can trade surplus dyestuffs, potash, coal, and chemicals with Denmark, Scandinavia, Holland and Switzerland for needed goods.
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Germany
London
New York
Denmark
Scandinavia
Holland
Switzerlang
Excerpts on farming, repartees and war era musings
A middle aged roachinist buys five acres on city edge and plans a fruitful orchard, while a Philadelphia brakeman builds a $20,000 house after nine years of self construction. The page also preserves repartee anecdotes, football behind lines, a prolific apple crop tale, and Savory odds and ends on weather, ships, and war anxieties.
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Bridgeport Standard
Jearn
Philadelphia, Public Ledger
Lancaster Pike
Daylesford
Pennsylvania Railroad
Edmund F. Hatton
Hatton
Felix Duncan
Silver Lake
Mr. Duncan
The English Channel The Channel as a War Peacemaker and Barrier
Georg Fitch argues the English Channel has long acted as a peacekeeper and military barrier, keeping England secure while hindering invasions. He notes its narrow width, pervasive wetness, and historic use by cruisers, while humorously describing its curiously invasive nature on travelers.
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English Channel
England
Channel
Westminster Abbey
Great Britain
Germany
France
Belgium
Imneh
Woman saves clothes debate mirrors fashion norms
A reflective piece asks why a stylish woman clings to last year's suit. Friends urge she buy new, but she defends necessity and convention. The essay argues self-respect tied to appearance, warning against dressing down to appease others. It contrasts kingly regard with tramp perception and ends with caution about self-image.
Wants Unpledged Legislators In Illnois Medical Pledge Foes Claim Threat To Free Government
Citizens oppose medical groups push for anti election pledges binding lawmakers to support doctors legislative aims. Critics say pre election pledges would make legislators the doctors men, curtail hearing both sides, and erode free government. The letter from Mas. MS. Cushatan urges legislators to resist such influence and preserve independent judgment.
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Illinois
Lty
Mas
Cushatan
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Landseer
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