New Uses for Cotton in the South
The southern states should organize to develop and promote new domestic uses for cotton beyond traditional markets. Authors highlight past missed opportunities during bad years and propose proactive efforts by farmers and industry to substitute cotton for other packaging materials, expand mill capacity, and grow home demand to reduce reliance on European markets.
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South
United States
Europe
J. W. White
Louisville
County Fairs Spread Across Georgia For Annual Festivities
Georgia counties prepare for fair season with gatherings for exhibits and competitions. Farmers anticipate displays such as large pumpkins and prize livestock, reflecting rural traditions and local economies across the state.
County fair urged to promote home food cropping and diversification
The article argues the county fair should teach diversification by growing food at home and supplying family and livestock needs. It notes benefits for small and tenant farmers, urges prizes for home agriculture gains, and cites Georgia counties achieving independence by producing surplus food.
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Georgia
The Old Reliable tribute from Carnegie High calls The Constitution reliable
A Carnegie High School letter lauds The Constitution for its accuracy and completeness in reporting day’s news. The writer contrasts it with hurried extras, praising time for careful inquiry and stable, reliable coverage. The note stresses the paper’s Georgia and southern renown.
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Ier
G.G. R
Carnegie High School
Carnegie
Great Literary Opportunity War as Creative Catalyst
Brander Matthews predicts the European war may trigger a new great literary epoch. He sees public will hardening and dramatic drama and world poetry ahead, with novels and short stories by writers like De Maupassant inspired by wartime plots. The day of the historic novel returns as material for fresh literature abounds.
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Europe
Brander Matthews
de Maupassant
Carranza Plans U S Tour Amid War Tensions
Carranza seeks a United States tour to win over gate receipts, risking further trouble as Villa remains a threat. The Kaiser distributes decorations lavishly, yet his generals avoid wearing them in battle to dodge enemy praise.
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Carranza
United States
Villa
Winter Joys and Rural Wit From L In Old Griffin News
A collage of verse and snippets from The Griffin News and related columns. It blends seasonal reflections on winter and nature with humorous local notes, poetical quips, and a few lettered lines about politics, weather, and rural life across small towns.
War and Death. Vision and the brute of war in gloom
From The New York Evening Telegram a missionary urges President Wilson to send warships to Turkey. The piece contrasts two figures dark and benign, with War proclaiming doom and Death offering gentler understanding, reflecting on fear, mortality, and divine judgment.
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Helen Coale
New York Evening Telegram
Wilson
Turkey
Atlanta Child's Home bed request for sick babies
Robt B M'Cord of the Georgia Children's Home Society appeals for a hospital bed in the Atlanta Child's Home for sick babies. He notes a Philadelphia supporter will auction a bele to fund the bed and urges securing one or two hospital rooms as the project seeks funds.
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Constitution
Hoffman
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Angler Avenue
Robt B, M'Cord
State Supt. Ga. Children's Home Society
Cotton Situation as Seen By Our Correspondents
Letters from Georgia readers discuss curtailing cotton acreage and shifting to cash rental, with tenants bearing most of the burden. Suggestions include cash-based rents, crops other than cotton, and state action, alongside critiques of farmers’ readiness to switch to grain, hogs, and cattle.
Children Point the Way to Hearth
An article from The Funaueaphia Ledger extols public schools as the bio field for social sanitation. It argues proper treatment of the school child reveals and cures disease before it wrecks life and promotes scientific school hygiene to foster the child’s physical and mental growth.
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Funaueaphia Ledger
Demand for Cotton Through New Uses For It
Inquiry urges cotton producers to create demand not just grow supply. War and tight credit curb demand. proposals include nationwide curtailment, coordinated crop limiting, and private prize funds to discover new uses. Suggestions cover cotton bagging, cotton twine, cotton sacks for sugar and flour, and campaigns to urge cotton-only consumption. Southern states urged to act now to boost prices and reduce surplus.
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South
Congress
Washington
Georgia
J. Clifton, Smith
Fitzgerald, Ga
Oklahoma
South Carolina
L. Boynton
Dickey, Ga
Belgium The Door Mat of History by George Fitch
Belgium's fate this year is marked by two million soldiers needing standing room as invasions and wars shaped its past. From Roman times to Waterloo near Brussels Belgium has long served as the battleground and frontier through centuries of conquest and division, a country repeatedly fought over and kept out of peace.
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Belgium
George Fitch
Anthor
Hardan
Felgium
France
Germany
Clovis
Charlemagne
Alsace
Lorraine
Holland
Normandy
Austria
Spain
Dagland
Europe
Brussels
Brabant
Liege
Netherlands
The Spirit of Self Sacrifice Prom
A prom piece honors a brave hero who sacrificed himself to save others. It extols the spirit of selflessness as essential to civilization, noting how true friendship and brotherhood arise from such acts amid an era of strife and hatred. The piece emphasizes the value of human love sustaining society.
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Prom
Val Verne
Scraichy
Relativity of Space in 1914 Political Coverage
The Comanche Vanguard notes a focus among thinkers on the relativity of space with an illustration in how Colonel Roosevelt's political remarks have been relegated to the dark corners of precinct eight in newspapers since the European war began.
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Roosevelt
The Woman Who Stretches a Point
A hostess tells a risqué tale to a polite woman who laughs to avoid offense. The piece critiques her defense of politeness over virtue, arguing she tolerates vulgarity and puts decorum above principle, selling her integrity.
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Vibaldry
The Day Verses by Henry Chappell and Thomas Moore
A wartime poem critique by Bath porter Henry Chappell titled The Day contrasts public boasts with the carnage of war. It laments the Day’s blasphemous glory, condemns false heroes, and invokes divine retribution while invoking the cost to widows, orphans, and soldiers. A closing quotation from Thomas Moore frames the plea for freedom and resistance to tyranny.
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Dy Besry Chappell
Henry Chappell
Bath
Thomas Moore
Long Way From the Presidency in Louisville Courier text
A note on Senator La Follette’s residence plans as reported by the Louisville Courier Journal. The commentary likens political prospects to a distant hope for rabbit pie, implying little chance of success.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
la Pollette
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