Southern women urged to buy cotton goods and boost economy
A call to Southern women to patronize cotton products spreads from Georgia. The Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs, led by Mrs. Z. J. Fitzpatrick, promotes a campaign to favor cotton goods, with a model plan for other states and a miniature expo at the Albany convention. The effort aims to stabilize the cotton industry and showcase textile development from antebellum methods to modern finishes.
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South
Federated Club Movement
Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs
State Federation of Clubs
Georgia Federation
Z. 3
Fitzpatrick
Albany
Georgia
King Cotton
God Save the People Amid World War Commentary
A wartime column rails at leaders claiming divine favor while the people suffer. It contrasts monarchs and autocrats with the ordinary populace being butchered on European fronts, noting national anthems praise kings rather than the people. The piece laments the irony of divine claims behind brutal campaigns.
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Europe
Benin
Austria
Servia
Montenegro
The War's End Draws Near Says Prophetic Writings
A fragment quotes a fiery broadside denouncing rulers and war as divine punishment. It asserts divine salvation for people through an awakening after the colossal struggle, predicts the fall of absolutism, and claims Napoleon foresaw a republican rise in Europe. The piece ends with faith in God saving the people.
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Germany
Napoleon
Harope
Morning newspapers offer clearer news than afternoon papers
The Constitution argues the morning daily has an advantage in reporting world events, aided by AP access and time to sift fact from fiction. It claims morning papers, unbound by real time embargoes, provide more accurate summaries of the prior day’s events.
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Allence
Europe
Associated Press
A. P
Midnight Visitor in the Georgia Harvest War Song
A dated, dialect filled column fragment merges verse and humorous regional notes. It weaves a World War I era audience voice with poems on war, harvest time in Georgia, and local quips from various towns, mentioning ship aeroplanes, famines of rhyme, and the refrain War's all the wusser fer the a'rship-man. The piece blends comic vignettes with sporadic regional names and light social commentary.
Paying the Price in War’s Toll on Europe’s Peasants
The London Chronicle warns that millions of European peasants will be slaughtered or displaced by war. It questions how industry and credit will survive, and whether nations will endure after the mills grind on, with kings clinging to crowns amid ruin and suffering.
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Adams Eagleman
Europe
London Chronicle
Russia
Germany
France
England
Namur
Liege
William Wordsworth
Premier Asquith Confronts British Yellow Journalism
The British premier publicly censures a London paper for a yellow dispatch from the war front. The piece argues that yellow journalism erodes public trust and ethics across civilization, noting American outlets also facing backlash for fake extras and inflated circulation.
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Asquith
Great Britain
London
Hase of Commons
Sven
America
Powdered Idolz for Brick. Chen Wrawtate Ume
Two Chinese students recently returned from Japan influenced a provincial governor to support a social reform using a Buddhist temple as the base. They advocated changing public sentiment and founding a Young Men's Christian association, funding it with a large temple. The idols were ground to powder to make bricks for repairs.
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Kone
Yen Ney
Japan
My James Logan Mosby War Manifesto Poem Fragment
A dramatic defiant passage proclaims war as a force of destruction and tyranny. The speaker casts War as pitiless and omnipotent, stating it ravages nations, fuels hatred, and profits nothing but ruin and ashes, while challenging moral authority and law. It ends with a thunderous declaration I AM WAR.
The Cotton Problem in War Time Finance
The article argues two main cotton finance problems during war: funding harvest costs for farmers and maintaining prices amid reduced foreign demand. It traces financing from factors to country banks, notes likely price declines, and suggests low-cost lending to carry 2,000,000 extra bales until after the war, expecting demand surge on peace.
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St. Louis Republic
England
Germany
France
South
St Louis
Memphis
Shreveport
New Orleans
Ananelal
Harops
United States
Canada
Italy
European Holdings of American Securities Reach Six Billion
The Holland Letter discusses estimates that Britain and Europe held about six billion dollars in American securities at the start of 1914. It cites Sir George Palsh’s authority, notes past European purchases around three to four billion since 1900, and references panics in 1902 and 1897. The piece compares past gold movements and railway overextension, and considers the impact on New York’s status as a credit center. It also touches on cotton market notes and policy stance.
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New York Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Great Britain
Europe
Sir George Paish
Economic Journal
Sir George
Hoe
London
Frederick D. Tappen
Clearing House Association
United States
Clearing House
Tappen
George Palsh
Germany
France
Grant & Ward
Stock Exchange
Commodore van Santvoord
St. Paul
Commodore
New York
Holland
Straw Hats and the Chinook of Hard Times
A satirical column chronicles straw hats buying costs and luxury myths, then pivots to the chinch bug threat to wheat, and finally lampoons hard times under a critic of policy and consumer culture, weaving in President, Washington, and Wordsworth references for regional flavor. The piece blends urban humor with agricultural anxiety, noting price woes, pest dangers, and economic critique.
Awake at Last in Washington Congressmen Seek Wilson Endorsement
Washington report notes some members of Congress urge early action to win President Wilson's endorsement. The piece hints at pressure within the group to align with the president's stance, contrasting with others who favor restraint.
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Houston Post
Washington
Wilson
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