War Prisoners II Holland and Belgian camps described
The survey report details internment camps for Belgian German and English soldiers in the Netherlands. It notes regime differences at Wegre and Oldebroek, living conditions with barracks baths and running water, and social life including theaters lectures and vocational education. It highlights Groningen camp for British prisoners with subsidies and “Timber Town” appearance plus arts crafts and sports.
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Warderwyl
Hooke
Oldebrock
Harderwyk
Wises
Vothers
Oldebroek
Harderne
Brussels
Ghent
Antwerp
Acara
Bergen
Kan van Reenen
Amsterdam
Branton
Nurae
Royal Engineers
Groningen
Gome
Tolland
England
Constitution details advertising rates and contact in Atlanta
By Carrier. In Atlanta, 55 cents per month or 12 cents per week. Outside of Atlanta, 60 cents per month or 14 cents per week. A Holliday Advertising Manager for all territory outside Atlanta. Address of Washington Bureau: 1727 5 Street NW, Mr John Corrigan, staff correspondent in charge. The Constitution is on sale in New York City by Times Building and other locations. The paper declines responsibility for advance payments to quiet town carriers, dealers, or agents.
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Atlanta
Constitution Building
Washington
5 Street
John Corrigan
Constitution
New York City
Broadway
Forty-second Street
Times
Thirty Eighth Street
Twenty-ninth Street
Sumter County seeks state road fund share in 90 percent pledge
Sumter County faces a mandamus fight to force pay from the state over its portion of the automobile license fund. Only about 186 of 450 cars, under 90 percent, are registered, prompting arguments that the law is unconstitutional if payments depend on registration rates. Georgia also seeks a Massachusetts return of a Black man named Joe Johnson, wanted for murder in Valdosta. Plans for Macon’s new union station are filed with the railroad commission, Manda for Macon.
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Sumter County
Phil Cook
State House
Secretary of State
Sumter
Georgia
Massachusetts
Georgina
Joe Johnson
Valdosta
Lowndes County
Atlanta
Johnson
Boston
Macons
State Railroad Commission
Manda
Union Station
Terminal Station Company of
Macon
Adolph Pultheimer
New York
S K Lawrence
Central of Georgia Railway
Georgia Prepares for Boll Weevil Arrival in State Crops
Officials of the Georgia Department of Entomology report the boll weevil has reached the southwestern cotton belt but delay has aided Georgia growers. With Secretary E Lee Worsham leading actions, cotton breeders have developed resistant strains and planters are urged to harvest early and destroy fields by October 1. Quarantine measures aim to curb spread, reducing damage versus Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi outbreaks.
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State Department of
Georgia
Departments of
Georga
National Entomological Department
Department of Entomology
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
New York Short Ballot Aims to End Boss Rule
The New York constitutional convention in Albany advances a short ballot plan to replace long ballots, removing certain officials from direct voter election and placing them under executive appointment. Senator Root backs the proposal as part of a broader move to curb invisible government.
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New York
Albany
Root
New York Constitution Seen Reducing Boss Power
Senator Roct argues the constitution concentrates power in a few accountable to the people, diminishing bosses influence. Adoption of the provision marks a long step toward political freedom the New York public has not known in years.
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Senator Roct
New York
Kaiser's portrait as modern king of medieval zeal
An English pen portrait, from Prophets Priests and Kings, portrays the Kaiser as a symbol of medievalism in the modern world. It highlights his Napoleonic stance, claimed omnipotence, and efficiency in all domains from cooking to preaching to statecraft, and notes German peasant praise linking God with the Kaiser amid the war.
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Bis
Admiral Hollmann
Delitzsch
Powers
Cardinestate
Berlin
Empire
Germany
Kaiser
Belgium
Sublime Day and the Price Paid for War’s Triumph
A wartime column reflects on a victorious city’s ruin and the people left homeless, noting the emperor’s gratitude amid devastation. It laments kings’ godless triumphs and calls for an end to war, praising the people’s patience and a future liberty’s sublime day.
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Ada
Toi
Rippling Rhymes by Wilt Mason in Hardy Verse
A poet discusses a self made schemer whose luck turns to gold as he flips failed ventures into profits. The speaker contrasts critics who denounce the man with hardy workers who persevere and still find belief in the world’s promise.
McIntyre of Thomas County Proposes Legislative Rule Change
McIntyre of Thomas County urges Georgia House action to allow a bill to be engrossed and placed on the calendar if the speaker returns it to a standing committee or moves to engross. He argues this could speed passage and reduce need for extra sessions, citing past rules adopted at session start. Thomenville, September 39, 1916.
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Georgia
Rules
House
Rules Committee
Increasing Organic Disease The New Health Problem
Public health report warns degenerative diseases eroding American vitality among workers. It cites rising death rates from heart and kidney diseases, wide city and rural spread, and large groups at risk. Calls for periodic health examinations, better hygiene, and education to curb preventable illness.
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American Public Health Bulletin
Republic
Life Extension Institute
America
England
Public Health Service
Georgia Harvest Festival directors elected at Atlanta luncheon
At a luncheon of Atlanta business leaders, the Georgia Harvest Festival association formalized its organization. My Dax on was named president with WW Orr Kimdsey Hopkins and Inan E Allen as vice presidents, Edward Young Clark secretary and central manager, plus an executive committee including St Fimo Massengole and Lucien York. The group plans morning meetings at 10 oclock to run the festival in a strict businesslike manner and aligns with the Georgia Chamber of Commerce to promote rural Georgia markets and entertainment.
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Atlanta
Beaumont Davison
Georga Festival Association
My Dax
WW Orr Kimdsey Hopkins
Inan E Allen
Edward Young Clark
Evecu
St Fimo Massengole
Lucien York
Fanizstion
Haden
Charlies J Haden
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Assembly Hill
Georgia
Georgia forestrys urgent need urged by Goodman
William W Goodman ex Georgian and conservation writer argues Georgia should establish a state forestry bureau under the agriculture commissioner and the state university. He says private forest lands must be educated in conservation to prevent gullies and protect moisture, doubling nurseries and boosting timber, cotton, and food production. Goodman notes years of neglect and cites progress in Newark and Knoxville linked conservation efforts.
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Georga Ca
William Web Goodman
Goodman
State Department of Forestes
Atlanta
Harewood
Henry W Grady
Agriculurre
Stta University
K Nown
Gondmin
Newark
Fredmont Hotel
Nlewis
Generl
Knoville
Banking reform chatter from former secretary of treasury Gage
The Holland Letter recalls Lyman J Gage praising banking reform ideas in leisure chats. He notes national banks cannot openly create lineries and discusses interlocking directors and the push to gain branch networks by absorbing state banks while remaining within the law. He cites Kaufman’s plan to win branches without legal violation and questions the fate of state charter branches under federal oversight.
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Lyman J Gage
Rogsdelt T
York
Gust
National Bank
National Hayle
New England
Federal Reserve System of Cause
Federal Reserve Bank
Kaufman
New Lork
Hos Hance
New York Cities
Kaufmans
State Banking Department of
New York
Washington
United States
Lea
Purine Dink
San Francis
Oregon
Gaga
Guilfornia
California
Gage
Ex Congressman Bartlett Praises Constitution Editorial
Ex Congressmen Bartlett endorses the Constitution in a Sunday editorial. In a letter to the editor he thanks the publication for defending the document and urges readers to scrutinize public figures honestly. Bartlett notes his twenty years in Congress and defends faith in representative government.
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Bartlett
Constitution
First Atlantic Liners and Their Early Voyages
The article outlines the early First Atlantic Liners, noting the United States for the Black Ball line built in New York by William H Webb. It discusses first Atlantic crossings to Liverpool in 184 and 13 days, with 2000 tons burden, 66 feet long, and 28 feet beam. It mentions four boats of the fleet and the speed and comfort ahead of its time, plus later Arctic and Adriatic launches by the same company.
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United States
New York
Woliam H Webb
Haish
New Yorke
Liyet
Pood
Teys
Cendas
Lebivais
Arctic
Issa
Bankers and credit practices in Great Britain and U S history
Fragmented text discusses bankers in England and America adopting credit practices, relying on promissory notes, interest rates, and banks’ roles under the federal reserve system. It notes state chartered banks surrendering charters to join national banks and the shift toward centralized banking authority. It references Trust in lenders, profitability from loans, and regulatory influences on banking expansion.
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Greit Pritam
England
Jeli Barks
Singer Valley
Anfam
Los Banks
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
Jtay
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Thomas County
Georgia Festival
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Georgia Channer of Commerce
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