Acreage Down Then House Action Urged Across South
The South must reduce next year’s cotton output as credit and mercantile forces press the plan. Bankers and merchants urge a strict cut, with emergency measures from Congress and possible emergency currency for state banks. The article argues against continued delay, urging immediate government action and clear expectations for relief.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
Taphyes
Congress Must Act Quick After Senate Push
The speaker urges immediate admission by Congress, praising the senate’s work and stressing prompt relief. He asserts southern allies will fulfill duties this year and next, calling for swift congressional action.
Appeal for Atlanta homes to entertain convention delegates
The Christian church citizens committee calls for Atlanta residents to host delegates from a large October convention. Signed by Rev. L. O. Bricker and W. O. Foster, the effort seeks about five thousand private homes to supplement hotel space. Hosts would receive modest compensation for lodging and breakfast. Local churchwomen plan a Tuesday canvass and urge a prompt, liberal response.
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Citizens’ Committee
General Convention of the Christian Church
Atlanta
L. O. Bricker
W. O. Foster
General Citizens’ Committee
Plague Fight Won in New Orleans After Victory
New Orleans ends bubonic plague battle with no cases under treatment since June 27. Rats slain and sanitation tightened. federal support, scientific success, and city vigilance praised. Lessons urged for urban health and crime, while unrelated war notes and poetry references appear in the broader column.
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America
Europe
New Orleans
San Francisco
Mavana
Panama
Hamlin
The Fight of the War Fleeing to the Woods Cartoon
A speaker escapes the city’s war talk to ghost-haunted woods seeking safety in a wilds lair. Voices rise as many who fled the war gather, debating their future while he joins the crowded discussion.
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Dominions
What Do I Care Fo the War Song and Editorial Snips
A collage of war era verse and local opinions from The White River Leader and The Independence Free Press. It quotes a Arkansas phrase about weather, a homeward longing lyric, a harsh view on landlords and women’s rights, plus satirical notes on autos and a British mule buyer, reflecting wartime sentiment and rural humor.
Canvas insoles promise comfort and cotton demand boost
W B Carhary touts canvas insoles for shoes as more porous and sanitary than leather, reducing squeak and dry-hardness. He argues cotton insoles will raise demand for cotton, create a new industry, and expand shoe manufacturing in the South and across the United States.
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United States
Carhary
September Bell Rings as Children Rejoice at School
The excerpt portrays children in the street greeting each other as the school bell signals the start of a new term. Voices shout greetings to classmates Jos Janette Jane and Mary J Johnson Blackburn as they hurry toward classrooms, trading vacation fun for school time energy.
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Janette
Tou
Jane
Patheres the Bell
MARY J@OHNSON BLACKBURN
Wear cotton goods call by Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs
Dr Florence Tippet Truax urges Southern women to back cotton goods as a patriotic act and economic boost. She cites colonial restraint on imported fabrics and promotes mercerized cotton as nearly indistinguishable from wool. Truax rests her appeal at 497 Cherokee Avenue, city.
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Iustesa
Florence Tippett Truax
Cherokee Avenue
City
Women of the Red Cross in War Poem from 1914
A 1914 poem praising women in the Red Cross who nurse the wounded as poets plead for peace. The author Ernest Neal from Atlanta, Ga, frames women as messengers of heaven saving lives while rulers pursue war and hell. The piece invokes blood stained flags and a plea to end slaughter.
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Epiritr Spake
Hell
Ernest Neal
Atlanta, Ga
Avoidable Hard Times in Cotton Trade Warned
The southeast cotton trade faces disorganization as retailers curb credit and wholesalers seek extensions. Farmers fear the crop may not pay, with losses offset by some gains in grain states. Experts warn cotton prices and acreage decisions threaten a deeper crisis, urging switch to winter wheat and corn next season. The piece argues wheat could outpace cotton in profitability and stresses strategic crop planning amid volatile markets.
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New York
Providence
Saya
Europe
Southeast
Texas
Oklahoma
Military Party of Fatherland Blamed for War in Europe
Berlin correspondent argues the German military party and Kaiser forced the Great War. He says allies will win, outlines German preparedness, German ambitions, and warns Americans about rising German influence and Monroe Doctrine challenges. He notes personal experiences in Berlin and Chicago and calls for cautious, non-condemnatory view of German people.
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Military Party of Fatherland
Europe
Frederic William Wise
Berlin
Chicago Tribune
London Daily Mail
Chicago
Germany
Tribune
Kaisers
England
Steason
Plex
Oura
Sarajevo
Vurepe
Texas
Russia
Kiel
Herr von G
Austria
Count Hernstorff
European
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William I
Prussia
Ems
William TD
France
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Servia
Belgium
Montenegro
Asia
Austria-Hungary
Deutschland
Alkhs
Tirang
New
Vienna
Bordeaux
Petrograd
London
Tokio
Belgrade
Antwerp
Cettinje Thargia
Bernatorfl
Professor von Schmoller
Univerity
Quersey
South America
William of
Hohenzollern
Seas
Atlantic
Mails the Refuge of Sharks in Worlds Work
An article discusses advertising honesty and the refuge of frauds behind the US postage system. It notes magazines and newspapers bar unreliable ads, while swindlers use mail to reach reputable publications and billboards. The Sterling Debenture Corp is cited for its mail propaganda selling worthless stock.
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Herbert S. Houston
Uncle Sam
Sterling Debenture Corporation
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