Backward looking fe omalie and varied clippings
A jumble of notes touches on fashion influences, census figures, Mussolini, Nelson Shipp’s editorship, divorce statistics,political chatter about Hal Stanley and Hoover appointees, acid incidents, cotton marketing plans, and a riff on women’s power. It mentions Cotton prices aiming for 20c by December, Watermelon festival at Hope Arkansas, and commentary on taxes in Taylor County Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Marketing Association
Mt America, Inc
M. H. Wolfe
Manapex
Educational Reflections On Youth And Publicity
The piece argues that schoolchildren forget much yet gain mental discipline from schooling, widening outlook and judgment. It notes a rise in public attention fueling youth vanity, mentioning Boston’s term farcial to describe tree sitting and linking publicity to youth efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mencken to marry Miss Muerdt and Miss Gavin producer
Benny Lewis Mencken, famed editor of The American Mercury, is to marry Miss Muerdt. He has long joked about marriage and once quipped that no woman pursued him persistently enough. Miss Gavin, a writer for The Mercury, is expected to join him in this union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny Lewis
Slaton Harris campaign charges called bunco by editor
The Cedartown Standard editor criticizes claims tying farmers prices and taxes to Harris and Slaton. He notes Georgia tax growth from 9.4 million to about 37 million and asserts Harris was not in the Georgia legislature while Slaton remained in Atlanta. He dismisses the charges as bunko.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Georgia
John M. Slaton
Atlanta
Slaton
Bunic
John Lambert and the Liberty County gift that endures
In a speech to the Georgia Press association in Liberty County, the speaker highlights the lasting impact of early local figures anchored by John Lambert. The narrative chronicles Lambert's unwed life, his charity fund started in 1792, and its century and a half of support for ministers and the poor across races, surviving wars and building a revered community legacy at Midway and nearby sites.
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Hal Stanley
Louie Morris
The
Georgia Press
Midway
Mr. Stanley
John B. Ward
United States
China
John
Joseph LeConte
St. John’s Parish
Liberty County
Lyman Hall
Button Gwinnett
Midway Meeting House
Hall
Daniel Steward
Roosevelt
Axson
Woodrow Wilson
C. C. Jones, Jr
Acre
John Lambert
Min Ani
Presbyterian Church
Midsummer Bargains Hit Fashion and Household Goods
The midsummer season brings a review of summer wardrobes and early hints of fall styles. Merchants cut prices to move remaining summer merchandise while new coats dresses hats and accessories arrive. Consumers stock up on clothing and household needs at lower midsummer prices. Ministers and their families appear in Who's Who in America volumes, while the piece notes social trends and the role of ads in guiding shoppers.
Harris and Parkergate era white supremacy claims
Editorial rails against Senator Harris as pro white supremacy and attacks his opposition to Judge Parker. It accuses Harris of supporting segregation in the Census and denounces Parker for decisions aiding strikes and civil rights limits. Mentions Slaton and racial politics in Georgia and national GOP strategies.
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Harris
Wilson
Census Bureau
Washington
Harding
Georgia
Henry Lincoln Johnson
Recorder of Deeds
Thomas E. Watson
Ben Davis
National Republican
Congress
John J. Parker
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Parker
Richmond
Virginia
Senate
Slaton
Dian
Sinton
Raeld
Yuestion
Judge Parker
Teasson
Jug
West Virginia
Justice
Supreme Court of the
United States
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Michigan
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Butler Herald
C. E. Benns
Sical Organ OF Taylor CO
Butler
Yaan
Continental
Woolwich
England
Wiic
Italy
Mussolini
Mt. Vesuvius
Nelson M. Shipp
Alumbus Enquirer-Sun
District of Colum
Herald
Walton Citizen
Hal Stanly
Commmerce
Labor
Hoover
Ishe
WTA
Watermelon Growers of
Moran
Mack
Amos
Andy
Taylor County
James F. Ferguson
Texas
Miriam A Ferguson
R. 8. Sterling
Sterling
Ferguson
R. M. Martin
Liberty County Herald
Homerville, Ga
America
Senator Harris
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