Diverse 1914 notices span politics, press moves, and wartime loans
The article reports 3000 African Americans leaving Jacksonville for Pennsylvania, W J Thornton entering Talbot County representation, Crawford County plant move to Knoxville, and Germany funding allies with big loans. It notes rising bank depositors in the South, large ship shipments to New York and Philadelphia, and legislative fund assessments, plus Wilson talks with railroad chiefs and E H Hyman leaving Americus Chamber of Commerce for another state post.
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E. H. Hyman
Americas Chamber of Commerce
Hyman
Americus
Old Fashioned Daughter and Rising Paper Prices
The Americus Times Recorder notes a daughter rising late and cooking breakfast as an excuse for her mother sleeping in. The paper then laments rising prices from ink to food, arguing publishers must raise yearly rates to cover higher costs. A fragment ends with a mention of a lost medical item.
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Americus Times- Recorder
Taylor County
Summer complaint dangers for Georgia infants and feeding advice
Emory R. Park M D warns during summer hundreds of Georgia babies die from summer complaint. Breast feeding is emphasized as safest. if bottle feeding is needed, use pasteurized or tuberculin-tested cow milk kept on ice and warmed before feeding. Avoid solid foods. ensure cleanliness and seek prompt medical help if illness occurs.
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Emory R. Park
M. D
Georgia
The Bicycle Auto and Submarine
Essays on technological progress recount how bicycles, cars, and a German submarine emerged as disruptive innovations. The author argues prophets undercount human ingenuity, predicting failure, while history proves practical use and future potential in mobility and undersea trade. The piece envisions 1916 as a leap forward beyond a supposed dark age.
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Atlantic
Germany
Mediation Versus Arbitration in Railroad Dispute
A Times-Recorder reader letters clarifies that railroad unions accepted mediation not arbitration. He warns public misunderstanding persists as managers press for arbitration while unions remain firm against it. The letter aims to inform readers about the current state of negotiations.
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United States
Times-Recorder
Americus Times-Recorder
Cure for Cholera Morbus Endorsed by New York Family
Mrs Sidney Simmons of Fair Maven New York reports her seven year old son was cured of cholera morbus by Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. She adds other family members have used it for colic and bowel troubles with good satisfaction and endorses it as an exceptional remedy. Obtainable everywhere.
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Sidney Simmons
Fair Maven
N. Y
Blackening of Silver and Plum Pie Tips
The article explains that sulfur in foods like cabbage, rubber, hair, leather, and white paper can darken silver, advising storage in colored-lined drawers or cases. It also provides a Plum Pie recipe with rich pastry, halved plums, sugar layers, a slitted top crust, decorative leaves, and slow baking.
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Department of Economics
Nebraska College of Agriculture
The Oven Door Ajar
Advice from Pictorial Review about broiling steaks or chops and toasting in ovens. It notes leaving the door slightly open reduces fire risk and improves results, and mentions newer gas stoves have openwork door arrangements to admit air.
Dry Mop Saver From Outing Flannel
Take onehalf yard outing flannel fold to form a bag sew bottom and side seams. Turn open end to halve inch width. Thread Tunatape through. Place on broom for a dry mop or to polish. Keeps floors around art squares looking well with this simple method.
Household Help for Cockroaches
Instructions describe how to use plaster of paris and water as a bait to kill roaches by causing the plaster to harden after ingestion. It also advises sprinkling borax under papers and in cupboards to scatter roaches. The steps involve can covers, a cardboard bridge, and mixing simple household items for pest control.
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Plaster of Paris
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Turkey
Bulgaria
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Tennessee
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New York
Philadelphia
Ottawa
England
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Taylor
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State Board of Health
G. C. Smith
Butler, Georgia
Macon
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Builders Lumber & Supply Company
Poplar
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Sylvania Woods
Clifton Mills
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