Letter from Prof Hugh G McCants on liberty and war
In a Augusta area letter dated August 23 1918 Prof Hugh G McCants argues against autocracy and for free speech amid WWI. He defends loyal patriotism while criticizing press portrayal and warns against labeling opposing views traitorous. He defends civil liberties and hopes for publication of his stance even if it risks jail.
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Georgia
Wilson
Tom Hardwick
Benedict Arnold
Mr. Hardwick
Taylor County
Hugh G. McCants
The Joy of Living Through Healthful Digestion
A health note asserts real pleasure from life requires good health and clean bowels. It promotes Chamberlain's Tablets to move bowels and improve digestion, reducing poisons in the system and headaches, to help readers realize the joy of living.
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Chamberlain
Tractor Ploughing Triumph in England and Wales
A Fordson Tractor serial F 69 won the all England championship for the period ending April 5 in Holbeach and Fosdyke with 47045 acres ploughed in three weeks and two days. Soldiers J W Potter and B Jones drove the tractor under supervision of Mr Myers and Wintour earning 142 18s and parffin use of 267 gallons. They received a championship shield from Sir Arthur Lee in London after 12 hour days of work and were praised for their achievement.
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Nottingham Guardian
Nottingham
England
Myers
Holland
Ford Production Department
Holbeach
Chas. Bowser
Holbeach Marsh
George Caudwell
Fosdyke
Pte
J. W. Potter
B. Jones
F. Myers
W. R. Wintour
London
Arthur Lee
Wales
County Machinery Org Tops Agenda In Boyce's Chairmanship
The county machinery organization led by chairman Mr. Boyce plans a forthcoming agenda item. Details specify organizational actions and anticipated votes during the session.
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Mr. Boyce
Watson Pledges Support To War in Crawfordville
Thomas E. Watson addressed about 2,500 people in the Taliaferro county courthouse yard vowing to support the war and urging obedience to laws. He opposed a large standing army, criticized the Catholic Church as a political entity, and pledged to honor the U.S. Constitution in any bill from the White House.
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Crawfordville
Thomas E. Watson
Congress
Taliaferro County
Watson
Washington
White House
United States
Speech in the Open Air Captures Large Audience
A speaker whose voice stayed mostly calm addressed a large outdoor crowd for over an hour, speaking clearly to the outskirts of the throng. The event drew wide attention as he shared his views in a public gathering.
Farm Furlough Office to Be Discontinued
Notice from Atlanta dated Aug 27 1918 states the Farm Furlough Bureau cannot continue after Sept 1 due to exhausted 1918 funds and delayed 1919 appropriation. Applicants should file with local boards and have them forward to camp commanding officers. R A Candlish directs this change.
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Atlanta
Taylor County
Council of Defense
Bureau of Farm
R . A. Candlish
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure for Deafness
An advertisement claims catarrhal deafness stems from an inflamed Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local treatments. It asserts the medicine works through the bloodstream and offers one hundred dollars for any incurable case, with circulars available from druggists and the company in Toledo.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Georgia Leaders Urge Rapid Labor for Brunswick Plant
Governor Dorsey and H M Stanley push to secure five thousand workers for the Government picric acid plant at Brunswick. A statewide call to county and city authorities urges urgent help to supply labor within a week as part of the War Department’s mobilization.
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Dorsey
H. M. Stanley
Georgia
Council of Defense
Brunswick
War Department
Stanley
Taylor County Council of Defense
Atlanta
United States
Ployment Service
United States Employment Service
Hugh M. Dorsey
Georgia Council of Defense
J Taylor Respess Writes Again
In a reflective note, J Taylor Respess laments the loss of his three sons to war while praising neighbors and community, notes dry weather and impending rain, mentions stock dipping to kill ticks, and recalls local political runoffs and a daughter becoming Cottonwood postmistress.
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Herald
Herald Weekly
France
Cottonwood
Heno
J. Taylor Respess
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Prof
H. G. McGarts
the Herald
Hugh G. Mc
Warwick
Lincolnshire
Irene Fryers
Chapman Butler
Fordson Farm Tractor
Henry Ford & Son, Inc
Dearborn Mich
Macon
Taylor
Fordson
G. R. Amason
Montezuma
Texas
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