Editorial Reflections on Post Office Notice and Social Views
A collection of opinion snippets from the Manchester Mercury editorial page touching on poverty and storytelling, taxation, marriage notice in Savannah, two sides to every story, responsibility, gender references in the Bible, war era attitudes, freedom of opinion, and postwar debt comparisons between the United States and Europe. The piece contrasts personal responsibility with public discourse and notes enduring debt from World War I.
Quote on wealth and taxation resilience
A reflective musing notes that soaking the rich is not simple wealth tends to endure and evading efforts to strip wealth proves hard. The author observes that wealth protects itself and resistive forces mirror the difficulty of both taking and keeping riches.
One Crop Farmer to Jack-of-all-trades Rivalry
A Savannah Press columnist notes that specialization harms employment while versatility prospers. He contrasts a one‑skill worker with a multitasker, praising the latter as better suited to economic stress and adjustment, as a preacher and doctor race to prove civic value.
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Americas
Bill Biffem
Savannah Press
Modern comforts reshape home life across a century
A century ago wealthier homes lacked modern bathrooms electric lighting furnaces or kitchen gear. The piece credits American invention for these changes noting today’s homes are far more comforts filled. It also includes a reader letter lampooning an ant problem and a political note quoting Adel News on Ed Rivers about unconstitutional Republican laws and Democratic leadership during hard times.
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Adel News
Ed Rivers
Georgia House of Representatives
Savannah
Supreme Court
Ben
Georgia
Unemployment Grips Nation Amid Alien Tensions
The article notes rising ill feeling toward aliens due to widespread joblessness in the past five years. It attributes some unemployment to the presence of aliens and to a prevailing low mood, reflecting public tension over immigration and economic strain.
CCC enrollment shortfall halts large expansion plan
Officials of the Civilian Conservation Corps say there are not enough youths aged 18 to 28 in families and relief to meet the planned expansion. The target was to grow from 800000 to 600000, but a shortage is expected to be around 75000 enrollees.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
The Invisible Critic at Community Meetings
A familiar figure at public gatherings is the late critic who speaks only after the meeting ends. He claims to know the best path forward and scolds the process, insisting on what should have been done differently. His comments reveal a habit of waiting to undermine before evaluating outcomes.
Terrible Tallulah Falls accident claims boy life
The Cordele Dispatch reprints a Macon Telegraph notice about two staff changes at The Macon Telegraph. Jack Avery, a former Macon Evening News route carrier for 11 years, joins the reportorial staff to replace Geo. D. W. Burt, who resigns and begins AP duties in Atlanta on August 1.
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Tallulah Falls
Dillion
West Palm Beach
Cordele Dispatch
Macon Telegraph
Jack Avery
Macon
Macon Evening News
Geo. D. W. Burt
Burt
Associated Press
Atlanta
Dud Glass Talks Talmadge Watermelon And Eclipse Note
Dud Glass touts a Savannah press claimed watermelon named Talmadge a cross of Tom Watson Stone Mountain and rattlesnake. He laments a paragraph on a recent lunar eclipse was cut and seeks the next eclipse date.
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Savannah Press
Dud
Mechanical heart and lungs claim by Lindbergh and institute
Our daily reports Col Charles A Lindbergh refined a mechanical heart and lungs at the Rockefeller Institute in New York claiming to be the first successful device of its kind. The note recalls a former auctioneer with brass lungs and muses whether Talmadge and Long possess similarly fine equipment.
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Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Rockefeller Institute
New York
Talmadge
Long
Major Work Relief Fund Aims at Road Improvements
Administration proposes spending most Work Relief funds on roads, arguing it benefits the nation through lasting value. The plan promises widespread employment by funding road projects now and releasing labor when normal times return, with lower costs and steady work during downtimes.
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Evry
Time Confusion Sparks Ellijay Clock Tale
Lavonia Times notes a mixed time system in Ellijay Georgia where officials on different floors of the courthouse operate on slow and fast time. A diatrist relief administration on the top floor runs on fast time while other court house officials on the main floor use slow time. A hotel offers two dinners at noon, spaced an hour apart, as clock watchers struggle.
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Lavonia Times
Ellijay
Diatrist Relief Administration
Court House
Wanting to Be Fresh and Playing with Death Causes Accidents
The Walton News quotes a grim view on road deaths stating heart-rending reports arrive daily of automobile accidents sending people into eternity. It argues two thirds are excusable and avoidable, caused by risky driving to see how far one can go without a mishap, and calls for urgent change.
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Walton News
Albany Herald Praises Low er National House Members
The Albany Herald defends members of the lower house describing congress as a hard, stressful job. It argues many would lose nerves, suffer stomach issues, and struggle to sleep after a typical day’s session, noting they are not envied.
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Albany Herald
House of Representatives
Youth Ad Vision from Newnan Herald Advised
The Newnan Herald editor urges youths aged 12 and older to mow the lawn, keep yards clean, grow a prize garden, be helpful at home, earn spending money, and gain time for fishing, swimming, and possible camping trips with open campfire cooking.
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The
Newnan Herald
Georgia needs more advertisers of the rightful sort
The Adel News urges Georgia to quit blaming the state for educational faults and to proclaim the strength of its institutions. It highlights the University of Georgia as one of the oldest, mentions Wesleyan, Mercer, Emory, and Oglethorpe, praises public schools, climate, and people, and calls for more funding and legislator action to support schools.
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Georgia
Adel News
Em-T
United States
Wesleyan
Mercer
Emory
Oglethorpe
Georgia Rural Correspondents Noted for National Recognition
Rural Herald praises its correspondents and highlights Sara Crouch of Glenn Ga who won a national contest by Country Home for best country newspaper correspondent. Mrs Mary Elizabeth Mahnkey of Oasis Mo won first prize with trophy and cash reward from over 1500 nominees.
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Herald
Savannah Press
The
Sara Crouch
Glenn
United States
Mary Elizabeth Mahnkey
Oasis
Mahnkey
Crouch
Franklin Newes and Banner
P. T. MsCutchen
Georgia Press Association
North Georgia
Roosevelt predicted to win a second term says Chicago mayor
The Chicago mayor Edward J Kelly states President Roosevelt will be reelected, citing strong support. Early observers similarly foresee a large Roosevelt victory, noting Republican propaganda aims to undermine the New Deal while praising Roosevelt's humanitarian impact and leadership.
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Chicago
Edward J Kelly
Roosevelt
Kelly
Mr. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
League of Nations
Paris
United States
Herbert Hoover
Cordele Dispatch
Governor Talmadge Feud Delays Georgia Highway Funds
A Columbus Ledger Enquirer editorial outlines Governor Talmadge's Washington talks with the U S Bureau of Roads over Ball's Ferry bridge funding. It argues the governor should accept a compromise on foundation construction to access $19,000,000 in highway money for Georgia and warns against petty opposition harming jobs and recovery. It also notes concerns about youth crime and unemployment amid the era's economic strain.
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Governor Talmadge
Washington
U S. Bureau of Roads
Clark Howell
Talmadge
the Roads Bureau
Ball's Ferny Bridge
Georgia
Ball’s Ferry
MacDonald
Howell
Bis
Columbus Ledger Enquirer
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C. E. Benns
O. E. Cox
R. B. Kirkley
Taylor CO
Butler
Manchester Mercury
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Neal
Millen News
DeSoto Tavern
Ed Courten Hay
Desoto
Hotel
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