Daily life snippets and notices from Georgia paper
The item compiles varied brief notes from Butler and surrounding Georgia areas including legislative updates, a Sunday School congress note, a postponed sale of the Picrec Acid plant at Brunswick, Ford showroom chatter, and a 1400 acre McKenzie plantation land deal near Montezuma. It mentions figures John N. Holder and Col Clifford Walker.
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Brunswick
Henry Ford
John N. Holder
Col Clifford Walker
Commerce News
Middle Georgia
Uncle John
Monument to Joe Brown Likely on UGA Campus
Trustees in Athens consider a grand memorial at the University of Georgia funded by a $50 000 gift from Senator Joseph E Brown in memory of his son Charles McDonald Brown. Debs arrives in Atlanta to begin ten year federal sentence amid political talk of riots and elections.
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University of Georgia
Joseph E. Brown
Charles McDonald Brown
Athens
Eugene V. Debs
Cleveland
Ohio
Atlanta
United States
The Irish Resolution Sparks Senate Debate
Senator John Sharp Williams alone opposed endorsing American sympathy for Ireland while backing a Borah resolution. The piece argues that a Senate resolution on Irish affairs could invite foreign interference and complicate U.S. policy, despite support for Irish self-government.
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John Sharp Williams
Jose
United States Senate
Great Britain
Getting Out of a Marketing Rut in The Cobb County Times
An editorial urges merchants to avoid stagnation by seeking new ideas and methods to attract fresh customers. It warns that settling into a routine kills progress and calls for reassessment, new advertising strategies, and a renewed business mindset.
Georgia Peaches Promise Record Year Ahead
The peach crop in Georgia this summer is bumper with orchards yielding abundant fruit. Demand in the East exceeds typical levels and packing and shipping are rapid as growers receive many orders. Prices are higher than any year past, signaling strong statewide prosperity in 1919.
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Georgia
Savannah Press
Train the Girls Right in Georgia Home Teachings
The Montezuma Georgian urges mothers and girls to build character early. It emphasizes wives as the home’s foundation, condemns jealousy, and encourages keeping promises, kindness, and self sacrifice to develop the soul and endure future needs.
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Georgia
Clerk Substitutions Prompt Customer Faith Drift
A Mt. Giliad editor recalls a man seeking Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and being offered many substitutes. The tale urges store clerks to post product names to prevent substitutions, noting customer trust suffers and makers lose when substitutes mislead buyers.
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Republican
Mt. Giliad
Ohio
Morrow County
Chamberlain’s
Girardberlain
Purported War Graft Probe Urged by Commerce News
The Commerce News argues for a congressional investigation into wartime graft, stating all truthful revelation would be a stench to honest people. It asserts widespread corruption from high to low places and urges disclosure to restore national image.
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Congress
Commerce News
Giant Tulip Trees in South Pasadena Shade Yard
Tulip trees in South Pasadena California show trunks nearly two feet in diameter and wide top spread, valued for summer shade and allowing winter sun to warm soil. The note lists old trees of good merit and suitability for outdoor spaces.
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Pasadena
Cal
Principles of a righteous press in the times of ethics
The piece likens editorial work to a knightly weapon, urging charity and fortitude in journalism. It argues editors must act with faith in humanity, oppose injustice, and uplift readers, avoiding prejudice and materialism while pursuing broadminded, honest coverage for a better civilization.
Bad Taste In Your Mouth Digestion and Road Bond News
A health note suggests Chamberlain's Tablets can correct digestion when you have a bad taste in your mouth. The piece also reports Dooly County aligning with other progressive counties to vote bonds for permanent roads amounting to four hundred thousand dollars.
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Dooly
The Kodak Box Offers Simple Film Setup
An at home camera kit titled The Kodak Box promises a quick start for beginners with Number 2 Kodak film chemicals and all essentials. It claims no dark room is needed, easy operation for children, and self paying value within days at a prepaid price of 4.98 dollars.
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Kodak
Meaning of Veldt and Dutch place-name elements
Explains that veldt derives from Dutch veld meaning open ground or prairie. Notes related names Westervel meaning west field and Roosevelt rose field, Blauw velt blue field, and mentions many similar Dutch and German toponyms ending in velt. Describes linguistic parallels and geographic naming patterns.
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Westervel
West Field
Roosevelt
Rose Field
Blauwvelt
Blue Field
Nickel Sized Nap Test Produces Witty Bargain
Thelma wakes early from a nap and, teased by aunty offering a nickel for more sleep, replies she will try to sleep a nickel's worth. The anecdote captures a child’s quick wit and playful bargaining.
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Thelma
Aunty
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