Woman suffrage issue in Georgia legislature heats up
The 1920 Georgia legislature faces a push led by Senator Fermor Barrett to send a constitutional amendment enfranchising women. The measure triggers wrangling and a postponement until next Monday. The piece urges ratification to aid the Democratic Party nationally and notes the potential impact on the November presidential vote.
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Georgia
Fermor Barrett
Parrett
Tennessee
North Carolina
Vermont
Connecticut
Democratic Party
Neighborly mystery and a hopeful heart in Grassmere
Adrian and Cora Mills move near Jonas Price the surly neighbor. Their child Daisy befriends him, ends his isolation, saves their home from a robbery, and earns a pledge of peaceful coexistence as his life brightens.
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Venteen
Newspaper Union
Witte
Grassmere
Adrian
Cora Mills
Cionel
Deane Fett
Gransmere
Cora
Jonas Price
Tim
Angel
Daisy
Price
Mamma
Mra Mills
Noittle
Major
Jones Price
Mr. Price
Dalkey
Adriana
Corey
Mulls
Itile Angel
The Silent Partner and Alma Rivers Blade in Love
Rodney Blair pursues Alma Rivers while she rejects his marriage proposal and a family debt. He funds inventor Dorsey Rivers in wireless telegraphy. Rivers and Blair become silent partners as the invention nears success and Alma learns the truth.
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Nodrey Bleir
Alma Rivers
Upton
Starent
Uttle
Blair
Blaly
Miser Rivers
Darsey
Alma
Matt
Whit
Miss Rivers
Nodney Blair
Wale
Rivers
Amy
Morris Dalton
Kinin
Rodney Blair
Binley
Dorsey Rivers
Pilsi
Morris Patton
Flag of Washington Anthem of the Flag and Freedom
The piece extols the Washington flag with vivid imagery of freedom, courage, and national pride. It lauds the banner as a symbol cherished by freemen, linked to heritage, battles, and the homeland, promising enduring guardianship by the eagle and sunlit skies.
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Washington
Let Freedom Ring and Liberty Hymn Fragment
Fragment from a patriotic song prefacing a public notice. It includes lines from Samuel Francis Smith and ends with garbled text about supplies, undertaker, and cut down. The readable portion preserves the historical hymn tone and mentions liberty, God, and nation.
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Samuel Francis Smith
The Glorious Fourth Reflections on Independence Day
The piece celebrates Independence Day, praising America's founding principles and unity. It emphasizes liberty, equal rights, and steadfast resolve amid 19th century challenges, expressing enduring national patriotism and confidence in progress and prosperity for a vast populace.
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America
Unequal Split Cited In Parable Of Nation’s Appetite
A voice laments that while every class claims equality, the poor remain hungry and the rich still hold the money. The line critiques persistent economic disparity in the country.
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Eliza Vayre
Stobert Wayre
Lucius Mangold
Mieve
Columbus
Robert Wayre
Evlent
Vayre
Parker & Merton
Effent
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THE_ SILENT
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Banner of the Free
Mars
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