Fight Boll Weevil With Birds Letter Urges Local Action
Editorial urges counties on the Georgia border to combat the Mexican boll weevil by protecting coveys of birds. It recalls a local game law proposed by Judge W F Brown and asks readers to petition Representatives Hixon and Spence to renew a five year local bill, noting Texas could have saved millions with early action.
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Georgia
Alabama
W. F. Brown
Messrs. Hixon
Spence
Texas
Glutton King Louis XIV Feasted On Fantastical Banquet Menu
A French book on dining details Louis XIV as a voracious eater with a banquet plan featuring two broths from fowls, numerous pigeons, partridges, veal, capons, and a lavish dessert. The king reportedly ate far more than typical servings and demanded extra dishes to satisfy his appetite.
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Reuss XIV
France
Balzac
Hugo
Louis MIV
Whitesburg Items Mark Road Work and School Plans
Whitesburg notes say road overseer Mr Bailey now works Carrollton road between Whitesburg and Clem with Edgeworth furnishing six mules to pull the scraper. Prof Glenn Parrott of Harris Springs will lead Whitesburg Public School preparations next week with two lady assistants and a third later. Miss Alma Wilburn and Miss Lucile Hendrix are named as assistants. A catalogue is planned next month as forty new single desks arrive.
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Mr. Bailey
Carrollton
Whitesburg
Clem
Will Edgeworth
Broom
Duncan
Adams
Wesley Camp
Savannah
Ben Kelley
Glenn Parrott
Harris Springs
S. C
Parrott
Alma Wilburn
State Normal School At
Athens
Lucile Hendrix
Monticello
Wilburn
Hendrix
University of Georgia Summer School
W. C. Branan
Villa Rica Road
Effie Johnson
Etta Lou Walton
Waycross
Mary Kate Tinney
Ruth Almon
Mary Lipscomb
Blanche Baily
Mary Strickland
Laura Walker
Grady Jones
Tom Duncan
Tappan Strickland
James Kelley
Loyd Duncan
Tom Walker
Clarence Duncan
Sam Stevens
Henry Stevens
Miss Cramer
Mrs. Branan
South Carolina
Tybee
County Line
Food excess and ancient eating feats in Pearson's account
A fragment from Pearson's notes cites Alexander the Great and Septimius Severus dying from overindulgence in food. It also mentions Albinus the vegetarian: he allegedly consumed 100 peaches, ten melons, twenty pounds of muscat grapes and 480 oysters in one morning, highlighting unusual digestive powers.
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Alexander the Great
Septimus Severus
Albinus
Pearson's
Pepys’s secret diary encodes life and crimes in shorthand
Conan Doyle notes the paradox of Samuel Pepys who wrote down every trivial detail and even his gross delinquencies in cipher. The remark highlights Pepys’s remarkable bravery in chronicling personal flaws rather than hiding them.
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Pepys
Conan Doyle
Georgia Should Save By Producing at Home
An Athens Banner editorial urges Georgia to stop importing corn meat dairy products and other goods. It argues farmers can raise corn beef hogs horses mules and dairy products locally while expanding dairy industry hay feed and small daily goods production. The piece predicts prosperity as Georgia lowers reliance on northern and western suppliers within a decade.
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Georgia
Athens
South
In Memoriam for Richard A Herrin of Carroll Lodge No 69
A memorial by Carroll Lodge committee notes Richard A Herrin born May 20 1846 in Coweta Georgia served in the Confederate army, moved to Carroll County in 1869, married Amanda L Kelty in 1871, two children, Master Mason in 1873, Royal Arch Mason in 1904, died June 17 1911. He was a loyal Mason, Christian, husband and father. The lodge offers sympathy and requests minutes and publication.
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Carroll Lodge No. 69
A. M
R. A. Herrin
Richard A. Herrin
Coweta County
Georgia
Wood
The
Baptist Church
Carroll County
Amanda L. Keltey
A.C. Borden
W. T Herrin
Jennie Mae
Carrollton
Brother Herrin
Carroll Lodge
Carroll
Christian
Herrin
Church
Carrell Lodge
T. Norman
J.D. Hairick
W. J. Millican
Prescription Ad for Fits Dry Store
An advertisement urges readers to take prescriptions to Fits Dry Store claiming pure druge.
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Fits Dry Store
Pure Druge
HIS OWN COBBLER
A Yankee on the Yangtse recounts foreign shoe repair misadventures in China. The narrator details failed fits and faulty workmanship by locals, the high cost and poor results, and his eventual effort to cobble his own footwear with self taught skill.
Their Compromise Among Laugh Lines on Domestic Dispute
A bachelor advises a married man to compromise on a hall door color, prompting a mock tragedy over a seedy look. The next day the husband reports success as his wife agrees, finally choosing green the color for the door.
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London
Why He Trembled Before Battle
A detachment of British soldiers faced rebel Indian tribesmen in battle order. An old sergeant saw a young recruit from home shaken with fear as the coming fight drew near. He judged the tremor to be more than nerves, though the full explanation remains unstated.
Callaghan Tucks Fear While Facing Enemy Presence
In a tense exchange a soldier named Callaghan feigns calm, insisting he trembles for the enemies ahead and not for his own skin, while secretly fearing exposure of his location to the foe. The sergeant questions him as danger looms.
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Callaghan
Quill Pens Through History and Global Spread
The article traces writing instruments from ancient hair brushes and ancestor tools to reeds in marshy Asia, noting the quill’s early adoption and spread across the East to Europe and the Americas. It states England imported over 25 million quills annually before metal pens.
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Confucius
Orient
Europe
New World
England
Puzzled to Death Riddle in City Editor Exchange
City editor scolds reporter for odd line about being puzzled to death and riddled with bullets in a Chicago Tribune exchange. The humorous anecdote highlights newsroom tensions and editor expectations.
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Taking Riske
Bullota
Chicago Tribune
Took the Hint. Lovers shift tryst from Hope Street to Union Street
Willie A and Maggie B have courted for over two years meeting weekly in Hope Street Glasgow. After his parting remark to meet next Wednesday night, Meg suggests moving to Union Street and London Tit Bits invites.
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Willie A
Maggie B
Hope Street
Glasgow
Willie
Meg
Union Street
London
John Learns to Say No and Hides from Temptation
A contrite John vows to stop wasteful spending to please his wife. She challenges him to learn to say no, urging discipline. He agrees to the idea but asks for money, and she declines, testing his resolve.
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John
The Largest Cities of Antiquity
Ancient Babylon and Rome stood as the era’s great hubs. Babylon covered 100 to 200 square miles with gardens and palaces dominating the space, while Rome peaked in the fourth century with about 2.5 million residents. Historians note vast green areas reduced actual density.
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Babylon
Rome
Ninetenthe
Nebuchadnezzar
Merodach
Wordplay on Cousin Fannie and postal jokes
A Chicago Record-Herald item jokes about a letter from Cousin Fannie in Tolland planning postcard misdirections to Rotterdash and Amsterdash. The exchange riffs on humorous mispronunciations and imagined European destinations.
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Mabel
Fannie
Tn Tolland
Chicago Record-Herald
Waiting for a Kiss in Pittsburgh Ladies Tale
The Pittsburgh Post notes a shy suitor who pesters a cautious woman about a kiss. She resists, he persists, and she allows a tentative moment, highlighting courting manners and social restraint in a city subplot.
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W. W. Kelley
Douglasville
Villa Rica
J. L. Almon
Atlanta
Alford Hendrick
Union City
McIntosh Her
Tupeee S Strickland
Jas, Kelley
Memoriam
China
W. Edail
Yangtse
Chowtung
Tungchuan
Eaege
Aeice
Steed
3. D. Hamrick
Jas. D. Hamrick
Nevermore
Pittsburg Post
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