The Country Editor and the Promise of Progress
A compendium of admonitions praising the country editor as a powerful yet underpaid force guiding civic life and business. The piece urges editors to guide merchants to modern advertising, stressing the nation’s growth through local papers and the 47 percent in small towns. It then shifts to a brief historical note on California’s transfer from Mexico, the rise of Sutter, and the transformation sparked by gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Home Town Association of America
California
Mexico
United States
Califoria
Union
Sutter
Missouri
Sacramento
When A Boy Learns His Trade
A sociologist notes imprisonment shows few skilled trades among prisoners. An example set finds 177 incarcerated with no carpenters or tradesmen, and 77 percent lacking any regular calling. The argument favors teaching a trade to keep youths out of prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pater
The Liquor Law and Search Warrants
The article discusses illegal searches of private homes for liquor without warrants, citing state and federal law. It notes that warrants must describe the place to be searched and items to be seized, and that arresting officers cannot lawfully search for other purposes. The Georgia Supreme Court is cited on warrants versus searches during arrest. Strong, able bodied unmarried men are waited in the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Georgia
Lawrence Bill
All a Traffic Will Bear on the St. Louis Levee
A steamboat captain recruiting a crew on the St. Louis levee faced high bids from negro roustabouts. They demanded 90 dollars a month plus subsistence, delaying loading and increasing operating costs. The article warns such shortages threaten shipments and profits for packet boats along routes not served by rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Levee
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Sunset Club for Women Past Fifty Idea Originates in New York
Mrs C A Rugg of 200 West Seventy third street proposes a Sunset Club for women past sixty to provide companionship, employment, and financial independence. Men over sixty may form similar clubs, though joint meetings are not planned yet. The aim is to help lonely, wealthy or poor women fill their time after children marry or move away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Rugg
West Seventy-third Street
Squelching a Dealer in Real Antiques
In a Birmingham Age-Herald anecdote a dealer touts items claiming historic provenance. The buyer presses for genuine antiques and requests Noah’s ark construction tools, prompting a wry response about authenticity and the era of objects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Jenny Lind
Catherine the Great
Russia
Noah
Birmingham Age-Herald
Goldenrod Cartoon Caption Sparks Wall Flower Jibe
In Goldenrod a comic caption playfully questions what drew Biffikins to a wall flower and jokes that he is wall eyed, reflecting lighthearted local humor about a familiar resident.
How to Open the Door to Courtship
A terse quip suggests an easy path to courtship: the key is to “ring the belle.” The line implies charm and direct approach over elegance or secrecy. It reflects a playful social adage from an earlier era.
City Directory of Officials and Board Members
A scanned directory lists city government and county offices including mayor, aldermen, trustees, school board members, and county officers. It names representatives such as Craig Arnold and W B Townsend, sheriffs, tax collectors, surveyors, and the county superintendent H F Higgins among others.
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Smith
Becretary and Treas
G. Walden
John H. Moore
B. F. Anderson County
Craig R. Arnold
W. B. Townsend
Christian Sheri
J. M. Davis
H. Hea
W. L
Mountain Inn Ad Promotes Military Cadet Education in Georgia
The notice advertises for the Mountain Inn under Dr. G. R. Glenn, listing annual expenses from 125 to 175 dollars covering board lodging books fuel lights and uniform. It highlights a Mountain location with a climate free from city distractions and emphasizes obedience order regularity self dependence. It claims a strong military department cadet band supervised by U S Army officers and thorough instruction in A B C and B 8 courses plus agriculture mining and business commerce. Boys reside in dormitories under officer control. It invites inquiries to Dr. Glenn for further information.
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Georgia
U.S. Army
G. R. Glenn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Intate
B. R. Meaders & Sons
Bank of
Durham’s Pharmacy
Shange
Thacher Medicine Company
Chattanooga
Tene
Home ‘Town Editor
Trade Journal
Club For Women Past Fifty
Goldenrod
Wri
Tate
G. Tl. Moor
W. Camp
Wray
A. B. Keith
J. J. McGee
G. W. Vaughn
Trustees City School
F. J. Williams
J. L. Bryant
K. D. Johnson
County Board OF Edugation
W.T. Dowdy
D. W. Caldwell
Y. Abercrombie
0. N. Tits
County Schools
H. F. Higgins
North Georgia Agricultural College
Dahlonega
The
Mountain Inn
North
Craig R, Arnold
Gainesville
J. W. Lunsvorn
Murrayville, Ga
Homer Head
Dahlonega, Ga
H. E. Watson
Mrs. T
Littlefield
Atlanta
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