Governor Smith Farewell Message Highlights Reforms
Governor Smith reviews acts passed by the last legislature, praising registration and primary rules, campaign finance reforms, and the railroad commission’s work. He urges stronger parole power, affirms near beer revenues, urges prison reform, and calls for better state farms, road improvements, and education funding while proposing reorganizing the convict system and expanding state taxes and loans. He notes prohibition enforcement, good roads impact, and recommends reforms in pensions, public lands, and rail labor arbitration.
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Smith
Machina Politica
Railroad Commission
Georgia
Fardon
Augusta
Georga
Itastead
Commissioner of Agriculture
Rct
State Farm
Milledgeville
Reformatory
Atlanta
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Company
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Georgia Railroad
Thomas Scott
Scott
State Board of Health
State Board of Education
Two Views on Voting and Domestic Discord
Fragmentary dialogue shows a couple debating voting options while a quarrel rages at home. A neighbor comments on incongruities in spouses, and the milkman defends watered milk amid wet weather. The exchange hints at social friction and daily life concerns.
Radium Priced At Eight Million Dollars Per Pound
A New York report notes radium now costs eight million dollars per avoirdupois pound with 7.12 grams sold for 150000 dollars to a British firm by Lord Iveagh and Sir Felix Cassel to fund cancer cure research and medical experiments.
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New York
Lord Iveagh
Felix Cassel
Fashion Notes on Dutch Collars and Jumpers in New York
The article details blouse and collar styles favored for young women, including Dutch collars, three-quarter versus long sleeves, and shoulder lines. It describes Bailor shoes with buckles, patent leather, and evening wear, plus skirt designs in princesse style with various waistlines. It mentions material quantities for sixteen year sizes and notes on selvedge edge draperies, tea gowns, and jumpers remaining in vogue.
Bean Jar Guess Causes Quick Career Joke
A humorous exchange about a bean count highlights a weather bureau applicant's poor guessing skills. The applicant jokes about once guessing 620 beans in a jar while the actual count was 10,762, illustrating overconfident miscalculation.
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Weather Bureau
The Heiress and the Millionaire Ideal Match
A playful exchange where a suitor and heiress vow affection anchored by wealth, debating how love scales with money. The dialogue centers on whether love is unchanged by a million or five million, with flirtatious insistence on genuine feeling over fortune.
Metallic Colors in Modish Metallic and Jet Effects
Fashion notes highlight danglers tassels and fringes in metallic colors and jet effects. The item underscores current style trends and accessory details.
Silk fabrics loom large as main season weave
The article notes pongee, serge, and foulard as the primary fabrics for the season. It highlights silk threads and weaving as the central production focus, signaling strong demand for these textiles in forthcoming shipments.
Uniform Auto Laws Across New York Connecticut and New Jersey
Editorial advocates uniform automobile laws to replace a tangle of statutes across states. It supports penalties for reckless driving while allowing safe speeds, and urges recognizing out of state licenses to ease travel. It argues roads should adapt to modern motor use as horse drawn vehicles fade.
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New York
Connecticut
New Jersey
Iacateon
Matadim
Toad
New York Times
New Road Material Draws Kansas Town Praise
Eldsworth correspondence notes Central Kansas farmers and townsfolk favor a novel road surface. Douglass avenue in Ellsworth uses layers of coarse and fine cinders topped with salt and alkali scale, forming a hard three inch crust over three inches of cinders. The method suits busy streets and could pave rural roads if supplies were available.
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Kansas
Douglass Avenue
Ellsworth
Eldsworth
Kansas City Star
Maintenance praises of French roads by US official
Logan asserts the United States builds the best roads but neglects maintenance. Walter Page, director of public roads at the Department of Agriculture, notes French roads excel due to upkeep rather than initial construction, emphasizing maintenance as the key to good roads.
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United States
Logan
Walter Page
Department of Agriculture
Dragon Leutenant Duel Over Sausage On Good Friday
Two dragon lieutenants dueled at Carcassonne after one allegedly ate a sausage on Good Friday. The combatants endured a clash reported with ceremonial tone and local color.
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Carcassone
Courtisg
London
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Penitentiary Department
State College of Agriculture
Dstrict
Academy For the Blind
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North Georgia Agricultural — College
State of Georgia
Soldiers’ Home
Geological Survey
Agricultural Department
Vari
Alabama
Florida
South Carolina
Griffin
General Assembly
Hoke Smith
Ick
Jack
Price
Ofa
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