Hawkinsville State Treasurer Named After Death
Hon J Pope Brown of Hawkinsville was appointed Georgia State Treasurer by Governor Hoke Smith to fill the vacancy caused by R E Park's death. Brown will assume duties after an expert audit of the department's books. An unrelated Fort Collins ad shows a job posting for a teacher with flaws, noted by Savannah News as a comment on recruiting trends.
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J. Pope Brown
Hawkinsville
Hoke Smith
R. E. Park
Georgia
Brown
Soen
Illiteracy in Georgia Expert Blames Failure on Voluntary System
The editorial argues Georgia’s large spending on common schools has failed to cut illiteracy. Despite 11 million dollars spent in five years, 84,880 children aged 10 to 15 remain illiterate and 90,000 more reach 18 without schooling. Georgia ranks forty second in white illiteracy.
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Pound
Georgia
Rights of Georgia's Illiterate Children Questioned
A columnist argues lawmakers fail to protect children's right to education, condemning the voluntary attendance system as unjust to taxpayers and harmful to the state. He cites Governor elect Brown and urges action to safeguard 84,880 illiterate children. University of Georgia's Joshin E Stewart signs the letter.
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Pound
Georgia
Russia
Turkey
Spain
South
Brown
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Stewaart
University of Georgia
Can a Girl Keep the Ring from the Sun
A witty exploration of engagement rings and ownership in romance. It cites a Norfolk case where J D McFarland sued over a ring. the ring remained with the woman after courts ruled differently, arguing love and gift status justify keeping the ring.
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Norfolk
J. D. McFarland
Lualah Short
McFarland
Koopa
The Tariff and the Cost of Living Debate
A letter argues tariff policy burdens the poor, with examples from a Milwaukee reader earning about 11 dollars weekly. It details rising costs for coal food clothing and housing, citing wool hides and cotton taxes and a 1905 construction cost impact, warning that tariff revenue harms common people and urging reform.
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United States
Congress
W. L. Douglas
Massachusetts
Labor Bureau
Washington
Tariff Monopoly Critique Echoes Across Nations
A Richmond Times Dispatch letter argues that a bread monopoly once roused English workers sixty years ago and predicts a future American uprising against tariff monopolies, urging workers to grasp hidden self-interest in trade policy.
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England
America
Richmond
Times-Dispatch
Compound Fertilizer Terms Explained in Simple Form
Farmers struggle with fertilizer percentages and what percentage means per hundred pounds. Agricultural institutes explain that a 2-8-2 mixture contains two percent nitrogen eight percent phosphoric acid and two percent potash and that fertilizer blends are created from acid phosphate nitrogen carrying materials and potash.
Farmer asks about fertilizer analyses and home mixing
A farmer argues that high grade mixes are cheaper per unit and asks if 16 4 4 fertilizer could be made. The writer notes phosphoric acid often dominates cost, stresses matching mix to crop needs, local soil differences, and suggests a home mix example using 16 percent acid phosphate, nitrate of soda, cottonseed meal, and potash.
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North Carolina
Farmers' Fertilizer Mixture For Potatoes And Tobacco
A Cotton Journal excerpt cites a home fertilizer mix using 900 pounds acid phosphate 600 pounds cotton seed meal 160 pounds potash mireate to boost early potato yields. It notes substituting dried blood for cotton seed meal and high grade sulphate of potash for mireate yields a final tobacco fertilizer. The blends require no filler.
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W .F. Massey
Cotton Journal
Alcohol harms tuberculosis patients says medical authorities
A Georgia conference warns alcohol does not prevent, retard, or cure consumption. Tuberculosis experts from New York to Philadelphia condemn alcohol use in treatment, noting it weakens digestion, impairs white blood cells, and reduces recovery chances.
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S. A. Knopf
New York
White Haven Sanitarium
Henry Phipps Institute
Lawrence F. Flick
Philadelphia
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American Association For the Prevention of Tuberculosia
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B. Woodbury
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John E. White
Nordrach Sanitar
Colorado Springs
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Alcohol and tuberculosis fight in early 1900s views
A compilation of expert quotes and resolutions linking alcoholism to tuberculosis, arguing alcohol worsens TB and that consumptives should avoid liquor and medicinals containing alcohol. It notes a 1905 Paris congress resolution urging combined anti TB and anti alcohol efforts, and promotes abstinence as essential for recovery.
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International Congress of Tuberculosis
Paria
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