Old Settler Tells of Early Days in Georgia
Milledgeville Georgia narrator Jacob Gumm aged eighty eight recalls his pioneer family roots. His father a U S Army major settled near Mount Pellar Hill then Milledgeville area and became one of the county’s first landowners and taxpayers. He joined the 1837 Indian War and recounts forests of Milledgeville with giant poplars and honey dripping to the ground from buzzing trees.
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Georgia
Jacob Gumm
Milledgeville
Gumm
United States Army
Mount Pellar Hill
McComb’s Mount
Milledge Ville
Ras Makonnen Interview Sparks Sharp Exchange in Paris
In Paris a reporter asked Ras Makonnen if Ethiopians prefer the French or the English. The general replied with a pointed question about the reporter’s mother and added the retort that she should teach better discretion.
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Ras Makonnen
Paris
Defiance Starch Sells Everywhere for Unmatched Quality
An assertive sales blurb proclaims Defiance Starch as universally available and without equal in both quality and quantity, urging buyers not to miss the top product.
Controversy Over Sven Hedin Nobility Honor Sparks Swedish Press
Swedish newspapers erupt over granting Sven Hedin hereditary nobility. Debates split between calls to change the law to block such honors and suggestions he be supported by paying debts and restoring private funds he spent.
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Sven Hedin
Jae Law
Cheney and Co. Set to Pay for Uncured Catarrh Cure
Frank J Cheney senior partner of FL J Cheney & Co declares the Toledo firm will pay one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notarized oath is dated December 6 and outlines the remedy's internal action on blood and mucous surfaces.
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State OF Onto
Toledo
Lreas County
Frank J Cheney
FL J.cheney
A.W. Gleason
Sean
Notary Public
Cheney & CO
Druwnists
Cure a Cold in One Day and Other Odd Mottos
Vintage ad style text touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with money back if ineffective. Mentions Defiance Starch 16 ounce package and a 10 cent price, plus Red Cross Blue Large 202. scent and payroll remark. Detectives phrase ends with “the transgressor is hard-to-find.”
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Defiance
Theatrical Booking Agent Noted as Attraction Center
A fragmented line notes a theatrical booking agent described as a center of attractions and mentions household water starch and value, implying a gossip or ad item about agents and brands with no clear event.
Bishop Rebukes Uncovered Heads In Delaware Church
At Rehoboth summer resort Bishop Leigh ton Coleman of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Delaware denounced women entering church without bonnets as unscriptural and ungodly. The sermon shifted topics on their entrance and drew loud attention from several young women with uncovered heads. He said it looks worse than men attending service without coats.
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Leighton Coleman
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Delaware
Rehoboth
Rats Cause City Ruin in Anda Locca Disaster
Detroit News Tribune cites rabbits as direct cause of Locca collapse by burrowing under a hillside dam, flooding 1200 people and covering the area for miles. It notes a parallel 1910 Mississippi Valley levee breach blamed on rats undermining levees near Greer Ville.
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Locca
Detroit News-Tribune
Lorea
Mississippi Valley
Greer Ville
Spain Prosperity Hailed by Senior Ojeda
Senor Ojeda, Spain’s minister to this country, declares in an interview that Spain gained by losing its colonies and needed to develop its own nation. He says there is no lasting ill will toward the United States and that Spain is more prosperous than in recent history.
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Senor Ojeda
Spain
Honorary Post in Demand at Tower of London
The lieutenant of the tower of London post held by Sir William Stirling since 1900 will become vacant on his retirement. The duties are light and pay small, but the title is highly sought as an honor for distinguished officers. The tenure is three years.
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Tower of London
Wiliam Stirling
Italian Captain Bets On Peruna For Stomach Catarrh
A letter from Captain O Bertoletto of the Italian barque Lincelles Pensacola Florida praises Peruna after two bottles cured his chronic stomach catarrh. Congressmen Botkin also endorses Peruna noting relief from long standing catarrh and constipation.
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O. Bertoletto
Lincelles
Pensacola
Fla
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