Day After Ap Flatereating Letter From the Battlefield
A May 1864 letter from Lieut. B. F. Persons, written on the Virginia battlefield, is published from Mr. W. F. Gay’s collection. It recalls heavy losses, shelling near Fredericksburg, and a wounded but steadfast Confederate company, with a veteran officer reflecting on war’s cost as a solitary old soldier contemplates the courthouse yard at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. PF. Gays
Sears
Court House Yard
W. F. Gay
4Th Ga
Guy
Hils
George Doles
Norfolk
Doles
Cold Harbor
Gay
B. F. Persons
Virginia
M. A. McDowell
Lynchburg
Charlotteville
J. W. Gay
Persons
Batte Frery
Mike
Fredericksburg
Gordon
Johnson
Edmund Curdell
William Howard
George Tilman
J.T. B. Lane
J. Z. Patterson
E. F. Saunders
Captain Exell
Lieut. Childs
Serg't Hodge
Serg't Kelly
Corp. Amapoal Suppany
O. R
Court House
Gayety
Bourne
Walla
A Bad Crop Report From Schley County August 20
Schley County reports crop prospects poor as rust blights cotton three weeks after promising growth. Only sparse green areas remain, with caterpillars threatening. Hog cholera hits livestock. several deaths reported. Local elections hints emerge for governor and reps. community notes include measles, fever, school teaching plans, and a troubled local resident facing threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SchLey County
Munroe
John Hauner
Jeff Calhoun
G.L. Massey
T. H. Wilkinson
J. T. Collins
J. F. Wood
B. Williams
Schley County Alliance
Macon
Ed McMichael
Tazewell
Bass
Emory
Lumber City Notes on Mills Stores and Moves
Jon reports updates from Lumber City about Measrn Wilson Pryor adding a new engine and boiler to move to timber lands near Mt Zion church, forming mill No 3. A. P. Greene plans a large new store building opening mid next month with substantial stock. C. A. Nelson of Sycamore is visiting. J. L. Hill has gone to Montezuma for a job. Mamie Sims visits Alabama and will return soon. The town looks for another barbecue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon
Wilson & Pryor
Mt. Zionchurch
A. P. Greene
C. A. Nelson
Sycamore
J. L. Hill
Montezuma
Mamie Sims
Alabama
Dan
Railroad safety record on Macon to Camak line noted
The Macon to Camak route, eighty miles long, has not recorded a passenger fatality by accident in over twenty years. The piece highlights the line’s safety despite many bridges and trestles and adds a curious note about a physician at 100 miles distance conversing with his dog via telephone, the dog responding with barks to the commands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Augusta
Camak
Smoky haze crosses the nation from Montana fires
The Times Union mocks critics of the Bloody Code while noting a broad smoke plume from Montana mountain fires drifting 1,000 miles to California and Kansas. Initially cooling air, the smoke now raises temperatures as it blankets the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Times- Union
California
Kansas
Montana
Revival draws crowds at Plains Baptist church revival
A revival at the Baptist church in Plains draws a large audience with sermons by Bro. Underwood assisted by Bros. Carroll of Camilla and Corley of Fort Gaines. News notes include obituaries for Hattie Dillard and Anthony Miller, cotton market developments, visitors from Americus and Atlanta, and ongoing church meetings at Concord and Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains of Dura
Baptist Church
Bro. Underwood
Bros. Carroll
Camilla
Corley
Fort Gaines
Hattie Dillard
George Dillard
Bottsford
Jesus
Anthony Miller
Lumpkin
Chas. Bedenbaugh
Oliver Bros
Jno
Glass
A. Dodson
Americus
Alex Chappell
Ford
Eusebia Wooten
Willie Cato
Joe Connally
Atlanta
Joseph E. Brown
J. H. Black’s
Carroll
Miles Maggie Wells
Smithville
Otis Reese
R. Wright
Rena
Webster
Lowery
Dawson
Rylander
Howell
South Carolina
Odie Shrine
Brostubba
Concord Church
the Springs
Webster Grange Meeting and Unclaimed Letters Notice
Webster county citizens met at the court house to hear Hon. T. H. Kimbrough speak on agriculture and the need to elect pro agricultural lawmakers, urging breaking oppressive trusts. Also lists unclaimed post office letters in Americus Georgia with names and initials. local mills and jute bagging dispute noted. Woolfolk case and iron car speculation mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Webster County
Court House
T. H. Kimbrough
State Grange
Lunsford
Geo. E. Thornton
United States
Congress
Senate
Grange
Louvale Local Notes From Louvale Section News
Louvalee August 20 reports health good aside from sore eyes. Missionary Baptists meet at New Hope. Holeman creek event begins Friday. Cotton picking underway with rust risk. crop promising. Freeman teaches two telegraphy pupils, Walter Flynn and Susie Tatum. Louvale school to open September 1. Mrs. McDaniel to return from Harris and Talbot counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louvalee
Louvale
Missionary Baptists
New Hope
Holeman Creek
Freeman
Walter Flynn
Effects of Climate and a Health Remedy Claim
The piece argues climate alone rarely cures illness and cautions about relocating for health. It touts Pierce's Golden Meriva Discovery as purifying blood and boosting the system to treat throat and lung ailments including bronchitis asthma catarrh and consumption, with a money-back guarantee. It then notes an odd sighting of a gooseberry bust on a maple tree twenty two feet high in Johnsbury Vermont and a courthouse tree felled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Pierce
Johnsbury
Court House
Pelham Melon Shipments and Postcard Contract Notes
Pelham shipped 306 carloads of melons with net profits per carload from 19 to 517 dollars and over 3000 dollars worth sold and delivered locally from 550 acres. Albert Daggett of New York won a four year post office postcard contract for 200 million cards at 500000 dollars with 20000000 dollars postage. Wheatstone cited electricity at 28000 miles per second and Maxwell pegged it near light speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelham
Post Office
Albert Daggett
New York
Wheatstone
Maxwell
Petroleum rumor hints at rich crude near Tunnel Hill
The text describes local speculation that an oil shaft may be sunk near Tunnel Hill in a rock formation resembling petroleum deposits. Investigators note strong odor and prior reports, while a syndicate may develop a large crude output if confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hambright
Tunnel Hi
Tock
Tepions
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Greene County Peach Trees Face Enduring Hard Times
Local readers fear overbearing peach trees will die without bearing again after one huge crop this year. The community worries the trees cannot recover and may never produce fruit at meaningful levels again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene County
Judge Giles Grower of Dual-Pea Tree in Perry Georgia
The Home Journal notes Judge Giles of Perry raises a tree bearing two pea varieties, ri eling and clearstone, as part of a local agricultural curiosity amid Georgia’s taxable city growth in the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Giles
Perry
Home Journal
Georgia
Also Mentioned on This Page
M.A. McDowell
Shady Dale, Ga
Schley
the County Alliance
Cottee News
Webster'’S Grange
Bun. T. H. Kimbrough
Fanny Johnson
Julay May
Elizabeth Mortis
Emma Morris
R E Morrell
James Mosents
Mittie Mackdonnel
Capt Myer
Annie Price
Mias Fanny Leaven Store
W E Simmons
J N Speer
John Touran
W—Horuah Wright
Henry Walker
J.C. Roxey
P. M. Americus, Ga
Lane Mills
New Orleans
West Point
Dalton Mill
Dalton
LaGrange
Eufaula
Jute Bagging Trust
Woolfolk
Eupreme Court
Supreme Court
U. S
U. S. Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ari
Eusebio Francisco Kino
Gions
Arizona
Gala River
Fornia
Jean
The
Birmingham Chronicle
Jeffer
Walker Counties
Edgar
Howard
Brownsyille
A. J. Boshell
Carbon Hill
Ala
Frazier
Crayfordville
C. Bergstrom
Tripl
Peprick
Beats
York
Chicago
Middle Georgia Military and Agricultury Ccounsac
Milledgeville
Georg
A. Sy
Moore. Bee
Board of
Olkekwim
Southwest Geog Military and Agricultu
Ithhert
Goors
AJ. Clark
Falconer
Prine School of Seer
Hovns
Bremy
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!