Savannah to Americus railroad plan urged in Georgia paper
The Savannah Morning News advocates a new railroad line from Savannah through Bryan County Dodge and Wilcox to Americus with extension prospects further West. The plan promises regional development and cheaper transport boosting cotton and corn production, with Savannah and Americus as major beneficiaries. Three hundred lives lost in the recent tornadoes across North Carolina South Carolina and Ohio valley are reported, with damage in Columbus Mississippi and surrounding areas.
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Sasannah Morning News
Savannah
Americus
Bryan
Tatoall
Montgomery
Telfair
Dodge
Wilcox
Dooly
Bumner
Ite Co
F. E Burke
Crick
Feader
Georgia
Davisboro
Richmond
Columbia County
North Carolina
South Carolina
Columbus
Miss
Ohio Valley
New York Herald
The Cyclone's Path Through Georgia and Alabama
A cyclone crossed North and Middle Georgia Tuesday evening after forming in the gulf and moving through the Chattahoochee valley. It split near Columbus with one branch heading west toward Montgomery and Birmingham while the other struck Oxmoor and Leed, causing deaths and injuries. The storm then wandered northeast through Amberson, Cave Springs, Cartersville, and Habersham before exiting the state, with a second division impacting Columbus and Milledgeville areas.
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Middle Georgia
Eater and Fuller
Gulf
Chattahoochee Valley
Columbus
Montgomery
Red Mountain Range
Oxmoor
Birmingham
Amberson
Ladiga
Rome
Cave Springs
Cartersville
Kennesaw Heights
Cherokee
Habersham
Milledgeville
Putnam
Everglades Trip Details Reach English Delegation
A private letter from Earl Houghton’s entourage outlines a Florida tour from Jacksonville to Kissimmee, detailing the Okeechobee Land Company’s dredging and canal projects. Improvements lowered lake levels and opened 350 miles of inland waterways, boosting sugar land prospects and northern settlement.
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Earl Houghton
Lord Hastings
Capt
Gambier
Rogney
Kissimmee
Tampa
Everglades
Kissimmee City
Lake Okeechobee
Caloosahatchee River
Seleens
South Florrida Road
Boston
Lord Houghton
Okeechobee Land Company
Florida
Monteagle House at Niagara Falls Transformed for Tourists
Dr Crum of Buffalo recalls near fatal illness from Bright's disease and credits Warner's Safe Cure with saving his life. He says the Niagara site near the cataract gains renewed interest as Monteagle House is rebuilt to serve visitors, amid national park debates and historic legend of Monteagle and his Iroquois bride.
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Albany
Iegara Falls
America
Monteagle
Hiawatha
Niagara
Callatoreat
National Park
Niagara Falls
J. W. R. Crum
Buffalo
Bright
Warner
London’s GHL-Palaces and the Depths of Saturday Drunkenness
A London streetland feature depicts public houses as crowded with artisans and laborers spending wages that should clothe children while women squander money on gin. Four generations drink together as police urge crowds to move on after midnight. scenes of violence, drunkenness, and degrading street life follow, including a woman battered and a drunken husband causing a pursuit through dark courts.
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Aimother
The Englishman's Determination on a Mountain Plan
A narrator recalls obstinate resolve as a man drafts a prewritten diary and vows to reach a mountain top at a set time. Gen Wolseley claims Egypt in twelve days but takes fifteen, while gullible travelers race a rough sea to Jersey, paying francs for a perilous sailboat.
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Detroit
Jersey
Anecdote of the Commodore in Rochester hotel
A story from the Cor Cinchinati Exquirer recalls Cornelius Vanderbilt visiting the Congress Hotel in Rochester New York and bargaining with a cigar clerk. Vanderbilt, with New York Central magnates, selected cigars, paid a five cent box price, and tossed cigars to companions with casual judgment.
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Cor
Cinchinati Exquirer
Congress Hotel
Rochester
N. Y
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Kevny
New York Central
Cornelius
Cigat
Mormon Church Structure Expands Across Regions
The article outlines a new church hierarchy with a president, 14 apostles, 3 patriarchs, 200 sentinels, and other ranks. It notes Arizona's 2202 members, Idaho's sizable membership, and missionaries active in Europe and the United States, indicating broad global outreach.
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Omfeen
Arizona
Idaho
Gaucho
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