Weather and Farm Talk Spanneth February in Wchester County
The letter from Wchester Waishit County on February 23 discusses soaking rains easing planting concerns, a potential stock law vote this summer, and farmers like Cousin Hawkins planning corn for forage. It notes Mr James EB French leaving Preston to become a commercial traveler for Bone & Chappel in Macon, with well wishes from friends, plus local notes on Professor McMath ill at the Allen House and community business changes, including Dick Bell joining Nicholson & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waishit County
France
Germany
Ovber
Irun
Jobo
Hawkins
Webster
John
James EB. French
D. W. Nicholson & Co
Preston
Messrs. Bone & Chappel
Macon
French
Jimmie
McMath
Allen House
Rubi
B. Cato
Dick Bell
D. W. Nicholson
J. C. Layford
Adonis
Richland
Notable Georgia Townsfolk Visit Macon County
Macon County Ga Feb 22. Col Tom Harvey and family of Buena Vista visit relatives. Local residents and visitors include Mesers F A Fuller Louisville Marion Acre Columbus Dave Barnette Savannah Judson Hyatt Eugene Doughtie and big Bill Pipe of Macon. Mrs A L Garrett wife of Hon J W Garrett of Alabama Legislature visits relatives at hotel. Miss Charlie Mulkey telegraph operator visits Butler. Mrs C T Walters ill from measles relapse but improving per Dr Nelpon. River running high after heavy rains. Nan Prather Montezuma visits Minnie Walters. Prof Derrick runs the best school in the area praised for energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocurmonts
Tom Harvey
Buena Virts
Willis
Americas
Mesers
Louisville
Marion Acre
Columbus
Dave Barnette
Savannah
Judson Hyatt
Eugene Doughtie
Big Bill Pipe
Macon
A. L. Garrett
J. W. Garrett
Alabama Legislature
J. R. Gaines
Charlie Mulkey
Butler
Gantt
C. T. Walters
Nelpon
Abe Ja
Nan Prather
Montezuma
Minnie Walters
Derrick
Travelogue from Georgia counties notes towns and crops
A report from Georgetown describes travel through Lee Dougherty Mitchell and Thomas counties in daylight. It notes poor land near Camilla, turpentine farms expanding, Pelham as a fine residence, corn fields in Mitchell and Thomas, and bustling Thomasville with five to eight hundred winter visitors. Prices at Piney Woods and Mitchell houses run twenty to fifty dollars weekly, and some families pay up to two hundred dollars for a four room setup. Marriage of Miss Jennie Lawier and Mr Wood Bland is recorded near Hatcher Station. The Dorking fowl gains attention as a market breed. Dorking crossed with Brahma yields fine broilers and general-purpose fowl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goocklins
Lee
Dougherty
Mitchel
Thomas
Camilla
Thomasville
Pelham
Georgia
Hand
Mitchell County
Mitchell
Landa
Piney Woods
Bes
Jennie Lawier
Mr. Wood Bland
Hatcher Station
T. H. Stout
Monticello
Phebic Moore
Reese
0. S. School Association
Enon
End to Bone Scraping Promises Healing from Electric Bitters
Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Illinois credits Electric Bitters with saving his leg after eight years of a running sore. Doctors warned bone scraping or amputation, but three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured the problem. Eldridge advertises Bucklen’s Electric Bitters and Arnica Salve at 50 cents per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Shepherd
Harrisburg
Ill
Buocklen
Arnica
E.J. Eldridge
Dawson News Roundup Promotes Rail, Festivals and Local Ties
Dawson GA February notes report on community events including a Columbus Southern Railroad delegation leaving for Columbus to promote line to Albany, a plan to expand population with new cotton compress, and two upcoming fundraisers. Also covered are a charity festival for the Metro district parsonage repairs, a Fire Company festival to fund a hose carriage, social visits by Miss Mary McLoughlin, court sessions, and local residents hosting and attending gatherings and a guard drill in observance of Washington's Birthday. The item mentions Rev B W Davis, Capt W B Oxford, J W F Lowry, B H Hood, J L Parrott, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J A. Fovirow
Dawson
Dawson, GA
Charlie Griggs
Aod
Tom Pickett
Sho
Tom
Charlie
Reat
Dawton
Court House
Columbus
Columbus Southern Railroad
B. W. Davis
W. B. Oxford
J. W. F. Lowrey
B. H. Hood
J. L. Parrott
Albany
Mite Society
Armory
Mosers
J. D. Laing
Deuhier
B B. Perry
F. W. Clark
W. B. Cheatham
A. J. Carver
O. L. Mize
Nannie Statham
Duncan McLoughlin
Climax
Mary
South Georgia Male and Female College
Jno. T. Clark
Cuthbert
Laula Miller
Baconton
J. B. Horsley
Our City
Belle Cheatham
Shorterville
Ala
Advice to Mothers Mus Winatow Sootman Bravely
Advertisement asserts Advice to Mothers Mus Winatow Sootman Brave should always be used for children teething. It claims to soothe the child ease pain cure wind and distraboeo. A twenty five cent bottle is listed.
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Mus
Winatow
Planting Advances As Putnam Farmers Press Toward Cotton Crop
From Futnam Feb 32. Farmers prepare to plant cotton and meet mortgage risks. J H Stevens and Mrs Munroe return from Friendship visit. W G Raoul engine leak repairs at Macon. replacement engine duties shift. Putnam girls fish at Knowlton mill. unnamed invitation joke. Heavy rain and wind sweep Putnam. Elenvir Kaollton visits. Pilcher injured while working near Hillaville.
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Putnam
J. H. Stevens
Munroe
Friendship
Mr. Stevens
W. G. Raoul
B. W. & E. Railroad
Central
Macon
Knowlton’s Mill
Elenvir Kaollton
Mieses Lisan
Jessie Stevens
Hillaville
J Pilcher
Thomas
Grape grafting methods from Canadian horticulturist notes
The Canadian horticulturist outlines grape grafting timing and techniques. He favors spring cleft grafting just before bud swell, describes cutting the vine, preparing a six inch scion, fitting with a wedge end, and securing with earth and a single bud exposed. If needed, splice grafts from old stumps and fasten with a peg, covering with soil and removing extra buds as growth begins.
Large Yield of Corn Folly in Florida
A humorous Manatee Advocate correspondent from Sara Sota recounts a Western farmer asking how many bushels per acre could be raised. An old settler replies with 160 bushels after cowpening land, planting sweet potatoes, and exchanging two bushels for one of corn, illustrating a comic boast about Florida soil.
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Manatee
Florida
Sara Sota
Eli Perkins
Georgia News Highlights From Macon and Nearby Areas
A survey of Georgia mentions Macon County assessments near 2 million dollars. Camilla ships about one thousand dozen eggs weekly. Walter Avera of Quitman profited 1000 dollars from melons and plans sixty acres for this year. George Stallings, an Angaeta boy, signed by the Philadelphia Lesage club as catcher. W. T. Childs of Macon County killed a 330 pound dressed hog and preserved eleven gallons of lard. Athens resident sells bams at 80 cents a pound. curing tradition noted. In Chattooga County a physician born with measles believes another bout lies ahead. Capt. John Venable of Gainesville owns a 200-year-old English trunk with gold. Florence residents favor a railroad branch to Antioch and Columbus with local funding. First Union soldiers captured in Georgia by James A. Allison of Cuthbert and N. H. Miller of Randolph County at Savannah river batteau. Joseph Bond, once a leading Dougherty planter, was murdered by an overseer. sale prices of his real estate listed per acre averages. Question raised: how much per acre would today fetch?
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George Stallings
Philadelphia Lesage Baseball Club
W. T. Childs
Macon County
Athens
Epicures
Florence
Americas
Preston and Lumpkin
Antioch
Columbus
Georgia
James A. Allison
Cuthbert
N. H. Miller
Randolph County
Savannah
Joseph Bond
Dougherty
South
Bond
Dougherty County
Obort
Mud Creek
Dr. Rice
Ducker Place
John Jones
Benjamin Lockett
Wilkins Place
Jerry Beall
L. A. Jordan
Broom Corn Cultivation Tips From Southern Cultivator
A Maysville Ohio farmer asks how to grow broom corn and secure markets. Answer covers land choice and manure, planting like sorghum with single foot spacings, harvesting by cutting heads early while leaving six inches of stalk, curing in shade on racks, stacking in small bales to prevent tangling, and using about a half bushel of seed per acre with ample seed due to germination variability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maysville
Angeré
The Sample Fiend and the Winter Diet Tricks
A reader describes a scammer who offers tastings of potatoes to customers, then disappears with the produce. The piece notes families rely on such ruses for food during winter, with con men hopping from stand to stand to ply the trick. The tone mirrors a local consumer warning and calls for vigilance against impostors preying on hunger.
Treasons for Wi steeples and sun myths in old lore
An obscure discussion cites Christian reproach of the cock linked to St Peter, the May pole’s dual role as weather and omen, and sacred trees. Mythic ties are drawn from India, Persia, and Tyrolean practice, suggesting sun symbolism in domestic fowl folklore and celestial eggs as solar allegory.
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Peter
Gentleman's Magazine
Ways of American Yachtmen and the America Cup Races
A New York journalist argues American yachtmen cling to old prejudices and oppose moving America Cup races from fall to spring. He claims spring races would better prepare for events like the Stotchman and ensure brisk winds, though precedent favors fall contests.
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New York Yacht Club
Britain
America
Stotchman
New York
Cor
Pioneer
Paper and Pencil Industries Rise in Early 1900s
A communication to a trade journal notes dramatic growth in paper, pens, and related industries. It cites Boutarel on US paper output rising from negligible to about 600,000 tons per year, with straw and rag materials expanding the sector. The total value of manufactured paper reaches roughly 200 million dollars, and pen production around 8.2 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ftml Boutorel
United States
M. Boutarel
Npt Lowe
Desperate Cowboys Noted For Light Hair And Eyes
A young man reflecting on frontier rowdiness and Western desperates notes that many violent men are described as having light hair and light blue eyes. He claims to have observed this pattern among cowboys and heard others say the same.
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Labir
West
Plains
Mto
Frontier County
Ingenious Water-Shaft Grouting Method By German Inventor
An account from Stassfurt describes L Tie proposing a novel approach to water control in rock shafts. By filling fissures with a paste and injecting it under pressure, the material purportedly swells and tightens the rock, sealing openings and stabilizing the shaft. The method aims to render surrounding rock mechanically solid and watertight.
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L. Tie
Stassfurt
Germany
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Georgetown
Quitman
England
Wm. Harrison
Joahua Ball
Dawson Guards
Washington
Futnam
Georgia News
Walter Avera
Chattooga County
John Venable
Gainesville
Thia
Venable
John Venables
Anny
Stali
Mer
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