Stewart's Warehouse Fire Rages in Macon
Macon reports a large warehouse fire at Stewart and Son with 2,500 cotton bales at risk. Firemen battle the blaze as flames engulf the building, injuring and disturbing nearby businesses. Insurance losses loom while authorities estimate total damage and await a fuller report.
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Darcy
Macon
Stewart & Son
Fourth
Mulberry Streets
Third and
Mulberry
Mulberry Street
Third
Stewart
Jacob Dinkler
Fire Association of
Philadelphia
London and Lancashire
Types of Travelers from a 19th Century Hotel Scene
A San Francisco style hotel scene contrasts a traveling man, the old married drummer, the dude and the drunkard. The unnamed man in a loud suit seeks close rooms while an observant clerk notes travel fatigue and home ties. The veteran traveler eyes telegrams and home life. The duo of a flashy masher and a heavy drinker epitomizes the era's hotel culture and risks.
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Paul Pioneer Press
Johnnie
Jakey
Jakey Rosenblatter
Robbert
Port Grape Wine of New Jersey Promoted by Physicians
Reputation of Speer's Port Grape Wine of New Jersey rests on its claimed purity and medicinal benefits. Advertisers say it benefits rheumatic and debiliated individuals, suitable for families in New York and Washington as an evening wine. Sold by L. B. Bosworth.
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Speer
New Jersey
Europe
New York
Washington
L. B. Bosworth
Northern farmers tale from Athens Banner Watchman
A Morgan county visitor recounts a Northern man who bought a Morgan farm to teach Southern blacks farming. He kept a trust for several workers, educated one boy, who later stole a $150 watch and vanished, while others managed funds. The man now rejects social equality ideas in the South.
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Athens
Morgan County
Morgan
How He Made His Fortune in America
An 1880s New York Tribune sketch mixes Ferdinand Schumacher of Ohio and his rise from a $50 start to a fortune in oatmeal, bean counters, mills, and prohibition work, with a humorous parson tale and an English traveler’s dinner anecdote. Schumacher built a business from Lake Erie fish peddling to mills amid a boom in oatmeal.
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New York Tribune
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Ferdinand Schumacher
Ohio
America
Castle Garden
New World
Lake Erie
Hell
Long Island
London
Merrie England
Parker's Tonic Promises Quick Strength Restore
A testimonial extols Parker's Tonic as a near-miracle for debility and weakness. Sam, 63, claims lasting life-long illness improved after a year of use. Mrs. Graves cites relief from general distress and pain, praising the medicine as essential. Prepared by Hixcox & Co. and sold by druggists in large bottles for one dollar.
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Parker
Sam
Mattie N. Graves
East Ona Front Streets
Providence
Hixcox & Co
Jealwlm
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Stewart’s Warehouse
Birmingham
Ala
Nei
H.er
Richmond
T. J. Simmons
L. F. Livingston
Georgia State Agricultural Society
Jobeson
Bee Feagin
Houston County
Hall
Americas
Eldridge
Davenport & Bro
Po R. Holts
Oran
Sour Basie
Holts Kulair
W. Rey
Andrew Femte
Cuthbert
Davensynt's
Storce Sogiwly- Fom
Sumter County
GranGia
Sumter
Lucinda Johnson
A. G. Spher
Grongia
Somren
John A. Underwood
James Baily
A. C. Speer
Guardian
Georgia
Court of Ordinary
Simter County
Americus
Sunter County
Muvkalee Creek
Webster Colonty
Gronota
Webster County
Z. F. Saunders
Iate
M. T. Saunders
J. A. Onimes
Isaac Sheppard
Alimor Maid
J. W.sheffield
Anced, Ga
FERRY
Baneate
Erry & CO
the Woods Corn Sheller
Poultry Kaiser
Shell
James L. Wood
Alliance O
A. T. Rogers
Practical Gunsmith
Lamar Street
Tuos. M Even
Bavglen
Gansmith
Cohen
Church Street
Ili
TL Wilkinson
Atty
Law
Optims
Tille High School
Tollowin
Tion
Lallaniaty
Jabe
Ratow
G. M. Patterson
Andersonville High School
Awit A
J Clark
Prin
Weston Academy
Weston
Welmter County
Mf. Howell
Ite Advertisiens
Jomers
Louisiana
J. H. Oglesby
Louisiana National Bank
Samuel H. Kennedy
Prest
State National Bank
A. Baldwin
New Orleans National Bank
Thy Banc
Lotte
New Orleans
PRL
Capital Prize
Joney Deirre
Espense
M. A. Dauphin
Washington, Vc
Woney
WEW
Orleans National Base
Genera
Jake Israels
Cotton
the Bank of Avercing Deeds
William Lawrence
Gyles
Americus, Ga
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