Steam Tricycle Aims to Save Legs and Ease Travel
Springfield Republican reports Bullard Arms Co seeks patent for a steam powered tricycle with automatic propulsion and eight mile an hour speed, upgradable to twenty. Trials impressed two manufacturers willing to license, with designs for single or sociable forms and hill climbing capability. Patents to be filed in France Belgium Germany and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Bullard
Bullard Arms Company
France
Belgium
Germany
Beautiful Mrs Cleveland Impresses at Public Event
A detailed description praises Mrs. Cleveland’s beauty and presence, noting her height, posture, neck, ears, arms, complexion, and eyes. Her friendly, personal magnetism is highlighted as she greets many men with smiles that feel directed to each recipient.
Corput's Vineyard and Orchard On The Macon Hills
A Macon man, Capt. Felix Corput, visits Cave Spring to tour his 40 acre vineyard and orchard perched 1210 feet above sea level. He trains vines on wires, with mile upon mile of terraces and 2000 cedar posts, hoping to show how worn hill lands can yield grapes apples and peaches more profitably than cotton. He notes 12 000 vines three years old, about 3000 bearing this year. 1000 apple trees 3000 peach and 400 plum trees two years old. May 31 peaches are ripe. the west facing slopes are best for grape culture.
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Rome Clipper
Cave Spring
Corput
Macon
Felix Corput
Capt. Corput
Barre Shooting Incident and Old Couple Reunite
In Barre Montana on June 24 a man from Anaconda shot at editor C S Ziegenfuss over letters about his daughter who eloped. Ziegenfuss overpowered the assailant, Miller, who was arrested but not prosecuted. Also reported is a New York veterans excursion with 12 000 to 13 000 participants and a 110 piece band. A lifelong romance resumes after 45 years as P J Jones and Mrs N Clark meet again in Rodman New York and marry.
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Ziegenfuss
Miller
John H. Stalin
New York
Brooklyn
Excelsor Park
Hudson
P. J. Jones
N. Clark
McLean, Ill
Hancock
Masa
Jones
Mr. Clark
Louisiana
J. H. Ooksny
Nat'l Bk
J. W. Kiviretti
State
A. Batowin
New Orleans
Leviviayture
Academy OF Music
Prolific Corn Growth Report From Dooly County Fields
Montezuma Record notes T McGough of Dooly county displays an unusually productive corn stalk with four fully developed ears. He claims the crop may average four ears per stalk and expects yields of twenty five to thirty bushels per acre across an eight acre field.
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T. McGough
Dooly County
Sears
Effingham County Favors Bacon For Governor Over Gordon
In Effingham county a mass meeting at Springfield voted between Gordon and Bacon with Bacon winning. Resolutions praised Gordon and Baron but urged delegates to nominate a candidate not yet announced if possible. otherwise they would back Major A. O. Bacon. Six delegates were elected to the gubernatorial convention.
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Gordon
Springfield
Bacon
Effingham County
Mass
John B. Gordon
A. O. Baron
A. O. Bacon
Human iPhone piano thrills Alleghany festival audience
At the North Avenue Methodist Church in Alleghany Pa a novel act dubbed the human iPhone drew attention. Nine masked young ladies stood behind a screen each linked to a musical note by a cord while Miss Nellie Schoyer used a wand to cue their notes turning the room into a live piano performance with Home Sweet Home Yankee Doodle and other tunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Avenue Methodist Church
Alleghany
Nellie Schoyer
Miss Schoyer
Sweet Home
Simmons Movement Dominates Houston County Politics
In Houston County Georgia a Simmons backed delegation movement forms after Judge Simmons withdrew from the gubernatorial race. Voters favor Simmons over Bacon or Gordon as delegates are chosen for a July 15 and a mass meeting in Perry on July 5. A Hartford Times note recalls lotteries, pumpkins, and local scenes from Perry and Kingston with dated color.
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Simmons
Houston
Perry Momo Journal
Houston County
Judge J. Simmons
Georgia
Judge Simmons
Bacon
Gordon
Simmon
Perry
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Bank of Americus
Americus
Louisiana State Lottery
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Ort
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Troutec
Rome
East
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Oni Ex Sont
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STERN
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General Agency
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Ofice Adjoining Bank of
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Atlanta
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Kight
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W.T. Toole
Samuel McGarrah
W. H. Tondee
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W. T. Toole
Old Grange
Samuel McVarrah
W. J. Tondee
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Toole, McGurrl & Tandee
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Tondee
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