The Shirt Memoir and the Cowboy Bride
A western rancher Jason Perry gathers wealth shipping beef from Perryville in a tale where a note found in a shirt leads to Adele Storms, a Philadelphia shirt-maker’s worker. He visits Adele, falls in love, courts her, and announces his marriage in a sudden turn from business to personal life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jason Perry
Perryville
Jason Berry
Express
Tom Bently
Jason
Philadelphia
Jay
Tom
San Antonio
Poe
States
Bently
Adele Storms
Adele
Hinesit
Jones, Smith & Brown
Jones, Smith & Brown's
Dean Tom
Southern railroad law sparks fight over state control
The piece argues railroads drive Southern development and condemns state laws that place railroad control in a commission. It highlights Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad seeking a charter free from regulation, noting past failures and urging lawmakers to trust owners to manage lines and attract foreign capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sau Carolina
Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad
John M. Robinson
Baltimore
South Carolina
Newberry
Augusta
Georgia
Seaboard
Roanoke Road
Railroad Commission
Col. Robinson
Iit
Columbia
South
Wildcat Banking Recalled In Detroit Timers Tale
A Detroit elder recalls the Wildcat banking era with plans to issue notes backed by land or capital. He describes the risky scheme, the paper safeguards, and the scramble to exchange misprinted money, sharing a humorous anecdote about pooling funds from multiple banks to try exchanging in New York and Pontiac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elimore
Lapeer
Detroit
New York
Ellmore
Pontiac
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New Orleans
Elbert 8. Montgomery
Mt. Olivet
First National Bank of
Mayaville
J. O’ Brien
Richmond
Messrs. Lancaster & Locke
Isadore [Eanes
Modesto
Val
Norman Saunders
Washington City
D. C
Robt. J. Walker
M. A. Dauphin
Harpers
Ailday
Wildcat Banking
Detroit ‘Timers
Me Rany
of Ind
Dn Aves Jones
Beast
Agrat
Americus
Lorillard's
Maccoboy Snuff
Lorillard
D. C. N. Burkhalter
John N. Scarborough
Attornmey
Realstate
Southwest
Office
Public Square
Americus, GA
Daniele Pratt
Thiagin
Sumter County
Toole, McGarrah & Tonder
Byrd
Cotton
Furst
Cooper’s
Globe Cotton Planter
Tam
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