Billarps Letter on Bribery and Plunder in America
A column in the Atlanta Constitution discusses rising frauds and the lure of easy money. It notes lobbyists, political bribery, and the role of preachers in patent medicines, with anecdotes about a lottery king and a spider farming scam, then ends with a Georgia tramp tale and a wary welcome home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
Diamond Charley
Congress
Snow
Agit
Washington
United States
John A. Morris
Supreme Court of the United States
John B. Hood
Simon
Atlanta
Texas
Arkansas
North Carolina
Kansas
Missouri
New York
New Jersey
Mierchman
Ata Oli
le Na
Man Returns After Ten Years to Claim Wife He Left in 1885
Curtis Johnson, 35, returns to Cincinnati after a decade away a bankrupt lumber businessman with a fortune and gifts. He confronts Utta Freeah Johnson Perry, now Mrs Perry, who divorced him years ago and remarried. She faints on recognizing him. Johnson had vanished after hardships, later found wealth in mining in Mexico. His plans include supporting his daughter.
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Virginia
Texas
Cedartown
Jon Blanco
Borders
John Waddell
Rome
Joe Blanco
Talladega
Gola
Birn Amr
Gaepxyiute
Curtis Johnson
Cincinnati Tribune
Johnson
Utta Freeah
Isro
William TH. Perry
Mr. Perry
Mrs. Johnson
As. Johnson
Mexico
Larry
Hall's Catarrh Cure claim ad from 19th century
The advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy claiming to cure catarrh by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a $100 reward for proof of failure and urges readers to send for testimonials and to buy from Cheney & Co of Tate, Ohio, with drudges sold locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Hall
Clare
Cheney & CO
Tate
Proportionate Hegrees to Whites At State Penitentiary
A Columbia State article tours the South Carolina State Penitentiary. It notes a stark racial imbalance among 1,054 convicts, with 65 whites and 989 blacks, and highlights notable inmates like Bob Jones and Professor Frank Shuford while recounting escape attempts and the brutal security of the five story cell blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Penitentiary
Mure
Wastfield
Sipsink Allen
Buch
W. B. Young
Pee Place
Bob Jones
Pressley
Edgefield
Jones
South Carolina
Badgefield
Lexington
Frank Shuford
York County
Georgia
Shuford
North Carolina
Tla
William Sheppard
Columbia
Charlie Jaggers
Chester
John Jones
Jaggera
Andy Cloyd
Oconee
Albert Jenkins
Chester County
Jenkins
No Need of Sun Plants Grown by Electricity at Agricultural Experiment Staten Island
The article reports on early electro cultivation experiments at U.S. agricultural experiment stations, notably Amherst and Ithaca, using electricity to stimulate plant growth. It describes electric gardens with copper wire frames and insulators, experiments with arc and incandescent lights, and theories on how currents affect plant growth, rest, and flowering, plus anticipated future wider adoption.
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New York
Department of Agriculture
Nature
C. I. Warner
Amherst
Mass
Warner
Ithaca, N. Y
Bailey
Neaeseary
Waimela
Professor Bailey
Arctic
Bailey Ia
West Virginian Experiment Station
I. W. Rane
Hane
How to Make Butter at Mr Hicklin's Guthriesville Dairy
Yorkville correspondent details Mr W H Hicklin's butter making method at Guthriesville. Describes the cream separator, ripening, swing churn, washing, salting, and pressing into one pound cakes for shipment. Notes yields and profitability, with remarks on the optimal cream condition and salt quantity for market butter. Also mentions unrelated ad notes and a brief testimonial about a cough remedy.
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Yorkville
News and Courier
W. H. Hicklin
Guthriesville
Hivklin
One Vote's Power in History and Faith
A discussion on how a single vote or word by one person can alter history and salvation. It cites Electoral College shifts in 1800 and a Massachusetts governor race decided by one vote, then applies the idea to personal influence in Christian life. The excerpt closes with a playful exchange about propriety and public opinion between Miss Swift and Slowboy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aston Burr
Thomas Jeferson
Burr
United States
Anrew Johnson
United States Senate
Massachusetts
Marcus Norton Wos
The Colonel's Patch Raid Ends in Chaos
An incident at Strainsboro involves a landowning Colonel whose watermelon patch is raided repeatedly by thieves. In a chaotic chase the Colonel fires, crashes through a door, shatters a bureau and windows, and both men fleeing tear the patch and surrounding vines, boards, and fences. The next morning clues reveal torn melons, blood on vines, and broken fences.
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Strainsboro
Recalled Spotsylvania Clash and McGowan’s Brigade Tale
Sergeant Brown of the 8 Q V recounts a May 1864 Spotsylvania engagement where a Yankee demanded surrender but was sent back. A later Gulf voyage memory ties McGowan’s Brigade to a similar incident involving Major Parker, Carlisle of Spartanburg and a Union City resident. The author weighs coincidences and recalls the Spottssylvania moment.
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Brown
8. Q.V
Gusta Chroniele
Spotsylvania C. H
Co. K
Orr
Anderson
Harria
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston
New Orleans
Morgan Line
Yeas
McGowan
A. P. Bill
Spottsylvanua
McGoran
How
Carlisle
Spartanburg
Parker
Union City
Michigan
Nemoz Jews
Car Viale
Abbeville
Fragmented Miscellany Anecdotes and Odd Facts
A jumble of curiosities and quips appears, listing teeth in sheep, human bones, hair turning gray, and judgments on knowledge. It cites state production shares, postal letters, kindness, and a rabbit fence in Australia. Also notes on rain drops, Jarrah wood, a boy’s prayer, Japanese paper clothing, Saxon cross marks, and a Portland man's fatal accident. includes limning of a dog and stray garbled place names.
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Alabama
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Postal Service
New South Wales
Queensland
Australia
Western Australia
Rufus M. Merrill
Portland and
Rochester Road
Portland
Mis Dog
Mr. Merrill
Frenton
N. Jt
Amovigany
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Tee
B. O. Evans & CO
Chattanooga
Cook’s
Cook’s Portable Furnaces
O&m
Sullivan Hardware CO
D. P. Sloan & CO
Coxxor Sally
Una
G. F. Bigby
G. F. Tolly * Son
J. P. Sullivan & CO
J. P.sullivan & CO
Billarps
Enoch Arden
Germany
Sane
Drogelste
Columbia State
Sally
Sarah Jane Johnson
Samuel Johnson
Mt. Sterling
Hua Juet
Chamberlain
Tina S. Hinton
Grahkamisville
Aga Co
Washington Evening Star
Richard King
Rio Grande
New England
Kings
Kennedys
Colliages
Armstrongs
King
San Antonio
Brownsville
Santa Gertrudis
Corpus Christi Bay
Fifth Avenue
Corpus Christi
Mr. Davis
Triangle
Tony
Agricultural Experiment Staten
Kotan
St. Paul
Wim. Keil
Selby Ave
Mina
Hill Bros
Miss Swift
Mr. Slowboy
Slowboy
Spottsylvania
Carlisle- Parker
Hunt
Charleston
Auguste, Ga
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