Monteagle and Monteagle Hotel in the mountain assembly
A reader reports on Monteagle Tennessee home to the annual Monteagle Assembly. The east wing hotel property, ownership details, and the tranquil mountain setting near Sewanee are described. Lectures by Dr Lafferty and Dr Osmire, plus Frank Beard Chalk Talks, attract attendees. South Carolina’s Dr Osmerle and Girardeau are noted as speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odi Mabes
Mont Eagle
Mali Blah
Ibly
Mobutsin
Manteagle
Chattengan
Wwe
Tanoora
Monteagie
Cvillage
Sewanee
Menla
Mooteagle
Remein
Monteigle
Laffarty
Richmond
Virginia
Dr. Lafferty
Gaderty
Bir
Frank
Mr. Cartisle
Kentricky
Drs. Osmirle
Spartanburg
Girardeau
Columbia
South Carolina
Acholara
Mosby and Wareley Spy Trade Exposed by War Tales
A St Louis dispatch to the New York Sun recounts Colonel Mosby’s wartime dealings with Parday Worsley the Union spy of Shenandoah who died at Jamestown New York. Worsley’s odyssey includes disguised orders, barter for woolen goods and a bold offer of protection for transporting contraband to Baltimore and Washington. The tale contrasts Mosby’s restraint with Worsley’s opportunism and notes a jail break and local reactions along with scientific notes on life’s polar origins and Earth’s slow cooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St.Louis
New York Sun
John W. Muncon
Mosby
Worsley
Shenandoah
Jamestown
N. Y
Monson
Monby
Middleburg
Old Warnley
Méaby
Warley
Baltimore
Washington
Wareley
Bion
Beltimore
Malaby
Colonel Mosby
Lee
The Thief and the Coast Thereof Island Notes Aug 8 1887
An 1887 island coastal feature describes shifting sands on The Island near the coast. Wind changes, sand mounds, blocked tracks and gritty meals irritate residents. A playful sunlit shore helps walking and air breezes while explaining sea and land breezes and tides with a teacherly voice.
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Subrivan’s
Weaward
Bay of Funity
Arliers
Law for Loan Companies Judge Rules Usury In Land Loans
United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of Georgia, presided by Hon. Emory Spear, declares contracts for land loans illegal when loan companies take 10 to 20 percent as commissions. The ruling, upholding a Georgia verdict, limits borrowers to repaid principal, legal interest, and included commissions, and overrules a new-trial motion. This landmark decision addresses widespread Midland South and West practices.
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Emory Spear
United States Circuit Court
Southern District of Georgia
Sherwood
Georgia
Basi
Toa
United States
South
Fort Hunter saga and a tale of a heroic street incident
The report recalls Maj Anderson after surrendering at Fort Hunter becoming a regular army brigadier general and bonding with Sherman amid Kentucky's divided loyalties. It also recounts a lynching cost, a boy’s pistol incident in Rock Hill, a Chatsworth wreck reference, and a dramatic rescue near Glenwood involving Amanda Barker, ending with passengers rewarding her bravery.
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Maj. Anderson
Fort Hunter
Department of Kentucky
Anderson
Sherman
Mme
Imagination and the Power of the Mind Stories
An anthology discusses imagination influencing the body and mind. A condemned murderer pretends a painless death, dying from fear while no blood is shed. Dr Buckland’s dinner party tale shows illness from imagined dinner, urging willpower to ward off disease and happiness. A Brussels telegraph notes a Paris balloon voyage reaching 7000 metres with observers reporting suffocation, while historic ascents list Glaisher and Coxwell at about seven miles and Zenith expedience at twenty-two thousand feet.
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Buckland
Mississippi
Dr. Buckland
New York Herald
Brussels
Paris
Bacoofoy-Tenneville
Luxembourg
Herzogenwald
Sainte-Ode Castle
M. Frere Orban
Liberal Party
Messrs. Glaisher and
Coxwell
Wolverhampton
Bngland
Glaisher
M. Grace- Spinelli
Tissandier
Mormon immigration to Medicine Hat lands debated in Dominion
Salt Lake City Mormons about 100 seek homestead lands near Medicine Hat Northwest Territory to form a settlement. Government weighing whether to encourage immigration while the Minister of Justice opposes. News cautions that Utah experiences warn against early local ascendancy and law challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Dominion
Medicine Hat
Northwest Territory
Utah
Dead Indians Debts Highlight Family Obligation
A former merchant in East Oregonian recounts how relatives settle debts of deceased Native Americans while white heirs often avoid unpaid dues. He cites a case where $345 owed by a dead Indian led to $330 already paid by relatives, with plans to cover the remaining $50. The speaker contrasts this with wealthier white decedents who leave no property yet seldom receive payment.
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Tadiave
Anderson
Oregonian
Seaside dog earns his dinner via coin tossing tale
A visiting lady feeds a handsome dog at breakfast. The dog then pawed his master’s pocket, prompting the master to hand over a coin. The dog trotted to the visitor, accepted the coin, wagged, and returned the tip with a grateful glance, a quaint scene of clever canine economics. Also noted are brief regional items on women voting, former senators, and a string of curious local oddities.
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Levera
Girls Beware of Transient Men and Modern Society
A cautioned admonition to girls about dangers of alluring but unscrupulous suitors. It warns that flashy gold and charming speech can mask harm, urging steadiness, family guidance, and self respect to avoid grief, public shame, and lost futures. The piece stresses the value of home, paternal counsel, and prudent judgment.
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Society of Brothers
Tatilers and Diters Sparkled in Mixed Views at N Y Church
The Rev Sam Jones discussed Tatilers and Diters in New York pointing to mixed reputations among churchgoers. He praised some as good yet warned danger from others, joking about fit roles for card players and jockays, and noting fire and heaven as central images in the debate.
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Rouno
N. Y
Sam Jone
Kita
Sime
Three Preachers Killed In Pike County Wagon Accident
In Pike County Georgia three preachers named Upshaw Green Georges Colwell and Daniel were killed when a wagon drawn by two mules collided with a railroad train near Newway. Rev Upshaw survived severely injured. The accident occurred during a temperance gathering of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion church.
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Chesterfield
Joubph W. Riley
Tatum
Hamer Place
Jasper Estarling
Cheraw
Messry
Raker
Sherif
Boston
Georgia
House of Representatives
Woodworthy
Atlanta University
Carrigan
State Board of Education
Saleski
Ohio
Hocking Valley
McMastera
Wirm
Kol
Rom
Newway
Upshaw
Green Georges
Colwell
Daniel
Israel
Pike County
African Methodist Epiacopall
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Amania
Monteagle
Sunday News
Yast
John Burroughs
Arctic
G. Hilton Scribner
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Beribner
Antarctic
Equator
Scribner
Mr. Scribner
Amul
Alan Firat
Firat
Lua
Pasa
North Pole
South Pole
Charleston
Atcheller
Saratopa Springs
P. A. Sawyer
Carpet Bay
the Treasury
Mader
Uruk
Quartermaster General’s Office
Memenger
East Fifty-eighth Street
Russell H. Koeyale
Sherman H. Kneyals
Cheater
A. Arthur
Knevals
Charles N. Seale
United States Army
Goroner Messenger
Kuevsla
Lawis A. Sayre
Fifth Avenue
Havana
Mr. Kuevals
Wisdom
Wisdom, Norton & Slaughter
Broad Street
Doster
Backer
Des‘ Monies’s
Fourteenth Street
Nash & Crook's
Nassau Street
Two Causea
Evening Sun
8 Life Insurance Society
Inga
Nasuyitee
Texs
McDonald
Michigan
Lawrenceburg
Lawrence
Sudiaoep
Hilton
Eafd
Fort Smooter
Edgelied
Thia
Rock Hill Herahtenya
Willie Caraway
Jock Power
Chatsworth
Ill
Clataworth
Amanda Barker
Cincinnati
Hamilton and
Indianapolis
Glenwood
Ind
land—Louisville Courier-Journad
Carl
Ficus
Kansas
Nebraska
Jellurman Davis
Thomas L Cliogman
North Carolina
United States Senate
Hillspare
Mice
Fayette Township
Hilledale
Amos J. Biggrt
Hilladale
Fouesville
Birga
Erie Minutenou
Chadaineu
Sam Jones
New
Tgnatius Donnelly
James D. Tennison
County
Birta
Egypt
Bo Ttis
Alexandris
Liverpool
Laat
George
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