Close Call at Nashville Bridge Hold During Retreat
A veteran recounts one of his closest war calls during the Nashville campaign. Amid heavy fighting after Franklin, the180th Brigade held a vital bridge against thousands, escaping capture after a horseman-guided rescue. The account honors comrades like Brigadier General Wylie and Colonel Stovall.
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Baron
Pee
J. V. Phomus
Atlanta
Atlanta Journal
Nashville
Stovall
Franklin
Tenn
Hond
Wrinklin
Lino
Anais Lauria
Sweet Heart
Good Old
Georgia
Phil
Annie Laurie
Gibson
Louisiana
Franklin and
Oura
Stephen Tew
Eli
Dew
Jin
Clayton
Wus
Tavan
Spura
Forrest
Wylie
The Future of Electricity as a Century Ahead Vision
Thomas A. Edison predicts electricity will grow with patient, steady gains over 50 years including farming tools, mining, surgical instruments, and eventually powering railways and even celestial phenomena. He argues for focused progress, emphasizing practical farms and industry before grand planetary schemes.
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Yentler Sciences
Niagara Palla
Thomas A. Evtison
Blood Balm ad promises cure for scrofula woes
An old newspaper ad touts B B B Botanical Blood Balm for deep seated blood and skin diseases including scrofula. It claims to restore rich blood, end pain, and heal ulcers and eruptions after other medicines fail. Over 3 000 testimonials, 30 years tested, bottles $1, trial free by mail order.
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B.B.B
Atlanta
Ri-Orr Drug Go
Wilhite & Wilhite and Evans Pharmacy
Langden Hanging Railway Proposed by Early Inventor
D. Allen Willey reviews Langden suspended railway proposed by Eugene Langden, linking sugar works to industrial centers via eight mile route above the Wupper, with cars carrying 60 passengers and speeds around 18 mph. The system uses a single rail, electric power, automatic block signaling, and air and electric brakes, hailed by some as transit solution and criticized by others as a mechanical monstrosity.
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Langdon
Wupper Hiver
Vohwinkel
Thes
Iim
New York
London
D. Allen Willey
Ainstec
Decline of Black Labor Ties Cotton Prospects in South
A Southern planter cites rising Black labor shortages, especially among cotton pickers, predicting higher prices and prosperity as mills expand. Arkansas yields show a 25 percent lint increase per acre, Little Rock receipts rise from 31,080 to 52,141 bales, while cotton milling grows nationwide, foreshadowing U.S. market control of prices and trade.
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South
Alexander Brothers
North Carolina
Arkansas
Alexander
Charlotte
N. C
Tle
Little Rock
New England
United States
Chicago
Mother's Favorite Chamberlains Cough Remedy Ad
The mothers favorite cough remedy for children promises safety and cure for coughs colds croup and whooping cough. It contains no opium or dangerous drugs and can be given to a baby as well as an adult. Sold by Hill Orr Drug Co.
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Hill-Orr Drug
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Eugene Langden
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VRE Swift Pecific CO
Atlanta, GA
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Castoria
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Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co
M. M. Mat Ixison
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