Close Call in War Echoes of a Narrow Escape
In a Atlanta Journal piece General Gordon recalls a May night near the war’s end when his Confederate brigade unknowingly rode into Union lines. With courier Beasley, Gordon dodged capture by leaping from a single horse and charging to safety, escaping with only torn gray cloth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Beasley
Tia Grange
Ouraelven
Beasley
Hugh
Thad
Bossley
Union
Shaler
Waion
Aentrion
Thakova
Blood Balm promise for scrofula and skin diseases ad
An old advertisement touts B B B Botavic Blood Balm as a cure for scrofula ulcers cancer and skin troubles. It claims to restore rich blood and strength, citing 3000 testimonials and 30 years of testing. Free trial and confidential medical advice offered via a Atlanta Ga address. Hill Orr Drug Co Wilhite Wilhite Evans Pharmacy linked distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blood Balm Company
Atlanta
Dencriba
Hill-Orr Drug Co
Wilhite & Wilhite and
Evans Phormary
Edgefield, 8. C
Apri
Harris
Harris Lithia
Eare
Sige Lang
Harris Lithia Springs
Jane
Tibert
Lithia
Evans Pharmacy
Harris Lithia Water CO
Harris Spring
8. C
Folly of cherishing old notions and a remedy note
Fragmentary item notes folly of clinging to old ideas while new ones arise and mentions Prickly Ash Bitter as a kidney remedy. A soldier reports seeing a young woman about 18 or 19 found dead with a rifle and a gunshot wound, amid a claim of reporting from Evans Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Evans Pharmasy
Hirl
Cornwallis Taken End of British Empire on Yorktown Day
Cyrus Townsend Brady narrates Yorktown surrender with drum parley and flags. He notes Cornwallis capitulated to Lincoln, the British armada failed to intervene, and the United States emerged independent. The scene ends with Washington's gratitude and a new nation born.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Yorktown
de Grasse
Yun Haven Bay
Ruan Penn
Charleston
Jornwallis
Amerlea
Washington
Lexington
Concord
Paul Revere
Bunker Hill
Trenton
Princeton
Saratoga
Valley Forge
Philadelphia
Cornwallis
Old Town
England
Lord George Germaing
Sir Henry Clinton
de Gramo
West Indies
France
Honey
New York
Lord George
Tao King
United States of America
Real Life Romances From England and Bradford
Five real life tales of love across England and America feature a Bradford weaver who marries abroad and returns as a knighted husband, a Lancashire inventor whose wealth advances after a hospital nurse rescue, a Lancashire MP’s governess romance, a south coast nobleman and a village librarian’s daughter marriage, and a yachtsman’s maid who becomes a countess after two voyages. all framed in 19th or early 20th century social tone with marriages amid class and fortune.
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England
Cinderella
Milla
Bradford
America
Ale
Old Bradford
Indy
Forkshire
Madden
Lancashire
Countlena Industries
Ursamaid
Tancashire
London
Grcht
Howe
St. Louis Republic
Dixie Cotton Debate in England and Chicago Woman Praises Remedy
The article contrasts English insistence on domestic cotton supply with Yankee claims Dixie cotton remains essential. London and Chicago sources dismiss ideas of India or Sudan cotton replacing American staples. It also features Illinois Woman's Alliance Vice President Roxa Tyler praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after a severe cold, noting quick relief and avoidance of a doctor’s bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Jobn Bull
Dixie
R. Huue
London Cotton Exchange
Daily Newa
India
Soudan
Cape Colony
United States
Egypt
China
Japan
Providence
London
Chicago News
Chicago
Roxa Tyler
Illinois Woman's ‘Alliance
Chamberlain
Hill-Orr Drug Co
Bonded to a Convict Boss in Preston Georgia
An old man Harrison Mayo contracts his son Caloney Mayo to work with convict boss J W Callahan at a nearby saw mill until Caloney reaches 21. The sealed contract, drawn by Clerk George E Thornton, is said to place the boy under guard as forced labor amid questions of its legality and motive.
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Preston
Harrison Mayo
Caloney Mayo
J. W. Callahan
George E. Thornton
Horn
Calony
Cal- Inbanco
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John B. Gordon
TB. Jones, Jr
Atlanta Journal
Gordon
Moion
Confederan
Grant
Sedgewick
Cornwallia
Aullon
Creay
Agincourt
Poictiers
Paul Jones
Fort Stanwix
Monmouth
Guilford Court House
O'Hara
Lincoln
Peter Sherman
North Stratford Staye
Myans
Sears
SWIFT
Castoria
What Is
Ares
Kirkland
South Carolina
Anderson
Bone the
Ben. B. Bleckley
Noel B. Sharpe
Osh
Burst and
Ferry’s
Ian
Yours
F. B. Grayton & CO
Pont
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