Christmas in Old Georgia and a Mountain Rescue
SARGE PLUNKETT describes Christmas calm turning to recollection of a runaway marriage near Stone Mountain in the 1840s. A bridegroom tethered by rope over a precipice is saved by rescuers, the ceremony later performed, and the father accepting the couple. He notes suburban growth near Atlanta and Georgia's industrial promise, urging faith in a strong regional future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia Railroad
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Oreska
Shoal Creek
Chattahoochee
Georgia
South
There is a young lady teaching a Sunday School class
A girl in a west end mission Sunday School urges children to return next week by hinting at the lesson. She turns Lot's wife into a pillar of salt, a moment prompting a child to ask if they ate the salt. The teacher smiles and promises more details next Sunday. Also mentions Chamberlain's Cough Remedy advertised by Hill Bros with 25 cent bottles.
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Darkey
Rayé
Abe Isant
Gend
Sam
Tom Johnson
West End
Mission
Auburba
Lot
Cincinnati Tribune
Davis & Buzard
West Monterey
Claron Cornwell
the Gazette
Middletown
N. J
Chamberlain
Hill Brow
Stillwater
Mica
Henry
Kansas City
Mies Allright
Jerusalem
China
Australia
California
Manux Rupy
Lancaster
Wilhite & Wilhite
Droggiati
Harry
Mr. Figg
Tommy
Anid Snorkins
Rome
Barkins
Rosa McDonald
Lockport
Chicago
Hill Bros
An Imitation Borglst Story Tells On Self
A man recounts a near burglary scare he staged to test a maid's fidelity. He dressed in disguise and crept to the kitchen, but the maid awoke, grabbed him, throttled him, and crushed him with a chair, shouting that she had killed a burglar.
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Mr. B
Samson
Old Enough and Other Short Items
A compact column recounts a wit in Middletown with a boy guarding sister age, a Gazette foreman praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for colds and whooping cough, and a quip from Mrs Sargent on how the Lord made women. The pieces read like a miscellany of humorous exchanges and anecdotal notes from a 19th century local paper.
Scattered Sayings and Anecdotes from a Day’s Readings
A miscellaneous column of quips and short items includes humorous exchanges, reflections on kindness and unselfishness, curious notes on fashion and longevity, trivia about clocks and rabbits, odd marriages, and a century old coin discovery. The tone imitates light weekly miscellany with varied topics and pithy asides.
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B. O. Evans & Co., Clothiers and Furnishers
Sullivan Hardware CO
J.P. Sullivan & CO
J. P. Sullivan & CO
Brock Bros
Granite Row
Anderson
Hotel Ghiquola
No. 5
D. 8
Maxwell & Son
Shikem
J. A. Austin & CO
ORB & Sloan’s
Cosxen
Sarge Plunkett
Atlant
Old Georgia
Hardshell
Elijah Webb
Stone Mountain
Taat
Saror Pionxerr
Bayard Taylor
Charles Dickens
Kenneth Square
Philadelphia
Bayard
America
England
Germany
Hayes
Berlin
Willian
Bismarck
N.Y. Ps
Hall
F. J. Cheney
Props
Toledo
Stalgach
F. J. Chenny
Deller
Teddy
Cook
Greenville Newa
Province of
Ontario
Jeaat
Florida
Atlanta Constitution
Corbett
Mitchell
Flagler
Hogg
Borglst
Johnnie
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