Canton and its marble industry and memories of Joe Brown
The author returns to Canton Cher okee County recounting a 100 mile ride to deliver papers, the bond with his wife, and how the town grew around marble quarries and gold mining. He notes the Georgia Marble and Finishing Company plant, up to date machinery, and a planned local cotton mill. He recalls Joe Brown’s rise from teacher to governor and shares anecdotes linking Canton’s past to its present prosperity.
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Canton
Hutchins
Lee
Goodby
Let
Lawrenceville
Treckon
Cherokee
Chora
Loowa
Gober
Georgia Marble and Finishing Company
Brady
Boston
Georgia
Quarrita 1
Thurmoat
Enaley
South Cnrolins
Catton
Mosca
Garden of Eden
Abraham
Zachariah Saith
Eaith Abraham
Joe Brown
Cincinnatus
Ira Moster
Joe
Sidney
Dahlonega
Hoe
Thayu
Midas
Bob Toombs
Toombs
Henry Grady
Patrick Henry
Henry Clay
Tom Benton
Monty
Sam
Chinese medical pay plan fails under patient care clash
A tenant recounts trying a Chinese system paying doctors while patients stay well. A young doctor enforces tall bills citing illness risks. After two weeks of near-martyrdom and relentless visits, the narrator abandons the scheme and returns to the old pay method.
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Canal Street
L'Ben
Atlanta Banker's Praise for Home Treatment Advertised
An Atlanta banker praises Dyspepain Remedy for acute indigestion and claims instant relief. The ad promotes 72 Dyspepain Remedy at 50 cents per bottle via Hill-Ore Drug Co. and Wilhite & Wilkie, and includes a family exchange about a child resisting offers. Also mentions Rheumacide as a constitutional cure for rheumatism and Pickly Ash Bitters for digestion and cleansing, with Hyate Pharmacy listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choa
Umrier
Atlanta National Bank
Hill-Ore Drug Co
Wilhite & Wilkie
George
Hyate Pharmacy
Southerner's molasses prank stuns Kansas City hotel crowd
A Cartersville colonel visiting Kansas City bewilders diners by pouring black molasses into a glass and spreading it on corn bread. The meals turn into a farming nostalgia as strangers recognize the syrup as real sorghum molasses. Separate notes praise Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and a New York magistrate convicts a man for disorderly conduct after tickling his wife's feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Carter
Cartersville
Kansas City
Board of Strategy
Lo the
Albany
N. Y
Otto Scholz
Chamberlain
Will-Orr Drug Co
New York
Calvin Zimmerman
Milesba Pa
Gough
Evans Pharmnay
Colonel Jack Chinn and his valiant valet story
Dispatches recount Colonel Jack Chinn and his loyal valet Geobel as bullets raked a State House window. Chinn, famed for courage and his famed knife, tended his friend amid the gunfire. The tale notes a Houston episode with a slave-turned-servant who urged action with a dangerous weapon.
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Jack Chinn
Will
Geobel
State House
Colonel Chinn
United States
Chinn
Col. Chinn
Texas
Sam
Tegro
States
Houston
Darkoy
Massa
Eul Sud
Darky
Dallas News
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Bill Arp
Arp
Atlanta Constitution
A. ¥. DePinent
Journal
Doylestown
Ohio
Timea
Hill Init
Atlanta
Col
Evans Pharmacy
Shirley
Mass
Nevada
Hort Rirey
Kansas
Ogden
Anderson Cotton Mill
Anderson Cotton
Bank of Anderson
Andérson
S. C. Medical Association
South Carolina Medical Association
Charleston
Hobart Amory Hare
Philadelphia
Agnuss
W. P. Porcher
T. P. Whaley
A. Brock
John Brown
K. F. Mauldin
James A. Drake
Thomas F. Drake
John R. Drake
Jesse T. Drake
Bisbenbom
Seovew
Smillig Hsv
AON
SaMog
Sony Ogy
NIVIA
Ten Car
Ligon & Ledbetter
Grouers
M M. Mattison
Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co
Newark, N. T
Peoples’ Bank
Anderson
Dean & Ratliffe
ButLepar Osnorn
Tron King
Elmo
Liberty
Iron King
Dtc
Yours Truly, Osborne & Osborne
Parian Paints
F. B. Grayton & CO
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