Going, going, gone in Florida trip with family notes
The narrator and his wife leave Atlanta for Florida, escorting the mother to Jacksonville. They visit the ostrich farm zoo and Pablo Beach, report Jacksonville’s growth, new sewers and clean streets, and admire Oglethorpe era parks. They plan more travel to St Augustine while family letters home wait. The writer recalls Georgia’s past and mentions a reunion with young lawyer Marks.
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Florida
Jong
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Florida Zoo
Pablo Beach
St. Augustine
Golden Nugget Spurs Farm Romance in Measra
A colored girl named Emilie Lindsay found a pure virgin gold nugget weighing 13 pennyweights on Wadaworth and Pegram’s Measra farm east of the city. She turned it over to M. P. Pogram, president of the First National Bank, and received 10 silver dollars. The windfall funds a planned autumn wedding between Emilie and her fiancé, who rushed to obtain a marriage license.
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Measra
Wadaworth & Pegram
Bwiline Lindsay
Andia
Jones Farm
Wadsworth& Pegram
Hamiline Lindsay
Charlotte Observer
Atlanta Banker Praises Home Institution in Speech
An Atlanta National Bank executive Mr. Chas B. Currier extols Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy and other medicinals, praising instant relief and suitability for his acquaintances. The note includes endorsements from Mrs. Calvin Zimmerman of Mileburg Pa for Que Minute Cough Cure and other drugstore products, plus general moral reflections and varied testimonials from pharmacies and pastors.
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Chas. B. Currier
Atlanta National Bank
Tyner
Hill-Orr Drug Co
Wilhite & Wilhite
The Boy Hans and the Enemies in a Dutch Tale
A bright-eyed boy named Hans, later Hana Findlings, is mentored by Prank Hals. He grows to paint lively scenes of taverns and drinking, succumbs to alcohol, and, under a physician’s test, chooses water over wine. He reforms, living many years as a contributing artist.
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Prank Hals
Hans
Hals
Hana Findlings
Vasaries of Joe Wheeler in Congress a colorful portrait
A feature sketches General Joe Wheeler as a lively, bulky figure in Congress. It details his forgotten hats and sleeve links, his habit of dropping clothing in committee rooms, and his unusual family move episode. It notes his warm reception by staff and colleagues and his simple, popular lunches.
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Joe Wheeler
Hhouse of Representatives
Congreta
General Wheeler
Wheeler
Wother
Capitol
Congress
One Against the Mean Man Joke on a Railway Porter
A London Answers anecdote describes a traveler who teases railway porters by delaying luggage fees until trains depart. On a Birmingham trip he misses paying, prompting a porter’s sharp quip about the forgotten brown portmanteau left on the platform.
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Birmingham
Gorry
Yin
London
A Turk Prefers Turks for Office Says Englishman
An English resident in Constantinople notes Turks as reliable workers and sober by religious principle, saying Christians should learn from their abstinence from intoxicants. He claims Turks are favored for watchmen and boatmen due to sobriety, contrasting with Christian behaviors.
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Constantinople
Golden Horn
Pera
The Turks and Their Endurance Compared to Greeks
A Scottish Refarmer quotation argues Turks deserve sympathy yet excel in battle due to abstinence from intoxicants. It claims Turkish soldiers endure hardship better than Greeks, attributing this to their religious practice and total abstinence, contrasting Greek camps where brandy was found.
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Endorsed By Albany Family
An Albany dairy man sought a doctor for a child with croup but used Chamberlains Cough Remedy and improved, prompting neighbors to request it. Ads tout DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve and One Minute Cough Core as trusted cures, with patient testimonials praising quick relief and safety.
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Albany
N. Y
Otto Scholz
Chamberlain
Kill-Orr Drug Co
DeWitt
Evans Pharmacy
Wm. Orr
Newark
Pneumonis
Bishop Potter on Asia and the Philippines Tour Reflections
Bishop Potter spoke on his five point tour to the Philippines, Japan and China under Protestant Episcopal auspices. He praised General Otis and the Philippine military administration while noting Filipinos are unfit for self government and that a civil regime would require a large military presence. He observed Sino Japanese cordiality and the limited hope for European nations to shape Asia, as well as factory work conditions in Manila where Filipino youths mass produced cloth and protested factory smoking bans.
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New York
Marely
Motter
Jinx
Philippines
Japan
Tudin
Wade
Protestant Episcopal Church
China
Hogland
Kasaia
Germany
Europe
Philippine
Potter
Otishen
Aguinaldo
Hong Kong
Impaua
Manila
Srish
Choosing An Occupation Advice From Higginson
Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson, renowned abolitionist and writer, urges young men in Success to avoid persistent occupation switching. He warns that in fluid economies such as the United States, remaining adaptable prevents failures and incomplete lives. The notes also report high U.S. labor costs closing New York factories and Havana beef prices.
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson
England
American Tobacco Company
New York
Havana
Atchinson Sobe
Great Britain
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M. B. Smith
Butternut
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Harris Lithia
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Asheville
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Joinney Williams
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M M. Mattison
Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co
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Peoples’ Bank
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Tron King
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Liberty
Peerless
Iron King
Yours Truly
Osborne & Osborne
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