Signs and old Southern life in postwar Georgia reflections
An elderly narrator, TL Plunkett, contemplates signs of troubled times, rural decline, and a return to country life as the South faces unrest. He recalls prewar prosperity, old country homes, and the need to unite brain and capital for agricultural revival, urging a shift from urban speculation to farming.
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Atlanta Constitution
Brown
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Toombs
Cobbs
Stephens
Jeff Davin
Yaney
Igns
Thia
Draina
Africa
South
Appomattox
Old
Georgia
Plunk
Pike
Herriwether
Coweta
Spalding
Henry
Monroe
Hella
New York
Snd
Jst
Lance Plunket
Lesson in First Aid from Philadelphia Press
Women learns to handle children injuries with nurse guidance. Steps include splints from folded pillow, cold compresses, proper bandaging, and controlling bleeding with a tourniquet method. The dialogue covers sprains, dislocations, nosebleeds, cuts, and burns, stressing prompt, correct care before a doctor arrives.
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Abe
Strode
Freddie
Besulia
Baron
Scalda
Philadelphia Press
Bravest of two wars Brig Gen John Dunovant dies in battle
At a South Carolina Confederate veterans reunion Gen M C Butler recalls Brig Gen John Dunovant of Chester as a gallant, disciplined commander who fell near a causeway at the Petersburgh front on Oct 1 1864 while leading his brigade. The account notes his earlier US Army service, Mexican War losses, and steadfast character.
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Columbia
M. C. Butler
John Dunovant
Chester
D. C
United Confederate Veterans
John Dunvant
South Carolina
Northern
Virginia
Sap Key
Dunovant
Tom
Regular
United States
Confederacy
Charleston
Mouliria
Sumter
Morris Island
Tami
McDowell's Farm
Petersborg
Lee
theDunovant
Young
Talliaferro
Georgia
Tha
Leo
Natal
Anderson
Yond
Rinls
Cavalry Corps
Phillips
Thirteenth Virginia
Dunoyant
Donavant
Jeffords
Fontaine
Cheeter
City of Mexico
Chapultepec
10Th Infantry
Pitt Leeand
James River
Mr. Elwell
Columbia State
Dian
Delicate trephination saves wounded Magenbeck lion
A 2 year old lion at Hanenbeck’s show underwent trephination after a lioness mauling caused skull injury. Surgeons H G Barnes and W R Barnes performed the risky operation in Bowden & Stewart’s livery stable with ether anesthesia and strong men restraining the animal. The skull fracture was relieved and the brain freed, yielding a promising recovery outlook for the creature.
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Atlanta Constitution
Magenbeck
Vandyke
H. G
W. KR. Barnes
Paarna
Carnes
Bowden & Stewart
Dre. Carnes
Hunter Street
J.J. Carnes
W. J. Carnes
Jooze
miscellany of curious lore and oddities from a bygone era
A compendium of scattered items and quips: amusing aphorisms on kindness and home, odd facts about coastlines and butterflies, notes on a Virginia hotel plan, a Boston harbor bottle mystery, and brief, sometimes odd, anecdotes. Includes a Mexican duel verdict, a Florida to Texas shipping tale, and a Pain Balm success story.
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Beau
Flossit
Mize Moasie
Gigy
High Knob
Virginia
Philadelphia
Pattijohn
Walla
Washington
Maud Ryana
Beaver Falla
Penn
Metal Worker's
Rothchilds
America
Globe
Boston Harbor
Caribbean Sea
J. Edwin Stone
San Francisco
New York City
Shell Creek
N.C
Texas
Cable
Dea
Perste Moohahiner
Revenue
Sncageniat
Leonard Wells
Ast Brimfield, Mast
Solden
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Thin House
B. C. Evans & OU
St. Louis
Curmson College
Rae Sore Russell & Breazeale
Phous
Thruston Ballard
Phaet Ballard
Ballard & Ballard CO
Louisville
Brownlee & Vandivers
South Osrolina
Syracuse
Nhea
Yours Truly
Brock Bros
ORR & Sloan
Farners and Merchants Bank
Thare
Will. R. Hubbard
Sarge Plunkett
Buffalo Express
Japan
China
Mowler
Cynicus
Srive
Dato
Civar Touano
Tucas Coustr
Franx J. Cieney
Pj, Canarey & C
Aoung Lusineas
Toledo
Beate
Cataana
Hart
Frank J. Cheney
A.diag
Fomat AW Gleason
P. J. Chene
Sampson
Salely
Will Bros
Hanenbeck
Sonal
Netherlands
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