Pelzer and Piedmont Mills Show South's Industrial Rise
BILL Ane describes a trip from Atlanta to Pelzer and Piedmont, detailing vast cotton mills, child and adult wages, company town control, and the millionaire captains who run the towns. He notes 60,000 spindles in one mill, 1,400 rooms, 1,100 operatives, and 56,000 bales of annual production, plus schools, libraries, and a company-backed insurance system.
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Pelzer
Thad
Saluda
Piedmont
Atlanta
Greenville
Cartersville
Smythe
Charleston
Guy
Mil No. 4
Saluda River
City
Shanghai
China
New England
Old England
John Bull
Mr. Guy
Belton
Upper Carolina
James L. Orr, Jr
Ile
Pather Pelzer
Georgia
South Carolina
Bill Ane
Across the Great Divide Stories of the Transcontinental Railroads
A detailed panorama of the pioneering railroads across the Great Divide, tracing Asa Whitney’s early dream, Lincoln era subsidies, and the meeting at Promontory Utah on May 10 1869. It highlights the snow sheds, avalanche resistance, Canadian Pacific challenges, and the enduring impact on North America’s geography and climate.
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Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
America
Asa Whitney
New York
Uhion
China
India
Japan
United States
Congress
Lake Superior
Puget Sound
Whitney
Lincoln
Union
Central Pacific
Central
Golden Gate
Missouri
Rockies
Promontory
Utah
California
Idaho
Nevada
Montana
Sierras
Great American Desert
co+strici
Firat
Wndl
Colorado Midland
Union Pacific
Colorado
Selkirks
Canada
Words of a Famous Mission Worker in Atlanta
John P. Barclay, a well known Atlanta figure, describes suffering from indigestion and dyspepsia. In a January 23, 1895 testimonial from Atlanta he endorses Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy, praising it as the best remedy and stating he would not be without it. Boravle by Wilhite & Wilhite, Dyspepsia Remedy Co. Atlanta.
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Atlanta
John P. Barclay
C. O. Lyner
Tyner
Jxo
F. Banenay
Wilhite
Dyspepsia Rewedy Co
Atlan
Dyspepsia Cure Promoted In Local Ad
An old clipping advertises Kodol Dyspepsia Cure from Hyans Pharmacy, claiming it digests what you eat and cures all forms of dyspepsia and stomach troubles. A Texas correspondent from Vernon touts its quick relief and lasting benefit.
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K. Qt
Gamble
Vernon
L'Ex
Hyans Pharmacy
Fragmented Historic Snippet Highlights Curious Notes and Artifacts
A jumbled pastiche notes visitors declining seats, a guardian stove joke, a rare gold Lincoln era artifact said to be a General Grant gift in 1882, and a warning of coal shortages in the central West due to rail transport strains. The mix hints at museum pieces, domestic quirks, and looming supply issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Grant
Mexico
Natonal Museum
Washington
Central West
Valuable Land Sale near Belton South Carolina in 1890
Advertisement details an imminent sale of a large plantation of 332 acres near Belton SC, with three named tracts Wilkes Plantation 174 acres, Caroline Ellison Place 3-7 acres, Wm Ellison Place 120 acres including 36 acres of woodland, to be offered December 4 1890 at the Anderson Court House or prior private sale, terms one third cash balance in one and two years with interest, purchaser to pay papers and stamps.
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Court House
Anderson
D. C
Plantaton
Belton
S C
Martin
Caroline Ellison
Ellison Place
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Bill
Bill Arp
Pelzer, S. C
Gree Divide
Wble
Tuck
Stubb
Old Dogberry
Sherlock Holmes
R. V. Pierce
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
R, V Pierce
W, F. Cox
Drs
Strickland & King
Masonic Temple
Evans Pharmacy
Capes
John A. Hayes
Gainesville
Osborne & Osborne S
Ron King
Elmo
Liberty Steel
Yours Truly
Osborne & Osborne
W. F. Barr
Fant’s
Vandiver Bros
FOI
New Bank
Ganda
Tully
Fleet Town
Promptnesa
THE
Mutual Beneftt Life Insurance
Newark, N. J
M. M. Mattison
8. C
P. D
Southern Shorthand and Business University
Sa Fabess
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