Woodstock mine resumes work amid shortages and trains to Atlanta
Rendalia mine operation restarts after years idle with a work crew at the site. The large washer will be rebuilt to ease city coal shortages as G Hmmel Co, Donahoo’s old shop, handles repairs. Trains 23 and 24 will run to Atlanta after June 9, via Heflin.
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Rendalia
Woodstock
Rseshoer
G Hmmel & Co
Donahoo
George S. Peterson
Biel
Atlanta Vision of
The
Southern Railway
Atlanta
Heflin
A Francis for a Life in Algeria Tale of a Moslem Knife Exchange
A Western Algeria encounter recounts Rev G. Pope meeting a mountain Moslem who, in a knife wielding moment, refuses a Koran reading and then trades a self made English style knife for a French silver and franc to preserve the life of a visitor. The tale ends noting vast depths of the sea and the Liverpool Post.
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Ouar
G. Pope
Orocco
God
Allah
Liverpool Post
Little Pocket Physician and Hyomei Cure for Catarrh
Thousands cured by Hyomei call the inhaler a Little Pocket Physician. The Scarbrough Drug Co offers a complete outfit for 1 with a guaranteed cure or no charge. Hyomei targets catarrh locally, avoiding stomach dosing and promising lasting relief.
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Scarbrough Drug Company
Hyomei
First Book Catalogues and Early Printing Milestones
The 1564 Augsburg catalogue by George Willer listed 256 book titles in a 19 page quarto. Earlier printed hand lists appeared by Mentel of Strassburg, with the Bible first edition around 1445 1465. England’s first catalogue surfaced in 1505 printed by John Winder for Andrew Maunsell.
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Augsburg
Germany
George Willer
Jonathan Mentel
Mentelin
Strassburg
England
John Winder
Andrew Maunsell
Minneapolis Journal
Two Runaways And A Boss Running Away
A humorous dialogue from the Chicago News compares a boss eloping with a woman who is laid up six weeks to a better version where a mine runs away with a boss and the boss ends up laid up for six years.
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Lewis
Erbout
Benjamin
Chicago News
Cause or Effect. Poem from a five-year convict editor
Assistant Editor Flore’s poem from a fellow serving a five year term in the Eastern penitentiary is printed with a footnote explaining the circumstance. The piece may serve as a warning to other poets in the Philadelphia Record.
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Flore
Eastern
Philadelphia Record
Musical Note Exchange Reveals Piano Talk
Dialogue snippets show a playful exchange about musical ability. He asks if she is musical and she replies with her piano skill. He notes the lack of an absolute denial, adding a lighthearted tone.
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Weill
Father’s latchkey jingles and the playful returns
A poem from Youth's Companion titled Father’s latchkey jingles portrays the father’s return at six o’clock as a source of varied, vivid roles. The children imagine him as a robber, a hungry son, a sailor with gifts, a soldier, a knight, and a peddler, yet he is most cherished when tired and simply father.
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Father
How Charcoal Is Made From Wood
The article explains charcoal production by stacking small wood sticks in circular heaps with a central chimney and an external draft. Air is limited to prevent burning, preserving carbon as charcoal. The pile, covered with earth, charred for one to three weeks, then cooled and spread.
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Chicago News
To Pierce a Coin With a Needle
A method to pierce a nickel using a very fine needle and cork supports. Insert the needle into a cork, snap off the exposed end, place the nickel on blocks, and strike with a heavy hammer. The cork supports force the needle to pierce the coin due to the needle’s rigidity.
Wanted a Decision Getrox Demands Extra Doctor
Quote from Washington Herald shows Mr Gotrox insisting on a fifth physician to pass his affliction and avoid risking a vote as four doctors seem insufficient. The exchange highlights his demand for more opinions.
Power and Knowledge Desire Cited in Fall Quote
A Bacon quip notes that excess desire for power triggers angels to fall and excess knowledge leads to mankind’s downfall, framing ambition and learning as perilous forces.
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Bacon
Georgia lawyers meet at Tybee Island
Special to the Star from Savannah reports the Georgia Bar Association opens its twenty fourth annual meeting at Tybee Island. The two day program features Champ Clark of Missouri and Judge A L Miller of Macon as main speakers with additional talks by Henry A. Alexander J R Lamar Hoke Smith Henry McAlpin W Bunn and Joseph B Pottle among others.
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Savannah
Georgia Bar Association
Tybee Island
Champ Clark
Missouri
A. L. Miller
Macot
Henry A. Alexander
Atlanta
J. R. Lamar
Augusta
Hoke Smith
Henry McAlpin
W. ©. Bunn
Cedartown
Joseph B. Pottle
Milledgeville
Handel’s Remarkable Musical Memory Detailed
The note highlights Handel’s extraordinary recall of music, stating he memorized over fifty operas fully from start to finish. It portrays him as possessing one of the era’s most phenomenal musical memories.
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Handel
Spring Fever and a Dyspepsia Tonic
Physicians report a connection between spring malaise and dyspepsia and cite a prescription blending Buchu Gentian and other extracts. In doses of a tablespoonful three times daily, the tonic is said to be effective and safe when prepared by a pharmacist.
Patrick Henry Day Observed at Jamestown Exposition
Patrick Henry Day was observed at the Jamestown exposition in Norfolk on the anniversary of the stamp act resolution. Exercise began in Convention Hall with speakers ex-Governor W. E. Cameron and Hon. William J. Bryan. Cameron spoke on Patrick Henry his life and work while Bryan addressed Taxation Without Representation is Tyranny.
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Norfolk
Patrick Henry
House of Burgesses
Convention Hall
W. E. Cameron
William J. Bryan
Cameron
Patrick Menry
Lawyers as Will Makers In Victorian Britain
A Westminster Gazette excerpt notes lawyers shaping wills with personal quirks and oddities. Lords Davey Mansfield Mits James Stephen Grimthorpe St Leonards St Helier Michards Maynard all left testaments reflecting taste for brevity unconventionality or lawyers fees while reflecting legal culture of the era.
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Lord Davey
Lord Mansfield
James Mits
James Stephen
Lord Russell
Killowen
Lord Grimthorpe
Lord St. Leonards
Lord St. Helier
H. C. Michards
K. C
Maynard
Short Talks Promote Cooper’s New Discovery Remedy
L T Cooper advertises Cooper’s New Discovery as a cure for the “all worn out” feeling caused by poor digestion and lack of air. The text recounts John Burger of Cincinnati crediting two bottles with restoring vitality after stomach fatigue, headaches, and constipation.
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Cooper
John Burger
Hopkins St
Cincinnati
Cooper remedies seller touts gas range claim
Advertisement for J. L. Wikle promoting Cooper remedies and a gas range that supposedly lets a person sleep later each morning. It suggests a hot lunch prior to bed and asserts no trouble with the gas range.
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Jellico Coal
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Model Ice Co
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Oxford Lake
Rbo Watson
Geo. S. Peterson
G. H. Brummel & Co
East Tenth Street
State Normal College
Jacksonville
R. H W. Dobbs
O. M. Forsythe
Southern
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Model Iee Co
Howard W. Sexton
New York
Kelling
Fanatic
Algeria
Ellin Ruil Adou
Bradvield
Egulater Ca
Georgia
Jamestown
L. T. Cooper
MR. Joan Burger
J. L. Wikle
Anniston Hardware CO
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