Georgia Rail Road Began After Mudhole Delays
A sketch by James W. Camak recounts how a muddy road near Union Point delayed a Princeton Factory shipment and spurred Georgia to charter the Georgia Rail Road in 1833. It details early meetings, opposition from Savannah Augusta boards, wartime concerns, and the 1836 start of construction with wooden rails and later iron, reaching Greensborough by 1839 and a fatal wreck that halted night trains.
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James W. Camar
Georgia
United States
Janes Camak
William Williams
William Dearing
Princeton
Athens
England
Savannah
Augusta
Union
Georgia Rail Road
James Camak
Athens Ga
Georgia Rail Road Company
James Shannon
William P. Cunningham
Elizur
D. Newton
Alexander B. Linton
William Lampkin
Henry B. Thompson
John A. Cobb
Absalon
Janes
John Cunningham
W. D. Mitchell
WM. Dearing
Jas, Camar
Williams
Boards of Trade
Washington
D. C
Savannah River
Greensboro
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Tenn
Greensborough
Georgia Gazette
Shortest days remark sparks chilly exchange
Binley notes the longest nights, Briggs snaps back with a brisk return. The exchanged quip captures a wintry mood as two locals debate the season.
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Binley
Briggs
Very Interesting Old Wills From Virginia and Pennsylvania
Transcribed wills detail Mary Booker’s estate in Prince Edward County Virginia 1798 plan for heirs including slaves and stock. James Baskins of Cumberland County Pennsylvania 1788 assigns sums to daughters and supports widow and son Mitchell with executors Frederick and David Watts.
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Mary \Hooker
Prince Edward County
William \Booker
Jane Davis Morton
Elizabeth Judie Green
John Booker
Rebecca Smith
Peter
William Flournoy Booker
Thomas Flournoy Booker
Gidion Booker
Mary William Booker
Jacob Morton
Thomas Spencer
Lucy Spencer
Benny Spencer
Thomas Pears Macherlah Davis
William Watkins
Mary Booker
John 1 Booker
James Basking
Rye Township
Cumberland County
Pennsylvania
Elizabeth McCay
Catherine Stephens
Sarah Dougherty
Jane Jones
Elizabeth Baskins
Mitchell Baskins
Francis Baskins
Frederick Watts
David Watts
James Baskins
Willm. Lyn
Commonwealth +of Pennsylvania
County of
Cumberland
Register’s Office
Jas. W. Dougherty
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Hat Box Hinged Drop-Down Side Lets Hat Stay On Shelf
A simple hat box hack stores a hat on a high shelf. Slit the two upright edges of one side so the cover lifts and the side drops as if on hinges. This lets the hat be removed without moving the box from the shelf.
In Politics a Woman’s Sacrifice and Reform
A quoted exchange with Senator Sorghum questions whether women should engage actively in politics. He cautions that a woman who dedicates herself to politics may experience the same challenges as a woman who marries a man to reform him.
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Senator Sorghum
Eastern lecturer says imitation lace curtains are in bad taste
An Eastern woman lecturer on interior decoration argues that imitation lace curtains are in bad taste and rocking chairs should be done away with. She sounds like a woman who'd throw her husband's carpet slippers away and make him smoke his pipe on the kitchen porch.
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Detroit Free Press
When We Grow Wiser We List Our Rights and Duties
A reflective note on growing wiser about duties as rights are proclaimed and fear shifts from being wronged to harming others. The passage contrasts listening for rights with recognizing duties and responsibility.
So Peggy Becomes a Coal Baroness
Dialogue reveals Peggy’s marriage to a title and her rise to a coal-baroness rather than a countess or duchess. Her romantic dreams of marriage to a noble title are contrasted with a practical ascent in industry.
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Peggy
Itemized Bill Prompt in a Doctor Patient Exchange
A humorous exchange where a patient asks for itemization of a bill. The doctor responds with charges including twenty five dollars for the operation and five hundred dollars for reputation. The dialogue ends with a remark on the remaining balance and money.
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THE
Georgia Railroad
William
W. C. Pitner
Mercantile
J. H. Beusse
Pitner and
Beusse
Brokerage and Commission
Athens, Georgia
National Hay Association—Grain Dealers National Association
National Association Brokers Refined Sugar
Foundry Street
Greenville, S. C
F. Watkins
C. C
Horace Adams
Alexander Stephens
Alexander H. Stephens
Kettle Creek
Wilkes County
COSTA
Southern Mutual
College Avenue
John White Welch
Athens, Ga
King-Hodgson Co
East
Clayton St
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