Savannah Club Banquet Celebrates Second Anniversary
Savannah Ga April 25 The Savannah University Club marked its second anniversary with a grand banquet at the De Soto. Chancellor W E Boggs of Athens delivered the annual address on higher education. Speakers praised university clubs and the link between common schools and the state university. Local editor Peter W Meldrim closed with a call to build up both schools together. The Banner notes the strong alumni support and Savannah’s enthusiasm for higher education.
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George A. Mercer, Jr
Gazaway Hartridge
King of Gambia Declares War On Envoys
London reports Bathurst learns that Gambia's native king has attacked a British envoy. The envoy was bound and mutilated, his flesh sent to the administrator in Bathurst as a warning. Three British gunboats are already on the Gambia river to avenge the outrage.
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Paralyzed Express Messenger Found In Car at Union Station
In Express Pirrssura Pennsylvania at Union station the Adams express car was found locked and forced open. Messenger J. H. Robinson, 60, lay in his chair. he had been in the express service since he was a youth and was en route to Salem Ohio.
Major Peyton Randolph Died in Wassiveton
Major Peyton Randolph third vice president of the Richmond and Danville railroad died at his Wassiveton home at midnight Wednesday. He led a famed family and served as a Confederate soldier. later he headed a Midland railroad that merged into the Richmond and Danville system.
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Still Starring in the Lone Star State
Edgar Nye recounts Texas travel misadventures from Austin to Shreveport, exploring hotels, chambermaids, and stage life. He notes malaria rates, a Capitol-like building in Austin, rail travel oddities, Choctaw settlements, a poised Galveston flora scene, and a brash young traveler whose boastful tale amuses fellow passengers.
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Texas
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Texas and Other Fragments of a Wandering Mind
A mosaic of excerpts drifting from Texas pride to social sketches. It references Texas hospitality and landscape, a father stating his limited influence on his son’s health, a Chicago Tribune piece on a citizen’s quest for justice after his wife’s dress is torn, and brief vignettes including a humorous Jack and a medical advertisement for Clark's Lightning Ointment.
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Horse Car Company
Mrs Oliver Buried at New Salem Church
Mrs Mary Oliver was buried Saturday at New Salem church Banks County. She was born February 14 1803 in Elbert County and was a devout Methodist worker. She leaves sons Capt Oliver and Jack Oliver and many grieving friends. Sue Introviva is recovering from illness in Clarke County.
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Athens Cotton Exchange Market Report 1891
Athens Ga April 24 1891 tone of the market quiet and steady good middling 9 3 8 strict middling 8 7 8 middling 8 5 1 in strict low middling 8 1 8 low middling 7 3 7 1 4 good ordinary 7 1 4 good ordinary 6 3 4 ordinary 6 1 4 6 1 2 Tigers 7 3 8 daily market report New York April 2 flour city mills extra 5 10 75 5 40 Minnesota extra 4 35 4 65 superfine 3 75 4 45 fine 2 25 4 00 wheat No 2 red winter 1 28 1 84 cash May date 1 09 6 2 mixed 8 c ash May 8 03 June oats No 2 mixed 24 c ash May 25 4 New York futures opening and closing quotations of cotton futures in New York Mawonsay Day in Athens will be forever
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City Mills
Minnesota
Liverpool
Li Liverpoor
Cloge
Ari
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Ling Uplands
Chicago
Quotations from era humor and witticisms
A collection of clipped humorous lines and observations from various papers. Brief snippets mock social norms, courtship, bribery, and fate with a breezy tone. The items mix moral quips and everyday mischief, reflecting a bygone newspaper style.
Fragmented healing ad in Ulath link tale
The fragment describes an magical effer claimed to stop pain instantly when applied to a barn. Mentions Torr Sho ober preparation and a list of dubious products like Clare's Lihtwina Livi Meat and Chirk Chemical Company. References Georgia Clarke County ordinance and letters of sal, with vague names and dates.
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Chirk Chemical Company
New York
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