Moonshiner Hid in Cave Under Gainesville Home
Revenue agents track the Dunnigan moonshine case in Hall County. Ezekiel Dunnigan allegedly ran a large underground still in a cave beneath his Gainesville residence, evading officers for months while living on cave provisions and a road-side output. An old-time deputy, John Ware, led the effort to unearth the hidden operation.
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Hall
Chapman
Airedine
Georgia
Alabama
Mahone
Heekiel Dunnigan
Gainesville
Zeke
Texas
Arkansas
Montha
John Ware
Ganesville
Dunnigan’s
Zekes
Robinson
Cape
Agua
Ezekiel
Dunnigan
Ihexas
Citiz
Hal md Jst
Ware
Ayider
Ynan
What is Growing in Mr J B Toomer's Flower Garden in Athens
In Athens, Mr J B Toomer’s Dougherty Street home showcases a lush garden with tropical exotics and trees. A Malia grape vine, Arabian coffee bush, banana, pineapple, almond and English walnut thrive, alongside a prune with a full fruit crop this year.
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J. B. Toomer
Athens
Iin
Tropics
Ave
Georgia
Empire State
South
DROWNED IN A POND NEAR SOUTH MACON
Special to the Benner macon July 12 George Lafwrence aged nineteen years drowned in a pond in South Macon He went to bathe could not swim and his death may have been a suicide or accident His companions heard his remark and he disappeared Reverend Leroy Glover found the body after multiple dives Also reported Death of Hon R N Ely former attorney general of Georgia on his Maker county plantation Ely was a prominent Albany attorney in the 1850s or 60s serving Dougherty county in the legislature
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Benner
Macon
George Lafwrence
Evening News
Lawrence
Jim Halliard
Leroy Glover
RN. Ely
Atlanta
R. N. Ely
Georgia
Hig Plantation
Maker County
Robert Ny Ely
Albany
Dougherty Domnty
Earthquakes Shake Tos Oliver County in California
Tremors hit the Tos Oliver area near San Ienis Ubiepe County with six distinct shocks on Sunday and further quakes felt yesterday morning. Residents report alarm and widespread concern across the region.
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California
San Prancisco
Tos Oliver
San Ienis Ubiepe
Babyland poem underscores lost innocence and childhood
A nostalgic verse by Maude Wyman in Good Housekeeping laments leaving Babyland a magical country where children are safe and carefree. It recalls a morning school trip that erodes that innocence, and urges children to dream and play while adults guard their memory of a pure land.
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Staal
West
Brothers at Sea and a Desperate Escape
A first person maritime tale recounts two brothers who sailed separately to avoid bad omens of sailing together. Years apart on voyages, they long to reunite, mother’s worry, and a reunion is thwarted when one brother is captured by a British ship. The narrator then risks another voyage hoping to learn Tom’s fate, believing a chance encounter may lead to escape.
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Tom
Cronstadt
Trieste
Rio Janeiro
Mediterranean
West Indiess
Columbia
Tom Anyyere
Barbatides
Amelia
Questi
Poidlers
Amelis
Hot
Res
Teaula
Drifting Atlantic boat rescue tale from The Argosy
The narrative recounts a night voyage where two men decide to attempt a dash for a drifting ship near Martinique as a breeze falters. They spot a square rigger and are rescued by the Amelia's crew, revealing the strange fate of a brig and the peril of night ocean drift.
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Martinique
Herday
Wwe
Atlantic Ocean
Amelia
Barbadoes
George Em Coomer
Moonlight timing myths spread among semi barbarous people
A writer cites folk beliefs tying farming and animal care to lunar phases. Cucumbers planted during certain nights, timber felled in specific moon stages, and household deaths tied to lunar increases appear as popular rules. The piece notes similar ideas about waxing and waning moons and sheep shearing.
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St. Loula
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