Unusual Cold South Recalls 1835 and 1885 Events
Narrator recalls Georgia cold snaps, from the 1835 cold Friday to later frosts that killed fruit trees and crops. He recounts vivid anecdotes: a stage driver dying at Watkinsville, orange and lemon crops ruined on the coast, and Brunswick snow that drew laughs and local legends.
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de R J Massey
Gamme Santin
Georgia
Morgan County
Greenesboro Road
Madison
Toto
Athens
Watkinsville
Oconee
Watkinsvile
Salem
Brunswick
Southern Storekeepers and the Smaller Southern Towns
A Massachusetts traveler and companion tour southern states in 1902. They observe storekeepers and traveling salesmen, notably J. B. Adams & Co, comparing northern drum mers to southern retailers. The piece notes acclimation, local manners, and a jovial southern editor who hosts an impromptu orchestra in his tobacco city office.
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J. B. Adams & Co
J. B. Adams
Keon
Atlanta
Pniump
Acre
Solomon Price
Caszios
Peirit
Virginia
New York
North
Jolly Gang
Dixie Jand
North Carolina
Hoe
Aittle
Old School Days in the South Remembered
The author reflects on life in southern education twenty five years ago describing primitive rural schools, limited curricula, and a culture of self taught democracy. He recalls barefoot students, improvised lessons, and the enduring pride in southern traditions amid postwar ignorance and idealism.
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Lfe
New England
Couth
South
Massachusetts
Norton
Nort
Tim
Georgia
Carcera
Siege of Washington NC Unique in Civil War Animals
Federal forces held Washington North Carolina on Pamlico river for fourteen days in late March to mid April 1864. General Foster defended the town against Confederate batteries and attempted relief by land and river. after heavy fighting Washington was finally relieved on April 14. The siege featured gunboats, river batteries, and several abortive relief attempts led by General Spinola and Brigadier General Prince.
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Georga
Georgia
Augusta
Madison
Lfe
Cupid
Spartanburg
5. C
Southoarm
Terrm Win
Alrest Manstet
Morgan
Cam
Washington
Sammy South
Washington, N.C
Pamlico River
Tar
Pamlico
Department of North Carolina
John B. Foster
New Bern
D. H. Hills
Neuse
Pamlico Sounl
Wilderness
Proceson
Kinston
Greenville
Neusa
Iis
Artilery
Commodore Hall
Whitwirth
Foster
Rodman’s Point
General Prince
Nis
Jocknith
Ceres
Rodmar's Point
Tha
Tranter's Creek
Tar River
Rodman's Point
Spinola
Swift Creek
Blount's Creek
Prince
Foster Was Shut Up There. General Prince
Hill's Point
Rodman
Gigieral Foster
Washington Bridge
Blount’s Creek
Blount Creek
Cure Rheumatism with Six Bottles of Ahoopa Remedy
Dr Shoop claims after 2000 experiments to cure rheumatism by removing disease from the blood not by drugs. He offers six bottles for 8.50 with payment only if cured, promising to refund if not. He asks readers to mail a postal card and guarantees mild cases may need one or two bottles.
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Shoop
Elusive Border Marriages at Parson Burroughs Altar
Abridged nostalgia notes Parson Alfred Harrigan Burroughs who has wed over 1,500 couples eloping from Virginia and West Virginia since 1688 at the Nickels house across the border in Tennessee. The piece recalls colorful elopements, rough details of prices, and the eventual closing of the landmark altar as the border hotel is condemned.
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Virginia
Tennessee
Cupid
Alfred Harrigan Burroughs
Nickels House
Ine
West Virginia
Mecca
Parson Burroughs
Kentucky
North Carolina
Parson
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Stags
Dragen
James Postel
St. Simons Island
Qld Demps
Demps
St. Simons Mill
Skatimgat
St Simemgee
New York Daily
Greene
Southland
Teonle
Eninyana
St Simon
W H Feeney
Nerva
Kuasa
Philadelphia
Mes
Harris
LT Rightsell
Thrilimeg Ventura
The
Coren
Redwine
Wickers
Bristol
Southern Railway
Chicada
Alfred Harrison Burroughs
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