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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1901
Page
19
A reflective piece on Chickamauga and Lookout Mountain, honoring Confederate dead. The author recalls battles, monuments, and scenic spots from the Civil War era, contrasting violence with peaceful twilight, and imagines a future reunion of the divided South.
A long wrap of Civil War reminiscence tells how Captain Robert L Barry of Atlanta led a Lookout battery formed in 1862. The piece recounts battles around Chattanooga Vicksburg Jackson Kennesaw and Atlanta, with harsh marching, scarce water, and a final surrender at Meridian May 1865. The Battery’s officers and men are listed.
A fragment from a Go Summy South column recounts emancipation scenes and racial tension after the Lincoln era. It recalls Lincoln’s death aftermath, Johnson’s presidency, and a master’s chilling pledge about tracking former slaves, with a focus on a mulatto named Fred Savage and local recollections in Morgan County and Penfield Georgia.
A former enslaved man Fred Savage reappears in Lithia Springs near Atlanta after thirty six years apart. He writes to his former master and mother, sends payment, and is later warmly welcomed by the master who describes the meeting as a joyous, humane reunion. Memph i s ties and details of Savage’s work as a shoemaker are included.
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe, natural aid for digestion, claiming benefits for those over fifty. It features Professor Wichold praising routine use after meals, noting the tablets are harmless, non patent, and widely sold from Maine to California and in Britain and Australia.
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