Fodder Field Tales From Old South Farm Note
The narrator recalls fodder pulling days in Pike County with humor and danger. He recounts hooking a team, pursuing a mischievous pup, and being chased by coachwhip snakes while the dogs and neighbors join the chase. Dick Holland and the Pucketts figure in the wild escape from the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Bob Puckett
Pike
Puckett
Briara
Pucketts
Dick Holland
Texas
Jand
Beautifying and Protecting Parks In Atlanta and Beyond
Urban beautification and park expansion are urged to boost tourism and trade. Atlanta’s climate and beauty are highlighted with North Avenue’s park as a model, advocating wider streets, trees, flowers and fountains to attract visitors and boost prosperity. The piece links city charm to economic gain and health, urging a broad park system and better street planning.
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Atlanta
Pup
North Avenue
Shredding Naked Corn Stalks Reaps Feed Harvest
Farmers weigh the benefit of shredding corn stalks after harvest to produce roughage. An experiment station reports five acres yielded 9,000 pounds of shredded feed, eaten well by horses, mules, and cattle, offering a viable winter forage alternative if a shredder is available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afrantic
Gulf State
Tracy
Redding
Old Georgia memories and longing for better days
A longtime correspondent writes of receiving letters that comfort him despite rheumatism, recalling Georgia figures, early friendships, and the era before modern tech. He laments isolation in old age, reflects on travels to Athens, and recalls life in the 19th century, including cotton packing, sugar types, and simple pleasures.
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Alabama
Mary ‘College
Atheny
Bazar Newton
John Grant
Dan Hughes
Jack Brown
Billy Wiliams
Dr. Church
Ann Waddell
Rosa Pringle
Tom Norwood
Emory
Bishop Key
B. Longstreet
Georgia Geenes
Toombs
Stepheny
Judge Dougherty
Howell Cobb
Walter Colquitt
Spake
George Pearce
Bishop Capers
Jesse Mercer
Dr. Hoyt
Goulding
Ingles
Shakespeare
Watch Your Kidneys Heal with Stuart's Gin and Buchu
An old health advert warns kidney complaints begin with chills and back pain, then affect the bladder and urine. It claims Stuart's Gin and Buchu cures feverish symptoms, backache, rheumatism, dropsy, and other kidney troubles, with safety for all ages and $1 price by mail order.
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Jackson
New Orleans
Alabama
Jack
Augusta
Helf
Bright
Stuart
Kidamtlonta
Weathering gloom and hunger in Bill Arp’s letter from Alabama
In a reflective letter Bill Arp recalls hunger and strange delicacies once enjoyed, notes his Alabama friend’s sadness from lost companions and appetite, and laments the dreary weather. He urges calm, gratitude, and consideration for the less fortunate, while recalling a child who slept on straw with a door laid over him. The piece ends with lament on missing sunshine after four rainy days.
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Boston
New York
New Yorker
England
Alabama
Cobe
Bill Arp
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Cassier
Zanesville
Ohio
London
Birmingham
Presbyterian Hospital
Pittsburg
Science and Industry
Smith
Garman
Edward Rasch
Sch
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Science
Internal Revenue Bureau
Vereinigte Gianzstoi Fabriken
Dremen
Aix la Chapelle
Mulhausen
Alsace
Germany
Bapetiment
Ola
Fries
Lions Court
Woolson Spice CO
Toledo
Onl
Ero E. C. Fowler
Moodus
San Francisco
Rocky Mountains
R. Fagan
N. Pryor St
Europe
Rayaz Josathan T Duye
Liverpool
Commonwealth
Saloun Passage
Esbin
Ap Ry Eou
Compads
Beacon
Mass
Insurance
Tite Chiel
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
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R. F. Shedden
W. C
Kunnicutt
Bellingrain
Charleston
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Jacksonville
Fla
Providence
WM. P. Clyde & CO
Q. G. Eger
G. M
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H.R. Jackson
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F. B. Teachout
C. A
Clyde Charleston
Equitable Building
Atlanta, Ga
McNeal
Phono CO
Tealy
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