Night of the Mountain Poet Knox of Whree Races
A profile of P Moonshinex Knox, a North Georgia hill figure born October 1 1855 in Russell County Alabama. The mixed Afro Indian and white heritage man wields verse as daily speech weaving birds, war, and race into songs. He performs beside a mountain cabin fire, entertaining white friends with tales and minstrel-like chants. Knox recalls Spain and Germany in a Civil War era style, mocks Yankee legends, and recounts jail days when he sang a liquor tale to Judge Newman, revealing a life steeped in poetry and performance.
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Nox
Laurie White
Rusell County
Alabama
North
Georgia
Knox
Iles
Amcieme
Clare
Bard
Spain
Germany
Mistus
Surrender to Grape-Nuts The Fortified Food Miracle
A Factoryville Pennsylvania reader recounts severe stomach distress from rich foods. After trying digestion aids, he found relief by eating Grape-Nuts, which restored strength and weight, claiming no other remedy could endure as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Factoryville
Oente
Battle Creek
Afch
Revenue Song and Prison Escape Tale of the Old North Georgia
A storyteller recalls a jail song about revenuers and a still, sung with force and humor. The tale follows a chase through Taylorsville and Cartersville, with Ed Moody, Mr Duke, and a violent night. An interwoven portrait shifts to Archibald Bulloch of Savannah, noting distinguished lineage to Roosevelt and the Bulloch family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Moody
Missy
Moody
Archibald Bulloch
Old Georgia
Savannah
Young Bulloch
Georgia
Roosevelt
Bulloch
Tames Bulloch
James Stephens Bulloch
James Bulloch
John Irvine Bulloch
Willam G. Bulloch
J. G. Bulloch
Uncanny Limestone Region Tales of Georgia
The piece describes a limestone area in Georgia north of latitude 44 and west of longitude 84, noting forests, streams, and a giant, clear spring feeding a powerful river. It details a marvel pond near Trion factory in Chattooga County with no inlet or outlet, mysterious depth, perpetual clarity, and legends from settlers and Indians, plus strange local fish behavior and a pervasive unsettling sense of wonder.
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Pornon
Georgia
Ountry
Tamla
McLemore’s Cove
Dade
Trion Factory
Chattooga
Waliomter
Het
Free Catarrh Remedy Trial Sample Offered
Dr Blosser, a noted Catarrh Specialist, offers a trial of a medicated smoke vapor remedy for catarrh bronchitis asthma and deafness. It claims direct action on diseased parts with thousands cured including long standing cases. Moderate cost. write Dr W Brosset and Son 65 Walton Street Atlanta Ga for Plain Facts About Catarrh and treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blosser
South
W. Brosset & Son
Walton Strest
Atlanta, Ga
Private letter by Admiral Semmes on the battleship Alabama
A clipping reproduces a private letter from Admiral Semmes describing the chase and battle with the USS Kearsarge off Cherbourg on June 19, with details of maneuvers, damage, and the sinking of the Alabama. Semmes pays tribute to Lieutenant Kell and notes casualties of nine killed and twenty one wounded before escape to neutral waters.
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Semmes
Alabama
Kell
South
Southampton
Cherbourg
Kearsarge
Deerhound
Lancashire
England
John Lancaster
Hitself
Yegara
Brent
R Semmes
Sherman’s Georgia March and Hidden Plans Revealed
A veteran recounts Sherman’s Georgia tour and a debated route from Milledgeville toward Columbia. He describes overheard talks, a library desecration, a parole ensuring secrecy, and a foiled 20 000 man dispatch as Sherman’s army moved toward Goldsboro and beyond.
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Weat Point
Sherman
Xenophon
Hume
Jomini
South Carolina
Marletta
Tennessee
Augusta
Altoona
Kennesaw
Atlanta
California
Alexander the Great
Georgia
Middle Georgia
Goldsboro
Miledgeville
Savannah
Hag
Columbia
D. C
Richmond
Confederacy
John Brown
Milledgeville
Lincoln
Lo Christzias
Hood
Tennesea
Thomas
Cive
N. C
Guade Goldstion
Bera
Lee
Virginia
Grant
Les
Milledze~ville
Fils
Mershal
Hawkey
Capitol
Governor Browns
State Library
Colonel Hawley
Hawley
Absolom’ Baird
Fourth Army Corps
Aim
Peterson
Baird
Bee
Sivannah
USA
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P Moonshinex
By Elia Raymond Johnson
General Wheeler
Nick
Havana
Manus
Ohio
Newman
Law
Taylorsey
Davistown
Cartersville
City Gate
Fedow
Limestone
Pope
Soutis
Differin
French
Raphael Semmes
Sherimana
R J Massey
General Baird
General Sherman
Bragr
Shermen
Ledgeville
Wdar S
Qatean
Braree - Sea
Brege
RJ Massey
Tha Hs
Sanny South
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