Athens Glory and Decay Echoed in Centennial Reminiscence
The piece recalls the University of Georgia chapel age, centennial celebrations by visiting Bulloch sisters Anna and Mille, and Athens social life with governors, judges, and a grand colonial past. It contrasts former hospitality and pageantry with postwar hardship, recalling Aunt Dinah, the Hill family, and memories of St Peters and Demosthenes.
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Everely
University of Georgia
Regulus
Athens
Bullcen
Savanneh
Georgia
Barnsley
St. Elmo
Anna
Mittle Bulloch
Theodore Roosevelt
Gunning
Silas
Jim
Dinah
Solomon
Billups
Prosti Digitateura
Fragmented note on Whitner poem at Georgia centennial
The piece recalls Benjamin Franklin Whitner, a Florida-born poet and brother of Major John C. Whitner, who surprised Georgia's centennial commencement with an original verse about Florida. It recounts his mid 19th century performance, the poem The Land of Flowers, and contrasts Florida’s evergreen image with Ohio or northern scenes while noting the enduring symbolism of a lone old tree and rural landscape.
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University of Georgia
Benjamin Franklin Whitner
John C. Whitner
Atlanta
Whitner
Florida
Wich State
Southern Whig
Athens
Georgia University Magazine
Romantic Italianate Scene Inspires Poet’s Praise of Our Land
The verse lavishly describes nature’s beauty from a tranquil lake and blooming mead to golden skies and verdant groves. It contrasts idealized foreign climes with the speaker’s homeland, urging a turn to a sunlit landscape praised as earth’s paradise with vivid imagery of waterfowl, tranquil waves, and fragrant gardens.
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Italy
Million Dollar Week Boosts Birmingham Promises
Birmingham papers tout a citywide consolidation of gas, electric lighting, and streetcar properties into a 35 million dollar capital firm with 5 million in bonds. Plans call for a 1 million dollar upgrade and lower gas prices while several big industrial moves unfold, including steel and iron ventures and a new Ensley car plant employing 4,000 workers. Local figures discuss Philadelphia industry ties and Atlanta’s bid to join the Southern League, with offers reported for Shreveport and Chattanooga teams amid ongoing regional growth.
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Homer George
Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company
Arst
Dex
Tennessee Corl and Iron Company
F. J. Clark
Helena
Glark
American Sheet Steel Company
Republic Steel and Iron Company
Slogs-Sheffield Company
Southern Iron Car Feruary
Ensley
Philadelphia
Southern League of Baseball
Atlanta
Firmingham
Fana
George Reed
Shreveport
Chattanooga
Mountain City
Birmingham Tops Southern Leagues Attendance Boom Surges
In Little Rock crowds grew to 1500, 1800 then repeated daily as Birmingham’s team gains speed and fans flood the stands. The city reels over the game with a full-time office answering calls. the trend hints at the old glory days for the Southern league.
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Little Rock
Birmingham
Ity
Bouthern League
Merchand Miners
Tranq, Co
Norfolk
Boston
Providence
Savannah
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Smith
Kimball Hauge
Atlanta
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Henry Grady
Thomas Brumby
Jessamine
Acorneuns
Catone
Bulloch
Clay
Hill
Cicero
Wurm
Teddy
Oneta
Virginia Smith
Benj. Whitner
Mice Moreaty
Maier & Berkele
Whitehall St
Brent
Hent Hough
Jen
Arkier
Fowler
Virgil
Iucie
Horace
Hirsch Bros
Whitehall
Eiseman Bros
Washington, D. C
Atlanta, GA
Baltimore, Md
Ing
Frank E. Block
Eisenman Bros
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