March winds and Brown the poet in a Georgia reminiscence
A fragment from a late 19th or early 20th century column recounts Brown the poet reacting to March’s storms andApril promises. It narrates his humorous misadventures with a fallen tree, his odd theories, and a plan to form farmer clubs for futures trading, imagining gains from cotton prices before a fatal incident. The piece blends local character sketches with surreal anecdotes and stock ideas from a rural Georgia setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China Brown
Dave
Widow Brown
Sears
Gren
Broan
Atlanta
Brown
Panics and Pitches Amid Old Time Politics and Cures
A noisy advertisement and opinion fragment discuss cures for stomach and kidney issues, praising Mungee’s Dyspepsia Cure and Draper treatment while mingling political musings. It quotes a deceased commentator railing at farmers and future women workers, predicting social shifts and urging readers to seek leisure and knowledge.
Mozley s Lemon Elixir and Hot Drops Ad
An old advertisement touts Mozley s Lemon Elixir for liver stomach bowels kidneys digestive ailments and nervous disorders with testimonials from several named individuals praising cures for indigestion biliousness and heart issues. Also promotes Mozley s Lemon Hot Drops for coughs colds hoarseness and throat lung diseases with ministerial endorsements. Products prepared by Dr H Mozley Atlanta Ga and sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marley
Atlanta
Mogley
Davis
Eld. M Church
South
Tattnallst
Mozley
S A. Gresham
Salem
D. Coleman
Ben
Ance Mozley
Harry
Adams
Birmingham
Ala
Morley
Kings
Reflections on Senate Bribery and Public Integrity
A 1901 letter rails at U S Senate corruption and talk of Tillman McLaurin fight, praising sincerity over bribeable politicians. It contrasts past statesmen with present elites, laments idolatry of leaders, and laments partisan rancor while noting personal family scenes and school life.
Jim Smith Rivalry and School Whipping Recalled by BILL ARP
BILL ARP recalls harsh whipping by a teacher named John Norton and a rough school environment. He notes many Jims at the school, mentions a doctor who died in Atlanta, and jokes about Jim Smith running for governor while warning against lying about him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Norton
Jim Wilson
Jim Craig
Jim Wardlaw
Jim
Jim Alexander
Unite for Confederate veterans room and reformatories call
Speech urges colored and white citizens of Atlanta to fund a room in the Confederate Home as a monument of friendship. Speaker cites shared history and state indebtedness to veterans and ex slaves, urges support for a reformatory for colored boys, and promotes old fashioned discipline. Rev Sam Jones to lecture at Bethel Church March 1.
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Confederate Veterans
Atlanta
Hubor
Sam Jones
Bethel Church
H HE Proctor
Young Men's Christian
Association Hall
Auburn Avenue
MCA Hall
International Masonic Congress Called in Charleston
Dr Cheries C Johnson, grand master of South Carolina Masons, calls a great International Masonic congress in Charleston. April 7 and 8 expected. warns against bogus Southern peddlers of Masonic degrees targeting ignorant colored men. includes community notes from Welden University anniversaries and local church activities in Atlanta and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Brown
Cheries C Johnson
Masons of
South Carolin
Great
International Masonic Congress
Charleston
Scg
Georgia
Mehary Medical College
Dental College
Pharmaceutical College
Welden University
Nashville
Tenn
Medical
D. Perry
D. P Reynolds
C A. Smith
B Terry
W M Bryant
J. K Darden
A. L Johnson
Proctor
Kentucky
The McLaurin Case and Patronage Claims
A critical note on Senator McLaurin from the New Orleans States alleging he opposed the Paris treaty, switched to support ratification, then used federal patronage in South Carolina. The piece recalls his White House access,offers for posts to Wade Hampton and other Democrats, and accuses him of still posing as a Democrat while backing Tretyphilcan party measures in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nestly
Sarge ‘Slonkerr
McLaurin
New Orleans
South Carolin
White House
Washington
Post
South Carolina
Wade Hampton
Columbia, SC
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Boiue Plonlet
Gpiauseda Albasros Tod
Faro SC
aLpe
Freig
Mungee
New York
Philaddighis
Wilmer L. Movare & Co
Atlanta, GA
Titian
Mgaing
Senaia
Tillman
Ais
Yaster
Calhoun
Tom Bentren
Henry Clay
United States Senate
Clay
Bacon
Senate
Polticians
Webster
Caloun
Spooner
Addison
Robert I. Lee
Job
Jord Bacon
Cromwell
Mapoleon Webster
Bob Toombs
Lincon
Crant
John Brown
Northern History and Encyclopedia
McKinley
John C Calhoun
Sherman
Columbia
Wiman
Mega
Ralph
Tsau
Ana
Mary
Lousie Yoni Dia
Jenny
Goa
Sonoo
Old
Isham
Bemar
Judge Varney
William H Sew
Radwar
Radway
DR. Radway & CO
Elmet
Vinal
Emma B Delany
Teabor
Africa
Spelman Seminary
Ida Jackson
Rev Gordon
Enziana
J. d
J.E. Maddox
Lithia
Bowden Lithia
Bowden
Sweetwater Park Hotel
Lithla Springs
Santa Fe
Hidine
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Oklahoma
Colorado
California
Phoenix
Sandiog
Las Vegas
Hot Springs
N. M
Albuquerque
Sonihera Agant
Pryor, Aijanta
Puwlcht Pldhill Gr
N. Forsyth
SL & Braw
Forayth Gt
River St. and
Mr. T. Gc
What
Savannah
Mesias
National Window Jobbers’ Association
L&roest
Aran Nae
Cotton States Belting & Supply Co
General State
AIR Line Railway
Wimington
Charlotta
Norfel
Richmond
Baltimore
Portsmouth & Bay Line
Wasntins Qu
Baltingme
Wsliser
Union Station
Adu Lia
Harry B. Rouse
POT. A
Tribal
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Clement
Imps
Christian
Assistan
Eulton
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