Oconee Bridge Fire Disrupts Georgia Rail Service
The burning of the Oconee river bridge halted the usual night trains between Atlanta and Decatur and Stone Mountain, forcing passengers to travel by day trains or by road. Conductor Purcell and fireman Lark led a risky ferry crossing to move trains and baggage, earning thanks from grateful travelers.
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Gxonata Ramosa
Ocone Bridge
Atlanta
Netice
Oconee
Decatur
Stone Mountain
Georgia
E. B. Purcell
Jdoho Lark
Atlante
Coductor Purcell
Oconee Bridge
Fires and civic apathy in Augusta 1876 parade and notices
In Augusta on March 18 1876 visitors from the northwestern states praised local hospitality while lamenting mayoral neglect of canal access and civic support. Fire outbreaks and a Monroes female college benefit entertainments accompany reports of sheriff Roberta's burned home and wide snow.
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Atlanta
Tuomas
Kate Hamilton and Dora Allemande at Magnolia Hall
Kate Hamilton confronts Dora Allemande as Colonel Hamilton faces love and duty amid wartime schemes. A letter from Kate hints at a hidden future, while Dora plots to manage affection and empire of the South. The tale foreshadows fate as the Confederate struggle intensifies and paths cross in romantic intrigue.
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Dora
Allemande
Papa
Dora Allemande
Kate
Colonel Hamilton
Amol
Sda
Dore
Dow
Bin
Dore Allemande
Tam
Eate
Magnolis Hall
Col. Humiluga
Mar
Magnolia Ball
Boy's stomach burned out by sulphuric acid accident
A nine year old boy in New Jersey drank from a bottle believed to be whisky. It contained undiluted sulphuric acid. He fell into a coma, weighed about twenty pounds, and doctors feared death. A Bellevue Hospital physician led a careful antiseptic and nutritional treatment using limewater injections, milk, beef tea, cod liver oil, and iron. The boy gradually recovered, gaining strength and weight, and was nearly back to health after weeks of treatment.
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Montgomery County
Pennsylvania
Pennsylva
Philadelphia
Col. Hamilton
Daily Morning Times
Dora
Buch
Hamilton
Kate
Yara
Losa
Othera
Dors
Math Moltke
Paderborn
Moltke
Holland
New York
Robert Taylor
Young Taylor
Hastil
James BR. Taylor
Bellevue Hospital
Taylor
Excursionists to Augusta From Atlanta March 1876
A Northwestern Georgia party of 482 travelers left Atlanta by eight passenger coaches, a sleeper, and two baggage cars for Augusta. The Atlanta delegation led by Mayor C A Hammock included many prominent residents as they toured Georgia, collecting rocks at Stone Mountain and sampling farm scenery en route.
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Atlanta
Avacera
Ana Little Recke
Tory
Auguste
Port Royal
Angrusta
North Western Party
Thery
Great West
Georgia
RK Lamax
Savannab
Father Butler
Col. Limar
Tsar Eed
Hibernian Benevolent Society
Catholic Young Men’s Society
Weill
Marcle
Aueusta
Eprvons
North- Western
Cara
Michigan
Genvemen
Piagien
Virginia
Canada
Texas
Tennesse
What Shall We Eat Sluce of Food and Nutritive Value
A historical table lists foods with digestion time and nutrient content. It rates cucumber and potatoes as low value at current prices, notes apples and turnips less expensive but limited nutrition, and highlights sweet potatoes parsnips beetroot carrots and venison as more nourishing, with pork praised for economy though heavy on stomach strain.
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Coummbder
Pendietos War Dept Expenditure Hearing Opened
March 20 Pendleton committee on expenditures in the war department has summoned witnesses to prove Pendleton paid money indirectly to Mrs. Bowers for influence in obtaining access from the Kentucky Central railroad claim. No actual discoveries were made. if testimony is impeached, Pendleton will have ample opportunity to reply.
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Seater Aera
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Bouth Cooper River
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Percy
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War Department
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Boutwell
Henry Alews
Pennsylvania
Pendietos
Wasnimerox
Committee On Expenditures
Pendleton
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