Bainbridge Promises Healthful Climate and Artesian Waters
Pambridge, county seat of a large county in Georgia, sits at the western end of the B and W rail line on the Flint River. The area boasts forests, hills, and valleys with abundant fish and wildlife. It lies 236 miles from Savannah, near Florida and Alabama, with a mild climate and breezes from pine forests. The artesian waters are acclaimed for health benefits, and a waterworks system is planned to supply every home.
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Bainbridge and Decatur county offer opportunities for immigrants
Bainbridge Georgia boasts of its river bluff setting and oak-lined streets under the City of Oaks name with a courthouse hotel churches schools and active commerce. The Montezuma Record notes Adams County prospects and calls for settlers while The Southern Cultivator quotes G A Heerle on farm diversity soil balance and avoiding overreliance on cotton accompanied by remarks on labor and credit in the South.
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Rest and Work Balanced For A Better Life
The piece urges balance between action and repose for physical and mental health. It warns against overwork and extolling sleep, citing studies and opinion from various sources. It adds a moral duty to maintain harmony among faculties for calm vigor. It ends with advice to a son about the value of work and its tie to happiness and success.
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Now You See It and Now You Don't
A humor piece recalls an Illinois hotel waiter scam where a drummer tips, orders fine service, then departs with a dollar. An Ohio Poultry Journal warns against keeping sick hens in flocks due to lice and dust baths. A quip notes that while women puzzle men, men won’t give them up.
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A Simple Cure for Insomnia A Boon to the Weary
A compiled excerpt from Mining World discusses underground wealth and a method to fall asleep by keeping the eyes directed downward. It cites personal trials over two years and notes occasional difficulty in maintaining the gaze. The piece ends with humorous anecdotes about daily life and a reflection on introspection versus looking down on others.
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Quotable quips from a 19th century paper column
A collage of satirical snippets from various papers comment on society politics and culture. Items reference New England life Boston stage entertainers office work and rural humor with witty one liners and social observations. The piece captures the era’s humorous tone and cross newspaper chatter.
Condensed notes reflect varied 19th century topics
A mix of facts and anecdotes covers public debt per capita, railroad land grants, a Paris expo balloon, a costly 1865 per capita debt, Postmaster-General Vilas, a poison death in Wilmington, a Cincinnati officer robbed in the park, Iowa whiskey books in flasks, a wartime birth rate claim, Levi Prosser’s gift of a Hartford farm for an industrial school, a grave inscription noting a home run, and Georgia land loan totals amid the Speer demission context.
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