Critics quarrel with Hungerford novels.
Readers share mixed views on Mrs Hungerford's Duchess of Crime fiction noting she promotes virtue and perseverance. A correspondent recalls the Duchess brightened gloom while contrasting with other authors. street conversations also reflect on personal charm and a humorous anecdote about a borrower's horse mortgage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Hungerford
Mrs. Southworth
Amelie Rives
Ouida
Duchess
Charles Lamb
McDonald
Eliott
Thinker
Matthews
Ridpath
Magnetic
Amiel
Martimean
Ruskin
Pike County News Briefs Include Admisionist Move And Local Weddings
Sheriff Milner escorts Mrs G A Newton to Milledgeville insane asylum. Death reported in Houston of Mrs D D Peden, once a Pike County resident with many friends. Jessie Milner and Edna Thompson wed near Jolly, sending wishes from the Zebulon Journal readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Milner
Pike County
G.A. Newton
Milledgeville
Macon
Houston
Tex
D. D. Peden
Jessie Milner
Edna Thompson
Near Jolly
Zebulon Journal
Long-Held Creek Dispute and Rail-Project Notes From Georgia Papers
A Georgia note exits with local items. Mr J L Wingfield of Pike county pounds six hogs totaling 2352 pounds and trades farm produce with neighbors. The Donnally Cheeves case in Monroe Superior court seeks large damages over a disputed creek overflow. Miss Roberta Mitchell leaves Barnesville for Fayetteville to teach. Thomaston lines push long distance telephone links with Robley Culloden Yatesville Barnesville Forsyth and Zebulon while work starts Monday on new lines to connect Thomaston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Wingfield
Pike County
Atlanta Constitution
Donnally
Cheeves
Monroe
Supreme Court
Bacon & Rutherford
Stone
Yatesville
Barnesville
Culloden
Robley
Thomaston
Fincher Brothers
Forsyth
Zebulon
Yates
Thomaston Times
Educators Branson and Barnesville Subjects of Athens Normal School News
Reports praise Prof E C Branson of Barnesville and D L Barnes for election as teachers at the Athens Normal School, with broad local support. The Griffin Call notes potential loss to Barnesville if Branson departs. A Sunday-school convention in Monroe county elects Bloodworth, McGinty, Sharp, and Banks to leadership roles. Dr Paul Kendall opens medical practice in Monticello. Georgia editors praised for cornstalk diet as a new aid amid blackberry shortages, with a humorous jab at editor rescue efforts and a planned memorial fountain for R J Redding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Branson
Normal School
Athens
Gordon Institute
Barnesville
Griffin
E. C. Branson
D. L. Barnest
Milledgeville
South
Macon
Telegraph
Monroe County
O. H. B. Bloodworth
John T. McGinty
Cyrus H. Sharp
George R. Banks
Macon Telegraph
Monticello
Jasper County
Paul Kendall
Kendall
New York
Jasper County News
State Experiment Bureau
Georgia
R. J. Redding
Jackson Times
Remembering E Walker Wright the Steady Friend of Gordon Institute
The death of E Walker Wright brings a quiet loss to Barnesville and Gordon Institute. The tribute recalls a boy who avoided rough sports, showed earnest seriousness, frank honesty, and grew into a godfearing, reliable citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Institute
Barnesville
Memorial for Arthur B. Pope of Summerville Ga
A tribute expresses grief for Arthur B. Pope a young trusted citizen of Summerville Georgia. The notice mourns his untimely death praises his guileless brave character and unchanging community regard and asks divine comfort for his widow and bereaved parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur B. Pope
Summerville, Ga
The Night School A Noble Work Endorsed by Gazette
The Gazette praises the night school for expanding education to the underserved and civilizing the nation. With its future uncertain as rooms at Gordon Institute may be freed, the paper hopes trustees grant use of a normal room to continue the program and keep it active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Gordon Institute
Mayor names Miss Willie Hightower to press electric plant start
At a city council session Mayor Huguley chose Miss Willie Hightower to press the button and start the electric light plant. The selection honors a popular Barnesville family and signals a hopeful start for the town's new system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huguley
Willie Hightower
Miss Hightower
Barnesville
the Gazette
For Sale Hammond Hotel Thomaston Ga
For sale a ten room house and out buildings with six bedrooms dining room parlor office kitchen and out houses on one acre corner lot facing two streets near the public square. Hammond Hotel offered at 3000 dollars on terms desired agent W T Hammond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomaston
Hammond Hotel
Public Square
W. T. Hammond
Agt
New Repair Shop Opens in Barnesville
J. W. Wooparp announces a repair shop behind A. O. Murphey and Hunts warehouse offering overhauling of buggies wagons and farm work for 1897 with Charles Chatfield a horse shoer and satisfaction guaranteed call to see him and give a trial in Barnesville Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O. Murphey & Hunt
Charles Chatfield
J. W. Wooparp
Barnesville
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Pills Ad
An advertisement praises DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as soothing and strengthening small pills. Dr. W. A. Wright endorses the product, claiming they are effective without irritation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
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Napoleon
Puck
Roberta Mitchell
Fayetteville
Hale
Pike
E. Walker Wright
Scott
W. A. Wright
Francis
Opera House
Old
Madrid
Lyceum Theater
Atlanta
Savannah
Augusta
Mak
Chambers
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