Lessons from Flowers Teachings on Faith and Growth
In this reflection by Matyile Rusatyler from Barnesville Georgia on August 24 1896 flowers are read as nature s living preachers. The author cites Cowper and Buddhist lotus symbolism to urge Christians to turn to the sun of righteousness and to train children like tender vines, noting divine pruning as love to shape virtue and future heavenly bloom.
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Cowper
Earth
America
Jesus
Heaven
Matvilde Rusa Tyler
Barnesville, Ga
Brilliant success for Barnesville Gazette women edition
The Barnesville Gazette women’s edition proves literary and financial success showing no measurable intellect difference between men and women. The Milner Ga. Pub. Record notes women’s equal mental capacity and ridicules claims of male superiority.
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Barnesville
Milner Ga. Pub
Cotton Drapes Barnesville Market Ahead of All
Farmers flood Barnesville with cotton as buyers offer the highest prices, keeping the town ahead of other markets in volume and value.
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Barnesville
Fight Between Steve Ryan and Judge Gober in Atlanta
Reported Monday afternoon in Atlanta, Steve Ryan fought with Judge Gober with threats of a thrashing if Ryan continues to jump on people. The incident highlights a clash between a local figure and a judge.
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Steve Ryan
Judge Gober
Atlanta
Ryan
Savannah Trade Growth Cites $8 Million Increase
Savannahs trade edition reports the year ended with an $8,000,000 rise over the previous year, highlighting stronger business activity in the port city and regional commerce.
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The
Savannah News
Savannah
Registration figures for Georgia's ten largest counties
The list shows counts for Floyd 4700 Bible 3307 Sum ter 1585 Clarke 1270 DeKalb 2972 Spalding 1342 Muscogee 2709 Richmond 6740 Glynn 799 Lump kin 1275.
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State
Floyd
Bible
Sumter
Clarke
DeKalb
Spalding
Muscogee
Richmond
Glynn
Lumpkin
Adjt Gen J M Kell Recovering From Illness
The friends of Adjt Gen J M Kell of Sunny Side report he is recovering from a serious illness and hopes to return to his Atlanta office soon. Kell is a distinguished Georgia veteran known for devotion to home and country, inspiring Southrons for generations.
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Adjt
J. M. Kell
Sunny Side
Atlana
Capt
Kell
Georgia
The Georgia Cracker on Editing a Newspaper
A humorous commentary explains the constant critiques faced by editors and reporters. It lists complaints from advertisers readers churchgoers showgoers and wedding invitations. The piece defends journalism as a soft cushioned yet demanding task.
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The
Georgia Cracker
Electric Bitters touted for kidney and liver relief
Irving resident Fred Miller reports years of severe kidney pain and bladder issues. After a year of trying cures, he began using Electric Bitters and found relief immediately. The ad claims instant benefit from a single trial and lists prices 50 cents and 1.00 at S. B. Burr Jr's Drug Store.
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Fred Miller
Irving Iil
S. B. Burr Jr’s
Bartlett Secures Sixth District Seat With Large Majority
Bartlett wins the Sixth District congressional race by a decisive large majority. The results signal a strong mandate for Bartlett's platform and party alignment in the district.
Hon J F Blalock Dies At Jonesboro Former Clayton Rep
The ex representative from Clayton County and scion of a prominent state family died at his Jonesboro home on Friday.
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J. F. Blalock
Clayton County
State
Jonesboro
Executions Loom for Seventeen Bibb County Detainees
Seventeen people are jailed in Bibb County facing charges punishable by death. Fifteen are charged with murder and two with rape.Several have already received death sentences and await the date to face the penalty.
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Bibb County
Sventeen
Nickel coin proposal to ease copper shortage in France
The French government is urged to issue nickel coins to address copper scarcity. A proposed design features a hole in the center so the coins can be strung like Chinese cash, helping prevent confusion with silver coins of similar shape.
Man with cash hidden in stove after bank scare
A Western farmer withdrew $12,000 from the bank and hid it in an old stove. His wife burned the stove in a kitchen fire, prompting the affair as he hunts for the man who convinced him banks were unsafe during unsettled finances.
Seigel & Cooper Co. founders built vast New York and Chicago stores
German immigrant founders of the Seigel and Cooper Company built world famous stores in New York and Chicago. The firm represents a capital of six million dollars and employs thousands of workers. The text argues individual success comes from personal effort, not politics or legislation.
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Seigel & Cooper Co
New York
Chicago
Yawns and Sleep in Maiden Speeches Across Parliament
A Pearson's Weekly piece recounts historic yawns in maiden and later speeches, noting leaders like Disraeli Gladstone Chamberlain Harcourt and Temple. It humorously questions whether yawning signals deep understanding or mere feigned sleep, with temple’s head drooping and hat slipping as emblematic.
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Duke of Devonshire
Lord Hartington
House of Commons
Disraeli
Commons
Gladstone
Mr. Chamberlain
Sir William Harcourt
Sir Richard Temple
Pearson’s Weekly
Skills for a Boy to Grow into a Businessman
A 1S year old boy is expected to master practical tasks to become competent in business. He should write legibly and clearly, compose good letters, speak and write proper English, handle bank transactions, add quickly, maintain accounts, draft notes, measure lumber, spell unfamiliar words, craft ads, record day books and ledgers, quantify wheat in storage, and discuss contemporary authors and statesmen.
Birds in Egypt and Cathode Rays Brightness Compared
A travel note describes tame Egyptian birds entering homes and roaming hotels in Luxor with no harm unless used for food. The second item explains cathode ray brightness, noting they seem dim to the eye but are intense to a photographic plate, unlike candle light which is visible to the eye.
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Birea
Egypt
Luxor
Cairo
Upper
John Trowbridge
Scribner's
All Soups the Same to Him
A guest cannot eat any soup served in a hotel. The waiter keeps replacing bowls as the guest explains he cannot eat them. The proprietor asks why, and the guest quietly reveals he has a napun Texas Siftings.
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Texas
Bear Saves Logs Tale From Forestburg Farmer
A Forestburg farmer visits Bullivan county and recounts a humorous tale of a bear stealing his mince pie amid a log cutting mishap. Phil Kinney shares the farmer's claim that after a single cider, the bear later returned to continue the work, then vanished without troubling him.
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Bullivan County
Phil Kinney
Sol
Port Jervis
Phil
Perils of a Joke in Germany on a Cab and Court
Eighteen months ago four Rhine gentlemen offered 12 cents a pound for a cab and horse, registering 3000 pounds. They refused to pay $360 for a $75 outfit, prompting a legal chase from local courts to Coblenz high court. Costs reached $900 plus defenses, leaving the cabman with a new victoria and a trip to Berlin, while the four jokers faced heavy penalties.
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Germany
Rhine
Bullay
Express C. O. D
Gentieren
High Court of Justice
Coblenz
Gentlemen of Leisure
Victoria
Berlin
New York Sun
Island City of 45 Islands Named in New York Dispatch
The New York Dispatch lists 45 islands forming Greater New York, naming major landmasses such as Manhattan Long Island Staten Hart's Island City Island Rikers North Brother South Blackwell Randall Ward Berrian Coney Island and Marble Hill created by a Harlem River channel cut amid government improvements.
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New York
Island City
Manhattan Island
Long Island
Staten Island
Hart’s Island
City Island
Riker’s Island
North Brother’s Island
South Island
Blackwell’s Island
Randall’s Island
Ward’s Island
Berrian's Island
Governor’s Island
Barren Island
Coney Island
Jamaica Bay
Marble Hill
Kingsbridge
Harlem River
New York Dispatch
Remarkable self control in husband cited by Boston Courier
“More Kein Thasa Kind” notes that after over 20 years together the husband has never sworn. A guest calls this the most remarkable display of self control the speaker has heard, as quoted by the Boston Courier.
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Boston Courier
Spin Wheel Tales From Aunt Jane in Detroit Free
Evelyn recalls girls entertaining themselves with a spinning wheel in her youth as Aunt Jane reflects on simpler times in Detroit. The brief exchange captures nostalgic family banter and a glimpse of historical domestic life in Detroit.
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Jane
Evelyn
Detroit
De Witts Colic and Cholera Cure Adverts and Georgia Tax Make
Don’t trifle away time with cholera morbus or diarrhea fight them early with De Witt’s Colic and Cholera Cure. Instant results and bowel health. Georgia assessors report state taxable property at 412 million dollars up from 410 million previous year. Seventy six counties show increases. rise attributed to natural conditions statewide.
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de Witt
W. A. Wincutr
Georgia
Chamberlain medicines highly valued in Iowa says Rushford editor
In a letter to manufacturers Mr W F Benjamin the Spectator editor claims Chamberlain remedies are well known and trusted in Iowa where a Dexter aunt planned to bring supplies. The note cites Chamberlain Cough Remedy Pain Balm and Colic Cholera Diarrhoea Remedy as long used and valued by Iowa people. Sold by Jno H Blackburn, Druggist.
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W. F. Benjamin
The
Spectator
Rushford
N. Y
Chamberlain
Dexter
Iowa
Jno
H. Blackburn
Murphey Backed by Reputable Colored Citizens in Sixth District
The Educator of Atlanta, a negro Republican paper, says all reputable and unpurchasable colored citizens in the Sixth district will support Murphey for Congress. Murphey may think after Nov 3 that there are few reputable and unpurchasable.
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Educator
Atlanta
Murphey
Congress
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Praise as Godsend
From all accounts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is a Godsend to the afflicted. There is no advertisement about this, we feel just like saying it. The Democrat Carrollton Kentucky notes it is for sale by Jnc H Blackburn Druggist.
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Chamberlain
Democrat
Carrollton
Jnc. H. Blackburn
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