Vanderbilt Ball Opens Gate To New York Society
A grand March 26, 1833 Vanderbilt ball at Mrs. Williams’s Fifth Avenue house marked the family’s entry into New York society. The event surpassed all prior displays in splendor and cost, lifting the Vanderbilts among social leaders after Mrs. Astor and Miss Carrie Astor were finally invited.
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Vanderbilts
New York
Williams
Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue House
Brillahey
William Astor
Carrie Astor
Wealth Is Made Portable
Darjeeling sits on the border of India and Tibet as a grand market where westerners meet Tibet Bhootia and Nepal. Sundays in the stone market display a jewelry laden crowd with attire from tarboosh to Tibetan fur cap, reflecting vast wealth carried as personal jewelry.
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Darjeeling
India
Tibet
Bhootia
Nepal
Christian Science Monitor
Milton Reworks Lycidas In Fresh Drafts And Revisions
Laura B. Lockwood notes in Modern Language Notes that Milton formed Lycidas in a nearly effortless flow, drafting the opening, discarding the flower passage, and reworking lines 58 to 62. He later produced a nearer inspiration version at line 446 before finalizing a largely straight poem with minor revisions.
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Milton
Ruskin
Laura B. Lockwood
Saint Birgitta the First Apostle of Woman’s Rights
The article credits Saint Birgitta as the earliest advocate of women’s rights in Catholic Sweden before the Reformation. It notes her push for mixed orders and mixed convents to foster male female cooperation in relief efforts. Her canonization stemmed from pilgrimages and aiding Rome’s return from Avignon, not solely her pious acts or local country admiration.
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Birgitta
Raman
Sweden
Rome
Jerusalem
Avignon
The Secret Lovers Vanish After Nighttime Meeting
A teenage couple in a forbidden romance elopes into secrecy as the girl recalls sneaking out with her love. An angry father confronts them on the porch and the boy disappears, never to be seen again.
Central of Georgia Urges Safety First Across Crossings
Central of Georgia Railway Safety First department issues a strong warning to drivers about rising auto train crashes at crossings. The appeal urges drivers to Slow down Stop and Look and Listen, and to avoid crossing after a train passes. The notice emphasizes cooperation with railways to prevent deaths and injuries.
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Istin
Receipbiot & Tetter
Central ‘of Georgia Railway “Safety-First
Central of Georgia
General Safety Committee
Central of Georgia Railway
Colquitt Bank Fails To Open After Run
Colquitt Georgia July 30 The First National Bank of Colquitt did not open today following a bank run on Saturday The run’s cause was not disclosed The bank had previously closed in October 1921 after a defalcation by then president S M Watson totaling over 100000 He was convicted and is serving a sentence in Atlanta federal prison Deposits were about 30000 and capital stock 50000 after stockholders paid a 100 percent assessment to reopen
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Colquitt
First National Bank of Colquitt
S. M. Watson
Atlanta Federal
A B and A B A Sets Record in Train Operations
The Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Railway reported an unusual period of operations from July 15 to 21 with 140 trains, 97 percent on time, while the Brunswick division ran 84 trains with full on time performance. The line serves as a key link between the United States and Cuba via Key West and supports transport through the Midwest to Cuba and Central and South America.
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Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railway
Brunswick Division
Trans
United States
Cuba
Key West
Fla
Middle West
Brunswick
Central
South America
Aspirin Bayer Tablets Sold In Various Box Sizes
An advertisement notes Bayer Aspirin tablets available in unbroken spaces with directions. Handy twelve tablet boxes cost a few cents, while druggists offer bottles of twenty four and one hundred. The product is described under the Bayer trademark.
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Bayer
Georgia House Defeats Pension Additions for New Confederates
In Atlanta on July 30 the Georgia House of Representatives, acting as a committee of the whole, rejected five amendments to the general appropriations bill aiming to fund a new class of Confederate pensioners. The panel approved $1,250,000 for the old pensioners. Chairman Culpepper warned funds are insufficient to cover a new class without a revenue measure. He urged passing a revenue plan so the Senate can then provide for the new pensions in the appropriations bill.
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Atlanta
Georgia
House of Representatives
Culpepper
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Georgia Senate Approves Waiting Period for Marriage Licenses
The Georgia Senate passed 20 to 8 a bill by Senator Stovall requiring that both prospective spouses' names be posted in the county ordinary's office bulletin board for five days before issuing a license. The measure aims to curb runaway marriages and improper separations. The same session saw a failed attempt to amend divorce laws, defeated 19 to 17, with Atlanta called "the Reno of the South" by Senator King.
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Georgia Senate
Stovall
Twenty Ninth
Georgia
House
Atlanta
E. R. King
Eleventh
Reno
South
Senate
Bridges Quits as Reading Clerk After House Resolution
Atlanta July 30 F T Bridges reading clerk of the Georgia house of representatives resigned after a resolution accused him of a miscount on an amendment related to the department of agriculture. The resolution was defeated after hours of debate and the amendment removing all bureau of markets appropriations was later passed.
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Atlanta
F. T. Bridges
Reading
Georgian House of Representatives
Department of Agriculture
Bismark Moore
House
Bridges
Yews and Other Long Lived Trees
The text notes yews with indefinite growth and near perpetual life, rarely dying except by violent death. It compares yew longevity to vines, olives and fig trees, highlighting remarkable lifespans in the plant world.
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Fife
The Cow the Sow and the Hen
A rural verse by E. O. Dexter from Omaha, Oklahoma, extols the cow sow and hen as farm friends. It praises the sow for income, the hen for eggs and thrift, and the wife’s role in managing feed, care, and dairy tasks to support the farm family.
Faith that endures is woven from conviction and tested by experience
A reflective aphorism on faith that lasts through all conditions. It asserts that durable faith is forged by firm conviction and tempered by firsthand experience, yielding color that resists fading under pressure.
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Lowell
U. S. Paper Money Production Secrets Revealed
The article notes paper money is produced by a secret process at mills in Massachusetts. Each sheet is tracked by a receipt system under the supervision of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington.
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U. S
Mills
Massachusetts
Bureau ‘of Engraving and Printing
Washington
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