First Congress Erected Mint Building Rediscovered Vaults
Philadelphia records recount the old mint site at 37 and 39 North Seventh Street where foundations were removed and medieval vaults uncovered. A vault within a vault once stored bullion during the War of 1812, with iron bars and preserved features slated for Independence Hall display. Coins dated 1816 and 1818 surfaced with scrap copper. five adjacent buildings formed the original mint complex. The site, the oldest U S Congress authorized structure, stands as a historic Philadelphia landmark.
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Old Mint
North Seventh Street
Independence Hall
Frank H. Stewart
United States Congress
Philadelphia Record
Bucking Horses and Wild Ride Tales
An Am er ican Magazine piece notes Western horses begin bucking at a spur or quirt signal. It claims wild American horses descend from horses once ridden by people and describes the motion as a sudden head drop and back arch reaching upward after takeoff.
Harrowing ride as horse and rider tumble in air
The rider experiences a jarring impact as the horse launches into the air and suddenly veers, leaving the rider with the sense of a piledriver striking the spine. The horse continues aloft and changes direction, finally landing after a disorienting flip.
Lantern burns for forty four hours in prize guess
In Olathe a merchant offered a lantern as a prize for the best guess of its burn time. A young woman won after guessing forty hours. the lantern actually burned forty four hours and thirty three minutes. One man calculated the certainty as three hours eight minutes.
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Olathe
RDB Wesas
Kangaa
Administrator's Sale and Road Notice in Carroll County
Legal notices record an administrator sale of 40 acres near Temple Georgia to satisfy Augustus Studdard estate with court approval in Carroll County. Also road and leave to sell notices, dismissions, guardianship, plural concerns, and January 1912 deadlines.
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Court House
Carrollton
Carroll County
Temple
Said County
Ables
Cartwright
Vaughn
Augustas
Studdard
Court of Ordinary
Morgan County
Augustus Studdard
Tetris
Hiram P. Spence
Georgis
Jas. Folds
Arthur Mashburn
Ed Eidson
C. Banks
Thos. Banka
Franklin
Thos. Banks
Georgia
H. G. Roberds
Sarah Roberds
W. J. Millican
R. L. Jacobs
W. J. Jacobs
D. S. Haynes
N. P. A. Haynes
Q. E. Hagan
H. G. Hagan
Gald
Ida O. Hagan
W.4j. Millican
Carroll Free Press
Carroll County Times
D. F. Pearce
W. A. Garrett
KH. Cray
W. H. McCray
J. A. F. Broom
John W. Carroll
Milcan
Girlingry
A. Buttrill
B. W. Buttrill
John N. Crider
A. G. L. Crider
Newnan
IR. W. Freeman
Superior Court
Adamson Avenue
Deitz Survey
Busnaville Street
Mandeville Mills Propertty
Harmen
Burnaville Street
Preston
Norman Jackson
Robt, Jackson
Sheriff Sale Notices for Carroll County Georgia 1911 1912
Sheriff Garrett lists multiple distress warrants and public auctions for rental debts in Carrollton and surrounding areas. Items include cotton bales seed corn and an operating saw mill along with fixtures from Carrollton storefronts. Debtors and creditors are notified to settle estates and file claims by law dates.
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Georgia
Carroll County
Court House
Carrollton
Justice Court
714Th
G. M
G. W. Burson, Sr
A. W. Beddingfield
W. Beddingfield
Towlt
J. F. Lee
Farmer
Said County
Arthur Holmes
Fifa
City Court
Mulaby & Co
K. YD. Folds
J. F. Allen
R. L. Jacob
K. D. Folds
W. A.garrett
J. T. Stephenson
M. E. Stephenson
Adar
Summerville
Freckle Cream Claim Prompts Patient Testimony
A letter from a woman named Miss Lou Rod? praises Wilson's Freckle Cream, claiming freckles vanished after two boxes. The ad promises removal of blackheads and smoother skin, with a refund if claims aren’t met, and directs readers to mail orders to Wilson Freckle Cream Company in Charleston South Carolina.
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Lou Rofd
Wilson
Charleston
Professional Cards in Carrollton Georgia Directory
Local professional listings show attorneys at law doctors dentists and a lawyer circle in Carrollton Georgia. Notables include Boykin and Boykin Georgia Loan and Trust Company J M L Strickland dentist J D Hamrick M D and R W Adamson lawyer among others offering services and office locations in First National Bank Building Bradley Building and central Carrollton offices.
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Boykin & Boykin
Georgia Loan and Trust Co
City and Farm Loans
First National Banic Building
Carrollton
R. W. Adamson
Carrollton Aa
Bradley Building
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Roop Hardware Coo
Roop How. CO
Blount’s Middle Busters
Pope’s Distributors
Lean’s All-Steel Cultivators
Scooter Plows
Philizee Scooters
Columbus Plow
Mitchell Wagons
Barnesville Buggies
Mr. Dunlap
Mr. Cook
Stewart Street
J. D. Smith
Dixie Street
International Life
State of
Missouri
H. W. Campbell
Atlanta, Ga
C. J. Nichols
Carrollton, Ga
Mint
Philadelphia
Congress
A. F. Broom
Maude Carroll Crawford
J. C. McGarity
J.C. McGarity
Sheriff Sales
Alfred G. Hendrix
W. A. Potts
Anderson Milner
Algo
Newnan Street
Gaiseid County
Peter Economos
Alex Economos
Laddie
Londom
Cheney
Says & Delighted Society
Homer Boatright
First National Bank
J. M. L, Strickland
First Nat
Bank
J.D. Hamrick
M. D
L. Z
Dorsett
Cavris
J. H. Powell
Eve
EAR
Atlanta
A. m
Centu
Bell Phone
J. E. Cramer
Adamson & Jackson
R. D. Jackson
R. E. Foster
Bradley
L. M. Louvorn Dentists
Louvorn
Bowden, Ga
J. T. Coleman
South West Corner
Hamricks
J.B. F
DIAL
Eagle
Scott
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