Toombs and His Unresting Mind in Georgia History
A condensed portrait of General Robert Toombs, Georgia’s famed orator and statesman, detailing his uncompromising honesty, wartime stance, exile, and enduring influence on state policy. It notes his finances, private life, and postwar public presence, with reflections by Stephens on his grand intellect and controversial career. The passage also touches on Toombs’s escape, land dealings in Texas, and a lasting legacy in Georgia’s constitutional framework.
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Union
United States
Washington
Toombs
Billy
Anuch
Fox
Hke
Crawfordville
Stephens
Charles
Irvine
Texas
General Toombs
Ife
Dr. Steiner
Vis
Johnson
Jenkins
Cobb
Brown
Georgia
Big Commonwealth
Eaters of Clay Inhabitants of Rural North Carolina
A Philadelphia physician, Dr. Frank H. Getehell, conducted a field study in rural North Carolina to explain why locals in a harsh mountain region consume clay. He observed clay-rich soil, spring rivulets forming into littlelets and mounds as warmth increased, noting widespread clay eating among residents with severe poverty and skeletal frames.
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North Carolina
Philadelphia
Saga the Times
Frank H. Getehell
Spruce Streck
Salisbury
Getehell
Bnow
Heard In Her Youth Temperance Debate Sparks Armed Showdown
In Liberty Hill Heard County a temperance lecture provoked fear and printed threats as townsfolk gathered. Tide Dabney Jones opened fire at the whiskey ramp while rival R F armed, and Squire Harris warned restraint as a crowd moved toward conflict.
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Dack
Liberty Hill
Heard County
Creeter
Maine
Dabney Jones
Iils
R. F
Squire B
Fragmented reminiscences and legal quips from Cobb Superior Court
A garbled reminiscence recounts temperance history with whisky’s decline in a city. It includes a courtroom anecdote: a witness claims to know an occurrence without seeing it, and a lawyer presses the idea that perception precedes truth. The text weaves old time slang, shop talk, and riddling asides about antiquity and redeeming qualities.
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Cobb-Superior
Johnny
Tharges
Mr. Barnes
The Independent advertising and reading values highlighted
The Independent proclaims its role as a leading religious and literary weekly. It emphasizes broad appeal across religion, philosophy, science, literature, art, and current events, inviting readers to subscribe and sample with trial copies. It touts independence, educational value, and a Clubbing List to save money.
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Iperenventi
Furith
Witte IX
Anary
Mortgage Foreclosure in Carroll County Court
In Carroll County Superior Court an action by J. J. Kiser & Co. against B A Williams seeks foreclosure on a mortgage on a frame store and dwelling in Villa Rica. The notes totaling $1,578 dated May 1881, with interest and attorney's fees, are unpaid. Williams is ordered to pay by next term or face proceedings. The order appears in the Carroll Free Press as a public notice.
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Carpell Superior
Georgia
Sidehice
Georgia Pacific
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A. Cheeves
A. W. Wiamns Pont
Kiser & Co
Williams
County of
Caroll
Wil Hamsor
Woilarrill
Atty’s. Juilwe
Cleck Carrol Superior Court
Carrol County
Shereby
Kelly, Heheh Cis
Guardian's Sale At Carrollton Court House Georgia
Guardian of Owen OConner to sell 101 acres in Carroll County Georgia at public sale first Tuesday in January to the highest bidder one half cash and balance in 19 months with interest per cent per annum proceeds for creditors of the estate under county order dated November.
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Carroll
Georgia
Carroll County
Owen O'Conner
Momlay
W. Sims
Owen O'Coner
Notice to Debtors in Georgia Carroll County Road Establishment
Notice to debtors warns that unless a valid reason is shown by January 6 1886 an order will authorize a new road. The route runs near Times Chambers residence, northeasterly through the lands of James Chauthers and others, crosses the railroad and fing-of-filfre, intersects the Philips Ferry Round on Oak Mountain, as set by Road Commissioners Jareds and Williams.
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Eorgia Carroel County
Times Chambers
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D. Chappell
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W. ML Lyle
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Tink
Thromeh
Frilgore
I. A. SuArr
J. Ik. Tor
Nea. Wissiont
Piissioners
Tule and
Kevennes
New Road Order Proposed near James Stevens residence
Public notice from Carroll County dated December 1 1883 states that road commissioners propose a new cord along the Tayksouyiile road in Shiloh district. The plan runs easterly from the residence of James Stevens through lands of several owners and intersects the upper Jackson County route. Commission members signers include A Lorcursos TA Lane J K Ru er N A Wexrsor.
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Carroll Cot
Munnvary
James Stevens
Tayksouyiile
Shiloh
Ly Say
Mrs. Foster
J. Wil Itmison
J.M. Barnes
Ingrim
J. G. Ferrell
J. W
Sail County
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TA. Lane
J. K. Ruer
N- A. Wexrsor
Toadaint
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