Treasure of War and the Skeleton Hidden Beech Tree
A Civil War veteran recalls scouting near Marietta and Etowah river and a cavalry encounter. He follows a suspected forger, finds a beech tree marked with initials DS, digs up a hidden skeleton treasure of watches gold coins and jewelry worth about 8000 dollars, and clears an innocent man.
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Marietta
Etowah River
Tiame
Aelub
Rome
Cartersville
Charles Gains
Jand
Tie
Richmond
Etowah
George Paige
Boston
Providence
Ile
Paige
Thad
Detroit Free Press
Household Hints and Oddities From a Bygone Page
A column mixing household tips with odd notes cites advice on sewing posture, treating rust, venting bedrooms, egg substitutes, fabric whitening, cucumber peels to deter cockroaches, and a note about corals blown inland by a Sunda Straits eruption. It also mentions dark plumage poultry, a Texarkana glass-eating man, insects responding to blows, Queen Victoria’s swanherd, and Black Hills rabbits being called.
Heard In Her Youth The Political Strife In Ifeard County
In Ifeard County the long drift between Democrats and Whigs heated as Know Nothing era rose. Leaders like Cols Tompkins Awbry Grimes Stokes Oliver and Berry D. Johnson David Zachry Charlie Mabry and Col. Wright divide loyalties. Brit Lane wins as anti-Whig strength grows, returns bring whisky cheer, and Democrats reclaim power amid hopeful reconciliation.
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Ifeard
Cols
Tompkins
Awvbry
Grimes Stokes
Oliver
Berry D. Johnson
David Zachry
Charlie Mabry
Col. Wright
Search County
Col. Tompkins
Teig
Dave Z
Electric Bitters Prove Worth in Stomach Kidney Trials
Hira Cameron of Columbus GA and Major A B Read of West Liberty KY share experiences with Electric Bitters. Cameron says three years of remedies failed until using Electric Bitters, touted as the best blood purifier. Read reports long-standing kidney issues improved markedly. Sold at Hallum Hamrick & Co for fifty cents a bottle.
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Hira Cameron
Columbus
A. B. Read
West Liberty
Hallum, Hamrick & Co
A Good Start and Other Fragments
A jumble of quotes and anecdotes notes Gail Fisher now married and living in Indianapolis, a seeker of God, and a farmer’s humor. The scattered text recalls a widow with seven children, a moral vow, and a rural editorial anecdote about elopement, meals, and a child’s apple request.
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Gail Fisher
Indianapolis
Borrowing Money to Grow Crops Faces Usury Backlash
The Marietta Journal reprints Mobile Register lamenting high interest on farm credit. It argues 50 percent rates for short credit crush farmers, while a 10 percent legal rate is framed as protection for lenders. The piece calls for ending usury restrictions to ensure fair collection and collateral-backed loans for farmers.
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Marietta
Vast Fortunes of New York Millionaires Examined
A New York Star summary discredits extravagant estimates of city magnates wealth. It lists hundreds of millions held by Astor Gould Vanderbilt Sage and others, noting many figures are inflated by outsiders. It contrasts these with the Nobel brothers who built vast petroleum holdings worth about 250 million each.
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New York
Tomong
J.J. Astor
Jay Gould
Coreling Vanderbilt
WY IX
Vanderbilt
Russell Sage
J. P. Hundlarton
Winslow Lanter & Co
D. QO
Slits
Pierpont
Margans
Bob Garrett
Armour
Fred Vanderbilt
Sidney Dillon
Woekshotivr
J.T Hoxie
Addison Cammack
John Rockafellar
H. Rockafellar
Alexander Mitchell
Cyrus W. Field
5. V. White
W. Travers
I. P. Flower
John Shaw
WW. E. Connor
Sam Sloan
Chicago
San Francisco
David Davis
Hinis
Vanderbilts
Astors
Nobel Brothers
Russia
Globe
New York Star
Buacklen Arnica Salve Sold by Haltum Hamrick & Co
Buacklen Arnica Salve advertised as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. 25 cents per box. Sold by Hal tum Hamrick and Co.
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Buacklen
Haltum, Hamrick & Co
We are not sent into this world to do halfhearted work
A reflective line urges doing work with heart and full commitment. The speaker emphasizes that duties should be pursued with genuine effort and enthusiasm rather than by halves or shifts.
Practical potato growing method and political opinions from Georgia
The article recounts Thom as E. Blackshear sharing spring Irish potato cultivation tips with shallow bed covering and light furrow planting, plus frost protection notes. It then shifts to a debate over Renfro’s postmaster nomination in Atlanta, urging caution against party favoritism and calling for legislative action to restore Goldsmith and reform impeachments. It also references historical remarks about moral standards and senatorial courtesy.
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Thomas County
Gata
Thomas E. Blackshear
Renfro
Atlanta
Senate
Joe Brown
Atlanta Constitution
Albany New and Advertiser
Piper
Constitution
Renfroe
Georgin
Cleveland
Georgia
Reniece
Brown
Democratic Party
Nelms
West Murphy
Renfre
Coldsmith
Alex Stephens
Northern Farmer Hints at Southern Hay Boom
A Northern farmer buys a weed choked land, sees promising crab grass hay, purchases machines and a hay press, and crops over 600 tons profitably. The tale offers a useful hint for Southern farmers seeking enterprise in the Sunny South. A nearby exchange adds light humor with whistling quips and a debate note on city and country life.
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York
Doctor's feud ends in a pistol threat near Cedartown
Fragmented lines describe a doctor clashing with a patient over a pistol and a brother opposing with a club. The passage interleaves quips about life, ease, and morality, ending with aphorisms on duty, memory, harmony, and fortune.
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Cedartown
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Yan
Onvox
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BH. M. Reid
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G&a
H. M. Reid
E. Grow
Stewart Building
L. Cobb
Felix
Cobb . Cobb
Attorneys AT Law
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G. W. Nerrell
W. Pf. Cole
Merrell É
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WW & GW
Merrell
R. C McDaniel
Cabrrolston, GA
Mandeville
Kramer
Carrollton
Newnan
Savannah
First National Bank
Fourth National Bank
Gate City National Bank
Avlanta National Bank
Oat Ge Rae Ag Tag
Merrell & Cole
Johnston
Sherman
Lost and Pine Mountains
Ohio
Portland
Maine
THE
Savannah Weekly News
Ofte World
Amile Mopies
Estill
Thousehold
Sunda Straits
Texarkana
Tex
Black Hills
Moreland
Franklin News
Jim
Iows
Jefferson Davis
Gen. Beauregaard
Senator Wigfall
Texas
Davis
Miss. Lula Hurst
Polkcons
Yoyce
Johnny
Mama
Jonny
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