Desolated City After Charleston Earthquake
A September 3 dispatch from Charleston describes widespread ruin and extensive damage to mansions along the Battery and Meeting Street. It notes toppling and cracks, with the Huger mansion and the O’Conner residence among the worst damaged. Officials discuss rebuilding with federal aid as experts assess aftershocks and tidal risk. Government tents are anticipated for comfort and safety.
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Toulay
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Charleston
South Battery
Huger
Meeting Street
South Carolina
France
LaFayette
Olmutz
Congress
O'Conner
Carolinas
Meeting ‘Street
Battery
Atlantic
New Jersey
Hayes
Wonderful cures claimed for Dr King’s New Discovery
Rome druggists W D Hoyt Co state two year sales of Dr King’s New Discovery Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with universal satisfaction. They cite cures for consumption after using these medicines and guarantee them. Sold by Madum Hamrick Co.
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W. D. Hoyt & Co
Rome
Dr. King
Bucklen
Madum, Hamrick & Co
Bill Arp the Humorist of Southern Letters
Major Charles 21. Smith of Rome Ga wrote a biting Civil War era piece signed by the nickname Bill Arp. The long profile traces his roots in Gwinnett County born 1826, his Virginia war letters, family, farm near Cartersville Ga, and his popular humorous yet humane writings praised by readers and papers including a Columbia Sr. Legislators hailed him with a royal reception, while contemporaries likened him to Sidney Smith and Sterne.
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Charles 21. Smith
Rome
Lincoln
Tois
William Arp
Iris
Bill Arp
Ilind ‘Fom
Ciwinnett County
Massachusetts
South Carolina
Savannah
Bob
Athens
Cartersville
Git
Tle
Tie
Sydney Smith
Lawrence Sterne
The
Courier-Journal
Artemus Ward
Columbia
S.C
Supreme Court
House
Senate
Youmians
South
Nashville
Tribute of Respect for Ava Williams at Methodist church
A funeral tribute honors Ava Williams a longtime Methodist church member and Sunday school regular. It notes her childlike faith in the final journey calling angels to escort her spirit and recalls her steady devotion to the church women's missionary society and her family. The piece also reflects on life’s fragility and readiness in faith.
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Cole
Attorneys AT Law
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Carrollton
Ertater
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Merredl
Ava Williams
Methodist Church
Woman’s Missionary Society
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W. A. Bany
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Grow
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ML Reid Delay
Stewart Building
R. C. McDaniel
Mandeville
Carroll Nursery
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New York
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New York City
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St. Michael's
United States
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Fort Sumter
Court House
Washington Square
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United States, Geological Survey
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Leome
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Mate
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Volina
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Cartunder
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Perle
Clingman Tobacco
Tee
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Durham
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Bowdon
Yuna
Hollege
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Bowilon
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Perkins Wind Mill
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BAXCO
Mishawaka
Atlanta
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