Night in a Georgia log house during a storm near Chickamauga
The narrator endures a torrential rainstorm near the Chickamauga battlefield. He shelters in a crowded Georgia log house with a farmer family and twelve people sharing two beds, then a late arrival joins them. The scene includes cramped sleeping arrangements and the storm’s continuing roar through the night.
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Rossville
Chickamauga
Georgia Line
Jim Baker
Jim
Tom
Detroit Free Press
Luxury at Newport Sees Surge in White Collar Splendor
The article notes a dramatic rise in luxury in Newport with cooks earning 50 to 100 dollars monthly and households spending five to six thousand dollars monthly. It describes opulent villas, extensive servant staffs, and a shift from modest carriages to lavish livery while predicting further refinement in fashionable living. It also mentions political figures and current events, including Canada’s Governor Generalship and a murder hangings in Eatonton, Georgia, alongside the Duke of Connaught’s Egypt campaign.
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Newport
This
New York
John McDonald
Marquis of Lorne
Canada
Eatonton
Duke of Connaught
Folks and Faraway Feats Highlight Verona Ledger
A scattered column notes varied items from millionaire Mackay paying 20000 for four California colts to Lieut Schwatka and bride due at Vancouver Barracks. It mentions Tom Thumb’s travels, Joaquin Miller on Wall Street, a Maine ex-governor’s son bicycle trip, and Sergeant Mason in Albany Penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Mackay
California
I. Schwatkna
General Miles
Bride
Vancouver Barracks
Tom Thumb
Joaquin Miller
Sierras
Wall Street
Perham
Maine
Paris
Oxford County
State College
Orono
Mason
Guiteau
Albany
Nevada
Philadelphia News
Stewart Co closes New York branch ending era
The Chicago branch of A. T. Stewart & Co. closes forever. By the shop’s closure in New York 13 000 people are thrown out of employment.
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Chicago
A. T. Stewart & Co
Georgia
Nilsson
Henry E. Abbey
Boston
New York
Tiny Gold Dust Drove Worthless Floors to Riches
In jewelry making, minute gold particles cling to tar between double floors and in seams, with floor removals revealing enough gold to justify new floors. Sweeps, dust, apron burns, and beard brushings yield small but valuable amounts, and even bathwater sediment is assayed for gold and silver fragments. A Brooklyn paper notes such meticulous recovery methods alongside gossip about Fanny Davenport’s diamonds and frontier tales of a man passing on land offers for boots.
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Jersey City
Brooklyn Eagle
Fanny Davenport
Piamonds
Fanny
England
Embankment
Spain
Edison light on Fulton street shows system and cost
The article reviews Edison's electric lighting progress in New York districts and compares it with the Brush-Swan storage system used in Cheyenne. It details the cost estimates for a three square mile Edison plant including mains, dynamos, boilers, and real estate, totaling about 600000 dollars, and notes the impracticality for small towns.
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Edison
Cheyenne
Fulton Street
New York
Nassau Street
East River
Edison Electric
First District
Spruce
Wall Street
Lungren
Popular Science Monthly
Sepember
Edson Company
New York City
Chayenne Electric Light Company
Jidson
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Georgia Hospitality
Brooklyn
Saratoga
Texas
Idaho
Detroit Ree Press
Texas Siftings
London
Judy
Cetawayo
Luxury
Archbishop Whately
Ile
Butler
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Levy
Ralph Ryder
Springbrook
Wis
Ientucky Star Journal
H. ©. Chandler, P. O
Creek Range
Cheyenne River
Lodge Creek, Wye
Enne
Wyo
Range
Horn Creek
Chamberlin & Doty
P.O
Laramie
Deer and Cherry Creeks
Cheyenne, Wyoming
M. E. Post
Range Pole
Horse Creeks
North Park
H. A. Blair
P. O
Powder River
Johnson County
Wyoming Range
Wys
Allso
Lema ®L Smith, Jr
Ft. Fetterman
Tak
Plalve
Hih
Philip & James Dater
Bear Creek
Aubove
Sid
Aso
Ber
Itte Larg
Harther
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