Distant World Notes and Local Anecdotes From 1800s
A collage of curiosities and brief items: US paper mills capacity rising from 3.89M to 14.10M pounds daily between 1881 and now. a Deal England boat race with 60-plus rowers. St Paul’s chapel inspiring Minnesota city name Pig’s Eye. emerald crescent at Genoa cathedral linked to Solomon and Sheba. Jeddah disturbances tied to Ottoman succession plots. Denver named after ex-governor James W. Denver amid midwest town consolidations. Britain’s growing naval force estimates. North Carolina canning factories surge. Babia de Pernagua diamond rumored largest at 8 100 carats. organ invention dates and church adoption debates. patent medicines claims including Hostetter’s Bitters and Hall’s Catarrh Cure. dyspepsia linked headaches remedies. hog fattening from mulberries. requests for mull berries and ad buys. Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething.
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Atlantic Ocean
Paper
United States
Deal
Eng
St. Paul
Minnesota
Santa Gaterina
Genoa
Sheba
Jeddah
Mecca
Constantinople
Sultan Hamid
Murad
Abdul Aziz
Denver
Col
James W. Denver
Kanaas
St. Charles
Aurora
Great Britain
North Carolina
South
Babia de Pernagua
Brazil
Cteribins
Alexandria
B. C
Europe
Vitalian
Through Georgia Daily Happenings and Developments
Summary notes Georgia topics from city hopes to expand rail lines and dispensary fights to Savannah rail ambitions and local political shifts. Mentions Waycross Abbeville Hawkinsville rail link, LaGrange dispensary request, Columbus court-house demolition, and Georgia Central Railroad exhibit at the Atlanta exposition. Includes governor appointments, tax questions, and Negro progress at the exposition.
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Senate
Reform in Cotton Packing Takes Center Stage in Atlanta
New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association met at the Atlanta city hall to debate bales reform. W F B Anderson presented cylindrical packing and a bale example, while W T Bessonette offered his cylindrical baling method. Botsford offered analysis, Ball prepared the paper, and action is expected before the session ends.
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New England Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
City Council Chamber
Atlanta
W. FB. Anderson
Standard Circular Cotton Company
Liverpool
England
Little Rock
Ark
W.T. Bessonette
Texas
South
Charles H. Botsford
Waco
Tex
D.C. Ball
St. Louis
Prominent Auditor Dibrell Ends His Life in Chattanooga
Charles L. Dibrell, auditor in the Southern Express Co money accounting office, shot himself in the head with an 8 gauge pistol in Chattanooga. He was one of the oldest and most esteemed employees of the company. The cause of his self-inflicted death remains unknown.
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Southern Express Company
Chattanooga
Tenn
Charles L. Dibrell
Money
Southern Express Co
Dibrell
Smith & Wesson
University of Virginia Burned by Defective Wire
A defective electric wire sparked a fire that destroyed the University of Virginia main building in Charlottesville Virginia on Sunday. Several professors and students were injured in the blaze.
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University of Virginia
Charlotteville
Connecticuts Blue Laws and Colonial Restrictions
A historical note recounts Rev. Samuel Peters account of Connecticut blue laws. It lists stringent edicts restricting political power, church membership, voting rights, Sabbath observances, travel, work, and social penalties for dissenters and Quakers.
Pink Pills Promised Relief From Ailments In Adak Notice
A local testimonial promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a cure for numerous conditions from locomotor ataxia to nervous disorders. Mrs Guhrke describes weight gain from 112 to 122 pounds after six months and credits the pills with restored health and daily activity.
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Chicago
William A
Dogan
Dr. Williams
Thay
Curious Facts From 1891 Census And Global Notes
A roundup of 1891 statistics notes Ireland population at 4.7 million with a 9.08 percent drop, London at 4.77 million, and workmen in salt works spared from several diseases. It cites France housing totals, ship Potosi in Bremen, sparse Kansas towns, a $40,000 theatre in Saratoga, and animal prices from Gambier Bolton. It also mentions Tartare mare milk, Hero Dotus era practices, and royal riding animals in some countries.
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Ireland
London
France
Bremen
Potosi
Kansas
Saratoga
M. Gambier Bolton
Europe
Herodotus
Abyssinia
Assurance From One Side and Monkeys Debate
A cartoonish exchange shows Col. Yerger lamenting the cost of a new dress while Mrs. Yerger dismisses money in favor of making him happy. The piece lampoons budgeting during hard times with a playful remark about lineage. A separate quip has Tommy Tucker asking if he is descended from monkeys, answered firmly by Mr. Pucker.
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Georgia
Macon Telegraph
South
Otras
Mrs. Yerger
Caesar
Col. Yerger
Charles
Texas Siftings
Tommy ‘Tucker
Mr. Pucker
Chicago Daily Tribune
Boston
Venus Rising from the Sea Sparks Debate on Antiquity
In a Punchline from the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph and Indianapolis Journal excerpts two strangers discuss art and modest swimwear while a third notes social prestige via lodge memberships. The exchange references Greek deity worship and modern attire.
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Gaswell
Dukane
Pitteburg Chronicle-Telegraph
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Kvalida
Rendor
Caliifornia Fig
Uiner
Binghamton
Hall
Fr. Cierny A Co
Props
Toledo
Dra 4
Prions
Rick
Tyner
W. D. Teatle
Iso
van Sivlen
Blake Aves
Brooklyn
N. Y
Are Mae Thomip
Doe
Columbus
Waycross and
Abbeville
Hawkinsville
LaGrange
Savannah News
Georgia and Alabama
Savannah
Ogeechee Swamp
South Georgia Conference
Fort Valley
John ©. Granberry
Virginia
Dooly County
Winfield Nesbit
Kell
Bunny Side
Irwin and
Wilcox Counties
Colquitt County
John KR. Turner
Muscogee
State Board of Pharmacy
J. W. Goodwyn
Harvey Wilson
Mr. Montgomery
Floyd County
Montgomery
Augusta
Ate
Control Railroad of
Ahvir Clarter
Don A. Pardee
Central Railroad
Atkinson
Columbus Ledger
Empire State
the Central
The
Central Railroad Company
Alabama
Central
John A. Berry
Ronth
Atlanta Constitution
Hood
Hilious
Hermelios
Business
School of
Actus Bariense
Hasina
Connecticus
Connecticut
Samuel Peters
Hartford
Peters
Jesus
Newton
New Haven
Rhine
Leavening Powe
Reval
U.S. Gov't Report
Indianapolis
Ashineton At
Walter Baker & Co
Walter Baker & Co., Limited
Dorchester
Mass
Nassau Street
New York
Kennedy
Donald Kennedy
Roxbury, Mass
Scott
Scotts Emi
Scott & Bowne
Benj
Lovell
Jon P. Lovett
Lovells
Counedley
Weymanth
Lore Hib
Cally Latell
Beeoutlee Council
Stilson & Collins Jewelry Coo
Whitehall St
Phillips & Crew CO
Peachtree Street
Fileman, Bros
Whitehall Street
Atlanta, GA
ONE Price Clothiers
Ant Rtm du
Whitehall Tele
Asga
Citas
Sullivan & Crichton’s
Usted Gea
School OF Shorthand
America
Sullivan & Crichton
Couto
Mieit
Bloodworth
MTS Center
King Hardware Co
Dak
Mages
Jhuee Sargent
Ming, Laster
John P. Lovell Arms CO
Detroit
Michigar
Asthma
Popham
Firoritam
Rite
Parker
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