Napoleon's Rise and the Army of Italy
The article recounts Napoleon Bonaparte being appointed commander of the Army of Italy on March 2, 1796, leading 36,000 ragged troops to defeat 80,000 Austrians in a rapid campaign. It notes his contempt for directory orders, swift victories from April to May, and Lombardy’s fall before returning to Paris as a nation’s idol. It also cites Whistler’s wit and self-irreverence in Lady St. Helier’s Memories.
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Italy
Napoleon
Brienne
Toulon
Directory
Austria
Europe
Republic
Cherasco
Lodi
Milan
Lombardy
France
Netherlands
Paris
Thomas B. Gregory
New York
American
Mr. Whistler
Whistler
Growing a Living Green Mass from a Sponge
A method from National Magazine instructs sowing a large white sponge with rice oats or wheat in a shallow dish of water for a week or ten days. The sponge absorbs moisture and sprouts. then suspend it from the window to create a living mass of green requiring only occasional moistening.
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National Magazine
Distance Lent Enchantment
An anecdote about Washington Irving who loved theater and was moved by a renowned actress in a performance. When a friend offered to introduce him, Irving declined, saying it would ruin the illusion.
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Washington Irving
Local Notes From Lumpkin County and Fiddlers Rally
Mrs Fannie Hatfield visits her father Stephen Ree with family from Atlanta. Dan Duff marries Miss Birie Chapman of Nelson. Residents discuss rain, summer visitors, and a Dahlonega fiddlers and singing convention on August 26. Old Nimblewill tale and herb remedies appear alongside local telephones and energy calls. Old city records from January 15 1855 cited with council members and market official.
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Fannie Hatfield
Stephen Ree
Newt Satterfield
Atlanta
Cowen
Mountain Club
Dan Duff
Birie
Bob Chapman
Nelson
Dablonega
Nimblewill
Lumpkin County
Alpharetta
Fas
Court House
Alexander Awtry
Jacob H. Smith
Patrick O'Conner
John W. Grady
Harrison W. Riley
J. M. McCroskey
Marshal
J. Boling
Market House
Berry Forest
A J. Kelley
J. A. Moody
A. Dovean
Lewis Quillian
A. G. Wimpy
Richard Whelehel
D. N. Martin
James Lawrence
Government to buy large forest reserve in Lumpkin county
A telegraph report from Washington notes Georgia’s first national forest reserve will buy BI77 acres across Fannin Up ton Gilmer and Lampkin counties for 207821 dollars at 6 62 per acre. The land is held by Andrew and N W Gennett of Franklin NC and was assembled by D W Richards. Representatives Lee and Hawley endorsed the purchase as fair pending clear title.
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Sam
Lumpkins
Atlanta Constitution
Washington
Georgia
United States
National Forest Reservation Commission
Fannin
Upton
Gilmer
Lampkin
Andrew
N. W. Gennett
Franklin
N. C
D. W. Richards
Lee
Hawley
Oregon
Geological Survey
Forest Service
Dahlonega Man Becks Riches Claim From Nevada Mine
The Atlanta Geor gian reports Bh J Beck of Dahlonega allegedly struck it rich in Kimberly district near Battle Mountain Nevada. He joined two men in a tunnel for a one sixth share, with ore tests showing $2200 per ton in a two foot vein. The piece notes local skepticism and hints at a possible scheme to defraud.
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Atlanta
Battle Mountain
Nev
Bh. J. Beck
Dahlonega
E. J. Beck
Kimberly District
Beck
Gray Eagle
Kimberly United Mines Co
Southern Investors
United Go
Practical Education and Rural Progress Claimed as National Need
The article argues for practical education to boost productive capacity from farms to workshops and courts. It cites J. D. Stephenson’s jail for attempting to kiss a woman, Justice Jackson’s suspension over a curse allegation, and a Macon man seeking a divorce claiming fear of his wife.
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Macon
Some Evils of Civilization
Dr Irving Fisher argues in the New York Christian Advocate that civilization brings benefits but also harms. He cites houses, alphabet, printing, chairs, division of labor, and clothing as sources of disease and strain, urging improvements like ventilation and glasses rather than abandoning progress.
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Irving Fisher
New York Christian Advocate
Fresh Air for Sleeping in Fresh Outdoor Air
The piece argues that outdoor air benefits all, but the poor urban worker cannot easily access it. It notes that indoor work prevails and that rooms with outside windows can admit fresh air most of the year. It contrasts abundant air with costly food and warns of crowded lodgings and disease from poor ventilation.
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New York Press
Egypt unwritten rule repeats in 4000 years
A London dispatch notes a possible Mathew Nathan appointment to Egypt as British representative, suggesting the same prominence has rarely fallen to a few. An American diplomat, Simon Wolf, recalls the 1881 visit to the khedive and a remark about the last Jewish envoy, Joseph, at the court.
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Mathew Nathan
Eldon Gorst
Great Britain
Egypt
London
Simon Wolf
Recorder
Washington
United States
Khedive
Wolf
Joseph
Not a Virtue Car Buying Exchange
An agent extols a car as the best with no comeback, while Mr. Juggins counters that the previous car forced a walk back. He asks for a model with return attachments as a substitute. The excerpt highlights a sharp buyer seller banter from Harper's Weekly.
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Juggins
Harper’s Weekly
PELTS BY THE MILLION AT LONDON FUR SALES
A London fur sale at Great Queen Street showcases vast skinstocks from bear and fox to raccoon and opossum. Prices reach up to 2500 for sable skins while blue arctic fox farms in Alaska supply coats and purses. The piece notes notable fur trade quantities and global farming for fur production.
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London
Queen’ Street
Switzerland
Prince William’s Sound
Alaska
London Graphic
Mystery to Him on Sarah Taken to Insane Asylum
A farmer and a neighbor discuss the news that Sarah has been sent to an asylum. The husband laments that she had hardly left the kitchen in twenty years, puzzling over the sudden change and the reason behind the confinement.
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Hiram
Sarah
Joe
Ladies’ Home Journal
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Gainesville
Lumpkin CO
Dahlonegans
Young Harris News
J. D. Stephenson
Americus
Justice Jackson
Grand
Hancock
Gettysburg
Meade
Puck
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