City Directory and Church Listings Feature Local Officials
Directory lists city officers including mayor Baker and aldermen Moore West and Townsend with school trustees and county officers. Also notes pastors and service times for Baptist Methodist Presbyterian and Church of God, plus Sunday schools and meetings across Auraria Cane Creek Frogtown Yahoola Bunyan Pierce Wahoohoo and related locales.
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W.H. Jones
W. J. Hightower
A. B. Keith
County Board OF Education
W.B. Lowe
J. M. Ridley
W.T. Dowdy
D. Pierce
Carl Shultz
John H. Moore
W. L. Ash
Rk. CO
N. P. Frogtown
G. L. Jones
N. P. Hightower
J. N. Satterfield
N. P. Jones’ Creek
M. H. Kendall
N. P. Martin
Ford-7
A. Hollifield
N. P. J.G. Martin
J. P. Nimblewill
J. M. Calhoun
N. P
Porter Springs
J. B. Ricketts
J.M. Duckett
J. P. Shoal Creek
H. ©. Burges
N. P. Wahoohoo
J. A. Abercrombie
J P
Bunyan Pierce
Yahoola
E. C. Jarrard
J. P
M.C. Wyley
Presbyterian Church
B. W. Baker
J. O. Carson
Church OF God
Ella Fry
Falconry Ancient Sport Traced to Pre Christian Era
Falconry is described as an ancient sport practiced in the East and Europe before England. English kings used it as a major pastime, likened to baseball in America today. The text explains long-winged falcons and short-winged hawks, their prey, and gender size differences.
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East
Europe
England
America
Sugar as Delicacy to Everyday Staple in History
The article traces sugar from costly colonial import to common staple tied to coffee and tea culture, noting early prices and a 1780 New York ad for Nicholas Bayard’s sugar refinery. It also includes a humorous aside from Grit about head size and character, contrasting appearance with intellect.
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England
India
Egypt
Manhattan
New York Gazette
Nicholas Bayard
City of
New York
Europe
New York Evening Post
Witty maxims on money love and social behavior
A collection of pointed aphorisms on gender, alimony, charity, will power, hope, and social dynamics. The pieces critique money handling, personal truth, fear, and the urge for compliments within relationships, ending with a remark on lifting someone when they are down.
Bible Thoughts for This Week Sunday through Saturday
Daily devotional passages align with biblical verses. Topics include Pure religion, Thanksgiving, God’s love, Pride as a pitfall, national righteousness, the Golden Rule, and hearing the word. Includes James 1:27 Revelation 7:12 John 3:16 Proverbs 16:18 Proverbs 14:34 Luke 6:31 Jeremiah 22:29.
Testing Air in Old Mines for Safety
The article explains bringing fresh air from surface into long disused mines by bucket and warns of methane in abandoned shafts. It advises using a miner's safety lamp to test descent, and if open light must be used, evacuate nearby workers to prevent explosion. It stresses no oxygen warning signs and the risk of sudden collapse. It recommends rope tethering and two extra men, with a distress signal to recover quickly.
White trillium and white crab spider in spring woods
Early spring woods greet the white trillium in bloom forming a carpet of snow on the forest floor. Nearby the white crab spider waits at the flower center with elongated front legs ready to ambush visiting pollinators.
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American Forestry Magazine
Puzzling Pickpocket Gag Highlights Family Ties
A clever ruse between a young man and an elderly man exposes a mistaken identity. A purse is dropped, the thief is challenged, and the culprit is revealed as the sister’s brother, in a comical Pittsburgh Dispatch anecdote.
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Marie
Harry
Pittsburgh Dispatch
A Lover of Quiet Jazz Story Reunion
In a Birmingham Age-Herald vignette a seedy caller seeking a loan claims past fame with a jazz orchestra and drum bear antics. Mr Gramps on the mute side admits he is a wolf for peace and quiet, noting he has fired 17 stenographers for toe tapping and desk rapping.
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Mr. Grampson
Firmingham Age-Herald
Conversation on Wives and Law in Marriage Discussion
A dialogue notes a wife who studied college before marriage and contemplated a legal career but ultimately chose to abandon that path. The exchange reflects social expectations and personal choices regarding education and profession within marriage.
Egyptian Banquets Feature Coffin Reminder Of Death
Historical accounts describe lavish Egyptian feasts among the wealthy and social set with rich foods and rare wines. A waiter carries a wooden coffin housing a dead-bodied image to each guest, declaring mortals will die and be like this once dead, according to Herodotus.
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Herodotus
Visionary Faith And Global War Warnings In One Quotation
A compilation of quotes advocates moral religion in business and culture, describing a church based on moral science with poets and scientists as prophets. It contrasts Emersonian humanitarian religion with a warning from Baron d Estournelles de Constant about armament piling leading to bankruptcy, anarchy, and perpetual war.
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Marion D. Shutter
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Baron d'Estournelles de Constant
Cap or Skin in Washington's Last Speech
In a New Haven address at the American Missionary association anniversary, Booker T. Washington used quiet humor to satirize prejudice. He recounted a race man traveling in style from New York to San Francisco, wearing a red fez and misnaming his language, arguing that bias targets the cap more than skin.
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Booker T. Washington
American Missionary Association
New Haven
New York
San Francisco
Love as a Mental Condition Meets Psychoanalytic View
A psychologist explains love as a mental overload rather than a heartless flirt. He notes jilted lovers often experience a sudden reversion, triggered by minor events, and that love can submerge personality while friendship and mutual respect endure.
Getting Acquainted on a Rainy Bus Ride
A conductor asks for volunteers to help a lady. A bold passenger invites her inside to sit, and a buxom woman accepts. Conversation reveals she is the passenger’s new cook headed to his house, prompting surprise and a blush.
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London
A Paean for Pumpkin Pie from Washington Star
The Washington Star extols the American pumpkin pie as superior among dishes fit for a king. It defends real pumpkin pies against impostors and urges knowledge of genuine pumpkin pie above all.
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Bureau of Standards
Washington
Washington Star
Marblehead Removes Napoleon Willow Amid Road Work
Street crews in Marblehead Mass cut down a once storied willow linked to Napoleon Bonaparte’s grave site on St Helena. Officials say the historic tree shaded ground now cleared to eliminate a dangerous street corner, reflecting progress over sentiment.
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Napoleon
Marblehead
Mass
Corporal
Island
St. Helena
Street Department
Plain Mule Sense on Western Ranch Hiring
A colored man applied for a job on a western ranch. The foreman asked if he knew mules. He replied he knew too much about mules to get familiar with them and still secured the job. The Leatherneck.
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Ham
Leatherneck
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Ment
J. H. Baker
G. H W. Moore
A. West
Jos
Pownsend
Eal Smith
Jackson- Son
Jane Gisy Mtvrstiat
Housley
Trustees City School
Treas
John LH. Moore
M. Brooksher
A. W. xvi
W. B. Townsend
Christian Bast
J. M. Davis
O. O
Porter
J. H. Peck
Cantrell
K. KE. Baker
John Evans
G. G. Evans
W. J. Free
D. O. Johnson
Gainesville
Avery & Vaughn
McGuire Jeweler
Dahlonega
Watehss
Moore & Earlys
Thedford’s
Chesterfield
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co
James
John
Lord
Jeremiah
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