Local Government Directory and Church Listings
A readable inventory of local officials and church schedules. Includes Aldermen Trustees and County Officers such as Sheriff Collector and Register, plus clergy and Sunday services for Baptist Methodist Presbyterian and Church of God. Also lists county boards education roads and Notary Peace positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.H., Jones
W. J. Hightower
A. Beith
County Board OF Education
Senter Wethers Spot Eee
J. M. Ridley
W.T. Dowdy
GO. D. Pierce
Carl Shultz
John H. Moore
W. L. Ash
KB. O. Meaders
T. F. Christian
Notary
Auraria
W. A. Hutches
N. P. Jones’ Creek
M. H. Kendall
N. P. Martin’s Ford
J. G. Martin
J. P. Nimblewill
J. M. Calhoun
N. P
Porter Springs
J. B. Ricketts
J. M. Duckett
J. P. Shoal Creek
H. CO. Burges
N. P. Wahoohoo
J. A. Abercrombie
J. P. Bunyan Pierce
N. P. Yahoda
Jarrard J. P. Baptist Church
Rev
W. T. Evans
Speer
Supt
Methodist
J. W. Blake
Mayer
Pworth League
Lamar Wea
M.C. Wyley
Resbyterian Church
V. B. W. Baker
Rvices
Carson
Church OF God
Willa Fry
Ervices
Ella Fry
Artemus Ward Recovers After Oyster Cure in Salt Lake City
Artemus Ward, on a western lecture tour with manager Artemus Tingston, fell gravely ill in Salt Lake City after California and Virginia City dates. Brigham Young and local residents sent aid, and a dozen cans of Baltimore oysters revived him enough to plan a return to the stage, with Ward joking about bills and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artemus Ward
Dr. Tingston
Salt Lake City
California
Pacific Coast
Virginia City
Ney
Mark Twain
Bill Nye
Artemus
Brigham Young
Dr. Hingston
Baltimore
Consecration and Concentration Drive Life Progress
A Forbes Magazine idea argues that success comes from consecration to a calling and then concentrated effort. The piece notes that any honest field can inspire dedication when driven by a larger purpose beyond money. In St Gallen Switzerland Santa Claus visits with a cowbell tradition featuring twelve men in festive dress and masks delivering presents and candy.
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Forbes Magazine
St. Gallen
Switzerland
Santa Claus
Popular Science Magazine
Samichlaus
The Game of Whist An Evolution of Card Play
The article traces whist from humble servants halls to drawing rooms as rules were formalized at the Crown coffee house in Bedford and Bedfordshire. Edward Hoyle popularized the game in 1743, spreading its principles to a wider world.
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England
Crown
Bedford
Edward Hoyle
A Great National Park for Georgia
Georgia could gain a vast federally managed recreational park in Habersham Rabun Towns Fannin Lumpkin White counties as part of a national forest reserve. Rail access is limited. with highways improved, tourism would surge and regional economies benefit, funded by bonds repaid from auto and gas revenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
United States
Habersham
Towns
Rabun
Fannin
Lumpkin
White Counties
North Georgia
Catskills
White Mountains
Georgia Mountains
North Carolina
Tennessee
Forestry Commission
Santa Claus as a mighty Christmas advertising force
The text celebrates Santa Claus as a powerful advertiser whose image boosts business and timber value. It argues that advertising pays, and that Santa, though mythical, serves as the earth's greatest advertiser, stimulating merchants' annual calculations.
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Santa Claus
Five-Pound Box and the Modern Sweetheart Trade
A quirky note on past and present candy trends. The piece recalls love tokens like stamped lozenges from earlier days and contrasts them with contemporary dollar-a-pound confections, framing the shift as a reflection on romance and consumer prices.
Bible Thoughts for This Week Sunday to Saturday
Sunday SUN AND SHIELD The Lord God is a sun and shield and will withhold no good thing from those who walk uprightly. Monday THE PRINCE OF PEACE For unto us a child is born and the government shall be upon his shoulders. Tuesday MERCY ASSURED He that covereth his sins shall not prosper but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Wednesday REWARD OF HUMILITY Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Thursday SAFE STEPS The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord and he delighteth in his way. Friday HOW TO GET ON Ask and it shall be given you seek and ye shall find. Saturday WITHHOLD NOT GOOD Do not withhold good from those due when in the power of thine hand to do it.
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Georgia Coad Roads Association
North Georgia
Central
South Georgia
Georgia
Leginlature
Prince OF
Prince of Peace
Prosaic Fairy Delights Brixton Garden Mixup
A Brixton woman who refused to pay Brixton gardeners for front garden maintenance woke to a neatly trimmed plot and cleared rubbish. She credited fairies as an Irishwoman, while a man claiming to be the fairy later confessed he had trimmed the wrong garden by misreading the house number.
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Barrington Road
Brixton
England
Kissing Customs in 18th Century Hospitality
The Philadelphia Ledger notes that three hundred years ago a hostess might greet male guests in her husband s presence with a kiss on the lips forehead or cheek as a sign of hospitality. It cites Sir Walter Scott s The Fair Maid of Perth where a character says a maiden who kisses a sleeping man wins a pair of gloves.
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Sir Walter Scott
Perth
Philadelphia Ledger
Chief Joseph and Nez Perces War Leader Remembered
A summary of Chief Joseph of the Nez Perces noting his rise in 1873 after government orders to cede lands, his counsel of peace, the war campaigns, and eventual exile to Fort Leavenworth and Colville reservation where he died on September 1, 1904. It highlights his military skill, restraint in war, and lasting hope for a return to hunting grounds.
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Joseph
Provence
Oregon
Idaho
Mowston Reservation
Washington
Detroit News
Howard
Clearwater
Lobo Trail
Snake Creek
Gem Nelson A. Miles
Milew
Fort Leavenworth
Colville Reservation
United States
Protecting Men Against Themselves
A Dearborn Independent note states no one may travel north of Fort Smith in the Canadian Northwest without Royal Canadian Mounted Police approval. Applicants must justify the trip, prove transport and return plans, and show sufficient food and business legitimacy before permission is granted.
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Fort Smith
Canadian Northwest
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Dearborn
Escort Decamps After Church Walk
A fourteen year old recalls older girls leaving with escorts and agreeing to walk home. She notes an aggressive dog, and she defends herself by stamping with her slipper, sending the dog away and reaching home safely after the encounter.
Powerful 16 inch, 50 cal Naval Gun Unveiled
Ordnance engineers in the United States report a new 16 inch 50 caliber naval gun. It measures 60 feet in length and weighs 840000 pounds. The gun fires a 2400 pound projectile about 22 miles, using 850 pounds of smokeless powder.
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United States
Shot Helps Director Shoot Scene on Rural Road
A stern voice shouts for action as a film director orders his camera crew on a roadside shoot. A passenger says his wife fainted after the emergency brake was pulled, puzzling bystanders in a rural setting.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Christmas Display Question Sparks Gentle Confusion
A shopper, after finishing her own Christmas shopping, admires a display in a large store and asks its purpose. The saleslady replies simply that the items are "just for Christmas," capturing a quiet holiday mood from the Indianapolis News excerpt.
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Indianapolis News
Meteors blamed for France fires researchers say meteor origin
Foresters and meteorologists in France weigh meteor fall as the fire source while a thousand acre blaze left hot meteoric fragments three days after ignition. The cause previously blamed on careless smokers is questioned by scientists.
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France
Scientific American
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