Georgia Barbecue Story and Odd Anecdotes From the Era
A Georgia tale describes seven gaunt men at a remote barbecue who devoured meat with wild hunger while others looked on. They claim to be from the county and hungry after hearing Sherman’s rations. the scene ends with the barbecue chief collapsing. The piece also recounts Oliver Walton buying a fine horse in Maine and a humorous exchange over the horse’s tack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwes
Georgia
Neu
Borhood
Sherman
Oliver Walton
Boston
Maine
Walton
Waltin
Tare
Gold Fever Expands Across Pacific as Prospectors Rush North
The piece notes a booming Alaska gold rush with ships offering cheaper fares to Juneau and new routes from the eastern states. It describes routes over the Chilcoot pass to Lake Lindeman, camp life in the Yukon, and the harsh climate from 70 below to 11 above, highlighting high risks and costs for single miners pursuing placer fields. The journey includes tougher months from March to September and reports on notable camps near the Yukon, such as Chicle Civ, with many seeking fortune but few succeeding in the first year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
Pacific
Iotek
Mugeest Opty Pat
Panoraia
Juneau
Drea
Chilcoot Pass
Lake Lindeman
Yukon
Chicle Civ
Duncan
Fragmented Historic Letter Describes Labor Strife and Trade
The document portrays a chaotic scene with references to ships from San Sestite and Vancouver bringing laborers, fears of hunger and crime, and warnings of government intervention. It mentions New York City figures, a store expansion, and concerns about quart mining, price ranges, and disorder in coastal towns.
Life in Johannesburg and the Transvaal Cosmopolitan Rise
A vivid, partial travelogue sketches Johannesburg from Cape Town to the Transvaal. The piece contrasts rail routes and wealth with poverty, notes a booming cosmopolitan center, lists clubs theaters operas and personalities, and foregrounds social stratification, mining wealth, and rapid building growth in the early Transvaal.
Wheat He Was Leing Beacon Goodman
In a fragmentary quip from the Boston Transcript a boy asks about punishing misdeeds he might find near a stream, while Beacon Goodman contemplates a teaching moment about wrongdoing and restraint.
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Leing
Beacon Goodman
Boston Transcript
The Church Militant and Mission Movements
The article notes growth of the Reformed Church in the United States with six missions among the Hungarians and a former slave rising in ministry. It reports the Wesleyan Missionary Society reopening missions in Coomasie, Ashartee capital area, and marks the fiftieth anniversary of Rev. Dr. Amza S. Freeman’s pastorate at Central Presbyterian in Ha verstrab. It mentions the United States Church Army linked to Protestant Episcopal efforts under Col Hadley in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evehon Griet
African Method of Episcopal Church
Wesleyan Missionary Society
Coomassie
Ashartee
Amzsa S. Freeman
Central Presbyterian Church of
Haverstraw
N.Y
United States Church Army
Epis
New York City
HE. Hadley
Gossip and Private Life Across China Reveals Social Webs
A Melbourne column notes that in China no home is truly private as neighbors and relatives openly map kin networks. The piece emphasizes how census like knowledge and family ties shape social life and gossip in Chinese communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gelestiala
Falk
China
Respect and Authority in Parenthood Inspirational Quote
In dignity is recognized the attitude of the parent to the child as that of the judge to the people or of the ruler to his subjects, exacting and requiring of them respect, attention and obedience. Rev. Cunningham.
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Rev
Cunningham
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Kegcha
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ENO One
Jack McGregor
Yokor
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Ilaasainis
Juticau
Harris
Marthward
Siika Aul
Douglas Island
Gell
Bas
Vidi Wars
Obok
Mesivoul Aviboriiy Sara Bieatiy Laivkaww Ibe Histrument
Ben
Michigan
Samuel Rosenstein
Plereg
San Sestite
Vancouver
Rca Pt
Rheeriegs Sulboks Or & Y
Ziss
Joneses
Govrersreent
California
Rere Elon
Ae Peertel
LIFE
Johannesburg
Transvaal
The
Home Journal
Cape Town
Trae
Acros
Joeha
Troebire
Wales
Cape
Geld
Sialy Abo Eeuu Werth
Lilai
Patervat Dna
the Church Militant
Ortig
Depecese
United Scetes
Gossip Land
Sivan
Rev. McCaffrey
Sacha
Mobury Wallace
Margie Ale
Wanis Doo
Poll
Ayer
Omaha
University OF Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Bethera
Boome
Tew
Elecieleal
de Tate
Vna Fedeniali
Adwacd
Bender
PAN
Catton
Wetoe Wey
Rossman
Muftinsta & Sons
Ehudion
Yaotisnasa, Dbo
Poe
Columbia
Catalogue of
Et Ser
Pope Mfg. CO
Hartford, Conn
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