A Trip to the Sunny South Exposition Special Train
A Illinois Missouri and Arkansas press group rode a special train from St Louis to Atlanta for the Cotton States Exposition. The route via Louisville Nashville and Nashville Chattanooga and arrival in Atlanta featured city guides, historic battlefield stops, and notes on southern farming and soil contrasting with Illinois. Nashville’s cemeteries Fisk Vanderbilt The Hermitage and Jacksons tomb are mentioned along the journey.
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Illinois Press Association
Missouri Press Association
Louisville and Nashville R. R
St Louis
Atlanta
Coatton States Exposition
Nashville
Nicholson House
Chattanooga, Tenn
Nashville, Chattanooga and &T Louis R
Georgia
Rogers
Cumberland Mountains
Chattanooga
Arkansas Press
Missouri Fellows
Peoria
Chicago
Louisville
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Federal
Hood
Franklin
Thomas
Henry
Donaldson
Grant
Vanderbilt University
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Wm K. Vanderbilt
Fisk University
Atlanta visit and Civil War memories from a southern tour
The writer recalls Polk County and Murphreysboro as war landmarks, notes Gen Bragg and Gen Rosecrans, and describes a Southern journey through Dalton, Chattanooga, and Atlanta. They praise the Cotton States and International Exposition at Piedmont Park, its grounds, and grand buildings, including state and federal displays and a wheat seed experiment in the Reed department.
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Allatoona
Kennesaw Mountain
Atlanta
Atlantis
Pullmans
Herotics
Alhambra Hotel
Alhambra
Peachtree Street
C. A. Streck
Odell Reporter
State House
Senate
House
South
Grady
Boston
Sherman
Chicago
Piedman Park
Georgia
United States
Alabama
Pennsylvania
New York
Massachusetts
Illinois
Costa Rica
Reed Department
Atlanta Exposition notes and Lookout Mountain trip impressions
The article surveys the Atlanta Exposition with detailed notes on the agricultural and industrial displays led by southern states, including Negro and women’s exhibits. It recounts a Chattanooga Lookout Mountain ascent with panoramic views, then urges residents to support local towns through prudent civic and business conduct.
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Agricultural Department
Rederick Douglass
South
United States
Georgia
Alabama
Arkansas
Confederate
Midway
Cairo
Buffalo Bill
Atlanta
Exposition
Great Republic
Chattanooga
Lookout Mountain
Lookout Inn
Joe Hooker
G. A. K. Post
Shaker Digestive Cordial Promoted For Dyspepsia Relief
An advertorial compares a tired stomach to a sprained ankle and promotes the Shaker Digestive Cordial as a digested food aid. It claims plant-based digestive principles and offers sample bottles for 10 cents through droppists.
Four Remedies Prove Worth as Noted in Sale Claim
The advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds Eletric Bitters Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and Dr King’s New Life Pills. Each bottle is guaranteed and a local dealer Dr Powell’s drug store offers them and a guaranty of results.
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Dr King
Bucklen
Deaser
Dr. Powell
Subscriber questions paper finances after six years
An ex-change reports a subscriber who has not paid for six years asks about the paper's financial position. Officials have been telegraphed to arrest the subscriber and hold him until a shotgun can be repaired, reflecting the era's tense reaction to nonpayment.
State Supreme Court rules on ballot cross forms
The court held Illinois ballots not defective if the cross is not strictly a circle or square. Any legible cross indicating voter intent suffices, including capital X or plus-like marks. It rejects disenfranchisement due to inadvertence or illegible crosses if intent can be determined.
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Iveth
Supreme Court
Scott's Carbo Digestive Compound Ad Hyping Sleep Aid
Advertisement touts Scott's Carbo Digestive Compound as a remedy for sleeplessness bad dreams restlessness nighttime appetite loss and insatiable cravings urging readers to see the ad in another column.
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Scott
Starter Joke Shows Bashful Bridegroom at Wedding Fee
A newly married man hesitates to pay the minister. He finally offers a 310 bill and promises a larger sum next time. The bride silently reacts as he leaves, unaware of his mistake.
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Washington Post
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