Looking Back on Lookout Mountain and Civil War Echoes
A veteran observer wanders Lookout Mountain Tennessee Chattanooga recalling Confederate leaders Bragg and Lee. He Weighs war memories from Missionary Ridge to Chickamauga, notes modern city life, and links history to present regional politics and landscape. He ponders how Bragg might have changed the war if he had acted differently and reflects on the enduring sacredness of battlefield sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Davis
Bragg
Lee
John Barleycorn
Brage
Mr. Dooley
Ivery
Archey Road
Ceasar
Gaul
Lookout Mountain
Hooker
Samson
Delilah
St. Vitus
National Park
Point Park
Morro Castle
Blessied Isles
Christina
Old Fort
Chattanooga
Davis
White House
Chickamauga
Missionary Ridge
Grant
Tennessee
Tammany Hall
Kentucky
North Carolina
Ben Tillman
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Rosecrans
Sisera
Potomac
Ohio
Mississippi
Army of
Virginia
God of War
Cumberland
Henry
Free hides letter to congressmen echoes in Starke
A circular urging protest to prevent the meat trust prompts J W Morgan of Starke Florida to reply. He argues many supporting associations backed tariff revisions and party loyalty, urges readers to dismiss appeals, vote for change, and accept the political consequences. He signs as J W Morcan in a 1909 Starke dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Taft
J. W. Morgan
Starke
Florida
Morgan
Fla
National Free Hide League
Chicago
Ill
Johnny
Meat Trust
Oil Trust
Republican Party
God
Jefferson
Jackson
Bryan
J. W. Morcan
Governor appoints five to State board of elections
Governor Kitchin names Col. Wilson G. Lamb Williamston J D Elliott Hickory J C Clifford Dunn A B Freeman Hendersonville and Clarence Call Wilkesboro to the State board of elections. Three Democrats and two Republicans required. Lamb and both Republicans are re appointments. Elliott succeeds R T Claywell Morganton Clifford succeeds R A Smith Stanley County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitchin
State Board of Elections
Col
Wilson G. Lamb
Williamston
J. D. Elliott
Hickory
J. C. Clifford
Dunn
A. B. Freeman
Hendersonville
Clarence Call
Wilkesboro
Col. Lamb
Eliott
R. T. Claywell
Morganton
Cliff
R. A. Smith
Stanley County
God Give Us Men as Public Leaders
Poem fragment attributed to Jon G Holland urges worthy leaders who act with honor and will, contrasting them with demagogues. It calls for men of steadfast public duty and private integrity to uphold freedom, justice, and virtue against selfish strife and political manipulation. The text emphasizes tall, noble minds who rise above corrupt influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wili
Ben
Offee
The Higher Purpose of College Education
A speech argues college education serves tomorrow's moral guides and personal growth for men and women. It asserts education is not merely bread or wealth but a grand value that makes one a factor for righteousness and societal good, beyond utilitarian gains.
Judge Allen's Call to Enforce Prohibition Law
Judge W R Allen of Goldsboro in Wake county criminal court urged grand jurors to enforce the State's prohibition law. He argued unenforced laws foster disregard and contempt and urged diligent statewide investigations into violations, noting the public supported prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Allen
Goldsboro
Wake County
It Pays to Advertise Mary and the lamb tale
Winchester Evening Star recounts a cautionary fable in verse. Mary loses her lamb because she failed to advertise while her brother John runs a village store and watches customers pass by. The sheriff closes him out, yet advertising proves the key to thriving commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
John
Theopen
Winchester Evening Star
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J. C. Biddix
Singer Sewing Machine Parlor
N.C
R. W. Wolfe
D. L. Russell
T. F.stevenson
N. C
Walter A. White
Menzies Drug Store
Hickory, N.C
W. B. Ramsay
State Normal and Industrial College
J. I. Foust
Greensboro
C. W
Jenney
W. H. Hall
Trinity College
Department of Law
Trinity Colleges
Trinity Park School
Erin of
Swenty
H. M. North
Durham
Board of Elections
Jon G
Holland
Judge Allen
Hickory Banking & Trust Co
Jewele
Optician
Geo. E. Bisanar
Watch Inspector Southern Ry
Hatcher Furniture Co
Complete Home Furnishers
Hickory, N. C
Summers Transfer Co
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