Chickamauga Celebration in Chattanooga Draws Nations Attention
A weeklong tribute marks the thirty second anniversary of the Chickamauga battle with dedications at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Military Park. Congress has spent 745000 dollars, with Ohio and Illinois funding monuments. Chattanooga hosts ceremonies, roads, and monuments across 6000 acres, showcasing Union and Confederate veterans and visitors from across the region.
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Chattanooga
Chickamauga
Chickamauga and
Chattanooga Military Park
National Park
Congress
Ohio
Illinois
Chicamauga
Missionary Ridge
Georgia
Lookout Mountain
Orchard Knob
Tunnel Hill
de Long
Bragg
South
Grand Army
Atlanta
A Daughter Read Love Letters To Spoof Her Mother
An ex change tells of a young woman who found pre marriage love letters to her mother from her father and read them aloud with swapped names. The mother reacted with disgust and warned against a suitor who would write such material. President Collier of the Cotton States Exposition assures the Georgia press the exposition belongs to them and the latch string will stay welcoming.
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Collier
Georgia Press
Substitutes for Money Through World History
A survey of various forms money has taken across cultures and eras. The article cites corn in Norway, animal skins and cattle among Romanians Zulus Kaffirs and Teutons, tea and silk in Asia, shells and salt in Africa, whales teeth in Fiji, slaves in New Guinea, and novel items like muskets cowrie shells and a Montesserie ideal money called maconte as value signs without units.
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India
China
Nishni Novgorod
New Guinea
Central Africa
South America
Indian Islands
Africa
America
Montesquieu
Jail on rails: Winnamac pulls off odd theft
A joke of a story from Winnamac Indiana says the Pulaski county jail and its three inmates vanished in one night. The old jail was torn down for a new building and a freight car on the Panhandle line served as a temporary jail before a through train carried it away.
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Winnamac
Ind
Pulaski County
Panhandle
The New Cotton Gin a Roller Gin Exhibition At Expo
The Atlanta Journal notes a perfected roller gin that strips cotton from seed as cleanly as the best saw gins without tearing fibre. The Savannah Press reports it will be shown at the Cotton States Exposition, attracting attention among cotton manufacturers.
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Atlanta Journal
Savannah Press
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement and Guarantee
A 19th century advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure. The prospectus lists F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo as proprietors, with West Truax Watnine Kikwan Marvin as endorsing druggists and notes the cure is taken internally at 75 cents per bottle.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
O Watnine
Kikwan & Marvin
O. Hall
Old Gray the Firehouse Horse Returns to Country Wagon
A faded Macon Telegraph scene portrays an aged gray horse tethered to a country wagon near the market as a fire alarm jolts town animals. Startled, Old Gray bolts into the truck house keeping pace with flames and ladders before farmer escorts him back, recalling his days as a fire department horse.
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Macon
Gray
Wassersby
Old Gray
Fire Department
Macon Telegraph
Fragmentary 19th Century Dialog Excerpt
A fragmentary newspaper-quoted dialogue recalls a boy asking about everyday objects like a napkin ring, sugar bowl, pepper box, and salt cellar. The cryptic exchange includes references to chestnuts and an ink well as part of a playful questioning scene.
Orange Blossom remedy for female diseases advertised
Dr J A McGill promotes Crance Blossom as a direct topical treatment for leucorrhoea ulceration and menstrual disorders. The ad urges women to avoid internal remedies and to request a free sample and directions by mail from Chicago headquarters.
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Jnc. A. McGill
J. A. McGill & Co
Hubbard Court
Chicago
Illi
A Woman Recalls Healing Triumph With Pink Pills
Miss Margaret Stenbaugh narrates four years of illness from a female ailment and recovery after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She credits the pills with restoring her ability to walk and improving health, as sworn before a notary in December 1893. The ad notes pills contain essential blood-building elements and are sold by Dr Williams Medicine Company.
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Miami Avenue
Margaret Stenbaugh
Miss Stenbaugh
Glassford
Scotland
Ont
Dr. Williams
D. A. Delaney
Notary Public
Wayne Co
Michigan
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Norway
Crance Blossom
Barbour
Fifth Ave
New York
Andrews
McDonald & Kinard
Travelers’ Insurance CO
Jackson, GA
The
Detroit Sun
Gheap
Jack
W.M. Mallet
Planters Ware
Jackson Consolidated Coal Co
Mallary Bros. & CO
Bloodworth
Bloodworths
Whitehall St
J. M. Gogvans
Dr. Bryan
T. J. Fambro
Sterling Remedy Co
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