Life of George Peabody spans two continents
Long biographical sketch details George Peabody born 1705 in Danvers Mass. to English immigrant parents, rising from modest early work to major mercantile success in Baltimore London and beyond. It notes his philanthropy including hundreds of millions in gifts to museums schools and housing, his honors from Queen Victoria, and his death in London 1869 after a life of public giving.
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George Peabody
Danvers
Mass
Napoleon
Aro
Poland
St. Albane
Hertfordshire
England
Reginald Foster
Sir Walter Scott
Topfield
Peabodys
George
Vermont
Newburyport
Matas
Federal Party
Newbury
Port
Georgetown
District of Columbia
Fort Warburton
Waich Congress
Alisha Rigga
Sugge
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Riggs
Peabody
London
George Peabody & Co
Wamford Court
City
Crystal Palace
Advanos
Jobn Franklin
United States
Peabody Museum
Prince of Wales
Mans
Amarton
Westminster Abbey
Portland
Nashville
Peabody College
Migs
D. Bayless
Hall's Trial Set for May Adjourned Term
Hartwell Ga March 22 Judge Holden has ordered an adjourned term of Elbert Superior Court to begin the fourth Monday in May to try the State v Bere ren Hall for the slaying of Barnard W Smith. Prominent counsel on both sides. Smith was found dead along the Elberton road two months ago. A negro man Mid Brown was arrested and jailed, claiming Hall committed the crime.
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Hartwell
Holden Hay
Elbert Superior Court
Bereren Hall
Smith
Elberton
bin Home
Mid Brown
Urat Hall
Midshipman Arrowwood Dismissed From Navy
Midshipman Arrowwood of North Astolinn departed from the Khearaarge Inet in July and has been dismissed from the navy recently.
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Arrowwood
North Astolinn
Khearaarge
Navy
Overworked Kidneys Patent Tonic and Editorial Apology
Murray's Buchu Gin and Juniper promotes itself as a cure for kidney diseases with a dollar per bottle price from Murray Drug Company in Columbia South Carolina. The piece notes an editor’s humorous apology after a mistaken death notice claims.
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Murray
TOE Murray Drug Company
Columbia
8. C
Youthful Diplomacy and a Picture of Bucket-Shop Wit
A Town Topics slice shows a father explaining a bucket-shop as a modern cooperage, a mother threatening a whipping while a five year old negotiates exile with a sly retort. The exchange reveals playful parent kid diplomacy with sharp wit.
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Reginald
Asid
Boston Lady and Advertising Clerk Exchange Satire
A humorous exchange in Boston about paper placement highlights the want and wish columns. A Columbia Record note mentions a $200,000 South Carolina state house suit against McIlwaine and Unkefer for the project, set for the next term. Nan Patterson faces a new April 10 trial date for the murder of Caspar Young, the wealthy sport she allegedly killed.
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Boston Lady
South Carolina
Mcllwaine
Unkefer
State House
Columbia Record
Nan Patterson
Notroux
Caoasr Young
Pmam
Tie
Europe
Tribute to C. W. Garris As Citizen and Leader
Bamberg Herald recalls C. W. Garris as a true friend and devoted citizen of Bamberg County and South Carolina. As Railroad Commissioner and lawmaker his broad statesmanship and conservative counsel benefited the people, and his loss leaves a lasting absence in social political and industrial circles.
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Bamberg County
South Carolina
C. W. Garris
Bamberg Herald
The Laziest Man On Record Says He Warmed By Fire
The Atlanta Constitution recounts a tale of the laziest man on record who did nothing to escape his burning home. He reportedly warmed his hands at the blaze and boasted he did not have to split wood for it.
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Atlanta Constitution
Proot Positive in a Matrimonial Exchange
A terse dialogue unfolds where a young man defends a fiancée amid scorn from a veteran gambler in a muddled exchange about love and parental approval. The draft lines hint at social scrutiny and family dynamics surrounding an engagement.
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Mother Gaya
Negro Lieutenant Named for Philippine Scouts
President Roosevelt appointed Sergeant George L. Thompson of the Twenty-fifth Infantry to second lieutenant in the Philippine scouts. Thompson, a noted marksman, earned high commendations for heroism and efficiency during the Philippine insurrection and now serves with his regiment at Fort Niobrara Nebraska.
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Roosevelt
George 8. Thompson
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Philippine Scouts
Thompson
Philippines
Ee Ia
Fort Niobrara
Nebraska
A Cough Elixir Promises Preventive Relief From Consumption
An ad claims Rydale’s Cough Elixir stops colds at once and prevents deep coughs that could lead to consumption. It touts a modern remedy that soothes throat and lung irritation and restores respiratory health, from Wallalla Drug Company. Bridget faces truth in a reformer’s scene where a cajoling tone asks about the power of doevin.
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Eleliot
Walhalla Drug Company
Robant Health
Wallalla Drug Company
Bridget
Boston Protest Over Rockefeller Gift to Mission Board
Congregational members from Boston and New England protested the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions against accepting a $100,000 gift from John D. Rockefeller. They argued the Standard Oil indictment issues and moral implications would bind the board, risking implied honor to the donor and ignoring moral concerns. A dispatch adds that at Todian Point Mrs Almira Higgin has tended cows, milled, churned, and sold butter all winter, and managed other shop tasks alongside wool and yarn work.
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Boston
New England
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
John D. Rockefeller
Vie Standard Oil Company
Dinpatoh
Todian Point
Almira Hig ‘Ging
Shvara
Apina
Enite
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Reetree Courier
Mennina
Noorypany
George Peabot
Warsaw
Kutno
Ruslan
Tlamcota
Buningowa
Inborora
Lamentin
Kutoo
Russlan
Carta
Hall
Rydale
Rydale's
Tonic Ia
The
Radical Kemtedy Company
Hickory, N
Missouri
Blazer
Bolienne
Madras
Maki
Just
Odda
Lean
Everrything
Ludlow
Ani
Yooouuris
Potter
Sumtor Watchman
Wood
T.W. Wood & Sons, Leadsmen, IMCHMORD + VIRGINIA
Ghard
ST. Louis
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