Central spends 1,000,000 on Columbus to Newnan rail line
The Central of Georgia Railway pushes a 1 million dollar project extending from Greenville to Newnan. Upgrades include gauge widening to standard size, major bridge work, fills replacing trestles, new stations at Meriwether White Sulphur, and grade reductions. Passenger service continues on schedule during construction.
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Columbus
Greenville
Central of Georgia Railway
Newnan
Atlanta
Mulberry Creek
Meriwether White Sulphur
Central Railway
Griffin News and Sun
Faver Elected Secretary Treasurer of La Grange Grocery
John D. Faver of Newnan has been chosen secretary and treasurer of La Grange Grocery Company. He will move with his mother and sisters to La Grange and says they will be warmly welcomed. Friends in Newnan lament his departure from the city.
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John D. Faver
Newnan
LaGrange Grocery Company
Faver
LaGrange
John Faver
Coweta
D. J. Manget & Co
la Grange
Brain Leaks. A half truth is a whole lie.
Regeneration works from within. A corporation is known by the men it keeps.
Desperate Heroism in Illinois Frontiersmen
In Historic Illinois an account recalls Captain Whiteside and a fourteen man party attacking a larger Kickapoo encampment. Whiteside is wounded, his son Uel extracts a bullet from his spine area and motivates the captain to rejoin the fight. The tale highlights frontier courage during early Illinois fights.
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Ilinois
Lilinois
Illinois
Whiteside
Uel Whiteside
Data Like Perfumes in Cat Sense Plants a Fragrance Note
A New York Press item notes cats have keen scent sense and enjoy sweet odors, with variation among individuals. Pedigreed cats such as Agrippinas and Persians or Angoras show heightened sensitivity to fragrances like violet and rose powder, unlike dogs who react differently to scents.
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New York Press
Shortest Will Admitted in London Court
In the probate division Sir Gorell Barnes admitted the will of Frederick Thorn of Streatham to probate. Dying after a paralytic stroke he left property valued at 4000 pounds and wrote on a scrap “All to mother. F. T.” witnessed by Arthur and Percy Thorn and declared valid.
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London County Court
Gorell Barnes
Frederick Thorn
Amesbury Avenue
Streatham
F. T
Arthur Thorn
Percy Thorn
Deeds Speak Louder Than Words in Family Exchange
A dialogue unfolds with a cautionary line about honesty and ownership of house property. She questions whether the father was informed, and he replies with the proverb that actions reveal truth better than statements.
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Thomas
A Common Delusion About Hurry and Work
A short aphorism noting the frequent delusion of thinking haste equals virtue. It asserts that true living requires meaningful work and cautions against the trap of perpetual rushing. The quotes underscore the value of purpose over speed.
A Masculine Failing to Remember Wedding Dates
A light, humorous piece on men forgetting anniversaries and wedding dates. It contrasts male memory for business, stock prices, and games with women's precise recall of meeting, engagement, and wedding moments. It ends with a cautionary anecdote about a man who forgot his own anniversary.
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America
Baltimore News
Our Ancestors Ate and Ate Again in Grand Dining
A florid narrator from the New York Press extols ancient feasting. He compares gargantuan historic banquets to modern snacks, recalling Lady Smart’s seven diners who ate beef sirloin pigeons venison pie and cheese over hours, ending with port and cards.
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Thackeray
Lady Smart
New York Press
Ingenious Wood Rats of the Cascade Camp
The western Cascade wood rat, nicknamed the camp robber, steals knives forks tin plates cartridges cups clothing towels and more. A pair staked a claim atop a hunter’s stove building a nest lined with soft material using spikes from a railway keg as an iron wall with outward points.
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Cascade Range
When It Rained Stones in the Sahara
The article recounts legends of stones and fine sand raining from the sky over the Sahara for days. Arabs of the region claim a great shower buried land, towns, and animals, and Jenekyn narrates the tale in a travelogue.
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Sea of Space
Sahara
Jenekyn
Africa
Right Kind of Reading and its Moral Power
A Catholic Home Companion reflection on the life changing influence of good literature. It cites Macauay on literature as a light in loneliness and a force shaping human happiness and achievement, praising its consoling and uplifting impact as the Immortal influence of Athens.
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Macaulay
Athens
Census of Cotton Mill Population in Newnan
Mr. Wi J Stephens completed a census for Newnan Cotton Mills showing 589 people at the mills of whom 309 are workers and 72 are school age. Next Saturday June 2 the mills will run a free excursion to Grant Park Atlanta for employees and families about 400 strong.
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Wi. J. Stephens
Newnan
Unknown Friends Promote Trusted Cholera Remedy
Many users quietly share positive results with Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy though hesitant to testify publicly. The medicine is praised for bowel trouble cures and is available from Dr Paul Peniston in Newnan Georgia.
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Chamberlain
Paul Peniston
Newnan
Kidney Cure Guarantee Ad from Hole and Cuate
An 19th century style advert claims Smith's Sure Kidney Cure can benefit or cure kidney trouble with a money back guarantee. It offers one bottle for 50 cents at Hole and Cuate druggists.
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Hole & Cuate
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Puck
Success Magazine
Jerrold
State Mutual
Penn Mutual
New England
National of
Vermont
Aitna
Wat. H. Scorn
Allen, Lane & Scott
Philadelphia
I. M. Bryant
Dist
Altna Life Insurance Company
Ues
Lonsdale
New York
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