Homeless poet’s love tale ties to Georgia song
In Athens a faded cottage holds Miss Mary Harden, once the secretary to Gen. Harden, and lifelong love of John Howard Payne, author of Home Sweet Home. Payne, a wandering poet, wrote the famous ballad amid hardship, later serving as Tangier consul. A manuscript manuscript was found among Harden’s belongings, revealing their whispered romance and Payne’s enduring legacy.
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Hia Guilded
John Howard Payne
Tima
Watt Derer
London
Tangiers
Algiers
John
Payne
Athens
Georgia
Prince Avenue
Miss Mary Harden
Miss Harden
Gen. Harden
France
Mix Harden
Mary Harden
Rob Toy
Jobo
Mary Ffarden
Misa Wiftie Jackson
Athena
Mina Jackson
Thors
Sunny
South
Prohibition faith and battle cry echoes in reform tone
The text urges universal prohibition as the nation's salvation, praising the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and prohibitionists, railing against liquor, urging voters and lawmakers to uphold abstinence. It invokes biblical triumphs, Gideon’s small army, and Jericho, urging action, faith, and political effort to end the rum trade and enthrone prohibition.
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Washington City
White House
Capitol
Congress
White Home
God
Ife
Gideon
God of
Christian Temporance Union
Prohibition Party
Jericho
Vast fragmentary tale ties to Miles and Taylor era relics
A scattered narrative recalls Miles Heart Cure ads alongside memories of President Taylor and General Taylor tombs. It mentions medical claims for indigestion remedies, historical monuments in need of care, and a World’s Fair floor cleaning effort at St Louis. The text blends medical evangelism with antiquarian reminiscence and archival notes.
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Mammoth Palace of Agriculture
Caldwell
Drake
Posting Lands Notice Helps Hunters Stay Off Private Property
Historic text explains state law on trespass for entry after owner notice. It cites penalties of up to $100 fine and up to 30 days hard labor in county workhouses, plus incentives for posting notices publicly for four weeks and publishing in county newspapers within a year.
Washingtons Sleeve Links Tale At Union College Dinner
Gen James Grant Wilson recounted a tale of Washington and Benedict Arnold at a Manhattan Hotel alumni dinner. He spoke of Washington presenting Arnold with Washingtons sleeve links, later passed through Tarleton, a loyalist, and finally ending in Hallecks biographer hands. The anecdote linked to a life at stake and Foley’s Honey and Tar.
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Union College Alumi
Manhattan
New York Sun
James Grant Wilson
Americana
1777
Baratoga
Halleck
Benedict Arnold
Washington
Gen. Arnold
Arnold
Col. Tarleton
Tarleton
England
Columbus Bronze Figure to Rise in McKinley Park
The bronze Columbus statue once in Lake Front Park, condemned as art, will be melted to form part of President McKinley’s statue base at McKinley Park, with previous bids and vandalism affecting its fate.
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Chicago Chronicle
Lake Front Park
Art Orivivs
Barna
Washington Park
Mckinley Park
McKinley
Pitt
Crilly
South Park
Peronn
Jackson
Washington
Vision of Dr Hathaway Practice and Coconut Oil Uptake
The ad promotes Dr J Newton Hathaway offering confidential medical consultations with expert physiotherapy and medical guidance at Linman Building in Advanta Georgia. It warns against overreliance on a single physician and promises frequency of booklets and question cards for readers. The notice ends with a remark on refined coconut oil replacing butter in Hungary and a data point of two and a quarter million pounds imported last year.
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Mama
Hungary
Foleyshoney Tar Stops the Cough and Heals Lungs
A fragmented clipping describes a product called Foleyshoney Tar claiming cough relief and lung healing. The text also contains dialogue about marriage and conversation, with garbled lines about a woman’s restraint and a man’s reaction.
Opening of Eleventh Army Corps Assoc at Martin's Tavern
A New York Sun report recalls Civil War veterans gathering at Martin's Tavern on Ninety Sixth Street and Fifth Avenue. Col A C Hamlin introduces Col Chisolm who fired the first shot at Fort Sumter and recounts Charleston fortifications and Major Anderson’s surrender, with anecdotes of Bull Run and McDowell’s actions.
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Martin's Tavern
Fifth Avenue
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Bangor
Charles H. Grosvenor
Ohio
Carl Schurz
Col. Hamlin
Col. Chisolim
South Carolina
Fort Sumter
Col. Chisolm
James
Chinulm
Charles Ton Harbor
Anderson
Andearon
Jamor' Gan
Col. Chivolm
Firat Bull Run
Gen. McDowell
Wall Street Broker Denied Entry at Heaven
A New York Press spoof recounts a Wall Street broker pleading admission at the gates. St Peter checks his ledger as the broker recalls charity deeds like giving a cent to a freezing boy and two cantar to a decrepit woman, prompting a jokey verdict to return his three cents and send him away.
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Pearly Gates
St. Peter
Broadway
Gabriel
Brooklyn Bridge
Fragmented Phrase About Rope and Apron Strings
A garbled passage discusses giving rope and feeling the pull of apron strings. It appears as an unclear, likely mis OCR fragment containing references to relationships and metaphorical ties without coherent context. No identifiable people or organizations are present.
Disjointed OCR notes on crime, politics and travel in early press
Unclear clipping mixes crime reports including murder allegations in North Carolina, a drunken threat case in Charleston,及 political moves involving J. B. Morgan and Governor Hammerton. Mentions Bank of Central banking cap of 20000, railroad job in Anderson, Zion City Around the world trip by John Alexander Dowie and Hearst pushing for Dem nomination in South Carolina.
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Bank of Comtral Hua Boon Ghar
Morgan
J. B. Morgan Anahier
Hughes
Ghorleston
Hammeton
W.W. Russell
Anderson
Tofted States Railroad Comiwin
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Nuwanl
Harrison
Thoraday
Toomas Raleigh
Keopera
Yesta
W.P. Batcholor
John Alexander Dowie
Zon City
Zion City
Dowie
New Orleans
San Francisco
Australia
Honolulu
Wm. R. Hearat
New York
South Carolina
Elliott Emulsified OH Liniment Ad Claims Quick Healing
An advertising notice touts Elliott's Emulsified Liniment as the best for humans and animals. It promises rapid soothing, deep penetration, and fast healing, urging readers to try it and noting a 25 cent price. Distributed by H Darby and a Valhalla drugstore.
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H Darby
Valhalla
Sauces Pharmacy
Soncea
Central's New School in the South Plan
At the Wesleyan Methodist Convention last week a college for the South was approved with a literary industrial and theological scope and an accompanying camp meeting to start August 1904. A $10,000 appropriation was approved and more funds are sought. a committee led by Dr. L. G. Clayton and others oversees. Ninety- six acres near the town were purchased for development and construction envisioned to begin September 1. The institution will be co-educational. The report also notes a civic anecdote about Capt. Eddy praying during a storm and the President Roosevelt receiving ivory tusks and a seal treaty token.
Ruth Cleveland dies at age fifteen in 1900s Princeton
Ruth Cleveland elder daughter of ex President Cleveland died suddenly at home after a short illness from diphtheria. Mrs Cleveland, already in poor health, is prostrated by the bereavement as doctors note a four day mild diphtheria illness and possible heart complications.
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Princeton
N. J
Insurance rates in South Carolina cited as lower than nearby states
The Edgefield Advertiser notes debate over changing insurance laws to permit lower rates. Comptroller Jones states SC fire insurance averages 81.20 per hundred, lower than other Southern states, though some classes remain high such as 88.40 on merchandise in Edgefield and 2.85 on brisk buildings.
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South Carolina
Jones
Edgefield
Foleyskidneycare Makes Kidneys and Bladder Right
Charleston women prepared a dinner for 700 poor children served at the Masonic Temple. The article notes celebrations and festive acts amid a Christmas season framed as good deeds and timely tidings.
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Foleyskidneycare
Charleston
Masonic Temple
Tim
Death of W. W. Marshall of Abbeville at 85
W W Marshall aged 85 died yesterday at 8 AM in Abbeville. He was the town’s oldest citizen, born and raised in the county. A former South Carolina legislator before the war, he later endured wartime losses and Reconstruction hardships. Survived by wife Mrs Frances Marshall and daughters Mrs Elizabeth Cason Mrs Jonnie Pinkney of Anderson and Miss Kate Marshall and Capt J Calhoun Marshall of Anderson. Also notes national gold and silver production in 1903 totaling 874,185,840 and 30,520,080 with South Carolina yielding 102,578 gold and 845 silver.
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W.W. Maraball
Ma Place
Dr. Maraball
Beanty
South Carolina
Bia
Mra
Prancis Marahall
Elizabeth Cason
Jonnie Pinakney
Anderson
Kate Marshall
J. Calhoun Marshall
Director of the Mint
United States
South Crolina
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