Farmers Union Company of Washington County Incorporation
Petition seeks to incorporate as Farmers Union Company of Washington County for twenty years with renewals. Capital stock set at one thousand dollars, can rise to one hundred thousand, ten percent paid. Business includes agricultural supplies, livestock, fertilizer, farming equipment, ginnery, fertilizer plant, cotton warehouse, and brokerage. Principal office in Sandersville. Filed September 21, 1908 in Washington County Georgia.
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Sandersville
Washington County
Hardwick
Incorporation of Farmers Union Company
PE Gross
C. W. GC
Sandersville Mothers Endorse Baby Tonic Digestive
The mothers of Sandersville praise our celebrated remedy Baby Tonic Digestive for restless babies. It brings relief and removes the cause. Sold for twenty five and fifty cents by The Sandersville Drug Company.
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Sandersville Drug Company
Mosby Foiled by a Humble Cradle Ruse in 1864 Shenandoah
In 1864 near Millwood a hungry Union cavalryman misinformed by a contraband woman thought Mosby hid in a nearby house. The pursuing colonel entered the cabin to confront Mosby but found only a cradle with a nursing infant, revealing no capture. The incident, recounted by John Mosby, showcases a comic misdirection in the Shenandoah Valley.
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John 8. Mosby
Shenandoah Valley
Millwood
Mosby
Taylors and Smythes in Thirteenth Century Trades
London Notes and Queries surveys medieval occupations listing 19 skynners 40 barkars 6 saddlers 3 cordeveners 167 souters and 8 glovers. It notes taylours and smyths as most common with 407 and 261 respectively, plus specialized smiths arnsmyth lake smyths goldsmyth and fferours, with wryghts of wool and metal and arkwryght plowwryght wheelwryght two shippewryghts glasswryghts and more.
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Feuster
Cissor
Faber
London
Nellie Snubs Spooner at Piano Request
In a sharp exchange Nellie is accused of selfishness as she calls Mr. Spooner to the piano to turn the music so another speaker cannot converse with him. Dora confirms Nellie’s behavior and sharp tone.
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Nellie
Clara Sharpe
Dora
The Old and the New
A little boy laments parental reactions to his illness and slang. His physician father and Christian Science mother dismiss his complaints with curt refusals as the family battles how to handle illness in the home.
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Little Johnny
Johnny
Judge’s Library
Worth More Dead Lovers Suit Sparks Rail Claim
A widow, married seventeen years, sues the railway company six months after a train ran over her husband, seeking 25000 dollars in damages claiming moral and financial loss. The case hinges on negligence and liability of the railroad.
At the Barber's Tonsorial Expert
A humorous Harper's Weekly cartoon caption depicts a barber discussing a haircut price with a patron. The exchange jokes about cutting hair for 15 cents and references a colored man with wool like hair, capturing era humor.
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Rastus
Harper’s Weekly
Mountain Sliding By Hawaiian Schoolboys
The article describes Hawaiian boys sliding down steep mountain slopes on ti leaves as a sport. It details technique, such as using leaf stems as brakes, and recounts the thrill and occasional accidents while noting locations near Honolulu and Maui.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
Mawali
Lucky
St. Nicholas
Odd eighteenth century English robbery scare attributed to Swift
A forged note circulated after burglar Elliston's execution claiming he named all fellow thieves and their haunts to aid the public. The mock letter warned that an honest man would expose them to the government, supposedly prompting a long pause in robberies before being exposed as Swift's ruse.
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England
Elliston
Prince of
Climatic Shifts Challenge Arctic Climate Belts
The article argues that fossil evidence shows Arctic regions once hosted tropical climates with plants and animals now typical of the equatorial belt. It asserts polar cooling advances threaten temperate and tropical zones, predicting a future ice-dominated land.
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Europe
North America
Arctic Circle
Behead and Defeat Misunderstood by Children
An excerpt from the Delineator presents a mother explaining terms to children. Margaret asks the meaning of behead and defeat, and Donald, four, offers a literal misinterpretation, highlighting childlike notions about strong words.
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Donald
Margaret
Mamma
Very Different Reformer Burned at Stake Quote
The Washington Star quips that reformers once burned at the stake are now given a lecture platform and half the gross receipts. The exchange contrasts past punishments with modern public speaking and income. Ben Jonson is cited on speaking well versus merely speaking.
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Washington Star
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