Raleigh to Honor Jefferson Davis With State Wide Tributes
Raleigh and North Carolina prepare to receive the funeral train bearing Jefferson Davis ashes. Officials, escorts, and the Ladies Memorial Association arrange drapings, floral tributes, and a Capitol rotunda casket design. Bells toll, businesses close, and public processions honor the Confederate leader on the day of arrival.
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North Carolina
Jefferson Davis
Southland
Old North State
Commonwealth
Capitol Rotunda
Ladies’ Memorial Association
Capitol
Capitol Building
Richmond
Davis funeral train passes through Alabama to Raleigh tribute
The Davis funeral train left New Orleans escorted by Confederate veterans and marked by crowds at every station. At Beauvoir, Montgom ery, and Mobile, flowers and salutes honored President Davis as the procession moved toward Raleigh. Alabama Governor Jones led ceremonies in Montgomery with a long military pageant and a coffin canopy, purple drapings, and a salute by artillery as the cortege entered the Capitol for lying in state.
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Richmond
Southern Associated Press
Jeff Davis
Calussa
California
Augusta
Louisana
Louisiana
United Confederate Veterans
Scranton
Miss
Whiting
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Marshall
Mobile
Somme
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Montgomery
Ala
Greenville
Ladies Memorial Association
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Shen
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Georgia
Supreme Court
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Opelika
Funeral Train Through Georgia Draws Dense Crowds
A funeral train from Montgomery to Atlanta draws large crowds along its route. Governor Jones travels with the cortege. local civilians in Chehaw Opelika LaGrange Newnan West Point and Atlanta honor the procession with salutes and flowers as infantry volleys and cannon fire mark stations along the way.
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Lee County
Ala
West Point
Ope
Ikea
Jivery
LaGrange
Selute
Newnan
Northen
Georgia
Atlanta
Union 1
Salem Female College Holds Seniors First Evening Exercises
Twenty one members of the class read essays and performed musical numbers before a large audience in Wirstos North Carolina. The baccalaureate sermon was delivered by Rev. A. D. McClure. Fayetteville Light Infantry arrive at 6 15 AM to be hosted by the Ladies Memorial Association at the Yarboro.
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N.C
Salem Female College
C. Palmer
Virginia
Asheville
L. Allen
Winston
PF. Creight
Winnsboro
Mise C. Anderson
Cedar Grove
Water Lily
J. Hege
M. Scales
H Shields
E Gurlick
Columbia
S. C
Flattery
L. Wellborn
Wilkes
S. Reynolds
A. Davis
Fayettevill Light Infantry
Ladies’ Memorial Association
Yarboro
Golden Medical Discovery touted as blood purifier remedy
A 19th century advertisement claims Root and Branch poisons in blood are cured by ro loree s Golden Medical Discovery. It promises to purify blood cleanse the system and treat scrofula eczema and enlarged glands. The ad asserts year round effectiveness with a money back guarantee and urges readers to visit druggists to buy a bottle with trial size offered.
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Ro Leree
Syrup of Figs Promoted For Gentle Digestive Help
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a gentle, effective remedy used to cleanse the system and ease colds headaches and fevers. It claims popularity with professionals and consumers, noting bottles of 500 and 1 dollar and warning buyers to insist on California Fig Syrup Co. printed on every package.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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