Old World Curiosities and American Headlines Collide
A collage of 19th century notes reports vast church income, New York mail volumes, Senate costs, royal honors offered and declined, London debt, California sequoias, and Georgia gold fever. Local editorials on clerical limits in trials and unionism clash with mining optimism and Columbus-like civic optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferris
Manhattan
Broadway
New York City
New York
Chicago Herald
Effingham B. Wilson
Brooklyn
Long Island
New York Mail and Express
Wilson
Dorothea Hillary in the New England Wilderness
Dorothea, a young woman of striking brown eyes and a calm, yet powerful presence, grows up among Puritans under foster father Dr. Lennox. The minister Mr. Granville suspects witchcraft surrounding Dorothea and her orbiting mysterious patrons, as she navigates forest life, secret meetings, and rumors of devilish influence while Achsah and Ashubah face eerie apparitions and trials in the shadow of Mark Hillary’s vanished life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothea Hillary
Dorothea
Virgin
Dr. Lennox
Animose
Gass
Lennox
Sagnanck
Mr. Granville
Cotton Mather
New England
Mr. Grenville
Mark Hillary
Mark Hillasy
Dorothesa
Squire
Ashubah
Leigh
Sagnauck
Vwtch
Alouf
Reard
Granville
Man of God
Hillary
Dorothes
Achish Granville
Satan
God
Eee Eos
Comrixus
Hair Color Heist and a 100th Birthday Tale
In Colorado in 1875 Smartwood recalls Indians doubting a traveler’s red hair thinking it painted until water proved otherwise. The account shows curiosity and humor about facial and body paint traditions. Also noted, Mrs Priscilla Spooner of Ohio, once a girl in George Washington’s funeral procession, recently turned 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Harvey ©. Smartwood
Canon City
Col
Washington Post
Meeker
New York Bowery
Ohio
George Washington
Priscilla Spooner
Spooner
Georgia in Brief highlights state appointments and events
Governor Northen appoints John G Hale as solicitor for Dade County. Noted: Fleming’s hen that laid three eggs in a day. A J Lewis’s gander’s fortieth May birthday. Exposition company organized. Macon Volunteers officers named. Greenville Banking chosen state depository for Meriwether County with a $50,000 bond. Civil actions, new insurance firm in Atlanta, and court removals noted. Rewards offered for burglars and a killer. Christian Endeavor convention set in Atlanta. Prospects of Cherokee gold deals discussed with Hillman Nabors and Foote, Athens major failure of Buse Reeves detailed. Joseph E Brown celebrated his 73rd birthday with widespread esteem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville Banking Company
Greenville
Meriwether County
Joseph E. Brown
United States
Georgia
Atlanta
Happenings Report Fire Destroys Huntsville Area
A hotel grist mill thirty two businesses and an Episcopal church burned at Huntsville Ontario on a Thursday. Loss estimated at 120000 with 40000 insured. Separate items note coal mines hire, strikes spreading, and fatalities in a Western chase. Also reports a great Neu Sandre fire in Austria causing widespread ruin and distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excelsior
Huntsville
Ontario
Conspiracy Suits Involving Paul Jones And Bank In Louisville
Two suits filed in Louisville allege a conspiracy between Paul Jones the J G Mattingly Company and Kentucky National Bank. One seeks to enjoin sale of $50,000 of Mattingly stock held as collateral for a $50,000 loan, plus a separate claim of $21,000 by an individual. The other targets Jones as president of Mattingly and as bank director, with the aim to freeze plaintiffs from their stock. Engagement details report a naval engagement near Desterro where the insurgent Aquidaban sank after rapid fire. the federal torpedo boat Gustavo Sampaio survived. The National Grain Congress met in Wichita to plan outlets for southern and western products to Mexico. U S banking capital is listed at $5.15 billion.
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Birmingham
Ala
Tennessee Coal, Tron and Railroad Company
DeBardeleben
Bell, Lewis & Yates
Rochester
Rochester and
Pittsburg Coal and Tron
Mississippi River
W. S. Wilson
New Iberia
Mexico
Cade
Pharr
Wilson
Paul Jones
Louisville
W. H. Thomas & Son
Kentucky National Bank
J. G. Mattingly Company
W. H. Thomas
Jones
Desterro
State
Santa Catherina
Aquidaban
Rio de Janeiro
Gustavo Sampaio
Resting place chosen for Zebulon Vance in Asheville
Thousands pay homage as the late Senator Zebulon B. Vance is laid to rest in Asheville North Carolina The funeral train brought officials and friends from Raleigh and crowds gathered at Hickory Morganton and along the route to view the deceased The service began in the First Presbyterian church and extended to the cemetery where about ten thousand marched in the procession.
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Zebulon B. Vance
Asheville
N. C
French Broad River
Raleigh
Congress
Hickory
Morganton
First Presbyterian Church
Buncombe
Asheville Light Infantry
Bingham School Cadets
Vance
Miners Strike Expands Across Alabama and Tennessee
The Birmingham district shows seven thousand miners out as most mines close. armed deputies watch Blue Creek as workers refuse amid fear of violence. In Tennessee Jellico district, miners may strike on August 1 while operators prepare a new contract. convicts dig for 2,000 miners, keeping some output flowing.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Warrior
Tuscaloosa
Walker County
Blue Creek
Tennessee
Knoxville
James BR. Wooldridge
Wooldridge Jellico Coal Company
United Mine Workers of America
Jellico
United States
Tennessee, Coal Tran and Railroad Company
Big Blaze Destroys Buffalo Glucose Works
Fire destroyed the American glucose works in Buffalo New York the nation’s largest of its kind Several firemen were injured and taken to hospital Some employees are believed burned to death Total loss about 1200000 with around 500000 insured
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Buffalo
Bufalo
Corrected Atlanta markets weekly groceries list trade items
A corrected weekly Atlanta markets catalog lists coffee, sugar, syrups, molasses, teas, spices, canned goods, crackers, soap, soap, candy, flour, and various meats and produce with varied prices. It notes brands and qualities like New Orleans sugar, Jamaica ginger, and West Western creamery butter, detailing numerous items and price ranges.
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Arbuckle
Lion
New Orleans
Cuba
Jamaica
Singapore
Japan
Hawley
Virginia
Bull
Texas
Georgia
Tennessee
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Church of England
United States Senate
Edmund Yates
Queen Victoria
Mr. Gladstone
Mrs. Gladstone
London
Joaquin Miller
California
Coleridge
Thomas Coney
Berkshire Assizes
Arizona
New Orleans Picayune
Rewa
Baltimors
South
North Carolina
Senate
Senate of
Christopher Dowidat
Oshkosh
Wis
New York Press
Mr. Dowidat
St. Louis
Florence
Darier
My Darier Mary's
Thase
Cheng Orboat
Georgie Brown
Orginias
Golden Gate
Dorothea Ingram
Charles C. Hahn
Adam
Achsah
Achsab
Ler Aster
Deak
Ashubab
Mar
Winister
Dorothea Re
Josh Billings
Aristokrat Partiklar
He Alwas
John G. Hale
Dade County
8. T. Fleming
Bowersville
A. J. Lewis
Arlington
Macon Volunteers
Charles Q. Carnes
James P. Stevens
Sam B. Hunter
J. A. Cooper
Marietta and North Georgia Railroad
Intervenor
Fidelity Life and Accident Insurance Company
Atlantians
W. H. Dyer
Georgia Pacific Railroad Company
Carroll County
Bradwell
W. H. Chaganan
Northen
Sumter County
J. H. Rogers
Houston County
Lucius Brown
Bristol Gaines
Gaines
Christian Endeavor Convention
Fist Christian Church
C. P. Williamson
F. W. McAuley
Ohio State Union
W. B. Jennings
Macon
M. A. Matthews
Dalton
Wallace Sharp
Augusta
Cherokee County
I. T. Hillman
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Nabors
C. H. Foote
Chicago Steelworks
Chicago
Athens
Buse Reeves
Reeves
Clarke County
Fontenoy
Greene County
National Bank, Exchange Bank and
University Bank, of
Oglethorpe
Oconee
Ewhal Grain Congress
National Grain Congress
Wichita, Kun
Kansas
Oklahama
Louisiana
Arkansas
Nebraska
Florida
South Carolina
Iowa
Minnesota
Elf
Senator Vance
Brand and Averazre
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