Prodigal Son Painting Overshadows Wedding Home
Narrator recalls wedding morning, Aunt Caroline’s lavish gift of a huge canvas depicting the Prodigal Son, hung as the centerpiece in their new home. The gift, bought at auction, fills the room’s wall with a comically solemn allegory while family recollections of a warm, bustling wedding day unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleonore
Caroline
Felix
Rika
Uncle Augustne
Uncle Christopher
Aunt Caroline
Prodigal Son
Prodigals and a Munich Painting in a Small Town Home
A family’s life centers on a colossal Prodigal Son painting that sparks amusement, criticism, and social pressure among neighbors. Efforts to relocate the artwork create friction, amid fly invasions and tea with Sunday school children. A fire later destroys the Zieber home but the painting is saved by a brave boy, sparing the couple from material loss.
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Caroline
Eleonore
Herr Diebert
Diebert
Fritz Diegel
Black Forest
Herr Treuberg
Immigen
Upper Bavaria
Julie Zieber
Felix Treuberg
Zieber
Felix
Thad
Georgia Law Makers Debate Pension and Tax Acts
Georgia Legislature reports show the House reconsidered Roquemore pension, debated dam obstructions on the Savannah river, and passed measures on county treasurers, school funding, tax rules, divorce residency, and publishing Georgia reports. Senate introduced town charters, bank bills, and road commissions amid routine sessions.
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HOUSE
Roynemore
Upson County
Allen
Roquemore
Senate
Savannah River
Augusta
Hogan
Lincoln County
Fleming
Smith
Gwinnett
Perking
Habersham
Cummings
Richmond
Chambers
Chattahoochee
Burke County
Jessup
Robert Battey
Rome
Board of Commissioners
McIntosh County
Cumming
Lewis
Georgia
West
Hancock
Overstreet
Milton
King
Fulton
Grand
Hodge
Martin
George W. Harrison & Company
Atlanta Law School
Georgia School For the Deaf
Calvin
Richmond County
Branch
Columbia
Charters
Gray
Effingusa
Railroad Commission
Stiles
Murray County
Atlanta and Florida Railroad
Board of
State
Catoosa
Commissioners of Roads
Terrell County
Burne Gordon
Georgia Hussars
United States
Missionary Ridge
Chicamauga Park
Graham
Appling
Columbus
Police Commissioners
Mr. Howard
Baldwin
A. Pinkus
Waynesboro
Rhine
Dodge County
Lowville
Stewart County
Covington
County of
Valdosta
Board of Commissioners of Roads
Echols County
Commercial Travellers’ Savings Bank
Trust Company of Georgia
Trespar
Brunswick, LaGrange and Northwestern
Brunswick, LaGrange and Northwestern Railroad Company
Floyd County
Hurst
Social Circle
Sears
Webster County
Nellievilles
Pieres County
Neisler
Taylor County
McDonald
Pharmaceutical Examiners
East Point
Board of County Commissioners of Roads
Wilkes County
Mitchell County
Midway Congregational Church
Powersville
Coweta
Seville
Wilcox County
Dennard
Johnson
Statesboro
Bailey
Spaulding
Macon
Laurens County
Catoosa County
Upson
Flint River
Patterson
Pierce County
Growth of the South industrial outlook week by week
The past week shows rising demand for machinery and many new mills, especially flouring and lumber, in process of erection. Weather favors crops but low prices discourage large marketing. lumber production likely to rise as mill stocks shrink. Thirty five new industries formed or expanded, including Stratton-White Machine Co in Fort Worth and Hamilton Pant and Glass Co in Dallas. New mills planned in North and South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia with various factories added across the region.
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South
Stratton—White Machine Company
Fort Worth
Lexus
Capital
W. H. Stratton
M. W. Thomas
Columbian Company
Lambert’s Point
B. J. Acker
Pan
Bluefield Machine Works
Bluefield
W. Va
F. W. Smith
Isancates
Catawba
Ellenboro
N. C
Aldie
Danville
Davis Bridge
Louisville
Texas
Little Rock
Ark
Durant
Miss
Chattanooge
Tenn
The Grain Crop Falls to Ten Year Low
The November crop report from the department of agriculture shows corn yields at 22.6 bushels per acre, the smallest in ten years except for 1886 1887 and 1890. Drought-driven declines from July conditions to October 75.1 index explain the drop, with comparisons to averages 1870 1879 and 1880 1889.
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Department of Agriculture
Governor’s letter warned against duelist style prize fight
A Tallahassee dispatch reports Governor Broward ordering Duval sheriff to prevent pose fights or glove contests. Sporting men argue the statute does not cover such a bout between Corbett and Mitchell. The syndicate funding $25,000 remains confident the fight will occur.
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Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Florida
Corbett
Mitchell
Quips and Quirks from 19th Century Jokes Page
A compilation of wit from newspapers including Galveston News Truth Puck and Boston Globe. Humorous lines cover philosophy law society and everyday absurdities with quips about rogues, money, marriage and manners. Notable lines reference a woman’s rights joke and a butchered wax of satire.
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Galveston
Puck
North Pole
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Boston Globe
New York
Somerville Journal
Minnie
Jennie
Boston Transcript
Louisville
Buffalo Courier
Paterfamilias
Steam and Electric Engines Clash in a Chicago Trial
In Chicago a Norfolk and Western style test compared a 31 ton Baltimore and Ohio switch engine against a 25 ton electric locomotive. Coupled by a 25 foot cable both engines tried their best once signals were given. The electric engine buzzed and sparked but could not move the old switcher which towed the rival away, ignominiously behind.
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Chicago
Baltimore and Ohio
Picayune
Uses of Silver Across Industries and Applications
Silver serves in tableware dentistry photography and mirrors. It forms the base of indelible inks appears in surgery and medicine as a nitrate. It coats condensers and lining in mineral water machines and black tin pipes. It is key in galvanometers and as a premier conductor in delicate electrical testing. Annual U S usage in the arts totals about 9 million dollars with 2.5 million dollars in solid spoons and forks.
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United States
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McArthur
New England Magazine
Kinkel
Munich
Dresden
Dr. S
Egypt
Madem
Lagain
Caroline Ee
Bevenn
Fritz
Dayton
Ohio
Georgia’s Law
Capito
Mospar
Bullochville
Georgia Volunteer
Haney
Iangese
Medical College of Georgia
D. N. Speer
Commercial Travelers Bank
Supreme Court
St. Louis Republic
Sharon Turner
Beaumur
Minden
Scotland
Amsterdam
John W. Hogg
Navy Department
Rockville
Vienna
Austria
Reichstag
Walla Walla
Wash
Umatila
Pendleton
Marcos Morales
Cuban League
Pennsylvania
Cuba
Spain
Warner, Ark
Iron Mountain
Pine Bluff
Nelson
Francis B. Thurber
Boudinot Keith
Francis P. Thurber
Thurber-Whyland Company
William Hosen Ballou
Pith
Pont
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