March Mondays and Local Officials List
Public notices outline Mondays in March and April for several regions including Wayne Pierce Ware and Glynn, with business dates through May. It lists local officials such as Mayor W. J. Smith, Councilmen Lott McCall Youmans Williams and others, plus lodge meeting schedules for Waycross Masons and Knights of Pythias.
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Clinch
Wayne
Pierce
Ware
Charlton
Camden
Glynn
W. J. Smith
Warren Lott
E. P. McCall
Geo. It
Youmans
D. A. Williams
W. M. Mallon
J. 8. Williams
J. E. Butler
Marahal
J. P. Cason
H. Hinnant
Moody Sermon on Restitution Tells of Honest Merchant
The article recalls Moody preaching on prayer and restitution after a Texas merchant admitted stealing five thousand five hundred dollars and building a house with it. The man confessed at the meeting, returned home, sold the house, and used the proceeds to repair his conscience and finances. Moody linked true prayer to restitution and integrity.
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Moody
al Is
Tex
Hay
Mr. Moody
K.ept
Civil Service Snag and a Bright Cousin Tale
A fragmentary anecdote recounts a cousin named White who was a top candidate for a civil service post in New York City. He faced varied questions yet seemed prepared for all, but the tale ends with an ironic note about his eventual outcome. The dialogue includes a deacon reflecting on future life and appearance.
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Tve
White
New York City Post
Curious City Industries in New York Dressmakers and Decorators
The New York Journal notes a wave of female and male artisans expanding into fashion services. It highlights dressmakers for men and women, menders for bachelors, cosmetic salons, doll repairers, commission merchants with C O D provisions, bridal wardrobes shipped afar, and a rising class of women photographers, lawyers, journalists, and art guides. A notable case is a wealthy woman who funds and organizes drawing room makeovers for clients, evolving into a decorative design business.
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New York
United States
Sixth Avenue
New York Journal
Planting Bananas in Florida
Guidance on banana cultivation in Florida notes bananas need moist rich soil and refuse standing water. The best site is a sloped bank by a lake or bayhead with soil that grips roots but drains well. Land prep can be minimal, cutting brush and letting rubbish decay, with careful spacing of sprouts during planting.
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Florida
Bayhead
Siftings Span Arts, Inventions, and Oddities From Past Pages
A potpourri of notes including a 1403 to 1432 porcelain pagoda tale in Nenkleg China, silver costs for its Temple of Gratitude, the Illinois Club plank carved from California redwood, a dog’s 280 mile trek home after an accident, printing’s origin in Haarlem, a tiny Swiss watch in a pencil case, New Orleans decor trends this fall, and pine needle oils as European inspired remedies for air purification and medical use.
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Nenkleg
Chins
Illinois Club
Chicago
Ohio
Indiana
Haarlem
Holland
Laurent Koster
New Orleans
Europe
Origin of Familiar Expressions and Turncoat Explanations
A survey of origins for common phrases notes that tooke pin drinking by King Edgar inspired "taking him down a peg" and "merry pin." It cites one account of feather in cap linked to Turkish foes and a Savoy duke's shifting coats giving "Turncoat" from blue to white.
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Edgar
Lansdown
British Museum
Hungary
Savoy
Spain
France
Emmanuel
Busfil
A Farm for the Drinks and a Palmer Ancestral Tale
The Boston Advertiser recounts Mayor Palmer recalling his grandfather, one of Vermont’s earliest Irish settlers. Poor, he cut timber on farms and in forests to survive, then won a rough parcel of river land after bartering with farmers. He crossed the river, built a humble cot, and established the first Palmer home in the countryside.
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Palmer
Green Hills
Vermont
Epringin
Mr. Palmer
Cotta
Boston Advertiser
Meteoric speeds and atmospheric effects in early science notes
An excerpt discusses rapid cannon velocities near 2,000 feet per second and meteorites entering air at 25 to 30 miles per second, causing high heat and ionized vapors. It notes sounds ranging from bullets to thunder, attributing effects to air resistance rather than impact. Mentions a future paper bottle in bottle manufacturing and various chemical concerns.
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M. Hirn
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Hlaysross Jeallight
Ww. Parker
Prormeron
J. M. Freeman
Enorron
Georgia
Waycross
Saccouch
Jer Taper
Ntti
Chariton
Coffee
Brunswick Circuit
W. M. Con
T. B
J. A
J. J
W. $. Bailey
Jasper Eunice
J. T. Hale
Waycross Lodge
Pierce Lodge
C. F
Forks
N. G
W. J
Ian Hx
Knights of Pythias
Lott's Hall
Methodist Church
Warnes Lort
C. C. Jonx R. Fraxkus
K. of R
Tron Hall
Uhfelder & Co
Tall
Watam Noaze
C.J. Jonx
Casox
Civil Service
Curious City Industries
Con Oie Erates
Fie Ber
AR. Bennett
Grand Central Hotel
Waycross, GA
General Merchandise
A. R. Bennett
W. M. Wilson
Waitcross
Magnolia
Billiard
Congress St
Savannah
B. H. Levy & Bro
Physicians and Surgeons
Wholesale and
Hetail
F. P,p
Tention
Pri
Turpentine
Uhlfelder & Coo
Waycross, Georgia
Sudden & Bates
Valdosta, Georgia
Atore
Urogers
Guarestead
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Williams
Brunswick Judicial Circuit
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