A Humble Hero A twilight talk with Turner and Melvin
Melvin shares tales of the old woodsman Hi Jenkins and folk on the river frontier. Turner explains off days and chills while lampooning a pill peddler, and Melvin confronts Sim Banks and his wife. Turner warns Melvin never to meddle in another man’s marriage as a life lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin
Turner
Shore
Ike
Hi Jenkins
Waal
Ebiain
Mr. Jenkins
Coon Run
Possum Ridger
Beckett’s Mill
Louisa Banks
Mr. Melvin
Hardihood
Sim Banks
Jean
Banks
Beckett's
Sim
Reminiscences of York and Opening of the South
In York, a vivid recounting details Isaac Watson battling Dedman’s dog in daylight near Ross’s house, the crowd’s fear, and the dog’s death. The piece also recalls Mr. Ross as a generous, sociable figure of the community and notes his death in 1826. It then shifts to The Opening of the South, arguing migration shifts toward the South driven by rail, industry, and business leadership, with West Indian trade and expositions highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Ross
Isaac Watson
Moore & Son
Dedman
Isaac
Ben Chambers
Sam Chambers
Yorkville
Ross
Wayfarer
Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post
Europe
South
Charleston
8. C
West India Islands
Atlanta
Carnegie on Golf and Wealth Quotes
A collector of anecdotes shows Mr. Carnegie enjoying golf as his serious business and recalling sharp exchanges with editors. He cites earnings and ethics, warns about greed, and offers memorable lines about work, generosity, and civic duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
Kentucky
Britain
Curry Institute
H. W. Lanier
Semmes's Prophesy and Civil War Plans Mentioned
The Atlanta Journal notes Captain Raphael Semmes in a 1868 memoir claiming he planned a clash with Spain if the Confederacy won independence. He envisioned Cuban states and later warned of federal steamers over Cuba. Havana papers say his forecast is near term, with 30 years as a threshold. Women have full voting rights in Colorado Idaho Wyoming and Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Semmes
Rapheal Semmes
Sumter
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Confederate States
Spain
Havana
Colorado
Idaho
Wyoming
Utah
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Thomas P. Montfort
York
Maurice Moore
The
Enquirer
Ture Prospects
Edward Bok
April
Ladies’ Home Journal
James Ross
Jimmy Ross
John Allison
MR. Carnegie
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