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1900s / Newspaper Articles / People / Virtual Tour

Georgia Twins are Born by Caesarean Operation

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019

Mrs. C. H. Wray and Children of Cedartown, GA What was probably the first Caesarean operation, bringing twins into the world, in the history of surgery, was performed […]

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Newspaper Articles / Poetry

My Humble But Beautiful Home

March 9, 2019

Found in the Cedartown Advertiser: December 11, 1879 Oh give me when day is declining, And sunshine is flooding the west, My ivy-clad mound, where reclining, I can […]

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Cemeteries / Newspaper Articles / People

An Example of Polk’s Cemetery Preservation Resources

January 25, 2019January 25, 2019

While browsing the archived Cedartown Standard newspapers on Georgia Historic Newspapers, I came across an article entitled Fatal Accident: Ollie Duke Killed in Rome. Mr. Ollie Duke, a […]

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1880s / Newspaper Articles / Rockmart

Rockmart – A New Bank to be Established

January 4, 2019

ROCKMART NEWS A New Bank to be Established There–Other Notes Clay Bros. are making some very fine brick on Col. Dever’s property, in Rockmart. They make both rough […]

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1900s / Newspaper Articles

New Name for City Cemetery

January 4, 2019January 4, 2019

GREENWOOD CEMETERY New Name Given to Our City Cemetery By the Ladies’ Cemetery Association, Help Them Beautify It The final resting place of the dead should be a […]

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1830s / Newspaper Articles

Location of Charlie Town

December 13, 2018April 20, 2019

Below is a newspaper article about Charlie/Char’le/Charlee/Charley Town. For a detailed history, visit http://trailofthetrail.blogspot.com/2009/11/newly-revised-site-report-for-cedartown.html. Some observations of an old residenter, Editor Advertiser: Please allow me space in your […]

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