As the attention of two nations is focused upon Virginia and rumors fly about, life for some this weekend carries on in a rather normal fashion. Julia Stanford, young member of First Baptist Church of Forsyth, Georgia, has her “type” (picture) taken, “one for Ma the other for Cousin Reuben” and entertains guests on Saturday.…
In the southern city of Richmond, Virginia, an ordinance outlawing the sale of liquor on Sundays is enacted. Any establishment selling alcoholic beverages is now forced to close at 10 PM and not allowed to open on Sundays. In the decades prior to the war, led by women – particularly religious women, and especially in…
On this Sunday Julia Stanford, a member of First Baptist Church Forsyth, Georgia discusses church and Thatcher’s Comet: “Went to Sabbath school carried in all the books due. Stayed to Church – As usual, and as usual have forgotten the text … The new comet looks magnificent. Friday there was a magnificent meteor large as…