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From: "Wetaunah Cates" <>
Subject: [GAGWINNE] Interesting tidbits about Lawrenceville, Gwinnett,Georgia 1894
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:59:48 -0400
This was forward to me by another family researcher, and I had a few questions about some of the establishments on this list, I have posted those questions in blue, if anyone has answers, or can provide leads, please let me know.
Tonnie
News Herald, Lawrenceville, Georgia Friday, August 17, 1894 Lawrenceville Has
Eight Lawyers
A marble yard
One shoe shop Who owned this shoe shop ?
A cigar factory
Two drug stores
Five physicians
One harness shop
A public library
A polite barber
One livery stable
Two jewelry stores
Two blacksmith shops Who owned these blacksmith shops ?
A saw-mill and planer
A first-class soda fountain
Two millinery stores
Three white churches What churches would these be, and do they still have the same name, and locations?
A goodly number of loafers
Two wide-awake newspapers
A large crop of dogs and fleas
A number of expert bicyclists
Four ministers of the Gospel Who were these four ministers ?
A band which plays good music
Some graceful horseback riders
A not too enterprising town council
A baseball team that used to play ball
Two railroads and a dozen trains a day
An organization of the Epworth League What was the Epworth League organization ?
Two hotels and several boarding houses
A first-class undertaking establishment What was the name of this establishment, and who operated it? Do they still exist, with a phone number and location? Who would I contact about seraching old records for this establishment?
The best court house and jail in Georgia
Flourishing lodges of Free Masons and Odd Fellows
A brick factory that manufacturers as good brick as are made in the state of Georgia
Only a few old bachelors not enough to stand in the way of the progress of the town
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