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Title: A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Battey, George Magruder, 1887-1965
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Publisher: Atlanta, Webb and Vary Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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him his life off the Azores Islands. SEES WILSON IN METEOR—Ameteor of unusual brilliancy was ob-served in the northern heavens Fri-day night, March 4, about 6:40 by stu-dents and teachers of the Berry Schoolas they were leaving the dining halland going to their dormitories. David Reynolds, who occupies thechair of history and has made a repu-tation at Berry as lecturer on South-ern Heroes and; Celebrities, imme-diately attached a significance to thefalling star in connection with thepassing of Mr. Wilson from his highpublic position. The brightest starin the political firmament is thus pass-ing, said Mr. Reynolds, as he watchedthe meteor sweep slowly across thenorthern sky from west to east and dis-appear from sight. When beggars die there are no com-ets seen. The heavens themselves blazeforth the death of princes. I consider Mr. Wilson the thirdgreat American—Washington, theFather of his Country; Lincoln, theEmancipator, and Wilson, the greatPacificator and Idealist—stand alone
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498 A History orrRoME and Floyd County and unique among the many lesser starsin the wide stretch of our firmamentof the great and wise and good lead-ers that have been raised up for ourcountry.—Mar. 7, 1921. AURORA BOREALIS THRILLSROME—The occasional appearing Au-rora Borealis appeared in the sky overRome last night near midnight and cutits capers for about 15 minutes, finallyretreating after a spasm of subduedbut spirted flashes. The flashes seem-ed to come together at a central pointat zenith, arriving from a considerabledistance outward. They shed a littlelight as far down as earth. The lightwas in beams. Robert Shahan, Boy Scout and resi-dent of Eighth avenue, phoned TheNews that he and Porter Harvey andCundy Bryson were on Tower Hillwatching the performance. The Newspassed the word to Thomas Colegate,the well-known astronomer, of 103 Myr-tle street, South Rome, and Mr. Cole-gate declared he would stick his beanout the front door immediately. Websters Shorter School Dictionary

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