Image: A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922 (1922) (14590040110)

Description: Identifier: historyofromeflo00batt (find matches) 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 Subjects: Publisher: Atlanta, Webb and Vary Co. Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: amentof 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 Dictionarygives the following definition of au-rora borealis: An atmospheric phe-nomenon consisting usually of streams Text Appearing After Image: GEORGE B. WARD, former Roman, who servedtwice as Mayor of Birmingham, Ala., duringthe period of that citys greatest growth. of light radiating upwards and out-ward toward the east and west from thenorth polar region. It was said that aurora interferedwith the telephones and the telegraph. After the above was written, a fairyoung lady of East Rome phoned TheNews that a young man calling on herhad discovered the lights in the skywhile looking for an inspiration upthere.—May 15, 1921. HOTTEST DAY IN 7 YEARS—Romans had a perfect right to sweltertoday. At 2:30 this afternoon it was thehottest in seven years, the thermome-ter registering 108 degres. Records kept by Miss Mary Towersand by her father prior to his deathshowed that the previous high recordwas in 1913, at 109 degrees. No highertemperature has ever been recordedhere.—Aug. 1, 1921. A STAR THE LOVERS SAW—Howmany people saw that wonderful shoot-ing star Monday night about 10:10oclock? (Of course all the lovers did!)It seemed Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
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 (1922) (14590040110)
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