Water Works and Electric Lights Win Broad Approval in LaGrange
Citizens rally behind city contracts for water and power improvements. An estimated two hundred votes cast by nine pm and a citywide push to renew the mayor and council for continued progress. Engineers arrive from Opelika to begin pipeline and standpipe work, with eighty foot high tower planned on the southeast LaGrange ridge.
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LaGrange
Hich Ia
Blue John Creek
James Dawes
Opelika
D. A. Dansby
Democratic meeting calls delegates for May in LaGrange
A Troup county Democratic Executive Committee notice urges Democrats to gather at LaGrange court house on the first Tuesday in May to select delegates for the Atlanta Democratic Convention and later for the National Convention in Chicago. It also proclaims a May meeting at 10 o clock to consider further actions.
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Democratic Executive Committee
Troup County
Court House
LaGrange
Atlanta
Georgia
Chicago
Taiso
Fire Devastates La Grange Plow Works and Nearby Buildings
A Friday blaze at the Plow Works near the depot destroyed the factory with water and hose shortages noted. Firefighters saved lumber and sped to move an endangered oil car while workers aided property protection. A. F. Simmons suffered a leg fracture, Willie Cox faced substantial losses, and Pike Bros. faced total losses of about 3,609 with only 500 insured. The fire, started in the engine room, was likely accidental and plans to rebuild were discussed.
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la Grange
A. F. Simmons
Willie Cox
Mesers
Pike Bros
Pike
A. J. Boyd
Cox
Power of music at LaGrange chapel draws wild preachers
In LaGrange at the Southern Female College chapel the young ladies orchestra played a medley ending with Dixie. The result was loud cheering and a flood of rebel yells from Baptist preachers and attending crowds. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad follows.
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W. G. Cooper
Constitution
Southern Female College
LaGrange
Young Ladies’ Orchestra
Dixie
Frost
Richmond
J. William Jones
Parsons
Resolution Endorses Messrs Cox by Southern Female College Board
Advisory Board of the Southern Female College in LaGrange passes a unanimous resolution praising the Messrs Cox for fairness and generosity in dealings with the college, Western Baptist Association, and the public after reviewing college files and newspapers.
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Southern Female College
Baptist
LaGrange
Western Baptist Association
Messrs. Cox
Southern Female
C. B Willingham
Henry McDonald
Clem P. Steed
A. Burney
Robert H. Harris
Alvan D. Freeman
J. J. Farmer
Z. T. Weaver
J.G. Ryals
A. B. Campbell
B. W. Warren
Lansing Burrows
Z. F. Golden
J. B. Hawthorne
C. E. W. Dobbs
City Registration Open in La Grange for Voters
Public notice from City Clerk C A Bux states registration for qualified voters in La Grange is open and ends April 25 for those who wish to vote in city elections over the next year.
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la Grange
Council Chamber
C. A. Bux
Augusta News spotlight and Manchester college decision
The Augusta Evening News praises its fifteenth year with Moore and Gibson cited for steady work. Manchester near Atlanta will not host the Southern Female College. LaGrange remains the campus with an eye to future expansion if Manchester grows. The report notes the college’s popularity under Cox management and urges remaining in LaGrange.
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Georgia
Augusta News
William H. Moore
Atlanta
The
Sun
Augusta
Old
Atlanta Herald
Constitutionalist
News
Bill
Moore
Judge Gibson
Journal
Atlanta Journal
Manchester
Southern Female College
LaGrange
College
Baptist Convention
Messrs. Cox
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Hood
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ILY Pure
Augusta Evening News
Phillips, In, & Co
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New York
Cardinal
Hutchinson Bros
E. R. Bradfield
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