Fires devastate Chattanooga amid major losses
Two large fires in Chattanooga destroyed Campbell & Co furniture factory and the G G Lilly brick block causing extensive damage. The East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia depot and a warehouse suffered heavy losses with extensive insured values. A second blaze on Montgomery Avenue destroyed a brick store and eight cottages. Total losses near 275000, with multiple insured amounts. Second item notes Leslie locals brief updates from Lessix Georgia including community stories and local movements.
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Chattanooga
Campbell & Co
G. G. Lilly
Campbell Building
Peter McDonald
Divine
East Tennessee Yards
Colonel Divine
W. C. Peeples Grocery Company
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia
Montgomery Avenue
Ellaville Etched and Etravinte Reflects on Spring
Rain is needed in parts of the country delaying seed planting while some areas enjoy farming progress. Ellaville hosts social events, visits from distant towns, and notices of marriages, memorial observances, and local figures, with memorial day sentiments to the fallen.
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Etravinte
Ellaville
Robi. Burton
Athens
Monticello
Atlanta
Thomasville
Americus
Steve Sellara
Smith
Baldwin
King Cotton
T. P. Slappey
Davis
Mitch
Lillie Bolton
Will Wright
J. M. Robinson
Will Hornady
Annie Clair Amos
Ed Clark
Planters Bank
Americas
Henderson
O. H. Oglsttes
Sumter
E. B. Hornady
Nat Stewart
University At
Dukes
Mr. Floyd
Justice Meadows
Ina Kelly
Addie Smith
Brunswick
W. D. Murray
Ashburn
Cuthbert
Schley
Tom Black
Seaborn Montgomery
Virginia
Farmers Alliance Plans 35000 Lecturers for Mass Meetings
President Polk issues a proclamation outlining a national campaign plan for the Farmers Alliance. It calls for ceasing internal bickering and dispatching an army of 35,000 lecturers to promote the cause with multiple grand alliance mass meetings in each state during the year. In Georgia, Inez Speer is reported improving after being struck by a train yesterday morning.
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New York
Polk
Farmers’ Alliance
National Executive Board
Brotherhood
Dunn Implicated in Draft Forgery Scam and Indictments
Evidence mounts that J. L. Dunn forged drafts and bills with Crockett and Watson, some tied to Memphis firms and cotton shipments. Dunn identified as J. Stewart Crockett, while Helen Maurice leaves for New York claiming innocence amid the scandal.
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Arvasta
J. L. Dunn
Memphis
Dunn
Crockett
Watson
Jonesboro
Capital City Bank
J. Stewart Crockett
Eugene Deergelette & Son
Brooks, Neely & Co
Southern Express Company
Columbus
West Point
Mias
Helen Maurice
New York
Rain brings promise and communal activity in Praiwn
The report notes a refreshing rain aiding crops and busy farming. It mentions fishing parties, Sunday schools in operation, and regular church services at Baptist, Methodist, and Lutheran churches with ministers scheduled on specific Sundays. It also cites visits, excursions, and local social events, plus brief notes on real estate and a court case about a man named D. Wheatley.
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Praiwn
Black's Mill
Kinchafoonee Creek
W.b.,guffard
Atlanta
Americus
Mesara, Porter
Cobb
H. H. Black
Frank Lanier, Jr
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Leslie
Lessix
W. H. Sims
W. E. Edwards
The
Eastman
R.A. Wilson
Wilcox County
Sumter County
M. B. Wilson
Abbeville
Mins Kola Sloan
DeSoto
A. P. Greene
Anns Hunt
A. A. Wilson
Reidsfield
Bailey &Wilson
E. 8. Wilson
Leslie's
Green Bay
Kemp
Fannie Fordham
Leslie Literary News
Savannah
Times-RecorDer
Ammie Roberts
J. W. Wade
Clapton
Lamar
Avensta
Williams
Foster Sherlock
Polk Thomas
Rock Pile
Thomas
Ariana
Julius Brown
Judge Hall
Miss Speer
Lovejoy
Aliss Inez Speer
Leesburg
Lexspuna
April
J. W. Forrester
E. P. Martin
J. H. Holeman
Webster County
James Morgan
J. A. Lipsey
Lindsay-Love
Artesian Well
H. HH
Anheville
N.C
A. R. Coulter
Capt. Coulter
Georgia
Doolittle
Brobston
Nialbank
Ne Carmichael
Allanford
Malford
Scott Thornton
Thornton
Opera House
D. Wheatley
Baptist Church
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