Americus Georgia A Healthful Winter Resort City
Americus is a growing county seat in Sumter Georgia at rail junctions 7 miles southwest of Macon. The region thrives as a winter resort with mild climate, artesian wells, and low malaria. it supports diverse agriculture, peach and LeConte pear crops, and sugar cane yields per acre. The city hosts a large library, newspapers, an opera house, banks, hotels, and multiple industries, including iron works and furniture factories, with three railroad lines to the North West and three to Florida.
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Georgia
Americus
Sumter County
Central
Savannah and Western
Savannah
Americus and
Montgomery
Macon
Andenonville Orban
Piorida
Thomasville
Virginia
Tennessee
Confederacy
Egypt
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Armous
Gulf of Mexico
Union
Bee
Savanns'y Ipen
Atlanta
Sartah
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Oecasee Florida
Florida
Brunswick
Traga
Georgas
Cigoy
Aiden Rey
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Hwaynes Ointment Promoted By Medical Interns
An old advertisement touts Hwayne's Ointment as a cure all for eczema and facial eruptions. It claims interns endorse the medicine and compares it favorably to 20 other remedies, urging readers to ask for Seerae's Ointment.
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Hwayne
Seerae
Woodrooks Whipping and a Pardoned Man Sues Penitentiary
Harvey Merritt, recently pardoned after nine years of a twelve year sentence, sues the penitentiary company for heavy damages. He describes repeated brutal beatings by lessees while working for Chattahoochee Brick and in Walker county, including 176 lashes and an eye injury.
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Atlanta
Harvey Merritt
Penitentiary Company
Merritt
Chattahoochee Brick Company
Walker County
Riot Fears In North Carolina After Lynch Threat
In Wrreton North Carolina on August 12 a mob of about 150 negros gathered near the jail after church warnings that Arthur Tut te a black man on trial for Policeman Vickers murder last May would be lynched They fired on officers wounding none seriously and fourteen rioters were jailed The situation was defused by deputies and riflemen with orders to disperse the crowd
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Wrreton
N. C
Arthur Tutte
Vickers
McArthur
Aton
Leone
Scone Brown
Judge Brown
Diplomatic Urgency Over Chinese Assault Sparks Cable Messages
Across Aug 12 to Aug 19 officials report US and British authorities pressing for immediate intervention over the Ku Cheng massacre. Dispatches from Foo Chow and Foo Chow area describe looting of American missionaries and a need for redress as Denby and Adee seek instructions and convey promises of action.
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United States
Ku Cheng
America
Wasnatos
Adee
State Department
Associated Press
Es ‘Tsin
Gue
Danby
Yung Buh
Foo Chow
Denby
Yamen
Yung Fahis
McAdoo
Navy
Jackson Laid To Rest At Belle Meade Farm
The funeral of Justice Howell Edmund Jackson took place at Belle Meade, six miles west of the city, in the presence of many notable attendees including Supreme Court justices Fuller and Brewer and General W. H. Jackson. The service included prayers, hymns, and a choir from Tennessee, with prominent clergymen and mourners from distant rooms and families nearby. The ceremony featured floral tributes and a solemn procession as the casket lay in the front hall and guests paid their respects.
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Tustice Howell
Edmund Jackson
Belle Meade
W. H. Jackson
Menteilly
Presbyterian Obi
R Linn
Cristian Church
Balle Meade
Fuller
Justice Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Ji Charles M. Blatchford
Lynch Va
J. Bon
Malone
Tadge Blatchfort
Charles F. France
New Orlane
Peace
McAlligier
Ox Goucmnet Seodgrass
Choice Singers
Tennessee
Jesus
J. D. Barbee
Methodist Church
Father Gleason
Catholic Church
Micchell
Coudert Poised for Supreme Court Seat in Europe Signal
Frederic B. Coudert may become successor to the late Justice Howell E Jackson on the U S Supreme Court. A cablegram from Europe awaiting his decision indicated he could accept. Rumors tied Hill to his nomination. Coudert’s stance remains nonaligned with any faction amid active state and national involvement. Also reported: Bannock and Dack Valley Indians in Idaho travel troubles and Judge Thacher of this county dies from Bright's disease.
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Frederic B. ‘Condert
Howell E Jackson
United Tate Supreme Consé Band
Hill
Bees
Coudert
Fierce city fire devastates factory rear and nearby homes
A disastrous blaze began at 8:00 a m behind the Brown Bailey and Brows paperbox factory at 413 Franklin Street Penampatra August 1. The fire spread rapidly through adjacent blocks as crews battled flames across multiple streets, threatening nearby dwellings and facilities.
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Punapatrata
Brown, Bailey and Brows
Franklin Street
Waa
Pomme
Tigate
Thang Te Hail
Desperate Knife and Revolver Encounter Ends in Wounding
A man tied and beaten after a confrontation with his son in law William Haas, who shot Michael Brang at his home in Derott. Haas fled with Brang’s wife and three children. Brang later died. Other notes mention unrest in Spain and a Mexico earthquake, with brief telegraph items on a Jacksonville saloon crackdown and railroad contracts.
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Mia
Derott
Michael Brang
William Haas
Haas
Braeg
Drang
Heag
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University OF Georgia
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Paris Medicine Co
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Abney, Carr & CO
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Yao Ose Mentty
Che Dhal
Ppeal
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U.S. Gov't Report
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Jackson
Belle Meade Farm
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Sewile Memains
West
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Ida
Owyho County
Kansas
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Jange
Thacher
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Bright
Spain
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Matars
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Mexico
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