Dark Methods in Georgia Election Plot Uncovered
A muddled pamphlet via C C Post targets Sumter County voters with circulars urging district committees to classify each white voter by party. The document calls for rapid, covert data collection to steering who joins the People’s Party and who remains with Democrats or Republicans. Louis Loewenthan of Macon works on Knights of Damon memberships in Americus.
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Sumter County
C.C. Post
People's Party
Georgia
Americus
Post
PO County
Friends of the Cause
National Committee
C. C. Post
Lithin Springs
Careul
Louis Loewenthan
Macon
Knights of Damon
Loewenthal
Central railroad dividend paid after Savannah assurances
Financial circles were uneasy over the Central railroad failing to meet its semi annual dividend guaranteed in the lease by Richmond and Danville. A telegram from Savannah stated the Central dividend had been paid and arrangements were made for the Southwestern dividend and January interest, with officials asserting funds were available and the stoppage temporary.
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Central Railroad
Richmond& Dansville
Richmond & Danville
New York
Central
RA & D
New York Sun
Richmond Terminal Company
Olcott Committee
Georgia Central
Georgia Pacific
Richmond & Danville Board of Directors
Georgia Pacffc
Georgia , Central
Tur Tives-Reconven
Southwestern Railroad
Savannan
Tux Tres-Recouper
Southwestern
U. B. Hankonn
Thompson and Anderson New Year's greeting ad
Thompson and Anderson extend a New Year greeting to friends and customers. They tout a strong Christmas trade and promote quick sales with small profits. The ad features silverware and novelties, marquise rings, enameled jewelry, butterflies, morning glories, pansies, bowknots, and link-buttons in yellow gold with diamonds and enamel.
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Messrs
Thompson & Anderson
A Lugeful Leap A Negro Tragically Crushed
A southbound Central passenger train near Americus saw Barney Respess leap from the moving car just before midnight. He struck an iron switch, crushing facial bones and causing severe bleeding. He was carried to a nearby house and later to Oglethorpe. doctors fear fatal injuries. No blame attached to the railroad. Other items note Knights of Pythias officers elected for 1802, a city dispute between Clif Clay and W Kell, a tiny three-inch black snake found near Fox Post Office, a fatal pig attack on a child in Kiota Kansas, and a commentary on neglect of a poor old man in Boston. Also mentions government accounting work totaling 50,722 cases settled in the last fiscal year.
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Central
Americus
Barney Respess
Oglethorpe
Breakfast Table Prugent Paragraphe Town News
Summary of local doings includes Mr C M Wheatley moving his office to Americus Company and Reeves English Opera Bouffe Company scenes. Notes on New Year invitations, performances by Miss Mae Sylvester, Chief Lingo’s police feats, and curious kitchen window view of multicolored rats. Also mentions new law office move by Kimborough Pilabury Lane and press intrigue about Signor Martini’s feats.
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C. M. Wheatley
Americus Company
Reeves
B. I. Soveer
Reeves’ English Opora Bouffe
Weara
Kimborough
Pilabury & Lane
Avora
May Duryen
Reeves English Opera Boulfo Co
Fort Wort
Texas
Americus
Lingo
Mae Sylvester
Faust
Signor Martini
Reeads
Boaifa Company
Personal Invitations and City Dignitaries Visit Americus
A lengthy local notice lists visitors and residents in Americus, including The Americas Jewelry Company inviting at 421 Street from 8 am to 1 pm with Cotney Bell and Sullivan hosting. Several named locals from Preston Leeaburg Saithville Haena Nista Leslie Macon Cordele Lumpkin and Winchester are in or traveling through the city. Notes include hotel stays, school visits, and social calls, with weathered spellings and dated style reflective of December reporting.
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the Americas Jewelry Company
al P. m
Messrs
Cotney
Bell and Sullivan
ER. T. Chappell
Preston
T. M. Booker
Leeaburg
Leo Patterson
Saithville
Col. J, RB
Smith
Tsabella
Dusiness
Robert Stokes
Haena Nista
Lin
D.C. Jones
Leslie
Crane
Buena Vista
Americus
Mra. Harrison
Cordere Waa
Gordon Everett
Lumpkin
H. C. Storey
Hotel Lanier
Macon
Belle Bhaw
Cordele Yerx
Anna Hunt
Stine Frievids
Hattie Clark
Florrie Johnson
Emma Joler
Winchester
Clifford
Mattie ‘Wightower
J. Waigh
Thale
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Cotton Avenue
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Ureorgia
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Knights of
Damon
Savannah
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Louge
Knights of Pythias
We. E. Staley
P. C
F. J, Miller
B. Stanfield
W. C
W. P. Wallace
Nehring
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B. Mayo
Kirby Jones
E. W. E. Staley
Grand Lodge
W. C. Gray
Clif Clay
W. K.ell
J.C. Couch
Fox Post Office
Ray County
Theodore Jackson
Kiota
Kan
Johnny Denner
Johnny
Louis Kosath
Seipere Wuich
Boston Globe
United States
Prugent Paral Graphe
Wasuiserox
Ape
Crisp
Haphy
Fie Opsalng Seston
Finyaduy
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