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Americus
Southern Cotton Growers Meet Sets Acreage Goal in Cotton Trade
The second annual convention in Memphis gathered representatives from all cotton states to discuss reducing acreage. President Lane declared overproduction harms prices, urging further cuts to boost cotton values and South prosperity. Delegates backed resolutions urging self sufficiency with corn hay meat for home use, narrowing cotton planting.
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Mewrus
Tenn
Hector D. Lane
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Lane
Committee On Resolutions
South
Lumpkin the Beene of a Tragic Affair Last Night
A private telegram from Lumpkin Stewart county reports a fatal homicide in an altercation between Jerry Carter and Dr. Frank Black at about eight o clock. Carter allegedly cut Blacks throat. Black died within minutes. The event sparked great countywide excitement due to the two mens prominence.
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Lumpkin
Jerry Carter
Frank Black
Creditors Fail In Railroad Receivership Case At Americus
The case of W B Alexander Co et al versus the Savannah Americus and Montgomery Railway concluded with the general creditors receiving nothing. Judge Fish sustained a demurrer to their petition, though an appeal is expected for the merits. The decision affects many merchants and contractors who furnished labor and materials before the 1902 crash. Following this, the trial of R B Sperry of Baltimore versus Arthur Rylander for $1080 damages began, likely to occupy most of today’s session.
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W. B. Alexander Co. Et al
Sagannab, Americus & Montgomery Railway
Times- Receiver
Lalue
Fish
Supreme Court
Americas
R. B. Sperry
Baltimore
Arthur Rylander
Merrily The Plains Wedding Salter Owens in Americus
The Plains hosts the wedding of Miss Annie Salter to Dawson Owens at her parents home with Rev Wade officiating. After the ceremony the couple returns to Americus where they will reside at Dr. Evan T. Mathis’s residence on Leo Street. A Young Ladies Aid Society program follows with songs recitations and a piano piece.
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Jesse Salter
Annie Salter
Dawson Owens
Americus
W. ©. Wade
Plains
Young Ladies’ Aid Society
Frank Sheffield
Mosars
G. D. Wheatley
John Daniel
EB. J. Miller
W. A. Antilott
Manly B. Curry
Maitio Wheatley
Uncle Gabo
Annis May Bell
Lasca
Miss Claire
Baker
Mr. Manly
Curry
Merry
BE. L. Murray
Miss Baker
Smith
Mr. Manly B
Smugglers Tricks Across Frontiers and a Motorman Feat
Smuggling tales recount a Swiss border crossing by a cleric in a large breviary used as a tin box to hide watches, a Geneva clock scam thwarted by a cunning inspector general, and a Philadelphia motorman who cracked an egg with a trolley car without breaking it, proving practical control over his line.
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Switzerland
France
Franco
Cariona
Geneva
Paris
London
Hestonville
Philadelphia
Odd Gargling Customs and Tiny Train Tales
A visitor at Canterets notes sulphur waters and gargling rooms with astonishment and social banter about gargling. A railway baggage incident from the Northern Pacific recalls a colonisation order and a three month confusion over tronka identification in a light, anecdotal column.
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Canterets
Therme
Garzle
Baggage Department
Northern Pacific Road
Minneapolia Times
Bayard Taylors Pledges and Place Name Origins in 1847
The text hints that Bayard Taylor named a place in Montgomery County during a spring day ramble in 1847. It suggests his association should push spelling as he chose, while noting earlier rail lines and a misread attempt reflecting cautious guesses by a reader.
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Bayard Taylor
Mont Clair
Montgomery County
Taylor
The Magicians and Follies From the Street Side
The article describes Mamitaws thrilling rope tricks with a child assistant, a coconut stunt where a man pretends a basket trap has harmed a youngster, and a dancing troupe of Nantch girls with music. It also covers the Balmoral housekeeper Mrs Mussens, famed for authority and influence, plus boiler scale tricks and a comic tale from John's Domine about a salary dispute ending with a wry verdict.
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India
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Forsyth Street
Arare
Wate - Reese Place
Georgia
THD
Georgia Loan and Frost CO
C. A. Coleman
Alfred Apple
Allen House
Simmons Liver Regulator
C. Himrod
Lancaster
Ohio
Rimson Clover
Davenport Fitdrus Company
Lamar ST
Garton, Field and Flower
Allen & Sheffield
Allen & Smeffield
Farmers IN Session
Memphis
Lane Potste
Evilef
Forcible Goesch
Stewart County
Fatal Consequen
Ces
Carter
A&m. Mattway
Gareth
Keens Tatenset
the Plains
Iteel Legal
Robertson
New York
Chamber Wees
von May
Wolnton
U.S. Gov't Report
Royal Bering
Jamny
Eit
Jamy
Maister Black
Mot
Old Black
Gente
Balmoral
Balmoral Castle
Mra Maussena
Mrs. Massena
Strand Magazine
Beaton
John
Mr. L
Business Journal
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