Georgia News and Agricultural Notes from Americus
Judge Henderson notes farmers bought 4198 tons more guano than last year by April first. A proposed Americus extension demands railroad access for Atlanta. State studies, fairs, and expositions schedule discussed, plus farm diversification and tax on dogs. Confederate veterans pensions highlighted, with mass discussion in Georgia and national context. Northern paper admission contrasts Southern happiness and higher divorce rates in Chicago.
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Philadelphia News
South
North
Chicago
Mississippi River
Experimental Farms and the American Agricultural Stations
The first document under a Secretary of Agriculture describes agricultural experiment stations in the United States. By 1887 Congress funded 15,000 annually per state, with nearly sixty stations operating across forty-six states and one territory. The network, including universities and farmers, connects to Washington to boost science in farming. Also includes Ben Terrell on Alliance politics, stating it should remain nonpartisan to avoid political manipulation.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Europe
Connecticut
Chemical Laboratory
Wesleyan University
Congress
Dakota
Louisiana
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Office of Experiment Stations
Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
National Department
Railroad toward Thomasville from Atlanta urged in Georgia press
The Atlanta Constitution argues for a direct Atlanta to Thomasville corridor via Americus and other Georgia towns. It blasts current passenger schedules as abominable and proposes extending the Atlanta and Florida line to Americus then south through Sumter Lee Worth Colquitt and Brooks to Quitman. It says Americus would boost trade and timber traffic, benefiting Atlanta.
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Thomasville
Atlanta
Quitman
Valdosta
Pine Ridge
New York
Railroad Commission
Atlanta Constitution
Florida
Americus
Sumter, Lee, Worth
Colquitt and
Brooks
Cordele
Georgia Southern
Georgia
Macon
G. 8
Fortune
Advertising Americus urged for public pamphlet funding
A Dougherty county grand jury recommended a $500 county and $500 city appropriation for ten thousand illustrated pamphlets on Albany and Dougherty county. Americus should follow precedents from Dougherty and Thomas counties to keep its advantages before the world. The State Convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union meets in Augusta, with strong enthusiasm for prohibition efforts.
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Americus
Grand Jury
Dougherty County
Albany
Sumter County
County Commission
Thomas County
Thomasville
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Augusta
Americus Defends City Against Road Extension Threat
TheCentral Railroad organ or another name cannot erase the fact that extending the Atlanta and Florida line to Cordele by the 8 A M road would injure Americus. The Recorper supports Americus, backs initiatives to grow the city, and opposes actions that would harm it. Colonel R J Redding located Georgia's population center in Jones county, sixteen miles from Macon, with Atlanta sixteen, Augusta117, and Savannah167 miles away.
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Americus
Central Railroad
Atlanta
Florida
Cordele
Americus Energy and Capital
Col. Hawkins
Americas
R. J. Redding
Agricultural Department
Georgia
Jones County
Macon
Augusta
Savannah
Hemp Bagging for Cotton by a Georgia Farmer
A North Georgia farmer writes a practical article on hemp bagging for cotton. The piece is clearly written and geared toward Georgia farmers, offering useful observations and guidance for the field.
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North
Georgia
Electric Bitters touted as cure all remedy in ads
Advertises Electric Bitters as a universal cure for liver and kidney diseases, pimples, salt rheum, malaria, headaches, constipation, and indigestion with a guarantee and refund. Mentions price and drugstore details. Notes a mad dog bite incident in Macon involving R. L. Henry, a Mrs. Taylor, and a boy named Plunkett.
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E. J. Eldridge
R. L. Henry
Great Southern Industrial Boom Draws Northern Wealth Southward
The South attracts New England and New York capital as industrial expansion accelerates. Massachusetts Secretary of State Henry B. Pierce predicts the New South will become the world’s iron center in 25 years, while New Hampshire Governor D H Goodell notes a $4 million Fort Payne venture shifts capital southward. Frederic Taylor of New York warns of a sustained “music of progress” across the region.
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South
New England
Henry B. Pierce
Massachusetts
Manufacturers’ Record
New South
D. H. Goodell
New Hampshire
Fort Payne
Ala
New York
Frederic Taylor
Ordinary Judge Ed wards of Lee county described
An elderly Lee county judge, over sixty, rarely travels to town and favors walking, earning a reputation as a terror to shoe leather while remaining a good fellow.
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Edwards
Lee County
Facts for Farmers and farming profits in the 1860 80 era
A Belford's Magazine April contribution argues farming paid little from 1860 to 1880. It compares wealth gains, notes farm land profits about 2 percent while other sectors yield much higher returns, cites tariffs and Southern farming practices as causes, and urges farmers to change methods for improvement.
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Belford
Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption Ad
An Arkansas farmer and an Ohio man credit Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with curing incurable lung ailments. Morris says he recovered enough to oversee farm work after three bottles. Middlewart says doctors gave up but he regained health. Free sample bottles available at Dr E J Eldridge's Drug Store.
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C. H. Morris
Newark
Ark
Sage
Dr. King
Jesse Middlewart
Decatur
Ohio
E. J. Eldridge
Americus Gas Light company seeks charter amendment
Petitioners led by A B Harrold and J W Wheatley request the Superior Court of Sumter County Georgia to amend the charter of The Americus Gas Light Company. They seek to rename to The Americus Light and Power Company, raise capital to sixty thousand dollars, issue sixty thousand dollars of first mortgage bonds, retire existing debt, and build electric light and power facilities for manufacturing firms and the public. Hawkes signs as attorney, April 1 filing.
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Crarter
Georgia
Luxrer
Aaid
A. B. Harrold
J. W. Wheatley
G.A. Scofield
J.J. Willford
A. H. Jossey
W. E.murphey
W. M. Hawkes
Americus Gas Light Company
Americus Light and Power Company
Anid Company
RatRionora
Hawkes
Allor
MT Allen
Leeton Park Band Company Incorporation Petition
Four residents Schofield Johnson Felder petition to form The Leeton Park Band Company in Americus Sumter County Georgia with capital stock of 100000 dollars, later expandable to 500000, to buy real estate, lay out improve and beautify properties, and operate, lease or sell, under corporate powers for twenty years and renewal, legal action to commence April 12 in Sumter Superior Court.
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Georgia
Sumter County
Schofield
Johnson
J. B. Felder
Americus
County of
Sumter
State of
Leeton Park Band Company
Afoid
P. Hollis
YH. Allen
C. L
Sumter Superior Court
Allen
W. L. Glessner
C. Sto
L. Glessner
EL. Slayfield
America
Maid Pany
Sunr County
Lawa
Mn Htate
Zoorgis
Petitoners
Itmnone S Ktumrovan
Joners
Spanister County
Ith. Ey
Marche
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Alliance of Georgia
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Richland, GA
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Sherin
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J. F. Owens
John J. Oliver
George E. Thornton
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L. C. Durham
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