Bartholdi statue pedestal funds to finish
From Americus Republic official organ and local notes of Sumter and Webster counties dated April 22, 1886. It reports $10,000 still needed to complete the Bartholdi statue pedestal. Mentions political views, newspaper plans, unveiling in Atlanta on May 1 with Jefferson Davis to speak, commentary on Republicans, and various civic notes including rail line hopes and Georgia Alabama political canvassing.
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Benj. Hill
Atlanta
Jefferson Davis
Sumter County backs Judge Crisp for renomination
The Sumter County Recorder declares the local GOP supports Judge Crisp and will send a solid delegation for him, opposing claims by the Republican editorials from the East. It accuses the GOP of misrepresenting county sentiment and calls for an honorable, open contest across the district.
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Palse
W. T. McArthur
Wte
Sumter County
McArthur
Crisp
Sumter
Recorder
Why He Withdrew Valedictory From Hancock's Paper
The piece notes Col. O. W. Hancock withdraws from editorial control claiming outsiders pressuring the paper. It commends his stand against an invasion of his rights. The Atlanta Constitution discusses Coffee county delegate early selection for State and Congressional races and parallels Bacon Boynton and Colquitt patterns.
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Republican
Soch
Col. O. W. Hancock
McArthur
Congress
Col. Hancock
Atlanta Constitution
Coffee County
Bacon-Boynton
Protect American labor by taxing consumption surplus
The Nashville American condemns taxing labor earnings and calls for redirects. It argues for taking a hundred million in surplus taxes on consumption to fund royalties for special interests, enabling wage payments while protected laborers receive only a bare living. It labels this as a systemic subsidy benefiting philanthropically motivated elites.
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Nashville American
Coffee county delegates back Crisp in key convention vote
In Coffee county a mass meeting of the Democracy chose delegates to state and congressional conventions. The vote favored Judge Crisp for Congress by 88 to 8, with Mr. Walter T. McArthur defeated. McArthur and supporters were surprised and attempted to suppress the results in telegraph reports. The event reveals divisions among wire grass counties regarding McArthur's bid.
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Valdosta Times
Dodge County
McArthur
Crisp
Judge Crisp
Washington
McArthurs
Atlanta Constitution
Representation in Congress and regional interests debated
A district seeks a representative who will advance local interests while avoiding biased favoritism. The speaker defends Judge Crisp, noting his record on river appropriations for Ocmulgee and Oconee and his attendance at the Altamaha river convention, arguing eastern support could not have achieved more. The piece critiques rotation of office and stresses creditable, effective representation for all counties.
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Eprron Reconess
Congress
Crispn
Crisp
McArthur
Ocmulgee
Oconee
Crisp Ban
Altamaha River
Demockar
Truck farming in Southwest Georgia shows profit with proper management
The Recouper notes early truck farming struggles in Georgia due to inexperience in packing and shipping. It highlights L. V. Rumph of Marshallville, who planted radishes on less than an acre and made nearly $800 in under ninety days, then expanded to cabbage. His fruits also prosper with careful management and top quality shipping.
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Georgia
Rumple
Georgia Governor denies harm from prohibition effects
Gov Brown of Georgia says prohibition does not hurt business while an Athens lawyer reports Clark County earned a criminal practice of $1000 annually before prohibition and only $150 after, claiming the shift benefits the individual though not the state.
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Gov. Brown
Georgia
Athens
Clark County
Forecast of hurricane and cold wave near Leavenworth
Professor Foster of Leavenworth Kansas predicts a hurricane will strike the southeast Atlantic coast between April 25 and 29 followed by a cold wave. The excerpt notes rising consumption among colored people in cities and its rarity before the war.
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Foster
Leavenworth
Kansas
Atlantic
Stewart for Crisp and Lumpkin Independent Runners
A Stewart county editorial urges voters to retain Charles F. Crisp in Congress, opposing Johnny McRae Bill Duncan and other candidates and arguing long service favors Crisp. It notes a Hartford photograph showing five generations of the Austin family, all in good health, from Benoni to Forrest.
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Congress
Judge Crisp
General Cook
Independent
Johnny ‘McRae
Bill Duncan
Crisp
Stewart County
Charles F. Crisp
8Th
Hartford
Benoni Austin
North Woodstock
John Austin
N. W. Austin
Arthur P. Austin
Forrest
Advice to Mothers on Sootuxa Synup for Teething
An old remedy advises mothers to use Sootuxa Synup for teething. It claims the product soothes the child softens gums relieves pain cures wind colic and diarrhoea. Sold at twenty five cents per bottle in a brief consumer notice.
How Wrance Protects the Public
The Académie des Sciences awards Girard the Prix Montyon for leading a Paris laboratory testing food and drink quality since 1878. Daily analyses cover wine beer milk tea chocolate and toys pigment use pork and canned goods to detect adulteration. Inspectors visit eateries with on the spot tests and twenty five departments focus on article classes with twenty five thousand samples analyzed last year.
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Montyon
Girard
Paris
Academie Des Sciences
Chicago News
Freaks of Vegetation in Cuba Described by Bellew
Frank Bellew notes during a visit to Cuba that vegetation displays extreme forms a palm with a top heavy trunk forms an inverted oil flask a thorn laden vines resemble buffalo horns and a huge white pink tinged duck sized flower appears on a tree while many trees are studded with six inch thorns prompting him to joke about schoolboys climbing rough terrain and a comparison to the Australian puzzle monkey in the New York Star.
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Cuba
Frank Bellew
New York Star
Exercising in a Gymnasium
A Globe-Democrat interview argues steady gym work benefits health and endurance, noting gradual reduction is wise after long habit. It cites gains in trimming fat, preserving respiratory fitness, and faster recovery from exertion, while warning against abrupt cessation.
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Globe-Democrat
Pills Made of Spider's Web
An old British soldier from the East Indies sent pills made of spider webs as a prophylactic and cure for ague. He claimed the remedy helped him avert or lessen intermittent fever spells, noting his own long battle with the illness.
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East Indies
India
Excuse for Not Working Cited by Philadelphia News
A brief exchange unfolds as a stout man dismisses an unemployed laborer, saying money should come from effort while the jobless man protests lacking work. The grave digger remark underscores the tension between perceived effort and opportunity in urban life.
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Philadelphia
The Magistrates Stern Demand and Labouchere Coin a Word
A justice of the peace demands order in court saying he has disposed of three important cases without hearing evidence. Mr Labouchere coins a word defending the need for named interviewee inclusion as essential reading.
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Labouchert
Mr. Labouchere
Bays
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