General Presentments of Webster County Grand Jury 1885
The Webster County grand jury reports careful examination of county offices including the Ordinary Clerk of Superior Court Clerk of Courts Roads and Revenues Sheriff Treasurer Tax Receiver and County School Commissioners. They note a $9,000 transfer discrepancy in the Tax Receiver book and detail tax collections property values and school funding. They commend officers for neat records and urge road repairs bridge fixes and insurance for public buildings. They propose continuations of committee members and call for publication of the presentments.
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Webster Superior Court
Superior Court
Banda
Ssyatein
Board of Education
J. P. Beatty
James P. Walker
J. H. Cantrell
J. T. Gunnels
Kinchafoonee Creek
Boon Crossing
Commissioners of Roads and Revenue
J. I. Wright
Wright
Commissioners of Roads and Revenues
Fort
Hudson
Sumter Republican
Asericus
Washington Depts Buzz With Civil Service Reform Energy
In Washington April 16 strong industry and bustle characterize federal departments under the new administration. Cleveland’s civil service pledge lifts morale as clerks work to date and public business moves with renewed vigor, signaling a shift from red tape to efficient service and accountability. The public will soon see a government governed in good faith with citizens’ rights protected.
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Washington
Cleveland
Treasury Commission
Washington Special Reveals Whallon Tightens Auditors Office
A Washington Special details clerk Whallon in the Second Auditor's office enforcing strict discipline. He marks lateness, limits leave to five minutes, bans whispering and gum chewing, and signals work start and lunch with a hammer. Idle time incurs penalties and pie eating is policed for delays.
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Whallon
Chief of Police Endorses Granula Cut Chill Remedy
Macon Georgia June 10 1880 letter from Joan Heaury chief of police praising Granula Cut Remedy as one of the best chill cures. Notes it is sold by Dr E J Eldridge and by all druggists with an April 15 delivery date reference.
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Macon
Joan Heaury
Police
E. J. Eldridge
R. B. Batt
H. L. Cook
Guard Road Commissioners Bible Co
Swift's Specific Restores Health in Atlanta Woman
An Atlanta woman narrates a twelve year struggle with severe headaches, coughing blood, and morphine dependence. After trying multiple doctors she credits Swift's Specific with restoring her health, blood, nerves, and mind. She notes improved wellbeing by 1881 and expresses gratitude. January 1, 1884.
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Swift
Atlanta
Swift's Specific Cures Dry Tetter Says Winchester Man
The letter claims Swift's Specific cured James Dunnin of Louisville for a severe skin disease. The author bought thirteen bottles, saw no relapse after seven months, and urges others to use the remedy. Included is a note about a free treatise on skin diseases from Swift's Specific Co. in Atlanta, Ga.
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Swift
James Dunning
Louisville Ky
W. Peak
Winchester
Twe
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Not His Property Pelem the Texas Sittings
A fragment from a Georgia Bonds and Politics column discusses a seating dispute on a train at Luling over a grip-sack, followed by a Georgia loan bid report. It notes Atlanta dispatches and William Walter Phelps, with Georgia bid premiums and optimism for Southern capital despite Cleveland's election.
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Pelem
Texas
Georgia
New York Evening Post
Ind
Atlanta
William Walter Phelps
Cleveland
East
South
Blaine
Wall Street
Lawton declines Russian mission amid Senate concerns
General Lawton has declined the Russian mission after a friend conveyed his request to the President. The move aims to relieve the President of embarrassment and possible Senate controversy. The White House planned to act on Attorney General guidance affirming Lawton's political disabilities were removed by the Andrew Johnson pardon. The offer may be extended to General John B. Gordon of Georgia.
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Washington
Lawton
Senate
Mahone
Riddleberger
St. Petersburg
Coly
Gen. Lawton
Andrew Johnson
On Rising Ground and Local Notices from Lumpkin
Elevations along the Americus to Lumpkin line show Lumpkin 200 feet higher than Americus with the highest point just east of Mrs Richlands and a depot at Lumpkin. Other items include a lottery payout story, Rome’s new Methodist church fund status, and a county chain gang medical note endorsing Granata Cure as a standard medicine for convicts.
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Lumpkin
Mabel
Americus
New Methodist
Rome
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Webster County
AB. P. Walker
Rosen
N.G. Eit
Robt
V. Carter
W. Cantrell
G. G. Elliott
Goss
P. G. Highnote
Inwin
Lunsford
J. M. Marshal
F. M. McLendon
D. W. Nicholson
E. J. Rhodes
W. J. Sims
J.C. Tullis
B. F. Tullis
J. W. Tyler
G. C. Wise
G. W. Williams
Allen Fort
W.C, C. B. Hupsox
Memphis
Luling
Jay Gould
Pecs
Sironga
Leveland
Bay City
Geo. A. Spear
Suolden
New York
Mich
the County Chain Gang
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Acon
Savanna
Fort Valley
Awsod
Ward's Station
Cuthbert
Columbus
Kennesaw Mountain
Sheen Genial
Egal Water
Sumter County
Inderomite
Jory J. A. Patnups
SumTon County
Joanna Easterlin
James B. Easterlin
G. W. Esteylio
Angy
A. O
Speer
Challenge
Competinios
Barguis
S.m.cohen
Cotton Avenue
Americus, Ga
Wilson & Smith's
Fancy and Staple Grocers
Jackson Street
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