Hawkinsville Democratic District Convention Set for August 12 1886
The Democratic Executive Committee of the Third Congressional District calls for a convention in Hawkinsville Georgia on Thursday August 12 1886 to nominate a candidate for the fiftieth Congress and to elect a new executive committee. It lists county vote counts and notes the primary polls close at 4 PM. It also covers political commentary on appointments and emigration efforts in Tennessee.
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Democratic Executive Committee
Third Congressional Districts
Assamble
Hawkinsville
Brpone
U. S
Coffee
Dodge
Dooly
Houston
Irwin
Laurens
Tee
Montgomery
Macon
Pulaski
Bobby
Stewart
Sumter
Telfair
Webster
Wilcox
Surri
Obama
General Assembly
Georgia
Gorgis
House of Representatives
House of Natives
House
Gneral Assembly
Bec. IL
Membes
State of
Henry D. McDaniel
Suate
Sal Acta
Executive Department
McDaxret
J. W. Wannen
Cotton receipts and market notes on prices and crops
The week ending July 30 shows cotton receipts at 9060 bales, with exports of 22222 bales split among Great Britain France and the Continent. Visible supply and inland stocks shift while crops face heat in Texas and rains in the Atlantic states. The piece also covers district judgeship candidates, mail delays in the South, two constitutional amendments, the Gate City Guards colors, and a Cleveland administration revenue uptick.
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New York
Great Britain
France
Texas
Atlantic States
Postoffice Discovers Duties in Ship Oregon Spoils
New York recovered mail from the wreck of the Oregon off Fire Island reveals many packages contained dutiable goods such as gloves and lace. Officials plan confiscation and prosecution if offenders are identified while urging tighter foreign mail vigilance.
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Postoffice Department
Washington
New York
Oregon
Fire Island
Department
Encke
Bell
Foreign Mails Office
Judge Barker Rules Shaving a Man Is Not Indictable
The Boston Globe reports Judge Barker instructed the jury that shaving, hair cutting and shampooing are acts of necessity and charity. A barber isn’t indictable for performing these services in a suitable and ordinary way, even as a test case following an acquittal.
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Gordon
Georgia
Bacon
The
Boston Globe
Barker
Cincinnati Times Star Endorses Fair Election Hopes
The Cincinnati Times Star urges a fair election next November as prospects rise and notes that many rascals may be in the penitentiary by then, hoping Ohio may swing Democratic.
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Don Cameron
Senate
Cincinnati Times Star
Ohio
Persia Feels Heat and Illness Across Regions
The Chicago Times reports Teheran and wider Persia suffer extreme heat and high mortality. Sunnite Turkish regiments abroad lose up to 60 percent yearly, while Teheran's death rate soars with cholera and acclimatization issues. Europeans and children under three are severely affected as the town grows from influxes.
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Paris
Bhiraz
Shah
Persia
Teheran
Eurepa America
Alber
Teboran
The Rarest Plant in Mexico and Other Fragments
An eclectic clipping surveys the Aztec flower Tzapalil qui-Xochitl called the flower hand with a claimed three surviving specimens and a rare tree with a bird claw like blossom. It notes multiple sightings in Europe and Mexico and questions the one plant origin tale. The excerpt also covers aurora sound reports from 1885 Norway and bee behavior observations linking color to sting risk.
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Mexico
Europe
Pittsburg Dispatch
Chance to Make a Fortune and Governmentty Estates
A garbled lakeside scene features a remark about money from a storekeeper and a painter creating many copies for profit. The second item notes the U S government holding about 15 million dollars of New York real estate, built up from foundations. Luther's Mansfield house restoration is described with deaconesses planned to care for the sick and poor.
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Augusta (Ga
Martin
Mansfield
Luther
Saxony
Chicazo
Advertisements Sheriff Sales in September Americus Ga
Notice of sheriff sales for September in Sumter County Georgia. Properties include 70 acres of J L Kitchens land in the Twenty ninth District for taxes 1886, a lot and mill site, and other parcels in Americus. Also mentions suit by West Bros and judgments from Sumter Superior Court. Notices of Twelve Months Support for Allen Phillips estate filed August 2 1886.
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Americus
Sumter County
J. L Kitchens
J.L. Kitchens
Banter County
J. L. Kitchens
Justice Court
G. M
West Bros
V. L. Kitchens
Levy
J. T. Aycock
L. O
Frank A. Davenport
Southwestern
Mitchell Mill Pond Place
B. ©. Mitchell
Noth
Southwestern Railroad
W. T. Davenport
B. ©. Michell
Gallafy
Superior Court
A. GO. Bell
E Clark
B. C. Mitchell
Hawkins & Hawkins
Cameron
Jefferson Street
M. E. Hart
Oliver & Oliver
M. E Hart
B. B. Hinton
Grovoth
Sumren
Allen Phillips
John A. Phillips
Naid Court of Ordinary
A.C. Speek
Georgia
Soumten
Mia
Emma J. Hinton
Aid Court of Ordinary
A. C. Speer
A. O. Speer
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Clifford Anderson
F. Crisp
Mawkinsville
McKay
J. H. Blount
Congress
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Savannah
Columbus Enquirer-Sun
Atlanta Constitution
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Renfroe
Atlanta
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Bureau of Agriculture
United States District
McCay
W. A. Hawkins
T. J. Simmons
W. T. Newman
P. L.mynatt
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W. R B. Hammond
John I. Hall
Griffin
Henry D. Oepers
Cartersville
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Cleveland
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Bayard
Democratic Party
Austin Curtis
Irvington
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Norway
Bee Journal
Lewiston
N. H. White
C. M. Williams
M.A. Burke
A.C. Speer
Davis & Cal. J
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Geokor
Henry D. McDamim
Sumet
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Beardett Missioners
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