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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1889
Page
2
The piece notes a very large chestnut crop and six new negro minstrel companies forming to tour. It also mentions military and civil items such as a $500 allowance to improve Marietta National Cemetery, water prospecting on Lookout Mountain, and various political and legal topics framed in a late 19th century tone.
The Georgia Legislature faces sharp critique from the press yet deserves credit for diligence and restraint. Editors argue the body and its members are unfairly condemned, noting long hours in committees and the need to balance local interests with constitutional limits while serving a diverse population. The piece defends lawmakers as industrious, warns against harm from hostile coverage, and urges careful, principled state action.
Ohio man Mr J C Eby says in Americus that Oklahoma like farming country is the prettiest he has seen and urges travelers to Ohio to report the same. Other notes report General Alger likely to be elected G A R commander in chief next week with candidates Warner Miller and Corporal Tanner. Census shows 19,633 schools for colored children nationwide with 1,131,064 students, mostly in the South, whites bearing nine tenths of the tax support.
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