Prohibition, Mugwumps, and Harbors Seen in 1885 Debate
In the Sumter Webster County organ issue from December 3, 1885, John Logan seeks the Vice President's office and mocks mugwumps versus jugwumps. It lauds the Savannah harbor convention and coastal harbor appropriations. Dodge County orders a prohibition election December 21 under the new registration law, while notable vice presidents who died in office are listed. Atlanta prohibitionists challenge West End votes, arguing local option rules void the vote. a major lawsuit is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge County
Atlante
West End
Atlanta
Cotton seed stored in Savannah warehouse awaiting shipment
The Savannah News reports the large Central railroad cotton warehouse beside the canal filled with thousands of bushels of cotton seed owned by the American Oil Company of New York, awaiting shipment. The piece also notes Prohibition politics in Kentucky and local debates over titles of nobility amid efforts to enforce temperance laws.
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The
Savannah News
Central Railroad
Canal
American Oil Company
New York
South
Wealthy Georgia planter's will upheld in Sparta case
A fight over the late David Dickson's estate in Sparta, Georgia ends with a verdict upholding the will. Dickson left about 30,000 acres and over 100,000 dollars to a colored woman naming herself Amania Dickson, for her two mulatto children. The contest by siblings' descendants proceeds to the Georgia Supreme Court.
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Sparta
David Dickson
Amania Dickson
Supreme Court
Cotton Movement Down as Interior Stocks Rise, Week Totals
The Chronicle reports for the week ending November 27 that receipts reached 259,925 bales, down from 270,421 last week and 989,961 the prior week, with total September 1, 1885 receipts at 2,425,282 bales. Interior towns received 187,422 bales, up from last year’s 163,879, while old interior stocks rose by 25,883 bales to 52,950 bales higher than last year. Plantations since September 1 total 2,749,837 bales. inland movement shows a larger stock buildup despite lower out-port receipts.
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The
Chronicle
the Chronicle
Liverpool
Manchester
Wealthy magnates spend fortunes by the minute
A financial statistician notes Mr Mackey earns 25 dollars per minute Baron Rothschild 20 dollars and Mr Vanderbilt 18 dollars. The text reflects on how hard it is for ordinary people to grasp the mind of a person who must manage 25 dollars every minute of life. With sixteen waking hours, he must oversee 37.50 dollars per minute. Yet some choose to devote themselves to this task.
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Mackey
Baron Rothschild
Mr. Vanderbilt
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Ad Promises Universal Cure
Trade card style notice advertising Bucklen's Arnica Salve as best Salve for bruises sores ulcers boils fever sores chapped hands chilblains corns skin eruptions and piles with a money back guarantee. Mentions price 36 cents per box and 25 cents per box, seller Dr. idridge.
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Reidridge
Hendricks Death and National Mourning
The death of Vice-President Hendricks shocks the nation with mourning for a principled, practical American statesman. He is praised for honesty, popular understanding, and a direct approach to problems, with no demagoguery. A public tribute follows, noting sincere mourning nationwide. A Scrap of Paper previews a Montgomery play amid speculation on its plot and symbolic meanings. A Texas cotton-rate claim is debunked by simple arithmetic, noting vast land area and potential output with generous assumptions.
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Hendricks
Consumption Cure Recipe Promised Free by Rochester Doctor
An elderly physician, retired from practice, claims a vegetable remedy can cure consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous debility. He will mail the recipe and full usage directions at no cost to any reader who writes with this paper to W A Noyts 149 Powers Block Rochester New York.
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East India
Ian
W. A. Noyts
Power's
Patient reports right heart movement in late consumption
A lady from Albany in the final stages of consumption described a sensation that her heart seemed to move and then beat on the right side, causing the right chest to enlarge. Physicians have observed this occur in a few cases. She lived several days while experiencing this odd sensation.
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Albany
Kidney Remedy Praise From Atlanta Water Works Man
A testimonial claims six years of kidney pain ended after one bottle of BBB. The writer says doctors and remedies failed, spending $250, then a single $1 bottle produced surprising relief, praising BBB as speedy and harmless for kidney issues.
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C. H. Roberts
Atlanta Water Works
Paris Mystery Chapter Extract in Detective Dialog
A Paris detective learns of a slaying case linked to M. Girard and a friend Py. The scene includes M. Blery questioning a narrator about premeditation, the arrest of the uncle’s nephew, and a rewards document for the culprit. Notes are read aloud to assess whether Girard acted with intent or by chance.
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M. Blery
M. Marsali
M. Blory
Monsieur
Pyr
M. Girard
Paris
Mlllory
Tyes
Raoul
Prefecture of Police
Mouton
Passage de Mazarin
M. Beauvais
Rue d'Anjou
MM. B
Edgar
Thad
Br. Blery
Girard
Cafe de la Source
Cay
Remarkable kidney remedy testimonial from Atlanta man
A 60 year old Atlanta resident recounts long standing kidney pain and poor health. He praises a single bottle of a remedial product, claiming it revived his vigor and provided powerful blood and kidney support, calling it the best he has used. He urges others to praise it.
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Atlanta
What I Told My Wife tie in new book notes
A clipped item notes Paygent Paragraphs humorous line about What I Told My Wife as the tie of a new fiction work. It mocks readers and authors, hinting at the book’s humorous frame.
Kentucky men see first railroad engine in lifetime
A Kentucky railroad’s free excursion drew many elderly locals who had never before seen a railroad engine or train. The line runs along the Ohio river, 60 miles from Louisville, with three other railways within 25 miles, a fact the report views as reflecting poorly on regional familiarity with modern transport.
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Jerer
Kentucky
Ieare
Ohio River
Louisville
Let the South Have a Helping Hand
A Philadelphia Times editorial urges generous federal support for Southern waterway improvements. It argues such investment will boost national wealth and common prosperity, citing Southern industrial growth and increased production as proof of the region’s contribution to the nation's wealth.
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Philadelphia Times
Congress
Advice to Mothers Mas Wrveton's Soornina Syaur
An old advertisement urges mothers to use Wrveton's Soornina Syaur for child care. It claims gentle gum relief, fever wind colic relief, and crowns as the best remedy, offered at twenty five cents per bottle.
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Mas. Wrveton
Assassin's plan and key sighted in dusk inquiry
A dialogue recounts an investigation into a crime scene with discussion of an assassin's plan. Blory and Mouton analyze notes, behavior, and a mysterious foreigner, noting a key and timing around ten o'clock. The janitor's routine and location of a duplicate key are examined, along with a gymnast suspect’s agility.
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Monsieur
Messmer
M. Blory
Meisaner
Wes
Mouton
Themell MC Blory
Hia Mouton
Sho
Mina
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Thomas Andrew Hendricks
Clinton
Wilson
Gerry
Kings
Proctor Knott
T. F.hallam
Covington
Bucklen
United States
Texas
iGomrixcen
Monsieur the Junger
of Texas Hotel
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New London
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Belle
Tay
Mouten
Myo Mazarin
M. Sa
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