Jefferson Davis funeral gathering at Glover's Opera House
A crowd at Glover's Opera House heard indies and a gentleman reflect on Jefferson Davis as Col. Cutts presided. Speakers praised his private and public virtue, endorsed a relief fund for his family, and urged a monument as Rev. Hays and others delivered eulogies amid black and white mourning decor.
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Glover
Jefferson Davis
Cole
Cuts
Veterans Association
D. K. Hargrove
Col. Cutts
Davie
Key
AL. Campbell
Sumter County
State of
Georgia
Lero
Cheistan
Perenne
Davis
Mr. Davis
Wn. Hays
W. B. Guerry
J.W. Hinton
Bleloy Hargrove
Opera
Unclaimed Letters in Americas Post Office Sumter County
Georgia Sumter County lists incomplete unclaimed letters remaining at the Americas post office. Names include Lula Cooper Rubin Chaney Mies Bell Caplata J A Wurman Robert Erwin and others. fourteen days to claim or be forwarded to the Dead Letter Office. A party of gentlemen went to a fishing pond Thursday night and caught a fine catfish.
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Betty Johnson
Geo E King
Lucy Lee
J B Lanier
Geo Mortain
John Martin
Joe Martin
Williams Slerge
M B Newman
Emanuel Pearce
Georgie Parker
Allen Parris
A Ross
If Simon
Manece Serutchin
Mra
P Smith
Silas Singleton
RC Smith
E Turner
W Taylor
Charles Wellas
Mark Walas
S W White
RH Warren
B Wanslaw
W Waller
G F Walker
Fiery Horrors and Heroism as The Tribune Building Burned
A Minneapolis Tribune editorial recalls the 1889 Tribune Building fire. Telegrapher James Igoe stayed at his post as flames surged, then slid down a telegraph wire and died after rescue attempts. The piece honors workers who remained at their posts and notes 18 to 30 lives lost amid a costly, fireproof structure.
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Aghring
James Igoe
Minneapolis Tribune
Tribune
Minnespolis
STV
Tribune Buthling
James F. Igoe
Associated Press
First Avenue
Hall
City Hospital
Jem
Gordon Cumming
Buffalo
New Rick
Lis “le
Toke
Minneapolis
Charles A. Smith
Minneapolia
Daily Tribune
A. B. Nettleton
A. J. Blothen
William BE
Haskell
C. M. Palmer
Tribune Company
Rexta
Igoe
Igoo
Cleveland
Joseph Moffet
Lake
Whaps for the Ladies on Beaver Cloth Wraps and Furs
Olive Kturper details fashionable beaver cloth wraps and jackets with velvet appliques and varied collars. Describes capes in chinchilla astrakhan and plush, new wide mufts, hussar sleeves, and rubber ulsters, praising stylish under cold weather and noting Connemara cloaks and shoulder capes in furs.
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York
Elizabeth
Abbeville Shooting Blot Noted In Local Turpentine Area
In Abbeville Georgia two Black men, John McLean and another unnamed, quarreled near a turpentine still and McLean shot the other man, who was severely wounded. The shooter escaped. no arrests have been made. Nearby, church attendance, a band concert, and festival plans were announced for Friday the 13th, while Col. W B Stubbs and Miss Hattie Carson prepared to travel to Americus for conference.
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Abbeville
Rochelle
Academy
Col. W. B. Stubbs
Hattie Carson
Savannah
Americus
Amendment to Rules Governing Passenger Transportation
The Georgia Railroad Commission in Atlanta issues Circular No. 168 amending rules six to eight of the Passenger Transportation regime. It clarifies fare charges when tickets are unavailable and sets mileage rates for passengers aged over twelve and those five to twelve. The reform repeals original Rule No. 9 and republishes the revised rules.
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P Geru
Berling Og
Prasonger
Stallroad
Cary
de Sonillet
Dee Campbell Wallace
C. A.A. Biaracor
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the Citizens of
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Ater
J.C. Rosey
P.M. Americus
Gia
Psst
Tyue
H. P. Whittaker
Olive Kturper
Connemara
Buena Vista
Washington
Randall
Congress
Culicura
Hack Haven
Ditva
Hamor
HMA Dinan
Hoar
Bey
Porrren Dan Axe
Boston
Mars
Carter's
Carter
A. W. Smith
Railroad Commissio OF Georgia
Atlanta
Tnd
Anhe Wattace
M Alex
Kawik
Ae A.C. Beiscor
Easley
Breave
P. F. Davenport
Jou
Hari
Stu Joue
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