Local Dawson News Highlights Passings and People
Dr. R G Jones postmaster of Dawson died January 37ub from consumption. Funeral held January 29 at Baptist church. he leaves a wife and three children. Mrs N W Pace, daughter of Judge A Sasser, died of pneumonia last Thursday and was buried Saturday. Musicians entertained at Capt J P Allen’s home. Local residents returned from Calhoun county with game and fish, reporting 105 birds and about 150 pounds of fish. Several residents moved or visited, including Mrs Lucy Wicker and Miss Einoma Riordan moving to Dawson, and promotions in business and society noted. Frank Nasworthy and Miss Jennie Stevens wed at Stevens home. reception planned. couple to depart for Louisville.
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J. A. Fonrow
Dawson
R. G. Jones
Baptist Church
Jones
N. W. Pace
A. Sasser
J. P. Allen
McIntire
Johnson
Rainey
Journal
J. H. Guerry
N. B. Barnes
Oscar
Gene Crouch
Calhoun County
Joiner’s Pond
Leary
Bony’ Barnes
W. F. Simpson
Shellman
Bronwood
J. G. Sasser
Lucy Wicker
Georgetown
Col. J. L. Boynton
Whitney
Nodaway
N. G. Prince
Americus
Our City
Emma Wheatley
Nattie Jones
Culloden
H. 8. Lee
Mamie Kimble
Our College
J. M. Griggs
W. 8. Parks
Atlanta
Col
J. G. Parka
Frank Nasworthy
Louieville
Mise Jennie Stevens
O. B. Stevens
A. M. Williams
Averlcus
Webster County Giga Note Warns Farmers on Guano Notes
Paeston Feb 1. Farmers urged to read contracts before signing guano notes and to require tagged bags receipts. County columns report cattle, cotton and show plans with local names and events.
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Webster County
metSoundzAdvice
Giga
What Can Be Done With Electric Bitters
Promotes Electric Bitters as a cure for kidney and liver complaints after other remedies fail. Claims hundreds cured and urges readers not to lose hope, asserting the product purifies blood and cures dyspepsia diabetes urinary issues and stomach and liver ailments. A 50 cent bottle is advertised at EB J Eldridge's.
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EB. J. Eldridge
Perth taps Earth's heat for public baths project
The deepest artesian well in the world at Perth has reached 8,120 feet and now furnishes 176,000 gallons daily of water heated to 158 Fahrenheit for public baths and related uses.
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Perth
Georgetown News Highlights Spring Weather and Local Happenings
From Georgetown Georgia February 1 report notes warm springlike days renewing animal life and gardening activity. mentions seed oats planting, crop hopes, and rising pneumonia deaths. lists marriages, illnesses, business changes, a school opening, a bridal visit, moves, and local opinions on the inter State Commerce bill.
Marriage of Lillian Nixon and M J L Rambo at Oglethorpe
The grand social event of the season was the marriage of Mrs Lillian Nixon of Oglethorpe to Mr M J L Rambo of Arlington at the bride’s sister Mrs M E Willis residence. Attendants included Mr and Mrs J R Harrison and others. Rev P S Twitty officiated.
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Oatenmorre
Lillian Nixon
M. J. L. Rambo
Arlington
M. E. Willis
J.R. Harrison
Emmie Hornady
Montezuma
Rambo
Annie Rauls
Marshallville
E. F. Willis
Murt Walker
E. G. Jones
Twitty
17Th
Sumter County
Marshal Phillips
Rouse
Macon
Gigure
Damin
Rex
Ansley and visitors in Covernours Georgia report
A. Ansley of American visits Covernours Ga on February first. W. A. Battolph of Atlanta ill at Summer Live House for several days. A book agent’s trunk left at the depot then missing but later explained. A plantation party Friday night at Capt Keep’s home and a birthday gathering Saturday for Miss Minnie Watters. OG R McCrory and Judge B A Strange from Ellaville in town. Tom Martin, once of Macon County, now with Hill Bros of New York, spent Sunday here. Rex
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Covernours
A. Ansley
W. A. Battolph
Atlanta
Griffin
Keep
Tom Watters
Minnie Watters
OG. R McCrory
B. A. Strange
Ellaville
Tom Martin
Macon County
Hill Bros
New York
Tom
Rex
Georgia News Highlights Local Prosperity and Distant Hurdles
Georgia letters detail eight tobacco factories in Gordon county and growing wealth from farming for John Sykes of Oconee. Reports note February 17 license expirations at Hawkinsville, Dawson’s lack of vacant dwellings, and a Pulaski county clock purchase. Downing & Co. in Brunswick dock 15,000 barrels of resin as naval stores shipments loom. Jim Price of Oconee earns praise for judicial service. Mrs. Atkinson of Harlem preserves a century-old counterpane. Capt. Hall finds a cannonball while planting trees. a Cuthbert boy nearly chokes on corn grain. Dawson receives about 200 mules at $160 each, with similar sales last season. J T Toombs foresees pearl harvest and wine from his orchard. Hawkinsville river trade growth follows new boat. planters along the Ocmulgee gain access to goods. A Macon incident ends with a tramp at the police office.
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Paeston
DeHaven
Shepherd
Tom Smith
J. R Stapleton
Ivan
Capt. Beaty
Preston
Dawson
Pulaski County
Court House
Downing & Co
Brunswick
Dainty Landscape Sketch and Odd Chair Tale in Hawkinsville
A scrap of paper bears a masterful landscape drawing captivating the police as they ponder the artist wandering in cold weather. An old chair in Macon barracks, worn from generations, earns special respect after a prisoner replaced it with one from his wagon. Northern capitalists from Jamestown NY tour Hawkinsville, viewing timber lands in Wilcox and Dooly counties, praising the tract in Eleventh and Twelfth districts despite accessibility concerns.
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Macon
A. J. Poterain
G. W. Appleby
E. A. Rosser
Jamestown
N. Y
Hawkinsville
Wilcox
Dooly
Dooly and
Pea vines and cotton seed boost soil, fertilizer value noted
Agriculturist and chemist cite cotton seed and pea vines as rich manure sources. A ton of cotton seed adds about 300 pounds to weight and may be worth over $50 to farmers, while undigested seed in manure yields about $27. Pea vines supply ammonia and phosphoric acid, improve soil structure, and could allow rotations that reduce ammonia purchases and raise long term yields.
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Aton
Voelcker
J. 8. Newman
Alabama Experiment Station
Alabama
Remarkable Death Toll Noted In Supreme Court History
In Atlanta on February 1 Judge Trippe spoke in the Supreme Court honoring the late Judge McKay. He noted that since the court’s last term the chief justice and two ex Justices had died, a sequence not seen in over forty years of the court’s history.
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Atanta
Supreme Court
McKay
Trippe
Jackson
Hawkins
Bucklen Arala Sale Promises Cures and Satisfaction
Bucklen s Arala sale offers best songz for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and claims to cure piles or pay refunded. Price 25 cents per box. Sold by EB Eldridge.
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EB. J. Eldridge
Policemen’s Tricks and a Desperate Night Watch
A New York World account recalls a cold night of patrol missteps and near-misses. Roundsmen confront a confusion of duties, with one officer punished for inaction while another dodges blame after a tense pursuit around a tenement and a theater district.
Soothing Syrup for Cowboys on Northern Pacific Train
A Northern Pacific train bringing twenty five to thirty cowboys to Fort Worth caused chaos with alcohol. A German passenger suggested using opium as a sedative. a brakeman bought quieting drugs and dosed the bottlefuls, calming the party before reaching Bismarck. The quieting effect lasted into St Paul via Mandan Pioneer.
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Northern Pacific
West
Fort Worth
Dakota Division
Bismarck
Cardiff
Texas Cowboys
Minnesota
Iny
Remembering a boxing tale from John L Sullivan
John L Sullivan recounts a ring tale about a young boxer who challenged four rounds. He describes watching the fighter press forward then a sudden finish in the second round as a corner man urged a signal and the bout ended with the opponent defeated.
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John L
John L. Sullivan
Teall
Capitol Session Notes Capture Dull Routine
Fragmentary report from the Capitol records a routine session with lawmakers present. The text references members of Congress and a roll call, but details are sparse and unclear.
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