Cash in Advance Policy Hits Subscribers Next March
The newspaper reports a shift to advance payments for subscriptions effective after March first, with arrears to be cut off. It cites losses from credit sales, urges prompt remittance, and warns that unpaid accounts will be turned over for collection. Also notes recent Washington deaths and discusses northern immigration trends toward the New South, urging active promotion of welcomed settlers.
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Pewspaper
County
Bute
Florida
Texas
Western Union power grab as election campaign claim
A Northern exchange asserts electric politics marks a campaign to place Western Union in virtual control of the Federal Government and the telegraph and telephone networks. It notes a corruption fund backing Cabinet attacks, with some newspapers aiding despite no ties to Jay Gould. It praises Lamar for reopening patent cases to curb monopoly oppression and defend fair competition before the Supreme Court.
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Northern Exchange
Western Union
United States
Jay Gould
Lamar
U. S. Supreme Court
City gambLers fund and alms house saga in New Orleans
A lengthy excerpt recounts New Orleans history with the gamblers fund used to build and maintain an almshouse under prior mayoral policy. It notes alleged police bribery, lack of legal basis, and later appropriation by city government, amid grand jury inaction and accusations of councilman benefits, drawing on Savannah News commentary. A second item claims no poets froze last polar wave, with spring poetry amid cold weather, and a note on a dumbbell contest in Atlanta organized by YMCA.
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New Orleans
Shakespeare
Ots
Grand Jory
Grand Jury
Savannah News
Pushing General Porter Bill as General Pardon Sought
Washington correspondent notes supporters urge a general bill to restore officers rather than a narrow Fitz John Porter measure. Opinions differ on whether retirements would be helped, with fears that while some vote for Porter personally they won t back a broad restoration bill.
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Fitz John Porter
John Porter
Wheeler
House Committee On Military Affaire
Fitz Porter
Porter
Notable London hatter sparks gossip among peers
The column parodies aristocratic misfortune with Lady Granville Gordon baring her fashion venture while Lord Gordon’s finances are hinted weak. It cites the Marquis of Huntley’s sheriff sale, a legendarily tangled family fortune and a string of COLUMBIA newspaper figures clashing publicly. Edison plans a $400,000 Orange New Jersey home as he nears marriage.
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England
Granville Gordon
London
Roe
Dublin
Lord Gordon
Marquis of
Huntley
B B B Blood Purifier Heals Severe Ulcer and More
A statement from a patient describes typhoid fever leading to a large leg ulcer that resisted treatment for years. After Dr. J P Dromgoole advised daily bandaging and B B B blood purifier, the ulcer healed rapidly. The letter promotes B B B and cites local supporters in Atlanta. Also notes Deputy U S Marshal Coulter and his five brothers, totaling thirty eight feet seven inches in height, with an anecdote about Sells Circus.
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J. P. Dromgoole
Atlanta Courthutton
Dear Coulter
Walker County
United States
Mr. Coulter
Sella’ Circus
Chattanooga
Dr.Hawtorne
Every Partner Poultry Eater and All Who Buy Cornsto Shells
The fragment suggests a phrase about every partner and poultry eater and everyone who has corn to shell, implying a business or agricultural notice or slogan. No clear event, names, or places are identifiable from the readable text.
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