Reorganization talk and tariff debate in 1887 issue
The Recouper notes John Jamison resigns as railway mail service superintendent and T. T. Nash to succeed him. It critiques tariff reformers, defends protectionist views, and urges local businessmen to form a Board of Trade, urging action and membership drives while calling for a practical organizing effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jamison
Railway Mail Service
T. T. Nash
Post Office Department
Jameson
Nash
Board of Trade
Cheap Forage Plan From Mattox For Rural Farmers
Dr T J Mattox at the State Agricultural Convention outlines a cheap forage method. Break land and plant corn by hand in rows three to three and a half feet apart, sixty seeds per row, about forty per foot. Plow once or twice, cut when grasses rise, bundle and shock for bright green succulent forage. Cows will milk in winter as in summer. cost less than blade pulling. Plant a month later than grain corn. advise growing 80 acres of forage corn as a trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Mattox
Clinch County
Ohio
Cotton Movement and Market Fluctuations Report
The Chronicle lists weekly cotton receipts through February 11 at 108 257 bales, with interior town receipts at 55 058 bales. Plantations since Sept 1 1886 total 4 879 377 bales, compared with prior years. Market notes cite a mixed week with declines then advances tied to New Orleans and Liverpool trends and interior stock movements. The poem notice salutes Mr Joseph M Brown for a Valentine and advertises an illustrated piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anly Porta
the Chronicle
New Orleans
Galveston
Manchester
Liverpool
Bureau
Midland Upland
Joseph M. Brown
Western and Atlantic R. A
Kennesaw
Henry Olews Predicts Prosperity for 1887
Wall Street broker Henry Olews declares that prosperity will prevail through 1887 and urges those unable to profit to consider drastic action for their family's benefit. He adds that the year will see a half year with occasional healthy setbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Olews
Wall Street
World cites defense cries amid tribute for pampered classes
The New York World contends the loud defense funding demand masks a larger benefit for a privileged group. It argues that advocates seeking military spending also profit from ongoing tribute payments benefiting a pampered class, implying self interest and unequal burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
New York Moneyed Chieftains Rise in Southern Rail Boom
In New York Feb 12 a civil engineer from Ohio who rose through Civil War ranks, Gen Samuel Thomas, becomes a Wall Street figure. He presidents East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia Railroad and backs Richmond Danville and other lines. Calvin Brice, a Lima Ohio lawyer turned rail investor, sits on Wall Street and leads Southern rail ventures. John H Irwan, once clerk to cotton broker, now a railroad magnate eyeing the South alongside Georgia Pacific and Birmingham iron interests. The piece notes Southern trade growth, Alabamas new factories, and bids for empire in iron and rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Samuel Thomas
Thomas
Wall Street
Central Park
Union League
East Tennessee
Virginia
Calvin
Brice
Geo. Thomas
Astor Building
Venice
Lima
Ohio
Heo
East Tennessee Railroad
South
Fifth Avenue
John H.inwan
Cotton Exchange
Louisville and
Nashville
Richmond and
Danville
West Point
Georgia Pacific
Macon and Covington
Tennesee Coal and Iron Company
Birmingham Iron Manufactories
Atlanta
Unders
Manhattan Club
Newport
Oscan Witte von My Riaas
Utilization of soil in Japan as agricultural model
The Plan ete Journal extols Japan for vast arable area of 12 million acres roughly matching California Morris, noting 20 million in farming and high output of tea, silk, and staples. It describes Japan’s fertile black soil, limited livestock, use of seaweed and ash as manure, mixed winter and summer crops, and inexpensive yearly labor at 15 to 20 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plan Ete
Japan
Cal- Morris
Why I Am a Poor Man Wool Hat tale in Planters' Advocate
A Georgia man explains poverty by tracing his purchases and sales across states. He lists meat, fish, seeds, wool, a buck hide, and tools bought from suppliers in Michigan, Reading, Elmira, Connecticut, Delaware, New York, and more, implying he is poorer due to widespread trade and reliance on external markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planters’ Advocate
Northwest
Portland
Michigan
Reading
Elmira
N. Y
Connecticut
Delaware
New York
Georgia
Electric Bitters Praised by Kentucky Veterans for Stomach and Kidney Relief
Maj A B Reed of West Liberty Kentucky reports three years of failed remedies for stomach and kidney disorders until five bottles of Electric Bitters cured him and he hails it as the world’s best. Another resident, Hiram Cameron of Columbus Qa, endorses Electric Bitters for kidney issues and purification. Sold at ffx cents a bottle by EB Eldridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Cameron
Columbus
Maj A. B. Reed
West Liberty
EB. J. Eldridge
Advertised Letters Georgia Sumter County List
State of Georgia Sumter County advertises a complete list of unclaimed letters remaining in the Ameri cas Post Office. Items include names such as J Allen C W Ansley L H Adkins and many others with deadlines of thirty days before forwarding to Dead Letter Offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Georgia
Sumter County
Une
Americas Post Office
J. Allen
C. W. Ansley
L. H. Adkins
E. G. Brason
A. R. Brown
HL. Bryan
Alanche Clements
Amy Chapel
Frank Calbut
D—Simto Dankens
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Webster County
Congress
Philadelphia Record
Chicago
Gotham
Wiley Grambies
Perdido
Ala
Senate
Riddlexberger
Alabama
Mel Alexander
Wood Station Valley
Walker County
Crow
John Hansell
Thomasville
Manning
J. C. Rony
P. Bf
Americus, Ga
McCorkle
Americus
Court House
Reeve
Charles F
Crisp
Perminion
Evoans, Burt
J. H. Lumpkin
Butt & Lumpkin
Atlaw
Barlow House Block
Meania
Mes
Geo
J. J. Worses
Roan
Bill
Les
Fort
Pam
Snuthrille
Evana & Paul
Consiat Dry Goods
Noty da
Houss
Pavel
Evans & Paul
J. W. Evans
J. L Paul
Leo Sup
F. M Farley
Evans& Property
Balk
Pistatutrs
Lee Coun
Hammond, Hull &Co
Council & Wills
C. Parker
Elton C. Parker
Council & Willis
Thes
Actuhi
Aiden Benedic
Alexander di
Marseilles
Dantes
France
Dan Ea
Abbe Faris
Busoni
Salon de Morcerf
Alberts
de Mont de Cristo
Mercedes
Forrest
Fountainblests
Dolio Pald
Monte Cristo
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