Dawson Notes on Hotels and Local News in Terrell County
Dawson letters report progress in town with upgrades to the Furnum House and St James Hotel under Maj. W. J. Belding. New postmaster Capt. T. M. Jones appointed after Dr. R. G. Jones death. Local editors rise, including Michell J. Webb of the Elberton Leader and W. B. Corley of Port Gaines Star, while Terrell County adds Journal figures and a general sense of growth. Seaborn Hill, former slave of B. H. Hill, returns for annual city visit as a professional trimmer. Socials, visitors, and family moves fill the week as Terrell Superior Court adjourns.
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J. A. Furrox
Dawson
Methodist Church
Thie Place
Twitty
Furnum House
Carvet
Farnum
Dawson Variety Manufacturing Company
J. M. Simmons
Dawsonia
Leon Hatcher
Leon
W. W. Farnum
T. M. Jones
R. G. Jones
Capt. Jones
Michell J. Webb
Elberton Leader
Webb
Dawson Appeal
Sumter
Macon Telegraph
W. B. Corley
Port Gaines
Will
Terrell County
A. J. Harp
Ellaville
Bronwood
Seaborn Hill
B. H. Hill
Seaborn
Dawaun
Georgia
J. J. Crouch
J. P. Allen
J. H. Thomas
Montgomery
Fannie Lee
Dover
Our City
Alice Dover
Misa Nora Allen
Americus
J. G. Parks
H. 8. Lee
Americua
Kaslo Pax
Richmond
Carrie Lee
Caybbert
St. James
V. Brown
J. T. Lee Aas
Mr. Brown
H. C. Sanders
Lee
Terrell Superior Court
J.A. PF
Putnam Georgia 1887 community prospect and notes
From Putnam Georgia in February 1887 a long Innsworth style update describes Putnam as a small station on the Buena Vista and Eilaville Railroad twenty miles west of Andersonville and seven miles east of Buena Vista in Marion County. It notes about twenty five inhabitants a post office express office general store and a high school. The piece highlights nearby forests and Uchees hardwoods used for fine furniture and invites northern southern eastern and western settlers for a healthy hospitable climate. It mentions oats growing gardens planted, Mrs. W. O. Singleton visiting, M. E. Collum recovering from a foot injury, Miss Atta Liasa Stevens teaching Putnam school, Rev. Hayes preaching at the schoolhouse, and farmers considering tobacco cultivation. A local tale of a negro boy with arms off charming Carrollton with his chesslike freech harp music is included.
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Putnam
Buena Vista
Eilaville
Andersonville
Marion County
Georgia
Uchees
Toauch
W. O. Singleton
Singleton
B. V
E. R. Ry
P 8. Stevens
M. E. Collum
Atta Liasa Stevens
Lissa
J. A. Parks
Schley
McMichael
Sunday sermons and village notes from Richland
The Richland column reports two sermons given on Sunday by Rev. Mabry at 11 am and Rev. Davis at 3 pm, with plan for monthly services and three sermons after May. It notes a growing Sunday school, a measles outbreak, sickness in the countryside, and guano freight handling issues at the depot. Names include Rev. Mabry, Rev. Davis, Rev. Clark, J. N. Clements, R. F. Watts, and local residents.
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Ricurano
Mabry
Davis
Christian Advocate
South Georgia Conference
Mr. Clark
Warren
Simon Carter
Mies McCorkle
Miss Myers
Alabama
J.N. Clements
Florence
R. F. Watts
Cols. Clark and
Harrell
Lampkin
Billie Mabry
Circus day brings crowd and court in Macon County
Macon County Ga yesterday saw a busy circus day with a crowd returning after the circus was attached but bond posted and left this morning. Deputy Sheriff Feagin arrested J J Rearbeck for carrying concealed weapons while city officials and other luminaries visited. A wedding in town matched Annie Collins to Chas Cunningham at nine thirty this morning, the couple planning Birmingham as their future home. Prof Derrick returned home yesterday.
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Oatemnorre
Nail
Feagin
Americus
J. J. Rearbeck
Col
E. G. Simmons
BE. G. Hinton
Esq’s
John Windsor
Joe Scott
J. R. Williams
Esquire Meadows
Ellaville
Marshal Phillis
McCrory
Derrick
Yester
Tome
Sumter County
Bax
Farming notes from Luupxiy Georgia in 1887
In Lumpkin area farmers busy with guano since January. oats sowing down. Oats yields cited reach 100 to 130 bushels per acre by several farmers, including N. L. Everett. Farmers largely favor the Simmons and Brady Guano Bill before the Legislature.
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Lumpkin
N.L. Everett
Misadventure of a Bridal Couple at Scotch Watering Place
A newlywed pair on their honeymoon at a famed Scotch spa were given a mattress in a bathroom due to full inns. In the night the bride pulled a cord she thought was a bell rope and showered herself with cold water. The husband pulled another cord and hot water doused him. Servants found a flooded room with the wife perched on her husband’s back screaming as they searched for the exit.
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London
Saved by a Bluff on the English Roadside
Lord O- a deaf, rough English nobleman, rode in a post chaise when a highway robber dragged him from the road. The lord refused the purse, offered two guineas as a bribe, and criticized the thief. Calm and scornful, he pressed the robber to hang soon, then rode off while the robber retreated.
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Lord O
Captain's Fortunate Discovery Trialed on Schooner
Capt Coleman and his crew aboard the Weymouth plylog between Atlantic City and N. ., troubled by a cough, found instant relief with Dr King's New Discovery for consumption. A single dose eased their sore chests, and all his children benefited similarly. Free trial bottles offered at E J Eldridge's Drag Store.
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Coleman
Weymouth
Atlantic City
Dr. King
E. J. Eldridge
Moments of Music and Memory in Bach’s Holiest Moments
Poem reflecting on brief moments when vast inner worlds unfold from a single sound or word. The speaker links Bach to sacred moments, where music awakens memory love and sorrow, suggesting Bach’s divine influence seeds eternal emotion.
Genius and Kindly Foolishness in the Mountains
A Chinese scholar, ruined by covetous desire, loses his home and wanders into a mountain wilderness. An old genius, once a schoolmate, teaches him that greed destroys virtue. The student pleads for wealth, a storehouse, and shelter, and the genius grants each wish with escalating displays of power and a stern reminder to purge covetousness.
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China
Ari
Hama
Ils
Half a Magical Gift Teaches Contentment
A tale from New Orleans Times-Democrat recounts a student who seeks endless riches from a genius. After agreeing to more wishes, the student asks for a simple peace of mind through contentment, learning that nothing is complete without balance and restraint.
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Atove
Old Man
Transla New Orleans
Times-Democrat
Debating Teetotalers Among Victorian Politicians
The Liverpool Pos reports a whimsical portrait of English statesmen and their drinking and smoking habits. Gladstone and Dilke appear as teetotalers or near-teetotalers at times, while Chamberlain and Harcourt show mixed habits. Labouchere is noted as a heavy smoker, with others like John change and Lord Jolph described in varied terms.
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Patr Ton
Gladstone
Charles Dilke
Cepacia
Chamberlain
John Chang
Bird
Harcourt
Lord Jolph
Mr. Labouchere
Liverpool
Cure for Hydrophobia in a London Lancet Case
A London Lancet report details a hydrophobia case fully treated with subentanthe of corrosive sublimate. Symptoms were controlled and the patient monitored, with the disease described as effectively resolved following treatment.
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Tes mow the thing to have i t taiken in in bog cote.
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Bog
Cote
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Carrollton
Richland
Macon County
Stewart County
The
New York Star
Lis
Tao
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