Cordele Booms as Investors Flock to New Growth
The Cordele boom draws Baltimore investors and curious buyers as multiple lots change hands. Reports tie Cordele’s rise to a mix of business vigor and a storied past, including ties to Governor Joe Brown’s plantation and an Indian battle site. A Crawfordville man’s sequence of marriages yields a nine-child saga.
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Cordele
Dusiness
Georgia
Capiitanlata
Baltimore
Mar
Joe Brown
la An
Messrs
McMillan & Bullock
Hotel de Hamilton
T. J. Brooks
Oglethorpe Ga Reports Plans For Local Newspaper
From Danernogor Georgia February 14 1889 readers learn of plans to start a local newspaper at Oglethorpe. money has been raised for a press and office. editors and managers are named but not by full titles. the note mentions guano shipments and a Sabbath School convention in Macon County along with a shooting incident between B F Hill and his wife. Coroner Wicker mentions an inquest. Clarence.
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Danernogor
Oglethorpe
O. B. Keen
Ben
Macon County
Bessie Spindie
Virginia
Wardlaw
Albert Wardlaw
Atlanta
Mamie
W. H. Willis
C. L. Battle
Columbus
B. F. Hill
Rocus
Bennie
Smith & Wesson
Hicks
Wicker
Hill
Clarence
Marriage in Huntington District Unites J L Tissue and Emma Perry
Hustixaron Feb 1 Many friends and relatives attended the wedding at the bride’s father Jacob Perry home. Rev McCraney performed the ceremony with attendants G A Perry Maria Howell C E Williams Ella Perry. Tissue, praised as one of Sumter county’s nicest and smartest matches, receives best wishes from the community. Nunn recently moved to Huntington and plans a dwelling and an academy, hoped to benefit the area.
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Hustixaron
RecordEn
Recorder
J. L Tissue
Emma Perry
Jacob Perry
Rev. McCraney
G. A. Perry
Maria Howell
C. E. Williams
Ella Perry
Tissue
Sumter County
Nunn
Huntington
Richland News Highlights From Feb. 19 Edition
From Richland, Feb. 19, reports note a dummy line ready for business with T. F. Carter buying a peanut roaster. Rev. Mr. Weekly visits. Capt. John A. Fulton explores location prospects. Miss Kate Cobb visits. Dr. Kenyon marries Miss Myra Kimbrough. Major Meyer’s singing debut. sewing machine push and new residents on South Broad Street. Matrimonial prospects seen as flattering.
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Ricubaxp
Richland
T. F. Carter
Jim
Mr. Weekly
Brownoail
John A. Fulton
Dawson
Misa Kate Cobb
Preston
Kenyon
Weston
Myra Kimbrough
Webster County
Brannon
South Broad Street
Bob Dixon
Meyer
Methodist
J. Wilson
Hopen
Weather and town notes from Plains of Dura Feb 20
In Plains of Dura weather disrupts plowing as farmers haul guano while oats look fine. Grain focus grows with new buildings, church construction speeds ahead, and merchants expand spring stock. Visitors and departures mark social life as plans for a new graded school emerge and locals adjust to a quieter postholidays season.
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Prains
Dura
Capt. Mayes
R. K. Webb
Mary Middlebrooker
Mavon
K.C
Woebegone
Mary
Mesara
J. W
J. A. Hiller
Jessie Dillard
Bottsford
West
Lee Chappell
Pemalin Villey
Vertner Thomas Brother
Je ‘West
Local Notes From Lovavale Georgia February Musings
A Lovavale Ga week notes heavy February rainfall with saturated fields and plows idle. Gardens ready for corn, Valentine activities hinted with a marriage near Peek's Hollow. Rumors of Jack the Ripper stir gossip. Elder Curry to preach at Antioch. Advertisements tout Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for kidney health and general tonics amid local tales of fortune and hoodoo charms in Fort Valley.
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Lovavale
Mary Neal
St. Valentine
Cusseta
Jack
Ripper
Indy
Macon
Parte
Ibs
Curry
Antioch
State Institutes
Kentucky
Primitive Baptist
Going West and South: Migration Shifts and Enterprise
The essay recalls Horace Greeley’s exhortation to go West and notes how the North formerly sent migrants to expanding prairie towns. It contrasts that wave with a rising South migration, citing improved soil, ores, forests, and mills. It warns against North swindlers while affirming genuine chances for honest enterprise in the South.
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St. Louis
North
Horace Greeley
New England
Prairies
Lincoln
Great West
Ventilated Cars and Freight Policy Debate in Georgia
A letter from Gro. R. McRee, Valdosta, requests ventilated railroad cars for a bumper crop, noting anticipated growth on lines like the G B F and W and the Valley road. Major Bell stresses Western roads must share car supply, warns of finance strains and pending legislation, and urges all carriers to contribute. The exchange reflects rail transport politics affecting melon growers and freight handling.
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Albany News
Major Bell
F. & Railroad
Valdosta
Macon
Gro. R. McRee
Chal Sanannah
Geo. R. McRee
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Southwest
Uving
Crawfordville
Plains OF
Louvale
Bright
Hostetter
Fort Valley
Greeley
Belknap
Geo
B. Melttee
Melon Thewera’ Association
Waco
Can National Bank
Amerional
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