Richland Notes From a Live Town on New Year
Richland notes report a quiet Christmas with little drinking and dull trade for merchants. Local social life features a Christmas tree, upcoming wedding prospects, hotel expansion, and moves of Chambliss and Majors. Community updates include visitors from Cuthbert Athens Americus Webster Preston and a farm stock law meeting planned for Saturday. playful tales and thanks wrap the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. K
Richland
C. C. Chambliss
Mr. C
T. F. Carter
Tracy
Mise Hettie Tison
Mamie Dixson
Cuthbert
Meyer
Sam Tison
Brunswick
Lou Scarbrough
Lewis Carter
Rochelle on a boom as town eyes brisk post holiday trade
Rochelle remains in a boom period with trains delivering oranges candy and nuts and crowds lining the streets at night. The article notes shipments to Americus and Seville, local business optimism, plans for a courthouse, and praise for Col Tom Taylor and other local figures while inviting readers to invest in remaining lots.
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Rocuenir
Rochelle
Johnnie Owens’ Field
Americus
Seville
Col
Tom Taylor
Hawkinsville
Tom
Wilcox Boy
J. J. Williford
G. H. Tommey
Ashley House
Tip Ragana
Mr.ey
Ellaville Elects No Mayor as No Candidates Step Forward
Ellaville Georgia reports jan 4 that no candidates filed for mayor or city council, leaving the town without a mayor after Col I N Mott moved to his plantation. The school trustees hired Prof W B Merritt as teacher for the year and local notices show various social updates including residents visiting, a death-spirited incident of Mr John Daniel, and a marriage at the bride’s father’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellaville
Col
I. N. Mott
W. B. Merritt
Merritt
Dupree Peacock
Peacock
John Daniel
Blakely
John West
Lone Star
B. A. Strange
Ada Gaines
H. S. House
Oglethorpe
Rosa Baldwin
Thomaston
Ella
Sallie Mitchell
Hallie Leamon
Americus
Grace Hancock
Minnie Easterlin
Andersonville
G. P. Suber
Lucy Collier
Talbotton
E. 8. Baldwin
Cols
E. A. Hawkins
W. A. Dodson
Henry R. Johnson
Sheriff Sale
T. P. Barnes
Will Boland
Misa Annie Barnes
C.D. Adams
Wenox
Meritt to head Ellaville school and local notes
PuTNam Jan 3 reports next Monday opening for all schools in the area. W B Meritt will oversee Ellaville school this year. The piece also notes editor B F Prevatt’s paper burned and rebuilt, local moves by J M Livingston and J E Phelps, and a cutting affray at T W Harvey's with Alex Jones injured by Anderson Taylor and Hez Fudge.
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Putnam
W. B. Meritt
Ellaville
Meritt
B. F. Prevatt
Orange City Times
Ben
J. M. Livingston
Macon and Florida
J. E. Phelps
Knowlton Place
Ike
Horace Monroe
W.lg
Fe- Mx
T. W. Harvey
Alex Jones
Anderson Taylor
Hez Fudge
Friendship News Recaps Socials and Local Happenings
Eighteen eighty eight opened with rain in Friendship. Geo McGarrah and Will Merritt hosted a Dec 26 party at Isaac Harvey’s residence, where sky rockets and candles lit the front yard. Mrs Lou Rumph’s gathering on Dec 28 brought great enjoyment. Miss Emmie Merritt and Mr 8 T Crawford are improving after sickness and rumor of homesick mood lingers among the boys. Mamie and Laura Pinkard left for Forsyth. Laura to school, Mamie to visit an uncle. Three Friendship youths attended a party in Ebenezer returning merry, though a bit mashed up. Boas
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Geo. McGarrah
Will Merritt
Isaac Harvey
Friendship
Georgia
Harvey
T. Crawford
Mamie
Laura Pinkard
Forsyth
Ebenezer
Boas
Acknowledgment of Simmons Liver Regulator Value
Dr D W Aukit of Siloam Springs Arkansas notes that many physicians are prejudiced against proprietary medicines yet acknowledges merit in Simmons Liver Regulator. He reports prescribing it and giving it a thorough five year trial, praising its popularity and patient results.
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D. W. Aukit
Changes and prospects in Oglethorpe society and business
Oglethorpe opens 1888 with gratitude and energy as business leaders relocate and expand. Col W H Willis moves into a large brick building, W C Johnson shifts merchandise to Joe McLendon’s new store, W H Gardner teams with Johnson, Kaigler moves to his farm, and Miss Emmie Hornady to Fountainville to lead a new school. The Hollingsworth school starts strong, Mrs. McCrory improves after illness, society remains lively, and four youths ride to Andersonville for a party.
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W. O. Strange
W. C. Johnson
Joe McLendon
W. H. Gardner
Col
H. M. Kaigler
Mike Julia
Annie
Prof. Hollingsworth
Emmie Hornady
Fountainville
Andersonville
Clarewor
The Physician Speaks
Macon Georgia July 20 1883 a practicing physician endorses Stower's Lung Restorer for throat and lung troubles noting it can cure where his own prescriptions fail He claims Brewer's Lung Restorer is the only patent remedy he prescribes and urges consumptives to try it despite professional prejudice Dr Jno G Pomm M D
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Macon
Stower
Jxo
G. Ponmrn
M.D
Bargain Store Half-Price Cloaks on Week Call
Bargain Store offers cloaks, dolmans, and circular garments at half their value this week. Shop early to snag discounted outerwear and accessories while supplies last.
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Dolman
Weather Prophet Hicks Promises Severe January 1888
The Atlanta Journal notes Rev Ira R Hicks of St Louis forecasts a harsh winter ahead. He predicts a storm ending Jan 3 followed by four to five days of extreme cold, then warmer days with rain and snow by Jan 12 to 18, and the hardest storm of the month between Jan 21 and Jan 27 with blizzards and heavy southward rain.
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Prophet Hicks
St. Louis
Atlanta Journal
Ira R. Hicks
Hicks
A Sign of Poverty in Farming Or Business Mortgages
The piece argues mortgages do not prove poverty in farming, noting railroads and other sectors carry heavy debt too. It cites Edward Atkinson’s figures, contrasts farm loans with mortgages on railroads and hotels, and asserts farmers are less indebted relative to property value, urging fair view of mortgaging as enterprise.
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Edward Atkinson
Delta
Notable Dudes and Dames in Social Notes Abroad
Daunting mixed items show Sarah Orne Jowett gaining fortune after an uncle’s death in Washington Mexican circles. Frances Hodgson Burnett in Florence sonnets $8,000 for Sara Creme from English magazine. Dorothy Whitney, ten months old, cuts her tenth tooth. Mme Candelaria of San Antonio, Tez., aged 100, survivor of Fort Alamo massacre. Mrs Cleveland shopping sprees and stage fashion tales. Grave Matthews to spend winter at Princeton with brother entering ministry. Margaret W Leighton reports a pet milky green grass snake as a curative companion. family objects to roaming.
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Sarah Orne Jowett
Washington
Mme
Poucicault
Paris
Bos Mra
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Florence
Italy
Sara Creme
Dorothy Whitney
Mme. Candelaria
San Antonio
Tez
Fort Alamo
Cleveland
Cee Nenodeenl
Scott Siddons
Grave Matthews
Stanley Matthews
Princeton
N. J
Margaret W. Leighton
Notable Broadway Selections and Actor Moves
Theatre news reports Julia Marlowe set to tour major cities while Clara Morris pauses three weeks starting December 10. Geraldine Ulmer may wed Sir Arthur Sullivan, and Kate Forsyth returns to Europe after the current cast. Lester Wallack suffers rheumatism and will miss the season. Helen Bancroft plans overseas travel in spring. Fanny Davenport pauses four weeks before opening Broadway’s La Tosca in February, while Boucicault and Moss argue over a canceled date. Boucicault resumes January 23 with his company. Jennie Yeaman, a Bidney N. 8. W. native, appears in Our Jennie. Leisler and Harrigan partnerships noted. AML Coquelin singled out as premier French actor with family legacy. A humorous exchange suggests stage-leading parts are the norm for the speaker.
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Ban
Fran
Helen Bancroft
Fanny Davenport
New Broadway Theatre
New York
Sar ‘Lou
Dion Boucicault
Theodore Moss
Star Theatre
New York City
Mr. Boucicault
Jaks
Beer
Ecotec
Germany
Russia
Econ
Jennie Yeamans
Bidney
Jennie
Edward Harrigan
Barney Fagan
Harry Popper
William Sweatnam
Stray Bits From A Busy News Day In 1900s Era
A Hartford coin collector owns a rare 1709 cent valued at nearly 600. The Detroit Journal quotes Michigan men as mean and despicable. Clara Moore of Cincinnati gained a large net profit from land purchases in Southern California. A German paper comments on a Lehr plan described as cool though odd. South African natives show aversion to nem due to climate and health effects from early bathing.
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Hartford
United States
Detroit Journal
Michigan
Clara Moore
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Cal
California
South Africa
Furs For Winter Trimmed Costumes In Fashion
A period fashion notes fur choices for winter garments. Silver fox remains costly and delicate, cross fox offers brown tones, seal moques and palstots boast curved backs, black wrap borders use jet trim, and bear or wolverine stoles with muffs remain stylish for young buyers during Christmas season.
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Greery Cappel
Fragmented Verse Chronicle Silent Night Images
A fragmented poetic fragment hints at a tense nocturnal scene with oblique references to figures in motion. The text evokes fear, alertness, and a journey toward an elusive, infinite dark, interwoven with hard to parse names and scattered imagery.
Internal slave trade in Kentucky discussed by James Lane Allen
In a Century essay quoted by James Lane Allen, the text argues the internal slave trade is an incidental feature of the system. It contends masters arrange inheritance to care for workers and rejects freeing or selling to Western neighbors, noting historical cruelties while denying regular breeding for southern markets.
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Marster
Ole Marster
Kentucky
Tom
Leon
Mia
Stowe
James Lane Allen
Inventor of Shorthand Celebrated At London Congress
A London shorthand congress marked the Pitman jubilee and the stenographic tercentenary. It traced the origins to Dr Bright and Rev Phineas Baley, with a 161? book outlining his sound-based system. The article notes Baley’s early contributions ahead of Pitman’s modern shorthand.
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London
Isaac Pitman
Bright
Phineas Baley
New Hampshire
Vermont
Mr. Pitman
Gath on Journalism and Literature in Not Bo
Fragmentary lines discuss journalism and literature as a reality of leisure for the hardworking young man. The text evasively touches on the idea that fiction and writing may become a path to a livelihood, though the phrasing is unclear and interrupted.
Uncertain Colums and Valor Noted in Local Tale
In a fragmentary item, readers see a mention of flying columns and fine birds linked to a local group or event. The piece hints at a swift response by a stew company and praises redoubtable valor, though details are unclear due to the damaged text.
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Sherman
Colums
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Piney Woods
Hborhood
Eve
Aml Coquelin
Seoma
Lisa
Mrust
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