Business reshapes in Bronwood amid bank push in Americus
In Bronwood J J Hill of Hill Simpson bought the business of a long established firm and will run it with Mr Stipson winding up other interests. The Bank of Southwest Georgia draws rapid private subscriptions with sixty thousand dollars tied up the night of its initial talk and forty thousand the next morning. In Americus Carden Bro and Darden Bro acquire W E Clark’s fancy grocery and confectinery stock and plan a new bakery. The Men’s Clothing firm promotes affordable, quality suits. Work on the P and L extension progresses with trestle and track nearly half complete, rails soon laid, and repairs advancing on locomotives.
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J. J. Hill
Hill Simpson
Bronwood
Hill
Stipson
Bank of Southwest Georgia
Messrs
Carden & Bro
Lamar Street
W. E. Clark
Darden
Clark
Arden & Bro
Mess
Americus
Macon
Savannah
Darden & Bro
Uckalee Creek
Nis
Jose
Junc N
Mpany
Ogine No. 2
The County Election Returns Quiet And Briefly Told
The county officers election Wednesday passed quietly with little public interest. Voter turnout was under twelve hundred, about half the usual county total. The returns list results by district and precinct.
Among The Jailbirds At The County Jail
A Reconpet reportee visited the county jail to see how inmates fared in the cold weather. Eight prisoners occupied a stove heated corridor, with Mingo Glaze and Charles Blackman noted inmates. Blackman faces murder charges and Glaze burglary. Reese Walker seeks immediate transfer to the penitentiary. Annie Moore, white, on murder charges, is comfortable and busy sewing. The jail is clean and orderly, with a court adjourned term expected to transfer some prisoners to the coal mines.
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Sail Ir Harp
Mingo Glaze
Charles Blackman
Supreme Court
Schley County
Charles Williams
Reese Walker
Reese
Bill Grey
George Williams
Annie Moore
Pat Erskine
A Rural Tour Through Terrell County to Bronwood
A narrator recalls a day trip to Bronwood and Terrell County, visiting Judge Ell Hill and his grand Southern estate. The account contrasts bustling Bronwood’s growth with the Hill homestead’s vast acreage, lush orchards, and well kept stables. The piece notes the town’s emergence from a single store to a budding commercial center with several hundred residents and new businesses.
New Quarters Seeks Bargains at Opera House Block
Mar Webster Bagley has moved to the Opera House block with Mr. John T. Argo and invites friends to call for bargains in general merchandise and groceries plus good liquors. An endless variety of Cross Goods and Ladies Cloths await, with styles and fabrics listed though the text is garbled.
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Mar. Webster Bagley
John T. Argo
Webster County election reelects all current incumbents
Webster County voters held a quiet election, returning the existing officeholders. Sheriff Dan Davis, Clerk of Court George Thornton, Treasurer D R Sheppard, Tax Collector K R Bell, and Coroner J P BE Warren were named as the fortunate candidates. The record notes John E Shaw as a minor figure in the reportage.
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Webster
Webster County
Dan Davis
George Thornton
D. R. Sheppard
Bell
J.P. BE
Warren
Consumption Cure Promise From East India Missionary
An old physician claims a vegetable remedy cures consumption bronchitis and other throat and lung diseases. He offers a free mailed copy of the formula with directions, in German French or English, and requests a stamped reply to Rochester New Jersey. The ad also promotes a line of grain and veterinary products from John K Bhaw and Sarah Silka, with warranties of satisfaction.
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East India
W. A. Neves
Power's Block
Rochester
N.J
Sarah Silka
Rhadamer
Ebich
John K, Bhaw
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