Macon Lutter aims to thaw the Arctic visitor in town
Macon reports the return of Tenant Sol on Sunday after a winter confinement in a crystal prison. The city celebrates his thaw with a gala, the river returns to calm, and observers note the end of the blizzard weather as a Sunny South routine unfolds amid social pages. A rival pipe mender and civic events fill the social calendar, with parades and a gun salute at sunset. Howell of Pike County continues his hunting season with three hundred seventy squirrel kills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Crystal
Walla
Sol
Natitee
Lebiod
Gmjay
Howell
Pike County
Andersonville GA School Opens With About Seventy Five Pupils
The Andersonville school, led by Prof A J Cisck, opened with about 75 pupils and offers ungraded, college prep, bookkeeping, land surveying, and field-instrument training. About 300 in improvements have elevated the building, making it nearly new and affordable for local families. The piece defends local improvements to the National Cemetery oversight, clarifying roles of Major Kirk and the superintendent, praising ongoing care and stating the cemetery compares favorably with others in the country.
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Anprnsoxville
A. J. Cisck
Georgia
Atlanta Journal
National Cemetery
E. B Kirk
U. A
Atlanta
Andersonville
Major Kirk
Uil
Thunder
Congress
Quartermaster General
James Gall
Miraculous Escape From Consumption Testimony
Winchester druggist W. W. Reed recounts Mrs. Louisa Pike of Bartonia Randolph County Indiana being treated with Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption after doctors had given up. In six months she walked six miles to town and now shows marked improvement and credits the remedy. Free trial bottles available at E J Eldrige s Drug Store.
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W. W. Reed
Winchester
Ind
Louisa Pike
Bartonia, Randolph Co
E. J. Eldrige
Promising Vassar Student Quizzes Luther Death Question
During a history exam at Vassar College a top student was asked if Martin Luther died a natural death. She answered no, saying he was excommunicated by a bull. The same student reportedly sent sponge cake to President Cleveland, who mistook it for pound cake, suggesting her strength lies in history more than cooking.
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Vassar College
Artin Luther
Cleveland
Ellaville Merchants Grow as Local Firm Expands
In Ellaville Jan 19 report shows Capt C L Peacock and H G Arrington forming a partnership and expanding business with Henry Williams joining G B Weaver to run a large stock of groceries under Murray's Hall. Local firms Dixon Bros Chipley Murphy and others report strong trade as farmers plan grain crops, seed oats in demand after cold snaps, and a romantic marriage noted at a local residence.
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Ncavituy
C. L. Peacock
H. G. Arrington
Henry Williams
G. B. Weaver
Murray’s Hall
Dixon Bros
Chipley & Murphy
B. A. Strange
H. Scarborough
Josue Carter
Z. T. Angling
Stephens
Willingham
Suter County
Lizzie McMillen
Wm Ale
Jesse Carter
E. S. Baldwin
W. D. Murray
Baldwin & McMichael
Silas DeWolf
DeWolf
Chattahoochee County
Lula Murphy
Fort Valley
Gorge M. Prevatt
Seville
Fla
Nannie Myers
Preston
Eugene Dixon
Simmon
Bacon
Simmons
Hatcher Station Weather Loss and Local Hardships
Hatcuga Station reports the coldest spell in forty years with oats planted in December and late November likely killed. Merchants raise seed oats price despite farmer losses, while farmers struggle to sell butter and corn. A robbery looted pork and sausage from a smokehouse, crime laws and punishment are debated, and doctors Mason Rains and W C Dobbins relocate their practices.
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Hatcuga Station
Vale
England
Mason Rains
W. T. Methvin
W. C. Dobbins
Lintley Plage
Qurrsak
Your Kidneys and a Remarkable Cure
A man with six years of kidney pain reports failure with doctors and other remedies. After spending $250 with no relief he credits B. B. B. with rapid, substantial relief from a single bottle. He endorses the medicine as effective, speedy, and harmless for kidney issues.
Atlanta Merchant Praises Kidney Remedy After Decade Pain
An Atlanta merchant near sixty describes long standing kidney pains and backache abating after taking a remedy labeled as 40, calling it magical and rejuvenating. He credits one bottle with restoring youthlike vitality and recommends its sale by all Americus druggists.
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Atlanta
Americus
Dawson Expects Marriages Amid Growth In Town
Dawson notes two marriages soon and predicts a surge of weddings, while locals discuss prospects and read sermons in the Atlanta Constitution. The town hosts a grand ball, skating nights, reorganized Sunday schools, and a thriving economy with several key enterprises underway. Maj. OB Stevens sick but improving. Miss Lilly Aoera back from Americus as a bride’s attendant. J D Gunn of Cuthbert visits. opera house remains vacant.
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Dawson
Talmage
Atlanta Constitution
Terpsichore
Eckford
Messrs. Black &, Perry
Encourie
Dle
W. Parks
Alinta
Dawson Manufacturing Company
Oil Mill
Steim Lagicity
Maj
OB. Stevens
Lilly Aoera
Americus
Oora Prince
Ed. Ansley
J D. Gunn
Cuthbert
Opera
The Seventeenth District of Sumter County and its lands
The excerpt describes the Seventeenth District formerly in Lee, now Sumter, southwest of Americus. It outlines its boundaries Kinchafoonee creek, Terrell and Webster counties, four ridges formed by Chocho Jaggie Pesgel Ti Ti and Boggy branches, and notes grey pebble soil with clay subsoil ideal for cultivation and farming.
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Mar
Lee
Sumter County
Americus
Terrell
Webster
Kinchatoonee Creek
Sumter
Terrell County
Kinchafoonee
Lands of diverse timber and farming promise in early Georgia
A reader detailing Kinchafoonee area lands describes timber varieties including black jack and swamp timber, fertility for cereals, cotton, and sugar cane, with healthy climate, good water, roads, and growing stock potential. It notes churches, academies, post offices, stores, and rail access near Americus, Dawson, Smithville, Hudson, and the A P L railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Kinchafponge
Americus
Dawson
Smithville
Portftion
Hudson
Jacobs
Saved Mis Life Mr D L Wilcoxson of Horse Cave Ky
Saved mis life claim from Horse Cave Kentucky man D L Wilcoxson states years of phthisis and diabetes caused unbearable pains and near convulsions. After six bottles of Electric Bitters he reports full relief, weight gain, and belief he would have died without the remedy. Sold for fifty cents by Dr EJ Eldridge.
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D. L. Wilcoxson
Horse Cave
Ej, Eldridge
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Lidut
T. EB
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Wm. Harris
Beeland
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Holmes
Populsx
Findlay
Hatli
America
Nexo
Clark
The
Allnuts Journal and Cemeteries
Ellaville
Howsas
Hatcher Station
Thad
H. Roberts
Atlanta Water Works
Wasmeron
Jan
Senate
Cne
Johnson
Minneapolis
John R. Siy
Tess
SINAL
Lisle Ad Cassimere
Warner
Gassimere and
Jed
Tn Til
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