Ellaville society notes and local developments in January
Ellaville reports show county officials bonded and sworn in with the best sheriff James F Woods. Social items include Addie Smith hosting Nettie Gilmore from Oglethorpe and an active Ellaville Reading Club with about forty members and a festival earning sixty seven dollars for academy repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butaville
James F. Woods
Addie Smith
Nettie Gilmore
Oglethorpe
Ellaville
Sallie Cheney
Eddie Cheney
Buena Vista
Sumter County Church Holds First Quarterly Conference
In Anpersonville on Saturday the Sumter circuit M. E. Church met with preaching at 11 A M and conference at 2 P M. Members raised funds for the preacher salary totaling 500 dollars from Andersonville, County Line, Mountain Springs, Please not Grove and Salem. Births were recorded: two girls for E A English and Naylor, and a boy and girl for Geo Slappy. the boy died soon after birth. Contractor Mr Bowman visited, seeking bands for the Birmingham branch of the Central road and took one away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anpersonville
Sumter
M. E. Church
Andersonville
County Line
Mountain Springs
Please Not Grove
Salem
E. A. English
N. J. Naylor
Geo
Slappy
Fitule
Bowman
Birmingham
Stewart County News Highlights and Local Proposals
The Independent notes strong local sentiment as Lumpkin calls for a public road from W F Clarke to J M McMichael. Judge Latimer is named as a Southern Forestry Congress delegate for De Funiak Springs Florida on February 22. The paper discusses railroad prospects, A P & L branch ambitions, and promotes Dr King s New Discovery via E J Eldridge with a trial offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Independent
Lumpkin
W. F. Clarke
J. M. McMichael
Stewart
State Agricultural Society
J. B. Latimer
Gordon
Southern Forestry Congress
de Funiak Springs
Fla
Columbus
Richland
Albany
Dawson
Hannabachee
Richland News Briefs From Ricaano January Update
Quiet in Ricaano Georgia as Sunday school officers are elected. Reported plans include monthly sermons at the college and a growing guano trade with anticipated 1000 tons this season and 2000–3000 bales of cotton. Local development notes mention new homes, a store build, and advances in farming with cultivators. Also reported are notable deaths, a high age mother, a new engine traveling to Lumpkin, and a local editor seen aboard the engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ricaano
Parker
G. B, Weaver
James Williams
Treas
W. W. Wabey
A. D. Chambliss
G. E Bell
J. B. Brooks
J. N. Brooks
John Patterson
Columbia
Dr. Alston
Barnum
Z . Parker
J. W. Tracy
Sim Carter
Carter & Saville
J. W. Blakey
Tobe Dixon
Henry Jones
Henry Daniel
Nancy Parker
J. 8
Lumpkin
Yesterda
Columbus to get another large cotton mill soon
Indications suggest Columbus will begin construction of a new large cotton mill within a short time. Two years ago Eagle and Phenix mill stockholders authorized Mill No 4, but no public action followed until recent agitation revived plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Eagle and Phenix Mills
Dawson Matrimony and Local Happenings Highlight Dawson Doings
At 19 o clock Judge H S Bell’s residence witnessed the marriage of Dr James W Patterson of Humber Ga to Miss Mattie M Bell with Rev F A Branch officiating. Attendants included Cora Anthony Minnie Clark Edna Brown and others. The bridal party departed for Humber. A lecture by Prof J H Miller on arithmetic impressed Dawson. Rev F A Branch’s sermon drew a full house. Local visitors from Upson and Americus. lumber boom and new mills boost the economy. Dr J G Dean seeks Polyclinic lectures in New York. A Gypsy band led by Bridget Shearlock toured the area before moving on. Mrs Rosalie Bell of Albany visits Judge Bell with daughter Annie.
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Dawson
Minnie Clark
J. E. Humber
Humber
Emma Harvey
Cuthbert
F. W. Clark
Edna Brown
J. C. Patterson
Lumpkin
Stewart County
J. H. Miller
Court House
F. A. Branch
Wm. Holliman
R. A. Williams
Mathews
Upson County
A. C. Williams
Chickasawhatchee
Fr. D. Watts
Americus
J.G. Dean
New York
Bridget Shearlock
Ireland
Glasgow
Scotland
Rosalie Bell
Albany
Annie
H. 8. Bell
Our City
Marriages Reported in Dawson and Terre Haute Areas
At the Parnnum Home Dawson on January 19 1887 M L Barber and M Kendrick wed with Rev B W Davis officiating. Another ceremony occurred January 25 in Terre Haute county Wm A Cassady and Laura Newnes married, Cassady a Florida resident plans to move southward. Farther east New Mexico Panhandle Texas faces severe drought with no rain since September endangering ranges and grass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parnnum
Dawson
M. L. Barber
M. Kendrick
B. W. Davis
Flovilla
Terre
Wm. A. Cassady
Laura Newnes
Cassady
Florida
New Mexico
Panhandle
Texas
Acon County Gossip Highlights Visits and School Boom
Nan Hodson returns from La Crosse and Ellaville while Hattie Hicks visits Miss Minnie Walters on the way home from Buena Vista. The town hosts masquerade and phantom parties, notes a telegraph boom, growing school, and local leaders. Prof Derrick guides the booming school with Rex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coxeruonrs
Nan Hodson
la Crosee
Ellaville
Hattie Hicks
Minnie Walters
Buena Vista
Folka
Keen
W. C. Simmons
Harper Black
Exsy
Fiest
Bank Sud
Wonderful Cures A Georgia Drug Firm Praises Potent Remedies
Wonderful Cures by Dr Kings New Discovery Electric Bitters and Bucklen Arnica Salve are extolled by W D Hays Co Rome GA as delivering many cures over two years. They claim several pronounced consumption cases in this city were fully cured with a few bottles of Dr Kings New Discovery used with Electric Bitters and guarantee them. Sold by E J Eldridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Hays & Co
Rome
Dr King
Bucklen
Mr. King
E. J. Eldridge
Georgia Market Movements And Seasonal Agricultural Hopes
In Athens a movement for high license and sale by the quart gains traction while two new Athens families add forty three residents to the town. Brooks county reports about 500 head moved—mules horses and Texas ponies—this season. Railroad conductor William Reagan resigns and sells a Birmingham lot for 50000 dollars, having bought it in 1874 for 1600. A bale claimed as fires of the year arrives in athern after being picked ginned and sold since January 1. Quitman Free Press notes melon planting will rise by about one third with crops favored by the Kolb Gem and the Georgia Rattlesnake, signaling an early market glut if conditions stay favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Brooks County
Quitman Free Press
Smuggled Diamonds Behind a Shipboard Box Tale
A city ship chandler recounts helping a smuggler amid a doomed voyage. The American bark bound for Savannah carried a box believed to contain a corpse but held silks and possibly diamonds. Dutch Mike and Tony plot to hide the loot while crew fear the box portends disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Savannah
Dublin
Mike
Tony
Bermuda
Bermudas
Mutiny and Smuggled Diamonds Aboard a Dying Bark
Aboard a sinking vessel the captain fights mutiny as Tony and Mike clash over a box said to contain diamonds. The captain, diligent to keep the treasure, uses a pistol and stiletto to control mutineers while the crew aim for land. A Bermuda port finishes the voyage with the smuggling plot unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian Wks
Tain
Mike
Tony
Alster
Ecantain
Dill
Ony
Mil
Lek
Istol
la Bermuda
Tha Co
New York
America
Pap
Preserving Young Oysters by United Government Studies
Extensive oyster experiments are described by the United government with a focus on improved methods. The report notes ongoing trials and heightened attention to techniques aimed at preserving young oysters and enhancing survival rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Government
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Sumter County
Dr. King
Lange
Dawson Doings
Acon County
Derrick
Myrtle Tinsley
Blakely
Julia
Annie Kaigler
Nan Prater
Annie Smith
Slontezuma
Nan Audson
jEd. Gaines
Chatham
Buuwerlin House
Major Willis
Newnan
W. H. Willis
J. C. Mathews
Lanss Nan Hudson
M, BE
G. W. Nelson
Macon
Rex
Georgia News
William Reagan
East Tennessee, Virginian and Georgia Railroad
Als
Athern
Sylvan
Vale of Death
Detroit Free Press
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