Ward Station to be renamed Shellman and others in region
Reports from Georgia towns describe Ward Station to gain a new name Shellman in honor of a conductor on the Southwestern road. Albany confirms a cotton season with a 15,000 pound wool sale and top price of 203 cents. Other notes include court move talks in Berrien, a doctors union drug store plan in Valdosta, and mills closing in Troup County with workers seeking other jobs.
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Ward
Albany
Thomasville
Troup
LaGrange
Abe Blocker
Calhoun County
Gladden
John Sessions
Harry Bradley
L. C. Durham
Chickasawbatebee
End to Bone Scraping, Edward Shepherd's Cure Story
Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg testifies to Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Arnica Salve healing a leg after eight years of a running sore. He avoided bone scraping or amputation using three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Arnica Salve. Prices: fifty cents per bottle and twenty five cents per box.
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Edward Shepherd
Harrisburg
Fil
Bucklen
Ffty Conta
E. J. Eldridge
Dawson Notes on July Festivities and Local News
Dawson July notes describe a quiet Independence Day with a federal salute, crop optimism, and social updates. Obituaries mark the deaths of Smith Davenport Harriet Parrott Moses Baldwin Sr. and William Simpson. Local moves include trusteeship elections, educational appointments, and ongoing building activity in Dawson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson
J. al Fulton
W. K. Pilsbury
Rain improves crop outlook and community notes in Schley County
A fine rain last night boosts corn yield prospects while cotton begins shedding fruit. Community gloom from Mr. Beckwith's death lingers as condolences pour in. Visitors include Miss Mary Lee Boynton and Miss Lizzie Steele returning with Miss Sasia Berry from Wesleyan. Gov. Sid Boyton of Macon promotes life insurance with New York Life. Local social updates feature Miss Nena Williams and Luis Murphy visiting Buena Vista, plus Lizzie Blappey visiting Sallie Cheney. A Friday bank event and local amusements are noted. Worm-induced convulsions warning promotes Shriner's Indian Vermifuge at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Extavitts
Beckwith
Missea
Mary Lee Boynton
Lizzie Steele
Macon
Sasia Berry
Wesleyan
Nena Williams
Luis Murphy
Buena Vista
Sid Boyton
New York Life
Mixa Lizzie Blappey
Andersonville
Mise Sallie Cheney
Tuera
Eas
Ee Drag
Community Notes From Magnolia Springsնամ
Magnolia Springs notes record visits among locals including Mr. B Glass and family in Bronwood, Miss Anna Wilson and Sallie Powell from Pineville, and J O Jernigan from White Plains recovering from illness. A wedding unites Jas E Stewart and Della Brannan with Rev T H Stewart officiating. Attendees describe Fourth of July picnicking and local socializing, with casual comments on weather, crops, and a humorous tale about racial stereotyping during the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maogoura Spanos
8. B. Glass
Bronwood
B. Glass
Messrs. E. B. Stewart
J. E. Derrick
W. B. Johnson
J. B. Powell
Pineville
Stewart
Ville
Anna Wilson
Sallie Powell
Anny
O. Jernigan
White Plains
Jas. E. Stewart
Della Brannan
T. H. Stewart
Leva Harper
Dawson
M. L. Hudson
D. D. Harper
Chickasawhatehee
Ola Todd
G. A. Harper
A. B. Clark
McAfee
Smithville
Emmett Reese
Drantville
Ida
Callie Clark
Ida, Littlejohn
Americus
Glass
Jessie Peacock
Ellaville
Lon Chappell
Clay Shropshire
Stewart County recollections mix farm life and odd finds
Stewart County notes report farmers near the end of the grass as doves persist, peaches look to underperform, and a punctual laborer earns praise. A rattlesnake, apple tree yields, a burglary suspect jailed from 1879, and a major railroad trestle project with 480 feet span are described, along with curious ore-like nodules in a deep trench rock layer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumpkin
Stewart County
Perkins Brothers
Mabel
J. J. Brooks
Alabama
Bawgers Mill
Kinchafoones Creek
Penguin
Memorial Resolutions and Obituary Notice
A magnolia community notes memorials for Smith Davenport and John Frank Adams. Resolutions praise Davenport as a valued citizen and Sunday School leader, with prayers for his bereaved family. An obituary recalls baby John Frank Adams, age four months, comforting parents with Christian reflections on heaven and loss.
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Magnolia Mt
Smith Davenport
Ras
Sumter
Frien
T. H. Brewant
J.B. Pow
Cammin Wisk
John Frank
Nellie F. Adams
Jane
Johnnie Frank
Land of
Song
Johnnie
Littl
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Georgia News
Busha Vista
Lampkin
Lumpkin Hotel
Jno
Y. Daniel
Atlanta
Working World
Clayton County
Emanuel McGlann
Marion County
H. W. Speer
Athens
Mas ‘Ter
East Ten Measée
Virginia
Georgia
Oconee County
DuPont
Capt. DuPont
Paul M. Atkinson
Madison
Carteraville Courant
J.T. N. Hancock
Franklin County
Milledgeville
John
Herod
Morgan
T. Y. Martin
Vienna
L. Q. C. Lamar
Lott Warren
Col. Lamar
Columbus
B. G. Garwood
Marietta
Philadelphia
England
Garwood
Augusta, Elberton and Chicago Railway
Augusta
M. J. Pollard
James B. Verdery
J. 8. Baxter
Third Street
Mulberry Street
Dawson Journal
G. W. Varwat
Ira Chambers
Mr. Chambers
Georgia Baptist Convention
George HB. McCall
M.D. Turner
Stone Mountain
McKipnon
Manaseas
Sobn T. Clarke
Terrell
Rome
Ringgold
Walton County News
T. J. Mitchell
Broken , Arrow District
Barnnum’s Museum
Anitman
Ohio
Aultman
Andér
Ironwood
Ware County
Pierce County
Ware
Pierce
Appling
Thomas Fatch
Tookwatton
Southern Enterprise
Mark Fatch
Jackson Argus
Jackson
Finley
Ellen Finley
Milliner
Argus
Quitman Free Press
Eapiror
Fars Press
P. O. Sears & Co
Chicago
Lombard
Messrs. Sears & Co
Orm
J. F. Danntcorr
Webster County
T. H. Pickett
Nannie Smith
J. M. Smith
Sear Graves
Harriet Parrott
Jno. L. Parrott
Moses H Baldwin
J. H. Guerry
J. A. Horsely
Tea A. Laing
Wm. Wooten
Gainesville
Alice Orr
P. F. Brown
A. AL. Williams
Wesley Dozier
Bovipuah
Dawnon
Wm. G. Simpson
Americs
Owen Nelson Institute
John F. Pickett
Keely
Daisey McNalty
Our City
F. College
Mattie Davis
Lillie Y. Jones
Messrs. Hatcher Brothers
G. W. Farrar
Schley County
Shriner
Magnolia Springs
Deans
Bijsa
Jonse
Grocers
Pete Pollott
Fred
Mamaja
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