RAINY SPLASHES NEAR PRESTON SEEN IN WEBS TER COUNTY
Preston Georgia July 20 reported a rare localized downpour four miles above the town at the head of Samps Bell’s will pond. The rain flooded Kinckafoonee creek and damaged bottom crops while Preston itself had no rain. Local farming notes praise Mr. Jim Shepherd’s plantation and describe harassment of Superior Court clerk George E Thornton, who was playfully chased after being punched by an anonymous assailant.
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Preston
Samps Bell
Beli
Jim Shepherd
Superior Court
George E. Thornton
George
Webster
Cao
Bumter
D. B. Harrell
W.H. Mercer
Hardmoney
Sed
Americas Colored Brass Band
Americus
Lumpkin
J. R. Kidd
Kidd
York Tribune
New Jersey
G. 8. Palmer
Reade St
Tribune
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Maryland
Southern
New York
Philadelphia
North River
Jacksonville
Kolb
Alabama
Middle States
New England
South Carolinas
Georgi sTudy Gazetteer
Ihy
Ravannah
Geo
Addrons
A. R. Sholes
Savannah
Cotton prospects and taxing trials across the South
From Hatcher Station Georgia July 20 1886 reports show open weather improving cotton prospects though excess rain and caterpillar pests threaten yields. Local fields near Monticello and nearby towns produce potential bales per acre and a record corn crop. legal cases include a school contract dispute in Lith. Bee swarms threaten church steeples in Illinois while Georgia Florida melon markets surge with Kolb Gem and other varieties. A Montana postmaster was killed after a showdown with a cowboy admirer of the new postmistress.
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Hatonsa Station
W. J. Jordan
W. M. Dozier
J. J. Oastellow
W. J.c.harrell
Mr. Castellow
Justice Court
nLith
A. Hill
A. Ballicom
Cols. Lee
Harrison
County Sunday School Association
Monticello School House
Quirman
Hudnuts and the press workers who shape New York papers
The article delves into Hudnut’s drug store on Ann Street and Broadway as a nightly gathering spot for the laboring press. It portrays the managing editor as the most taxed newsroom figure, juggling orders, proofs, and diverse visitors from police courts to politicians, under constant scrutiny. It highlights journalists’ demanding work, the editor’s responsibilities, and the craft of shaping daily publications.
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Herald
Ann Street
Broadway
United States
Hudnut’s
Hudnut
New York
Hudnut's
Leander Richardson
Boston Herald
I Consider It My July to Impart Some Valueless Information
A conductor of the Georgia Central railroad describes a rheumatism cure with B. B. B. He claims the medicine cured him and his wife after several bottles. He praises the remedy and names agents and doctors in Atlanta and Macon.
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Georgia Central Railroad
Sorhort
Thia
RB. Schmidt
R. R. Atlanta
Macon
Remarkable Cure and Colorful Railroad Wedding Tale
A doctor from Jacksonville cites B B B as a cure for rheumatism with rapid relief in a bedridden patient. Also recounted is a Grenada Mississippi hotel wedding witnessed by white guests where a minister jokes about marriage and fines, ending with the couple getting hitched despite social tensions.
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Samael
Ludimia
Detroit
Banda
Samuel
Jackson
Lucinda
Avick
Nort
Sigholone
de Lawan
Miraculous Escape by Dr King’s New Discovery
Winchester Indiana druggist W Reed reports Mrs Louisa Pike of Bartonia Randolph County long a consumptive and dying who began using Dr King’s New Discovery. In six months she walked six miles to the city and is much improved, now free of the remedy. Free trials at E J Eldridge’s Drug Store.
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W. W. Reed
Winchester
Ind
Mre
Louisa Pike
Bartonia
Randolph Co
Dr. King
E.J. Eldridge
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Hatcher Station
Mattoon
Ill
Bate
Tennessee
Whitthorn
Judge Jackson
Fort Keogh
Montana Territory
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Boston Record
Detroit Free Press
Carpathians
Peter and
Paul
Gaina
Prison Association of
Chicago Times
Europe
C.H. Montgomery
M. D
Ala
Americus, Ga
Belas
Envic State Audernnn Tins Iness and Planters? Directory
Ita
Pullman Buffet Cay
Atlanta
Fast Tenn
Shenandoah Valley
Rome
Dalton
Knosy
Bristol
Keanaxe
Shen
Washington
Ardy
Baltimore
Virginis Spri
Macony Bon
Atlantoy
Xight
Meyort
Apoa Ay
JOM Oas
Bai
Auanta
WRENN
al Passenger
Agrat
Emoxville
Tete
Lumpkin High School
J.G. Calhoun
Adams
Sreesth
Xaid
Roslt
Suarter
Etre Tery
Lert Joly
Broadfield Mill Road
Americus & Lumpkin Aioat
B. I. Mize
Runa
W. B. Guerry
W. Mi. Mask
Qoasy Poor House
Mondy
Mid Road
Ketves
Guerry
Anid
J. W. Mize
Board of Commission of Roads and Revenue of
Sumter
J. W. Wheatley
Wesleyan
Staunton, Virginia
Goa
Adi
Elam, Elam & Willet
Namie
Joly
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