Local Mail Departure Schedule and Railroad Timetable
Local schedule shows mail departures west and south at 11 30 am and east and north at 3 00 pm. Northbound mail closes 8 20 pm for Buena Vista and Ella with daily noon service except Sunday. Lampkin, Preston and Bottaford depart at 1 00 pm on Mon Wed Fri. Henini Dranesville and Church daily except Sunday operate mornings. Hudson Fridays at 6 00 am and Lamar Tuesdays. Schedule to continue until railroad changes. W A Bracs P M notes timetable under local schedule.
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Buena Vista
Ella
Lampkin
Preston and Bottaford
Henini Dranesville
Church Y
Am Bhin
Marriage at the bride’s residence in Albany
Notices report the wedding of Gronark Woon to Sautin Grover at the bride’s mother's home with Rev J L Vass officiating. Dispatches mention local political moves, a lieutenant appointment for the Seventh Georgia Battalion, local business changes, a bird hunt near Byron yielding 502 birds, and speeches by Hon C F Crisp. Also notes Hawkes’s renomination bid, Rylander Academy leadership by Prof W H Allen.
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Fed Grover
Gronark Woon
Sautin Grover
J. L. Vass
McDaniel
Georgia
Albany Guards
Americus Light Infantry
Montezuma Guards
C. F. Crisp
United States Congress
Americas
Crisp
Christian Index
Rylander Academy
Thiat
W. H. Allen
Allen
Clark
Albany
Americus Rail Road Venture Wins Subscriptions
In a time of bank panic and scarce money the counties Sumter Webster and Stewart mobilized to secure around $90,000 in subscriptions to finance a railroad from Americus via Preston to Lumpkin. Americus raised $40,000 at a meeting, and directors plan to locate the line, secure rights of way, and award construction contracts, with work likely to begin by September. The project promises faster regional connections, a growing Americus trade base, and strengthened ties with surrounding counties, signaling a new era of enterprise. Rev J J Vans, newly elected pastor of the Americus Baptist church, is welcomed, noted for his leadership in church growth and fundraising for a new brick edifice. The paper also reports a baseball doubleheader with Americus, Oglethorpe, Montezuma, and Montezuma Artesians, including flowers presented to visiting players and playful record-tracking of results.
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Americus
Preston
Lumpkin
New York
Sumter
Webster
Stewart
Americas
Buena Vista
Webster and
Georgia
J. J. Vans
Americus Baptist Church
Spartanburg
8. C
Vass
Amesices Council Meeting Minutes July 21 1684
In Amesices Georgia on July 21 1684 present Mayor Felder aldermen Bell Cobb Hawkins Morgan and Burt with Ald Williams absent. Minutes read and confirmed. Committee on Mitchall mill dam extension reported against it. Cemetery committee reported fence work completed and ready for paint and recommended immediate painting. Report received. committee asked to obtain estimates for painting and report next meeting. Street committee reported Hamp ton Street bridge in bad condition and recommended building a culvert. Referred to street committee to report next meeting. Committee to confer with Board of Health chairman. Motion to have Street Committee confer with railroad authorities to widen street at crossing by Mitchells mill. Adopted. Street Committee instructed to obtain legal advice on repairs at Mitchells mill bridges. Ald Cobb excused. Bills on hand. Sanitary matters referred to special committee with Mayor as chairman. Second quarterly report of Clerk and Treasurer read, received, and spread on minutes. Report from Flint River bridge dated July 1 with 50.15 dollars. Council adjourned.
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Amesices
Felder
Ald
Bell
Cobb
Hawkins
Morgan
Burt
Williams
Mitchall’s Mill
Hampton Street Bridge
Board of Health
Mitchell's Mill
Flint River Bridge
Two Mile Bicycle Race at Commercial City Base Ball Club
A Friday evening event features a two mile bicycle heat with five entered riders from Savannah Americus and Macon. Notable riders include Fred Tanison Bloom Brown W M Jones and John Sheffield. Also announced is a toe race for Americus fastest 100 yard dash with entrants I R Cain Nell Hawkins Tom Cobb Will Mims and others expected. Admission 25 cents.
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Commercial City Base Ball Club
Fred Tanison
Savannah
Bloom Brown
W. M. Jones
Americus
John Sheffield
John Polbill
Macon
Wheel
I. R. Cain
Nell Hawkins
Tom Cobb
Will Mims
Arthur Rylander
Will Davis
Kirty's Trou with Young Folks Library Praise
Publishers laud the story as a fine addition to the Young Folks' Library praising Miss Eastman prize narratives and urging moral guidance for girls. The Mousie Journal is described as sensational yet family friendly, with Harren's Maravink noted as vigorous and timely in American journalism.
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Kirty
Eastman
Mousixa Journal
New York
Hanren
Maravink
America
Obituary for Mrs Speer of Heard and Sumter counties
The obituary notes the death of Mrs. Speer near American on June Vth 1884 after a three week illness. Born February 7 1832 in Heard County Georgia she joined Missionary Baptist church at 18 and remained a devout member. She married A J Speer March 5 1850 and moved to Sumter County. She leaves a husband eight children and six sons two daughters. Described as kind good and gentle she faced death prepared to meet the grim messenger. She is hoped to awaken in a brighter world in the final resurrection.
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Heard County
Georgia
A. J. Bpeor
Sumter County
Missionary Baptist Church
American
Sona
Eterany
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Scott
Joe Howard
Wm. M. Hawkes
Hawkes
Our County
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Montezuma
Mamie Willis
Monteguma
Artesians
Americus Boys
Oglethorpe Boys
Herrman
Montezum
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Montezuma Young Americas
Young Americans
Gum Creek Lightfoots
Vienna
Basinko
Dr. Bosanko Medicine Co
Piqua
A.J. Hudson, Molily
Lula Coker
Atlanta
Will Hooks
Archie Harrison
BR. T. Bivins
Bedley County
K. Taylor
Alabama
Tennessee
Henry Mitchell
Port Royal
J.T. Cotney
J. N. B. Carson
Brooks Station
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May Catliff
Rosa Merriwether
L. H. Carter
A. J. Clark
Andersonville
B. J. Baldwin
Paris
Texas
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Baldwin
Lone Star State
Judson L. Hyatt
Ing
Johnson & Hatria
Montezuma Record
J. K. Prince
Cora
Ibbie
Blue Lick Springs
Kentucky
J. W. Dunbar
Griffin News
Baltimore
Avorn Cours
Bylander Academy
Moty Ier
J. A. Miller
McTyler de Miller
J. i McTyler
A. Milder
W. J. Hudson & CO
Alana St
Atlant, Ca
Birmingham, Ala
J. Waxelaum
Mammoth Dry Goods and Clothing Palace
J. Waxelbaum & Co
New York Stare
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