Local option bill seen stalled as tax gains rise
Macon Telegraph notes a Baltimore representative in Atlanta pushing the paper’s interests while reporting a projected $480,000 uptick in tax returns across fifty counties could lift the state by about a million dollars. The local option bill appears likely to fail in a conference between Senate and House, with concern the measure may move too fast and outpace progress.
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Macon
Atlanta
C. B. Niles
T. Farlow
Comptroller General's Office
Senate
House
Aeorgis
Morison Residence Call At Peoria Disputed
The Macon Telegraph wrongly locates Hon. W R Morrison at Peoria Illinois to attacking the Peoria postmaster. Morrison actually lives at Waterloo Iowa and had no role in the appointment. the paper opposes a bounty tariff and repeats a Republican source to misstate his residence.
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Macon
W. R. Morrison
Peoria
Ill
Mar. Morrison
Morrison
Waterloo
Telegraph
Railway Magic and the Railway Competition Tale
A nostalgic sketch recalls Benj F Taylor’s Railway Magic with a view from a train car. The piece notes a dramatic shortcut by a rival line reducing Macon to Atlanta distance by eleven miles. It concludes that trade laws and competition can be more effective than official actions.
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Benj. F. Taylor
Chicago Journal, Fm
Barnesville
Macon
Atby
Georgia
Railroad Commission
Atlanta
Central
City surface wells blamed for disease in 19th century debate
The piece argues surface wells in cities spread disease and urges caution in using such water. It cites studies of Brooklyn and Baltimore wells, warnings of typhoid outbreaks, and notes that clear water can be hazardous. It also touches on silver specie payments and Indiana limestone for capitol construction.
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Science
Brooklyn
N. Y
Baltimore
T. C. Crawford
The
New York World
Long Branch
Congress
Regional Linguistic Note on Fire as a Dog Breed Term
A letter argues that fire is not in lexicons and is a Southern term for a small watchdog breed. It claims the word spreads to the Northwest via settlers from Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee and is used there as widely as in the South.
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South
Northwest
Langtry Sees Season’s Biggest Free Ad Still Open
The note hints at a grand free advertisement for Mrs. Langtry this season and mentions Sir George Chetwyl’s attack on Lord Lonsdale as a business matter, suggesting rivalry and strategic maneuvering in high society.
Siva News and Judge Dooly anecdotes in Georgia period voice
Greene County figures figure in old state senate history with a doorkeeping joke and horse tavern wit. Judge Dooly is teased over gentility as the tale moves to a landlord dinner with a roasted pig scene. Dr. Eldridge advertises King s New Discovery and a Columbus rail line subscription shows strong local financing for the Georgia Midland railroad.
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Siva News
Ge Cone
Greene County
Myers
Senate
Noir
Dooly
Augusta
Warren County Court
Ove Mprolig Ss
Judge Dooly
Pig
Sheriff
E. J. Eldridge
Dr. King
Columbus
Georgia Midland Railroad
Swift's Specific credited with cancer recovery and odd eating feats
A testimonial from Mrs Jane Clemens of Atlanta in 1885 credits Swift's Specific with curing cancer of the breast after years of illness and bedridden weakness. The letter includes a claim of improved health and gratitude, plus an offer of a medical treatise. A second anecdote mentions a Burkhalter well digger who ate a dozen eggs and ten pounds of food with buttermilk for dinner, and a local field band that can eat 22 biscuits per meal.
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Atlants
Swift
Jane Clemens
Atlanta
Tus
Swift Specific Co
Indian Spring
Burkhalter
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