Dawson Mite Society festival lights up Dawson Armory
Dawson Ga Feb 28 Last Friday night the Mite Society held a festival in the Dawson Guard Armory to raise funds for repairing the Methodist Parsonage. A lavish supper and decorated tables drew praise from Judge Clarke Col J H Guerry and visitors. Net proceeds reached 115.90, with cakes at 10 cents a vote. Several locals and visitors attended, including Miss Mine McLester Miss Mollie Edwards and Hon John E Harrell. J A Farrow notes the lively scene and community support in this era.
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J. A. Farrow
Dawson
Dawson, Ga
Mite Society
Dawson Guard
Atring Band
Prof. Ware
Hebben
L. C. Hoyle
Mary Speight Baldwin
J. A. Parks
W. R. Baldwin
John T. Clarke
Cuthbert
W. H. Allen
Americus
J. H. Guerry
Mine McLester
City
EB. G. Brown
Grogan Shankle
Harmony Grove
Our College
Mollie Edwards
Smithville
J. A. Miers
Mollie Sharp
J. A. Keniday
Annie Sharp
Roberta Little
Tatnall County
John E. Harrell
Bainbridge
Claude Farrar
Atlanta
Dawson J. A. F
Oglethorpe Notes and Social Gleanings
Mrs J Lee and S M McCrory visit relatives in Ellaville this week. Miss Nan Prater of Montervuma, Jennia Feagan of Americus, Lena Feagan of Anderson visit Miss Nan Hudson. Sheriff W B Gilmore returns from Atlanta improved. Walter Simmons and Cal Mathis, the invincibles, appeared in justice court Saturday. River near bank high. railroad bridge cautious passage. New desks for Oglethorpe High School installed under Prof Derrick. A select party trips to Anderson to visit cemetery. Musical by Mrs A J Harvey and performances by Miss Onarley Mulky Ada Gaines and others. Correspondent questioned about omitting Oglethorpe dots. Miss Fannie Ward hosted social for visiting Feagans. Some farming begun, corn planted, guano ready. Robbery of J W Johnson store previously reported.
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Anderson
A. J. Harvey
Onarley Mulky
Ada Gaines
Oglethorpe
Fannie Ward
Feagan
J. W. Johnson
Putnam Weather Boosts Plans and Planting Delays
From Putnam March 1 1887 readers note booming weather over the weekend with high winds and a cold snap threatening peach blossoms. Farmers talk of catching up on work, preparing fences, and anticipating beans and tomatoes while Rev C D Adams preached at Hopewell church.
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Putnam
Birmingham
Florida
Georgia
C. D. Adams
Hopewell Church
Jonesboro Hopes For New Cotton Factory Amid Foreclosure
Foreclosure on a Sparta factory mortgage led to moving machinery to Jonesboro for operation. J B Boone, Hall County treasurer, owns a gourd said to be 200 years old, a heirloom across generations in the Boone family.
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Jonesboro
Sparta
J.B. Boone
Hall County
Boone
Mad dog terror haunts Webster county as boy is bitten
Yesterday a boy was bitten by a mad dog that escaped from Dave Myers’s farm. The dog attacked arm, thigh and fingers and tore at a bat saving the boy's escape. Owners neglected to kill the rabid dog after bites. Local notices mention railroad hopes, land for sale near Richland and Preston, a sick town resident, and a Quaker meeting at Preston.
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Wensten County
Jim Sanders
Schol
Dave Myers
Thea
Richland
Preston
Weston
Sandy Road
D. W. Nicholson
Beulah McMath
Luse Swallings
Joshua Ball
Friend Ball
Penn
George Cole
Webster
Kyle
A. C. Bell
Walter Brown
Americus
Miraculous Escape Story From a Wincheater Drugstore
W. W. Reed of Win cheater Ind reports Mia Louiza Pike of Bar conia Randolph Co Ind, long treated for Consumption, used Dr King s New Discovery after physicians gave up. In six months she walked six miles to the city and now is much improved and off the remedy. Free trial bottles at BE J Eldridge s Drug Store.
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W. W. Reed
Wincheater
Ind
Mia
Barconia
Randolph Co
Dr. King
BE. J. Eldridge
Advertised Letters in Americus Post Office 1887
The following complete list of unclaimed letters in the Americus Georgia post office will be sent to the Dead Letter Office if not called for within thirty days. Names include Jerry Carter Pat Campbell W Clarke Ann Chapman Dave Davis J W Driver Parnie Durham Sam Green Miss C C Gilbert Stephen Holt Tildie Hinson William Johnson Irena Jackson M L Jackson J B McMath Mollie Peters Amanda Owens Eliza Simson T Simmons Sarah Tarner Jonah Tame E H Taiaferro Lew Tharp Lula Wallace Allies Williams Cressie Walker Renzy Americus Ga February 27 1887.
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State of Georgia
Sumter County
Americus
Jerry Carter
Pat Campbell
W. Clarke
Ann Chapman
Dave Davis
J. W. Driver
Parnie Durham
G—Sam Green
Misa
C. C. Gilbert
Stephen Holt
Tildie Hinson
J—William Johnson
March Warnar
Lula Wallace
Allies Williams
Cressie Walker
A.P. L. riles Richland county road appeals boost
From Richland March 1 1887 news scarce. A committee is canvassing to raise funds for the Columbus R R or the A P L line. Residents foresee a cotton market and Columbia access, with the line’s center position boosting commerce. School growth, measles decline, and prosperous farming mark the week as locals note old and new additions. Conductor Mathews and several colored workers run the railroad project with efficiency.
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Ricupano
Vasa
Columbus 8
R. R
Columbia
Columbus Southern
Mathews
Cutton
Juin Ball
Qasker
Asx
Dave Green
Mejor Myer
The Phelps Boy Who Saved a Farm Through Industry
A New York farmer’s son, seventeen, widowed mother, and an $1800 mortgage illustrate how one determined youth can transform a small 90 acre farm. He plowed, sowed, reaped, ran cattle and a milk business, painted and rebuilt, taught a country school, sold wood, wrote for papers, read Chau Tauquan, and kept the farm debt free while saving for 20 more acres. The piece urges similar thrift and diligence among Southern boys to redeem farms and themselves.
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Phelps
New York
South
Macon Forms $300 Monthly Fund to Advertise City Resources
Macon has raised a subscription fund of $300 per month to advertise the resources and offerings of the city, aiming to boost visibility and attract investment. Local officials plan regular campaigns highlighting utilities, services, and economic opportunities.
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Macon
How to Grow Grapes in the South A Friendly Home Guide
The article argues many can grow bunch grapes on small plots with simple care. It lists varieties like Concord and Delaware, notes white types such as Lally Martha and Perkins, and gives practical planting tips. It emphasizes low cost, easy maintenance, and comfort from fresh grapes, plus methods for staking or wire training and soil amendments.
Bodies Found In Dakota Cave Near St Paul
William Allen of Buffalo Gap Dakota discovered a cave on a mountain side harboring five bodies, a man, a woman and three children, in a state akin to mummies. The cave showed digging marks. bodies remained largely intact except for hair loss. Theories point to prolonged entrapment and lava sealing the cave.
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Dakota
St. Paul
William Allen
Buffalo Gap
Dak
Allen
Ness
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