Georgia Day at the Expo and Northern immigration
The Sumter County Agricultural Society forms an immigration bureau to publish information about Georgia to attract Northern settlers. Letters from Des Moines Pleasant View and Watseka show demand for Georgia climate soil and opportunities. Georgia Day at the World’s Expo on March 24 will feature Governor McDaniel and Georgia delegates with reduced rail rates offered for travel from Georgia.
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New Orleans
Cleveland's Washington inauguration image praised by NYT
The New York Times says President Cleveland, largely unknown to the crowd, made a marked and favorable impression in Washington yesterday. His self command, dignified bearing, and strong address boosted confidence among observers across classes.
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Memphis Man Seeks Noise Answer With Carpenters Or Marriage
A Memphis resident who supposedly cannot endure silence ponders hiring two colored carpenters to shingle his house or alternatively getting married as a remedy for his ears and sanity.
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Cleveland Inaugurated President From Buffalo City
The Hon Grover Cleveland of Buffalo was inaugurated President of the United States as the twenty fifth chief executive. The article recalls his early mayoralty bid, the Muldoon led convention, his veto of the street cleaning contract, and his habit of writing and memorizing speeches. It also notes a March 9 dispatch from Danville about J C Black being named pensions commissioner and the wide congratulations from citizens and lawmakers.
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Itts
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Neal
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Lewis F. Allen
Omer
Rogers, Bowen & Rogers
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President Cleveland Kissing the Bible Incident
A Baltimore observer notes the Cleveland kiss at the ceremony was unplanned, the President touching six verses from Psalm 112 with his lips. The verses describe the righteous, God’s protection, and the wicked’s fate, reflecting a symbolic moment rather than a fixed arrangement.
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Horrific lynching and arson near Lumpkin
Dispatch from Columbus, Georgia reports a brutal racial clash near Lumpkin, Stewart County. A Birmingham, Alabama group accused of stealing a pocketbook was beaten, tied, and burned in a log hut, with leaders escaping. several Negroes from Birmingham employed on the Americus and Lumpkin railroad are involved. The scene yielded charred remains and no arrests yet. The piece also oddly shifts to a note about inaugural balls tied to Washington’s era, citing a 1793 Philadelphia card for a Dancing Assembly inaugural ball by the Senate and House.
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Birmingham
Portraits of Cleveland and Cabinet Nominees
An elaborately detailed profile outlines Grover Cleveland's ascent from sheriff to president, alongside brief biographical sketches of Thomas Hendricks, Thomas Bayard, Daniel Manning, Endicott, and Whitney. The piece emphasizes lineage, education, and early career, framing their qualifications and roles in the new administration.
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