Weekly Recorder seeks reporters in Southwest Georgia towns
Special notice seeks to perfect correspondence of the weekly Recorder until every town village and post office within seventy five miles is represented by a Receiver contact. Readers urged to write with neighborhood news including Leesburg Smithville Cuthbert Plains of Dura Buena Vista LaCrosse Schley Tazewell Dranesville Montezuma Vienna Andersonville Cobb De Soto Huntington Chokee Lamar Job and Wilcox county offices east of the Ocmulgee river. H C Storgy publisher receiver Americus Ga invites capable contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesburg
Smithville
Cuthbert
Plains of Dura
Buena Vista
LaCrosse
Schley
Tazewell
Dranesville
Montezuma
Vienna
Andersonville
Cobb
DeSoto
Huntington
Chokee
Lamar
Job
Wilcox County
Ocmulgee River
Third
H.C. Storgy
Pub. Recenver
Americus
Quiet court week in Lee County with local notes
From Lexiscra March 19 Our town reports a calm Superior Court week with visitors and smooth proceedings. Locals discuss stock law repeal efforts affecting cattle and hogs, while Leesburg praises Prof J R Cain at the school. Updates on Minnie Tiner’s recovery, Mr Watkins’s jail dislocation, artesian well hopes, and visiting residents Mrs Tiner, W N Varnon, J P Calloway, Lucia Tiwon, and Rev I W Waddell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexiscra
Superior Court
Lee County
Leesburg
J. R. Cain
Tiner
Minnie
Wm. Watkins
Watkins
McDonald
Duncan
W. N. Varnon
Calera
Ala
J. P. Calloway
Loram
Lucia Tiwon
Schley County
I. W. Waddell
Albany
Presbyterian Church
Putnam Hears Of Cucumber Health And Guano Trade
The Putnam column notes the annual cucumber season and jokes about health checks. It reports Alliance No. 7 ordering Geo W Scott & Co guano, 35 tons delivered with a second shipment arriving later. Farmers meet the guano train, and most deliveries arrive within an hour. The piece also mentions a local death, social events, school visits, and regional notes on statehood and Idaho Arizona Indian Territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam
William's
Alliance No. 7
Geo. W. Scott & Co
Develo
Wily Hart
Ebenezer
H. G. Daniel
Schley County
Wigginsville
Marion
Schley
W. B. Merritt
Ellaville
Wheeler Williams
Virginia
Dr. Smith
Women's Missionary Society
California Gossip and Local Notes from Wesster County
March reports from Wesster County detail village charm and community updates. Prof J C Layfield visits for bird hunting, Rev James A Bowers preaches in Shiloh Baptist, old acquaintances spotted in Church Hill, and the Board of Education names Rev J A Griffin as County School Commissioner. Peyton E Bell attends Southwest Georgia Agricultural College in Cuthbert. New resident J P Cowen of Birmingham moves in, with welcomes extended as local life moves forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesster County
J. C. Layfield
Enterprise
Sand Hill
Marion County
James A. Bowers
Fordice
Ark
Shiloh Baptist Church
Arkansaw
Church Hill
Gee, Bowers
Peyton E. Bell
Southwest Georgia Agricultural College
Cuthbert
A. J. Clarke
Birmingham
Ala
Parejorves
Blows County
Elliott
Dawson Doings Note on Widows and Local Happenings
Notices from Dawson recount the publisher’s agent, local marriage, officials, fire alarm and burned stables, a target shoot among the Dawson Guards with prizes, immigration agent appointment, and social visits. plus farm news, church meetings, and a blizzard forecast as JAF signs off.
Going to Church in Texas
A Texas frontier visit recounts a group from Ver. Co. attending a village church near the Rio Grande. They joined in singing, heard a strong sermon on 1 Corinthians 15, and were invited to Sabbath school at 3:30 p.m. The experience surprised locals who assumed frontier residents lacked literacy and churchgoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Val Verde Co
Texas
Mar
Rio Grande
Wne
Bill Aaron
Aaron
R. BF
Northwest snowbound as blizzard grips the region
The Northwest, once mocking the Northeast for its snowstorm, endures a fierce blizzard this Tuesday bringing biting cold and heavy snowfall to the area. The harsh weather shifts from taunts to shared freezing conditions across communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Northeast
Local Notes from Enterprise and Richland
March report from Enterprise, Webster County detailing weather, forest fires, corn and grain planting progress, and a thriving Farmers' Alliance chapter. Social mentions include Maj Meyer as a recipient in a humorous orange blossoms note, High School enrollment, Mrs. Kezia Blakey’s illness, and local hospitality. The column ends with a weather and health discussion tied to New York City deaths from respiratory disease and advice for Northern visitors returning north too early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster County
King Cotton
Americus
Richland
Maj. Meyer
Hmit
Messrs. Inc
Whit Cantrell
Enterprise High School
Kezia Blakey
N. C. Alston, Jr
Will Gufford
Nashville, Tenn
W. W. Cantrell
Willis
Cap
New York Herald
New York
Brooklyn
The
Herald
Brunswick Journal
Oglethorpe News: Storm Misses Crises and Local Happenings
In Oglethorpe on March 21 a predicted storm passed with lightning and rain but no crisis. Reports note C W Walters pursuing a perpetual motion model with confidence and ingenuity. The county mourns Moody Barfield who died suddenly in his home at about sixty. A 16 year old boy lost part of his left hand when a shotgun exploded while aiming at birds. doctors amputated above the wrist. A N Johnson, once of the area, visited and had a watch stolen during a drinking session, with no clue yet. Threats were made toward the suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Fulton
Recorder
Dawson
Jeems
Abel Johnson
Americas Republican
Columbus and
Albany
Columbus Southern
Chickasa Whatchee
Hood
Thin City
Republican
Columbus
J. G. Parks
Dawson Guards
J. H. Guerry
W B. Cheatham
L. D. Hatcher
J. W. Brown
W. L. Glessner
R. F. Simmons
Terrell County
Anna Callaway
Charille Tooke
Bell
Cato Lewis
Americus
McClintock
Cato
OnLer HoRre
C. W. Walters
Walters
Moody Barfield
Mr. Barfield
John Ellis
Advertised Letters in Sumter Georgia 1558 List
Complete list of unclaimed letters remaining in the Americas Post Office for Sumter County Georgia. Items will be forwarded to the Dead Letter Office if not claimed within thirty days. Advertised letters named include Charley Bleakner Georgia Bowell Larra Brousant Frank Brangar Blashmond Mathe Carter and many others. Americus Ga March 21 1558.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Georgia
Sumter County
Americas Post Office
Charley Bleakner
Georgia Bowell
Larra Brousant
Frank Brangar
Charley Blashmond
Mathe Carter
W. J. Carlisle
Sam R. Carter
C. H. Cox
Mra
Neal Cun
J. H.culerman
D—Joseph Dorsey
Gusa Deen
J. L. Dixon
Annie R. Ellis
Lizsabeth Emly
Lethy Everet
L. G. Ford
John French
G—Arney Gordon
H-Miss Harris
Col
Julius Hayal
C. F. Huusoh
Isreal
J—Bob Johnson
John B. Josey
Joseaheam Johnson
Jack Johnson
Jarvis
Fibble Johnson
Jacks Jones
Amanda Kendrick
Sam Lawson
Fener Mercendan
McCree
Jon McNear
Mina Fanny Mine
Mr. Morgan
Mies
Annie Murphy
N—I. B. Newcommitt
Ellen Phillips
A. B. Porter
Gee—Sweet Romsey
Jam Rylander
Fancs Staian
J. L. Smith
Albans Shubonley
Smith
Sarah Tooke
Seatt Warren
Lala Webb
Vers Williams
Susan Willet
Misa
Alice Wilson
Alice Willams
J.C. Ronny
P. M. Americus
Blizzard halts rail and telegraph across Europe and Asia
The blizzard that trapped northern residents and froze railway and telegraph lines disrupted Europe. The piece questions whether Sunny South is the sole habitable region. Georgia's Mr. John P. King of Anges, a prominent citizen, died this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
John P. King
Anges
Georgia
Eltisens
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Ounr
Minnesota
Wyoming
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Union
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Bob Jones
Messrs
Ben Shivers
Tom Simmons
Squire Foreman
Geo. W. Wooten
Gongalea
Mattie Saunders
Z. F. Saunders
Weston
Saunders
Lee Street
Methodiste Church
Johnson
J R. Williams
J. R. Py
Dea
Clarence
Oglethorpe
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