Friday May 1 1885 Harper's Weekly notes and Southern views
The May issue highlights Harper's Weekly in Atlanta's Kimball House view while local news reports J B Baird named Superintendent of the dead letter office. Georgia, Russia, and U.S. politics are debated with comments on Virginia appointments, cabinet policies, and party rivals.
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Harper's Weekly
Kimball House
Atlanta
J.B. Baird
Georgia
Philadelphia Times
Senate
Congress
Virginia
Mahone
Riddleberger
Georgia bond bids rejected by Governor and market outlook
The Savannah News notes the governor rejected all New York bids for Georgia state bonds, arguing the decision serves the state's best interests. It argues bonds will sell well in small lots at higher prices and that the rejection safeguards treasury needs and investor confidence. The article adds context on Georgia credit and broader market reactions.
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Savannah News
New York
Moses Taylor
Fred Wolfe
Wolfe
Treasury
Taylor
Georgia
The Slang Epidemic Debated In Cincinnati Gazette
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette warns that slang erodes maidenly dignity and social standards. It cites schoolgirls using crude phrases and urges schools to reform speech to preserve character, warning slang lowers conversation to vulgar slang and corrupt language.
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Citelnnati Commercial Gazette
Jim Dandy
Jemeny
Cracky
Jack Smith
Gosling Flight and Uncle in Albany Journal
A reminiscence from Scotland recalls a curious Sunday tale of a boy visiting his uncle, a gosling hooked from a window, a planned punishment, and a mysterious remark about a gosling’s ascent. The piece also notes Dupont, a wealthy Louisville manufacturer, owning street railway lines and coal investments.
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Mal. Haggerty
Albany Journal
Scotland
Jimmie
Edinburgh
Gosling
Dupont
Louinville
Kentucky
Alabama
Postmaster Appointments Vary in April Rush
The Postmaster General appointed 600 postmasters to fourth class offices in April. The peak day saw 133 appointments on April 27. Most appointments filled vacancies rather than new offices.
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Vilas
California geologist visits Georgia gold fields tour
The state geologist of California visits the gold fields near High Shoals in Georgia. A party reports activities around a well with no signs of water yet as they survey the area for mineral resources.
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California
Noth
Georgia
Forty Years in One Doctor Manifold Life Experiment
A Philadelphia article profiles Dr. John T. Britton a late aging physician of striking appearance who descends into an ozone experiment in 1882 to test life extension. Six months in sealed ozone atmosphere ages him rapidly, leaves him wrinkled with gray hair and impaired sight, then drives a rapid late-life clamor into stock speculation.
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Philadelphia
Britton
Julius Edmund Dotsch
Huntton
Uurvey
Ele
Ritten
Nature
Chan
West
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Americus
Sumter County
Wiliia Organ
Webster County
Russia
Hannibal and St. Joseph
McClure
War Department
Washington
Jamaica
Atlantic
Gulf Coasts
Capt. Kidd
Warwick Neck
Rhode Island
Illinois
Bragg G. Comer
Barbour County
Mr. Come
New Orleans
Exposition Grounds
Greenville
Senator Morgan
South
Hay
Union
Adinistration
Commissioner of Pensions
Attorney General
Grant
Grant & Ward
Warss Evemy Glish ‘Thaw
A Gosling
Bankupty
R. Shay
THE
Victoria
John R. Shaw
Forsyth Street
Americus, Georgia
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