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Strange Bird, Tours, and Labor Talk Amid Dawson News
In Dawson on May 9 the community gathered at the Baptist church for a morning program of prayers songs and speeches then paraded to Dr Cheatham's grove for a large social event with lemonade a long dinner and lively games. Local farmers critique Black labor call for white immigration and land access while anticipation builds for a forthcoming tournament with street parades engines and riders. A strange bird in Mrs Riordan's garden prompts notes on wildlife as other items report cotton sales delegates to Atlanta Birmingham visits and a sunflower blooming in Mrs Simmons yard.
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Methodist School
Tom McCrae
Church Street
Main Street
Fulton Street
M.S. Kieth
Life
W. FE. Riordan
Clara Ruggles
W. E. Riordan
L. A. Lowrey
Col
J. M. Griggs
J. W. F. Lowrey
Atlanta
W. C. Dodwell
Birmingham
Calhoun County
R. F. Simmons
Jaf