Immigration in the South the route for settlers
Augusta Chronicle urges Georgia and neighboring states to welcome emigrants, arguing for a constitutional bureau of immigration and state action to attract farmers from Ireland Germany and New England. The piece contrasts South potential with a West seen as overadvertised, urging law abiding workers to settle and develop regional resources. It cites Henry Clay and contemporary politics as context.
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Mle Augusta Chronicle
Bureau of Immigration
Castle Garden
West
South
Georgia
Augusta
South Carolina
Ireland
Germany
New England
The
Savannah News
General Assembly
Grady Sought as Democratic Vice President Candidate
A Philadelphia report surveys editorial opinions on Henry Grady as a potential Democratic vice presidential pick. Notables from The Press to The Times weigh his South allegiance versus Northern appeal and the impact on Cleveland’s ticket. Opinions vary, with praise for Grady as a strong journalist and concerns over suitability for national office.
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Cleveland
Grady
Philadelphia
Charles Emory Stith
Graly
Herald
Smith
Wa. M. Singerly
The
Record
Louis N. Megarsgee
Daily News
South
Atlanta Constitution
Mason and Dixon
New York Herald
McMicheal
North American
A.K. McClure
Times
Charles E. Warburton
John H. Taggart
Taggart
Henry W. Grady
Democratic Party
Some Pear History and a Southern View on Grafting
The piece traces pear cultivation from 1663 and notes climate limits, grafting impacts, and historic varieties. It cites Southern observations that some trees exceed fifty years in Alabama and Butler County, and that LeConte propagates by cuttings. It also mentions Miss Studebaker’s European bridal tour funded by Southern sales and the Greenville News critique.
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Mexico
France
St. Michael
William Kendrick
Bartlett, Base, Secker and Duchess
W. R. Prince
Flushing
Long Island
Mobile Register
Baldwin County
Als
Butler County
Greenville
Blaine's Southern Avent and Northern Moves
A New York World's Atlanta dispatch outlines a rumored Republican strategy to win the South by shifting focus from sectional issues. It cites visits by leaders to the North, Southern Republicans embracing a tariff agenda, and efforts to attract immigration via constitutional change in Georgia.
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Atlanta
South
Augusta
Jim Blaine
New York
Mahone
Taylor
Tennessee
W. D. Kelley
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Congress
Rome
Georgia
Colquitt
Senator Brown
Texas
South Carolina
North Carolina
Order of Things
Advice to Mothers Mas Winston's Soormina Syncr Teething Remedy
An old advertisement touts Winston's Soormina Syncr as a universal teething remedy for children. It claims soothing for the gums, easing pain, reducing wind colic, and treating diarrhea. Sold in a twenty five cents bottle.
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Winston
Nervous Dyspepsia and Shaker Remedies Promised Cure
The Mount Lebanon Shakers promote Shaker Extract Seigel’s Syrup as a remedy for nervous dyspepsia and exhaustion. They claim digestion coaching and purification of waste restore health, noting frequent headaches, nausea, sleeplessness, and digestive distress as key symptoms. The article argues universal American exposure to the disease and praises the tonic’s gentle action on digestion and cleansing through bowels, kidneys, and skin.
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Mount Lebanon
New York
Reigel
Seigel
Sumeta County Sheriff Sale May June 1837 Americus GA
Sumter County Georgia sheriff sale notice itemizes. On the first Tuesday in June 1837 at the courthouse door Americus in Sumter County the sale includes a sorrel mare named Vic to satisfy a court judgment in favor of Tester & Co against W A Wilson. Also 229 Lot 17th District Sumter County acres to satisfy an execution in favor of Thompson against J R Beatty. Twenty acres off the southwest corner of East half Lot 44, 15th District Sumter County to satisfy a judgment in Lee County in favor of E Taylor against M W Suggs. Tenant in possession notified. May 4, 1957. T M Cons Deputy Sheriff.
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Americus
Sumter County
Georgia
Vic
K. Tester & Co
Sumter
J. R. Beatty
W. Ww.Thompson
Transforge
J. BR
Beatty
Atorney
Pease Low
J. E. Markett
Shen
Aaslo
M. W. Suggs
Lee County
E. Taylor
Plantiffs Atorney
T. M. Cons
Sherif
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Lesunek
Webster County
Mr. Carliste
Henry Clay
Henao Burzat
Syuril SiNtit Srneer
Putnavenria
Hill
William Perrine
Evening Bulletin
Blaine
Geo Cin Visite
Poisghin the
Mt. Lebanon
Wesson
Andersonville
P. W. Wesson
Sumeta County
Scumrer County
Wheras
J. W
C. L. Mize
Rebecca J. Mize
A C. Speer
Z. F. Markett
M. E. Rylander
Speer
J. W. Law
Hopson Law
Maron
A. C. Speer
John B. Shaw
Messrs. Hogue & Godwit
South Ride
Tesle
G.olver
Ridge
B. T. Wise
Dura
Jandowéa
B. E. Cato
Preston
Wise
Notie
Cohen
Mardh-Landc&w. M. Cohes
Allen Houss Preston
B. Allen
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