Livingstone eyed for governor in sharp political clash
May 26 Atlanta dispatch notes whispers that Livingstone will announce a gubernatorial bid and seek Governor Gordon's backing to threaten Gordon's Senate run. The Alliance Farmer prints attacks on Northen and includes a Governor Gordon letter endorsing the Alliance platform and sub treasury plan. Dudley appointment still hung up in Washington as Republicans plan candidates in all districts.
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Alliance Farmer
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Northen
Alliance
Dudley
Washington
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Glessner
Mr Andy Stewarts Right Heart Featured In Quirky Profile
This Atlanta item profiles tax collector Mr. Andy Stewart famed for a right side heart. It recounts his birth, unusual anatomy, reactions of doctors and insurers, and his survival through life with a heart on the right while maintaining a cheerful, healthy image. A tidbit notes a Marietta man named Joe Stewart with the same trait.
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Marietta
Ives
Abbeville Improvement Company Reports Progress
ABBEVILLE Ga May 22 The Abbeville Improvement and Construction Company held its regular meeting and an assessment of twenty percent of the capital stock was paid in This makes forty percent paid and next Thursday twenty percent more will be paid They are building the Abbeville and are doing fine work with about two hundred hands employed and seeking more workers.
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Recorpex
Abbeville
Abbeville Improvement and Construction Company
Soupany
Macon
Milledgeville
Savings Bank of Griffin
Macon Evening News
Georgia
President and Cabinet to attend Garfield monument unveiling
Washington May 27 Special to RecoupEr says the Ways and Means panel met to kill the sub treasury bill but quorum absence delayed action. Deveaux Brunswick customs collector visits his ill brother Jim in Brunswick. An election to fill Carlisle's House seat is set for June 21 with Theodore Hallam likely winner. President Harrison and Cabinet members plan to go to Cleveland for Decoration Day Garfield monument ceremony.
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Treasury
Mills
Deveaux
Brunswick
Jim
Carlisle
Theodore Hallam
Harrison
Cleveland
Ohio
Garfield
R.M.C
Carlisle Sworn In As Kentucky Senator At Large
Hon J Brown was sworn in November 5 1792. J G Carlisle took the oath today in Washington with Senator Blackburn. Vice President and others congratulated him. Samuel Inman of Atlanta named Commissioner at large to the World’s Fair with William Lindsay as alternate. Barnes confined to bed by sickness. Upper Potomac Valley floods feared as volume moves down river. Destructions foreseen.
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Washtington
D. C
Kentucky
John Brown
J. G. Carlisle
Blackburn
Carlisle
Inman
Samuel Inman
Atlanta
Wm. Lindsay
Alabama's Convention Begins Work at Hall in Montgomery
The Democratic State convention opened at 12:30 in Armory Hall Montgomery with dense excited crowds. Wm B Denson elected temporary chairman as delegates split between Kolb and anti Kolb factions. Five gubernatorial candidates listed with Kolb leading but short of the 264 needed for nomination in a 526 delegate body. estimated Kolb votes range 215 to 240 with others listed.
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Ala
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Armory Hall
Wm. B. Denson
United States District Attorney
Kolb
Dallas County Alliance
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Jones
Richardson
Crook
Farmers’ Alliance
Farmers Alliance
Johnson
Young Conley’s Fine Cleared by Mother’s Backing
In Atlanta on May 28 John 8 Conley son of ex-Governor Conley who faced a $6,000 fine or one year on the chain gang for selling mortgaged property appeared to begin work but learned the penalty had been paid by W J Vandyke for Conley’s mother.
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John 8. Conley
Conley
W. J. Vandyke
B. Burr
Thomasville Times-Eentereprise
John Triplett
Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
Columbus Evening Ledger
Press of
Seay
The Newfoundland affair sparks caution from London papers
May 28 reports in London papers treat the Newfoundland affair as serious and urge the government to avoid provoking another American revolution. The tone is advisory, warning against drawing harsher measures or broad punitive steps.
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Lonnon
Newfoundland
Tariff Bill Likely Delayed by Senate Committee Turmoil
New York May 25 The World quotes Senator Aldrich as saying complications have arisen in the Senate committee on the tariff bill and its consideration may be indefinitely postponed.
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New York
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Aldrich
Senate
White Caps Raid Corydon Slay Night Assault
In Louisville on May 28 a band of about thirty White Caps attacked two women Lucy Moyers and Jane Flay at their Corydon Indiana home. They dragged them from bed flogged them to unconsciousness and fled. The women, alleged to have part in a recent fair grounds fire, were found limp at the foot of trees.
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Louisville
Corydon
Indiana
Lucy Moyers
Jane Flay
Farming Pays in Schley County 1884 89 Yet Returns Fall
Ellaville News reports on Schley County farm tax data from 1884 to 1889 showing overall farming profit around 4 percent annually, or about 8 percent for the rising group of sixteen. The analysis highlights profits, losses, and shifts among twenty five farmers, with details on amounts declared and the distribution of gains and losses. It also notes political speculation that J. B. Foraker may run for Ohio governor in 1892, referencing expected matchups and past lessons.
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Ellaville
Schley County
Thompson's Big Day Address by Hon W J Northen in Georgia
In Thomrosx Georgia on May 28 the Alliance gathering drew McDuttie supporters and visitors as President Walker introduced Northen who stressed the people's right to hear views of suitors. Tom Watson spoke for the Alliance platform espousing the sub treasury plan. Cleveland and Gordon endorsed the platform, signaling a strong Alliance alignment with Democrats.
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Tuomrsox
McDuttie
Walker
Northen
Thomas Watson
Tom Watson
Alliance
Georgia Farmers Shift Focus to Congress for Relief
Georgia farmers, long harmed by perceived class legislation, shift from state to federal remedies. They urge Congress to adopt decisive measures and demand clear positions from candidates. Rep McClammy proposes a legal tender loan program equal to 1800 million dollars, loaned per state population with one percent interest, favoring mortgaged lands and those with existing liens. The plan aims to replace the Farmers' Alliance grain subtreasury bill in committee.
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Georgia
McClammy
North Carolina
Stanford Land Loan
Blair Educational Aid
Farmers’ Alliance Grain Sub-Treasury
Committee On Ways and Means
Macon County Committee Sets June 10 for Delegates
The Democratic executive committee of Macon County chose June 10 as the day to select delegates for the gubernatorial convention. It is stated the delegation will back Northen and Cook to a man.
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Democratic Executive Committee
Macon County
Northen
Cook
Georgia Thrift and Industry Sparks in 1890 Georgia
Macon industry notes show plans for an ice factory in Tennille and an oil mill guano factory in Leary with construction to start immediately. Macon manufacturers highlight a $6,000,000 annual product value and around 4,000 workers, while a St. Johns River editor notes the link between teachers and editors in public education.
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George F. Work
Macon
Southern Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Athens
Money Order Department
Tennille
Leary
Democratic State Convention Call and party rules
The Democratic State Executive Committee calls a Georgia state convention in the Capitol hall at 12 noon on August 7 to nominate a governor candidate and statewide officers. Counties gain doubled voting weight. counties choose delegates per their executive committees with primaries recommended where feasible. Also notes endorsements from Henry County Weekly and a Dawson Journal remark on Americus leadership.
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Democratic State Executive Committee
Democratic Party of Georgia
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Avoid all substitutes for Royal Baking Powder in ads
A public notice asserts Royal Baking Powder is superior in strength purity and wholesomeness. It warns against cheaper substitutes containing alum or unwholesome materials and notes government verification of Royal’s purity. It cautions grocers and consumers about misrepresented labels and hidden ingredients.
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