Trouble Near Ellaville Involving Mrs Pilcher And Bill Cottle
A dispute over damaged crops led Bill Cottle to force the sale of mules from Mrs Lucy Pilcher. He beat her with a gun or similar object after she resisted. Dr Sears will provide testimony, and Cottle has bonded to appear at Superior Court. Malaria fever and other illnesses are reported locally. Four marriages are planned soon, including a widower with nine children and a young lady named Royals who will teach a short school term beginning the fourth.
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Scuney County
Ellaville
Lucy Pilcher
Bill Cottle
Sileher
Mr. Cottle
Cottle
Superior Court
Royals
Stewart County News Notes And Local Happenings
Weston November 7. Our sick are reported better. Two young Dawson gentlemen paid a visit to a lady friends. Readers note Jupiter and Mars shown recently. November opens charming as September. Several citizens attended the burial of F. Parker at Pisgah. Dr. O. S. Kenyon visiting relatives. Mail carrier concern with Americus train. Dr. Haygood criticizes Georgia public education. He cites that 492,270 of 560,111 school age children live outside cities. funds insufficient. Jones and Perry left for Florida to fish. Dennard family attended Hartfield-We Dozier wedding in Randolph county. W. W. Simmons supports Georgia State Fair in Macon. Calls for enterprise and capital to arise. Election day quiet. rumors but no disturbances. Three marriages noted. Dennard offered Memphis position. Isand Hieh estate to Boston University. value reduced by fire. Whitmer Phenix leaves major bequest to Columbia College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. S. Kenyon
Stewart
Sam
Preston
Americus
Haygood
Georgia
Empire State
South
Messrs
R. B. Jones
H. J. Perry
Florida
J. E. Dennard
Mary
Wu. Hartfield
Sallie Dozier
Randolph County
W. W. Simmons
Macon
Empire
James Dennard
Memphis
Buena Vista Bride Ida Wilson Belk Nuptials At Richland
In Richland Ga on November 7 a note from Riculanxa reports fine weather but low cotton receipts as farmers race to finish before cold. Rival merchants fear missing sale opportunities after the 2nd of the month. Miss Ida Wilson and Mr Belk of Buena Vista wed at the bride’s father’s home with Rev Mabry officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RicuLanxa
Alliance
Ida Wilson
Mr. Belk
John W. Wallock
Overby
Miss McCorkle
Meyer
Brunswick
Johnpreeville
O. K
Columbus
Buena Vista
Pav
Visit to Sumner and Americus Town News
Novelist Joe recounts a multi-day trip with two companions from Americus to Sumner and Albany, describing social visits, rain disrupted plans, and a church gathering. She notes a sad death of Kate Harper, three, and mentions tidbits about neighbors, travel, and upcoming wedding preparations in their town.
Birthday presents and local notes from Dawson
The Dawson item reports William B. Gibson’s 38th birthday celebrated with fifty gifts from friends at Filllingim's store. It also notes the November birthdays of J.T. Cannon and Mrs. J. W. Roberts with a shared dinner past eight years. A Lawn Haygood Juvenile Missionary Society entertainment at the Methodist church drew a full crowd and a foreign missions collection. Election results and visits by locals fill the rest of the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson
J.T. Cannon
J. W. Roberta
Siater
Cannon
Cleveland
Harrison
Bronwood Report Highlights Quiet Vote and Local Happenings
In Bronwood on Nov 7 a quiet election yielded 104 votes with only two for Republicans. The community notes Rev J O Langston leading nightly Methodist meetings, Prof Huckaby touring with a famed show, and Bronwood Reporter revival under Bronwood, Childs and Smith. A large potato prize, debt collection by the bailiff, illness of Mrs Jennie Ticknor, and travel of Mrs A C Hill and children to Americas are also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broxwood
J. O. Langston
Methodist Church
Huckaby
Bronwood Reporter
Bronwood
Childs
Smith
Jim Avera
Jennie Ticknor
A.C. Hill
Fhhildren
Americas
Niebaska
Advertised Letters List and Local News Snapshots
Complete list of unclaimed letters in Sumter County Georgia from the post office shows items to be forwarded to the Dead Letter Office after fourteen days. The page also includes brief notices and various brief items about local business, philanthropy, and national figures with multiple named individuals and institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Georgia
Sumter County
American Post-Office
James Bagley
Charlie Butmore
Mary Barns
Misa Lula Crawford
Misa Lula Coving +ton
Jimmie Chapman
Rita
Beller Dowde
TA Davis
Hattie Foxter
Gibson Garnett
Jas Hanes
W A Howard Shot by Unknown Party in Camilla Ga
Mr W A Howard a resident of Camilla Ga was shot last night around 10 o clock while reproving a boisterous person near his home. The assailant fled unseen in darkness and the wound in his right arm near the elbow was painful but not fatal. The shooter’s race could not be determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camilla
W. A. Howard
Howard
Mitchell
Dry
The Last Charge at Appomattox Courthouse
A veteran recollects the final moments of the Virginia campaign. He describes advancing toward Appomattox Court House, a Confederate volley, a flag dispute with a saber, and efforts to halt firing between Union and Confederate lines. General Gordon and Wilcox discuss surrender dynamics as Merritt presses a charge in a tense, pivotal moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appomattox
Appomattox Court House
Lee
Gordon
Longstreet
Custer
Appomattox Courthouse
Cusgter
Court House
J. B. Gordon
Cadmus M. Wilcox
Lieut
Vanderbilt Allen
Geary
South Carolina Calvary
Allen
Merritt
Wilcox
Goury
Virginia
Great Tell of Moscow Inside the Kremlin Churches
Henry M. Wright describes Moscow Kremlin landmarks including the Cathedral of the Annunciation the Assumption and the Archangel Michael in Moorish style. He notes ancient Jonah murals in the Assumption Church a giant King Bell near Ivan the Great tower and reflects on the feel of Moscow’s historic memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Kremlin
Lghe
Jonah
Ivan the Great
Henry M. Wright
Detroit
Peach and Nectarine Not Distinct Fruits Says Scholar
The author argues peaches and nectarines share a single origin in Prunus persica and are not separate fruits. They differ only in skin type, with some fruits showing mixed surfaces, and the French terminology refers to the smooth fruit as nectarine and the downy as peach.
Real estate and tannery for sale near the city
An extensive listing offers a tan yard and shoe factory in good condition with 60 hides and ready machinery, plus land, storehouses, a mill, and two miles from the Plaing Dura on the A P L railroad. Also 2299 acres to sell in lots, 30 acres near Leeton, and several small city building lots, brick store, and farm tracts with favorable terms. Various parcels along Davenport and Patterson streets available, including houses and timber lands, with cash and 7 percent terms.
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Heard
Leeton
Hmite
Davenport Street
College Hill
Werster County
Richland
Columbus
R. R
Clearch
School House
Patterson Street
Mc Garrah
Patterson Streets
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Schley County
Stewart County
Isand Hieh
Boston University
Whitmer Phenix
Columbia College
Joe
Jos
Sumner
Albany
Jobites
Kate Harper
J. H. Williams
Croup
Ciod
Teaver
Fisk
van . Turner
C. J. McDaniel
W. M. Arnold
Calhoun County
L. C. Durham
J. A. Durham
Birmingham
Arcorper
M. M. Anthony
Cora
T. W. Cleveland
Louvale
J. C. Renry
Americus, Ga
Prince Ros
Put Bros
Willard Perkins
Waterbury, Conn
Fat Men's Association
Matthew Vassar
Vassar College
Gardner Colby
Colby University
Newton Theological Seminary
Leland Stanford
California
Justice Matthews
John Hopking
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt University
William H. Vanderbilt
Samuel Wissinton
William J. Walker
Samuel A. Hitchcock
Amherst College
Endicott
War Department
Victoria
Frederick
Count Badeui
Herr von Raleski
Galicia
Austria
Benjamin Russy
Harvard University
Lousiana Lottery Company
AIL
John C. Green
Cornell University
Diesipstion
Mr. Cohen
Shiloh Church
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