Plains of Dura notes and local happenings in October
Pasine oy Dura reports cold weather and an early fall mood as Baptists pass through for Popular Springs Association in Webster. About seventy five bales of cotton were shipped after sales. News of visits, marriages, church events, and community chatter fills Plains with mentions of local families, ministers, and trades, ending with Fernoline Balsam for sale at Cook's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasine Oy
Popular Springs Association
Webster
Milas Miller
Thomaston
W. H. Lasseter
GM. Patterson and
Daugher
Smithville
Frank Cato
DeSoto
Eva Stokes
Americus
Tom Jennings
Ry Sander
Howell
Relatves
South Carolina
Chattaooga
Tenn
Hey
Grumpler
Macon
Bro
Stubbs
John Glass
Robert Stevens
K. C.beat
Poplar Springs
Schley County
Evans
Plains
W. H. Chappell
Messrs
Falgen and
Floyd
Lumpkin and Richland
Vierce
Bertha Howell
Friendsip
Gerith Davenport
W. D. Haynes
Speut
Dillard
Miles
Laura Apeut
Pugh Howell
Mrs. Morgan
Friendship
Will. Thomas
Thomas
Butch
Baptist Church
Pearce
Nelutobus
Central Railroad
Mrn Thomas
Annie
Warner
George McGill
Eugene West
Kirven
Rosalig
Richland Rumors of a New Local Newspaper
RichLawn notes a planned Richland newspaper with five hundred dollars in advertising, editor named but withheld, promising strong community coverage. It reports telephone links to Columbus, a new line by Columbus Southern to Queen City, and local social news with accidents, fairs, and residents, including Richland’s drug stock opening and cotton receipts around fifty bales daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RichLawn
Oct
Richland
Recorder
Columbus
Columbus Southern
Queen City
Cusseta
Poplar Springs
Webster County
Jim Clemente
Barry
Jim
Louvale
Tatum
Bryant
Rufus Brown
Bob Barberee
W. B. Merritt
Atlanta
N. C. Alston
Messrs
Smith & Smith
Church Hill Items Signal Quiet Court Week News
Stop at the Kenyon House Lumpkin during court week. In Church Hill there is little news except finishing touches on cotton fields which will be abort this year while the corn crop stands strong. Mr Rollan Bell and his wife from near Buena Vista visited Mrs Culpepper. A bachelor has finally found his dream and attends all meetings. George Council reports a pair of four month old male colts from Mr Hooks touted as world beaters. Workmen add a belfry to Mt Olive church on Jefferson street and improve its entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Hil
Church Hill
Rollan Bell
Buena Vista
Culpepper
Dusty fields and town events in Weston October wind
Weston notes dry weather slows cotton harvest as fields white with bolls. A Friday concert at the academy seeks funds for a Baptist church organ. A Harmony Association gathering praised hospitality, with large communal meals. Cautionary tale of tramps leads to vigilant home defense. Public speaking in Preston by the sub Alliance. Richland market favored over Dawson due to dryness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
the Darkey
Academy
Baptist Church
Harmony Association of the Primitive Baptist Church
Popular Springs Church
sub-Alliance
Preston
Alliance
Richland
Dawson
Schley Superior Court at Ellaville October 1889
Schley Court convened with Judge James M. Smith presiding and Jos. B. Hudson as solicitor in place of his father. Grand jury heard cases, with focus on a homicide involving a young Weaver. Train accident near Reed's crossing damaged a buggy and killed a horse. Local towns seek a post office. Hog cholera topics arise. An insane woman to be moved to Milledgeville. A horse accident caused a severe throat injury. Wigginsville church rapid completion. Putnam forming a Farmers Alliance. Young men display old riding hobby. Buena Vista opens to quart sales ending dry status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellaville
Tiner
Reed's Crossing
Grantham
Glenn Holly
Ebeneza
Eliza Ware
Milledgeville
Stevens
Wigginsville
Putnam
J. N. Snipes
Buena Vista
Wall
Guilty Pair Caught After Runaway Wife Case in Stewart County
A Mobile, Alabama man named A. 8. Harrison pursued his stolen wife and three children for weeks across Texas and Georgia to Lumpkin and Stewart County. Wharton Berry, alleged to have aided the theft, was arrested with the family in Lumpkin by Troy Holder at 2:30 this afternoon. Berry had sold nearly all belongings for money, stealing over $1,000 from Harrison, who emphasized his love for his children despite hardships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemrktin
Harrison
Mobile
Ala
Whorton Berry
Stewart County
Cuthbert
Stewart
Lumpkin
Whortom Berry
Wharton Berry
Mr. Harrison
Marrie
Alabama
Mossy Dell Baptist Association Attendance and Visits
Mossy Dell reports a sizable attendance at the Baptist Association of Poplar Springs with Mr and Mrs J W F Murray their children Drew John and Misa Allie, Sam D Wise and Miss Fannie, and Squire Carter present. William Faust of Rosark Alabama visited his brother Uncle Peter Faust and nephew Dan Faust as a delegate. Mrs Marrett, previously seriously ill at W S Moore’s residence, is improving and about the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mossy Dell
Baptist Association of
Apples All the Year Round From Georgia Journal
A Greensboro Georgia reader praises Greene county apples, noting a fruit as large as a double fist, sweet and delicious, with scarce imports from the North. Hartwell’s Stovall reports December-hanging varieties. Cumming’s Martin notes a June tree bearing its third crop. General H. D. Clayton, once university president, is named as dean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Journal
John E. Bufford
Greene County
Hartwell
T. A. Stovall
Cumming
Clarion
J, L. Martin
Bell
Four Door on the Track Derails Train in Maryland
A box car door on a southbound freight derailed the Washington and New York express on the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore line near Northeast Cecil county. No deaths but many injured including engineers, conductors, porters, and passengers from multiple states. The engine jumped the track, toppled on its side, and fire broke out in a car before extinguishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Exxton
Washington and New York Express
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Cecil County
Stony Run
J.B. Harritotes
Fleetwood
J. D. Campbell
Hinghamton
Gibron Keyes
Binghamton
N. Y
CA. Lawson
Pullman
Philadelphia
J. M. Keno
Youngstown
W. L. Spalding
Ker
F. Wala
P. G. Doyle
Pan Americans at Niagara View Cataract and Dine
The International American Congress delegates arrived Niagara Falls New York by train Saturday night and were welcomed at Cataract House. They toured Prospect Point, Maid of the Mist, and Canadian side stops, ending with a banquet at Clifton House hosted by Hon. Erastus Wiman before returning to Cataract House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiman
Niagara Fallgs
N. Y
International American Congress
Cataract House
Prospect Point
Clifton House
Erastus Wiman
Buffalo
Hopkins Students Wear Cap and Gown in Streets
Johns Hopkins university students will soon wear the cap and gown on the street. At a meeting fourteen signed a paper in favor of the movement. Mr. Snowden led fifty young students marching two by two to the gymnasium where he made an eloquent appeal. Many signed on condition that the signature should not hold good to less twenty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BalTinone
Johns Hopkins University
Snowden
Colored student barred from Baltimore medical colleges in 1890s
James Credi, a young colored man, was refused admission to Baltimore medical colleges after applying to several university presidents and offering to pay tuition. He plans to attend Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn. A separate fire at Horton City mill yard destroyed 50 million feet of lumber, with losses around 175000 dollars. The weather forecast noted rain followed by clearing skies and northerly winds along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartutory
Baltimore Medical Colleges
James Credi
Long Island College Hospital
Brooklyn
Brockwayvile
R. E. Cartswright
Horton City
News Nuggets From Across The World In Brief
A Montreal dispatch notes leather imports flooding Britain with cheap footwear and Quebec farmers fearing grain famine ahead. Ex mayor Seth Low may become Columbia president while Woodruff in line for Buddhism. Anti polygamy pay law prompts obedience questions. The Augusta Victoria suffered hurricane damage. two crew injured. A Chicago gambler’s wife reconciliation hinted in New York. Episcopal prayer book changes divide the house of deputies. Emin Pacha expedition officer believes Stanley and Emin Pacha now unite in Uganda. City of New York stranded on a sand bank near Gedney's channel restored. Jack the Ripper teases Whitechapel vigilance committee to hear from him by the sixth. Bismarck urged czar toward conciliatory policy. Christmas shutdown planned for paper mills to curb oversupply. Rep. Nutting resigns. successor elected November 5. P T Barnum sails for England to promote “greatest show on earth.” French government to close exposition November 6. Lavinia Schwinn marries the man who eloped with her mother. King Humbert gives 800 to storm victims in Sardinia. Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria visiting Duke Maximilian proceeds to Geneva. State of Nebraska collides with Norwegian ship near Greenock. Nebraska carries many passengers. Louisa Ernst survived a 100 foot St Louis bridge fall. she was said to be demented and sought death by her own hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Iad
Quebec
Seth Low
Brooklyn
Columbia
Woodruff
Mornan Church
Iate
Hamburg
Mike McDonald
Chicago
New York
Episcopal House of Deputien
Herbert Ward
Emin Pacha
Henry M. Stanley
Stanley
Uganda
Gedney
Jack the Ripper
Whitechapel
Bismarck
Christmaas
Congressman Nutting
P. T. Barnum
Tia
England
Lavinia Schwinn
Buffalo
Humbert
Cagliari
Sardinia
Ferninand
Bulgaria
Maximilian
Manich
Geneva
State of Nebraska
Glasgow
Norwegan
Greenrock
Theebraska
Louisa Ernst
St. Louis
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D. C. N. Burkhal
Wed
Cook’s Pharmacy
Cotton Avenue
Richland Rumors
Columbusa Southern
Kenyon House
Mt. Olive Church
Jefferson Street
the Harmony Association
Richland Market
Schley Superior Court
H. D. Clayton
University of Alabama At
Niagara
Pepricy
Mac
Saunders
Wolkiat
Sera Heneneer
Fesaiter
Tianlel
Tilleais
Wade
Patapsco
Rye
Nationalexi
P.h.will
Totton Ave
America
Gos
Acne Brag
H. Wil
Gro Cotton Avenue
Sepie Ly
Oman
Iehilonymo ‘sPreturen
Miran
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