Electric street railroad to lead Americus parade in sixty days
Americus plans a grand barbecue once the electric street railroad is completed inviting neighbors to ride. Brady’s bill for Sumter stock law fails in Senate after House battles. Bibb representatives dispute over local city bills and personal matters. Atlanta Journal praises Farmers Excursion to Ohio predicting benefits for Georgia’s future agricultural station and commends Major Glessner for organizing the trip.
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Messrs
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Bibb
Macon
Brady
Wright Brady
House
Senate
Col. Simmons
The
Atlanta Journal
Ohio
Georgia
Glessner
Chicago Favored for 1892 World's Fair Site
A reader argues Chicago should host the 1892 World’s Fair over New York. The piece contends Chicago can more fully display American resources and people, citing fund-raising progress, accessibility, and exhibition capacity, while critiquing New York’s lack of national commitment and the need for federal funding.
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Chicago
New York
Union
Congress
Huff Patterson duel feud lingers amid broader news
The column reports the Huff Patterson duel still unresolved. It notes slow progress in assembling a jury for the Cronin murder trial, and details multiple regional items: lynching at East Point, train work halting for a trestle, tax bills on sewing machine firms, and recent editorial praise for the Macon Telegraph. Also mentions miners’ hardship appeals, new publications, London strikes fading, a duel threat to Henson, and a deadly storm fallout near Albany.
Georgia and Alabama feud over parole visit and guano case
Parolee Huff seeks permission to visit family in Macon amid rumors of a planned meeting with Georgia and Alabama officials trying to prevent contact. The piece also covers a quarrel over coroner pay and inquest practices, a Judiciary committee debate on railroad regulation, and rail line politics around the Atlanta and Florida road including bond plans and strategic growth to Americus. It notes Prof. White’s claim on Screven county guano value and public health ad content about mothers remedies.
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Atlanta
Macon
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
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Screven
State Alliance
Atlanta & Florida
R. F. Maddox
Americus
Maddox
Cordele
Savannah
Georgia Southern
Cordelo
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Central
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Fla
New York
Americas
Sumter County
Evan Harvey
Putnam County
Pith
Adama Place
T. Mathis
Allen
Sxecutora
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Entist
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