Grand Farmers Reunion in Classic Athens
Athens hosts Clarke County farmers for a grand reunion at the college chapel. Col James M. Smith and Hon W J Northen energize the crowd with talks on Georgia farming, education, and railroads. Prof White stresses education and white farmer leadership while a choral group from the city delights the audience.
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Violent dispute over gambling ends with injury near Brandon
Reports from Braspon Georgia dated April 5 describe C M Wilson badly cut after a confrontation with Will and Henry Haynis of Bethlehem. Wilson was unarmed when the Haynis brothers seized his pistol during a Woods area melee after a barroom outing.
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Farming Advice From a Rural Alliance Column
A Farmers Alliance column urges disciplined farm management and avoidance of politics. It urges farmers to keep tools sheltered, study time usage, and apply steady habits to improve yields. The piece closes with miscellaneous ads for cough cures and mother’s remedies.
Fire devastates Greeley homestead at Chappaque New York
The article lists multiple brief notes from across the country including a fire at the Greeley homestead in Chappaque New York, a bribery accusation against Des Moines school book lobbyists, an illustration exhibit of the phonograph at a New York banquet, and other political and public notices. Additional items report railway construction in Durango Rico Colorado, Rhode Island governor race transfer to the Legislature, cyclone relief contributions in Louisville totaling 130000, hangings at Homerville Georgia, a Chicago World's Fair exhibit plan by a young Austrian, a fire disaster in Union City Tennessee, a narrow escape near Egg Harbor City New Jersey, a lunatic shooter in Egg Harbor City, Judge Peffer outlining Farmer's Alliance aims, a diamond thief encounter in Chicago's Palmer House, Hicklin seeking Missouri Speaker, Murat Halstead denying Cincinnati connection, a veiled woman shooting a Memphis clerk, and reciprocity discussions in Ontario Legislature.
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Homerville
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Union City
Tenn
Egg Harbor City
N. J
George Dang
W. A. Peffer
Kansas Farmer’s Alliance
Palmer House
Robt. A. Hicklin
Lafayette
Missouri
Murat Halstead
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Memphis
Ontario
Death in Danielsville as elder Dean passes away
Danielsville Ga April 4 1890 news notes the death of T W Dean Madison county s oldest citizen from dropsy and elephantiasis after years of disability he was a Methodist Church member at Wesleys Chapel the community mourns his loss also mentions Mrs J M Kidd and two Hartwell children visiting and Baptists installing three deacons to fill church vacancies.
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Suoars
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Lucy
Babe
County Alliance
Ovonee County
High
Danielsville
T. W. Dean
Madison County
Wesley’s Chapel
Our County
J. M. Kidd
Hartwell
H. B. Mattox
Baptists
Lula residents seek Sunday mail on Northeastern railroad
A letter from Lula Georgia dated April 1890 urges Athens to back a request for a local Sunday mail service on the Northeastern railroad. The writer cites a bored negro postal clerk on the line and asks Athens to join petitions to Col. L. M. Terrell, superintendent of A. M. S., to secure the route. Citizens urged to petition authorities. Shilohs Plaster advertised for sale by John Crawford & Co.
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W. L. RepMan
John Crawford & Co
Avoid Substitutes for Royal Baking Powder
This piece urges readers to avoid any substitute for Royal Baking Powder, praising Royal for purity and leavening strength. It cites government investigations and a government chemist. It warns substitutes use inferior materials, may include alum, and are misrepresented on labels.
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