Grand Jury presents Clarke County April term 1897
The grand jury of Clarke County reports on county finances and officials. It endorses the ordinary’s books, notes bond validity, commends several officers, and lists recommended jail repairs, road work leadership, and salaries. It summarizes pauper farm conditions, school finances, and tax collections with specific figures and actions requested.
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Larke SupesRior Court
Sunior Court
Bernard
Georgia
Superior Court
Clarke County
Grand Jury
Board of Education
New Roads in Alabama via Multiple Railroad Charters
Montgomery April 27 It appears Alabama will see three new railroads soon with a possible fourth. The Montgomery Tuscaloosa and Memphis from Montgomery to Meridian is under construction and due within a year. The Montgomery Hayneville and Camden line to the gulf is contracted for 25 miles and expected to be completed within a year. A charter has been issued for a Pensacola to coal region line toward Birmingham or Jasper, with active building steps. The Dade City and New Orleans line will extend to Decatur via Huntsville and a contract for the full extension has been let. Several short lines and gaps are being filled, signaling strong railroad activity this year.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Memphis
Meridian
Miss
Hayneville
Camden
Gulf
Aellive Kinema
Pensacola
Coal and Iron District
Birmingham
Jasper
Dade City
New Orleans
Decatur
Huntsville
Britain purchases Delagoa Bay fortifies Inyak island
Dispatches from Transvaal sources report Britain has acquired Delagoa Bay on Africa’s east coast and plans fortification at Inyak island. The bay, about 60 miles long and 20 miles wide, lies near Zululand, with Inyak rising 240 feet and protected terrain. The move aims to gain a strategic vantage in possible trouble with the Transvaal.
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Transvaal
London
Great Britain
Delagoa Bay
Inyak Island
Africa
Transvaal Republic
Zululand
Goa Bay
Portugal
Thiers
France
Williams on trial in Waycross hotel murder case
Warren H Williams faces murder charges in superior court for the Dec 381 killing of Charles W Wilson at the Southern hotel in Waycross Georgia. Wilson died after a hallway dispute and four gunshots. bonds posted. grand jury indicted Williams for murder last week.
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Anager
Waycross
Charles W. Wilson
Warren H. Williams
Superio
Williams
Wilson
Sweat
J. W. Williams
L. Johnson
E. Murphy
W. W. McCull
Faith Cure and Dyspepsia Tablets Claim
A mix of patent medicine ads touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as digestion aid and nerve strength, claiming they digest food in water or after meals, with price and mail order details. The page also reports varied short items: a Mexican murder verdict, a train derailment near Blacksburg, a Pikeville fire death, Mrs. Stonewall Jackson's Montgomery visit, bribery indictments, and a pitch for Electric Bitters as a nerve tonic priced at $1.00.
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Stuart
Livic
Stuart Co
Marshall
M.D
Warren J. Smith & Bro
D. D.quillian’s
Lyndon
Watson Bros Will Erect Building on Campus
Watson Bros plans construction of a new building on the campus. Details on size, cost, and exact location are not provided in the readable text. The project names Watson Bros as contractor and situates the work within campus facilities expansion.
Athens Firms Take Over Campus Building Contract
The Atlanta contractor Mr. T. P. Heifoer who won the campus building job has disposed of the contract to Watson Bros whose bid was eight hundred dollars over Heifoer’s. Watson Bros will assume the contract with Moss & Co furnishing lumber and Bondurant & Co plumbing. Work must start soon for a September 15 completion. Athens firms will lead and assist in the project.
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Atlanta
T. P. Heifoer
University
Watson Bros
Heifner
Athens
Moss & Co
Bondurant & Co
Bilding
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Clarke Superior Court
Sile
Forepaugh’s Circus
Ofuisera
Cfiiser
Sherife
Justice OF Peace
Notary Public
Croner
F. B. Hinton
241St
J. W. Colling
Strahan
Thomas P. Stanley
Straban
M. Herrington
Furvices
J. J. Jennings
Misa Lizzie Spencer
William Brown
Moon
Misses McClesky
Miles Johnson
Margaret Nolan
Rob Roy Hardin
Hutcheson
WsEkLy Bannee
Nancy Witherspoon
James F. Foster
Joseph M. Hodgson
Samuel F
William M. Pittman
Swep
Clerk
Cleveland
Crane Bros
J. K. Kenney
J. T. Pittard
Tromas Hoomen County
W. H. Morton
Ghiny
Belmont School
Winterville
Steskenes Belmont
Sandy
Sandy Creek
Cncanut Grove
Princeton
Acre
Seagrars
H. H. Linton
State of Georgia
Cosf
D. Yeargin
Ity Billard
Osenhanr
Dailliards
Eeans Maddox Bros
Palmetto Medical Co
W. H. Dayie
Talmadge
Eee
Seeeseeeree Seseees
Renee Ok Tir
Senaseenes
Pek
Leesebul
W. M. Coile
W. H. Lampkin
Kenney
County Board of Education
Belmont
Chesnut Grove
Kenney’s District
PTC
Ana
Doetper
Balance Due County
M& NR
Seeeen
Cee Co
British Bay Delagoa Bay
Sioux City
Wasumeron
United States
Zurich
Iowa
Orromwa
Maher
Oxicago
Charles
Boyd
Schaar, Keech & Co
South Halstead Street
Gruapa LagsaRa
Mex
Jose Soguuitterez
Jose Boradilla
Mexico
Soguitterez
Ounantortis
N. C
Southern
Washington
Blacksburg
J. B. Pettus
Sigman
Louisville
Evening Post
Pikeville
Beaver Creek
Tom Darben
Virginia
Jackson
Stonewall Jackson
Dallas
Davis
Omernatt
J. W. Prendergrast
O. W. Limerick
Fraser Tablet Company
Dr. Prendergast
Cincinnati
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