Alliance seeks purge as Gordon contest stirs Clarke County
Local report details a heated county race with Calls for investigation into corruption within the Alliance. Candidates include Prof. C. F Strahan opposing incumbent Morton Strahan for surveyor, amid debates over candidate withdrawal and party strategy in Clarke County.
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C. F Strahan
Messra
M.traha Ag
C. B. Daniel J’eic
Morton Strahan
Makaux
Surveyor
Grand jury indicts Barker and Woodward for libellous articles
The grand jury found true bills against C D Barker publisher and K Woodward author for gross libel during Mr W H Venable's senate candidacy. The panel also inspected the Atlanta station house as a nuisance risk and noted Okefenokee settlement completed with 63 101 80 dollars paid to the state. Colonel George H Jones sworn in as penitentiary superintendent to inspect convicts.
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sUrenener
G. K. Witbel
Ward
I Chiaskies
D. Barker
W. H. Venable
State Senate
C. D Barker
K. Woodward
Barker
Atlanta
Okefenokee
Harry Jackson
George H. Jones
Mayor Imposes Fines in Guilty Plea Cases
At a special meeting the mayor considered guilty pleas by Alex Nabors George Rouse and Wm Wingfield. Nabors paid 101 25 in fines and costs Rouse paid 59 plus costs Wingfield could not pay fined 100 and costs and given lodging in the calaboose Wingfield protested the wild cider claim and faces heavy penalties
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Blind Tiger Brigade
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George Rouse
Wm. Wingfield
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Mr. Rense
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Calaboose
The Force Bill and Senate Votes Ahead
Report from Washington on January 3 notes Senator Ingalls heading east and predicts possible Democratic abstentions to defeat the election bill. Paddock and Squire plan absences, while Republicans push for a favorable vote in the coming week.
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News Télegram
Wasaixnton
D. C
Ingalls
Friends of
Senate
Paddock
Hear
Squire
Fea
West
Moray
Electric line work to begin tomorrow on Boulevard route
Dirt will be broken first on the new boulevard as the electric line project moves forward. Officials expect the Hill street line via Milledge avenue to be in active operation by June first, with preparations already underway.
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Aster
David
Cobbham
Steeet
Milledge Avenue
Hill Street
Property to be sold at auction in Birmingham notice
Fragments indicate a local auction notice in Birmingham listing Mrs Bramons and Mr Lampkin with a predicted good price. The text references property valuation and upcoming sale, urging attendance for bidding opportunities. The readable parts show names and a sale context without full details.
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Js. Bramons
Pirmingham
Lampkin
Baptism debate argues infants as proper subjects
Discussion led by Messrs Carswell and Armistead notes infants as baptismal subjects citing church lineage and ancient practice. Armistead claims many Israelites were baptized, asserts immersion not feasible, public interest high despite bad weather as crowds gather. J P Lewis returns from Christmas visit to Atlanta.
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Armistead
News Telegram Association
Povaraésvinsky
J. R. Armetead
Carswell
Armstead
Copswell
Swift to Build Handsome Stores on Foundry Street
A prominent citizen, Isaac G. Swift, plans constructing several brick stores on his Foundry Street property near the O. and M. railroad. The triangular site between two streets and the railroad promises a prime business location close to the centre, expected to boost the town’s prosperity and reduce depot-hauling.
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C. Swift
Isaac G. ‘Swift
Foundry Street
Swift
Mr Swift
Ghost Dance by Colored People in Kansas City Shocks Scene
A Reuters Telegram report from Bellview Hollow details a wild voodoo style ghost dance led by Reuben Carter. Dancers, including 15 participants, watched as Carter entered trance, delivered sermons, and promised a land of perpetual summer before a dramatic collapse.
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Kansas
Georgia
Louiiaga
Carter
Oklahoma
Lymph for Diphtheria Reported By Two Washington Doctors
Two Washington physicians report a chemical substance that induces diphtheria immunity in guinea pigs and may prevent and cure the disease in humans. Dr. Schweinits of the Bureau of Animal Industry and Dr. Gray of the Army Medical Museum describe toxalbumens and guinea pig tests showing treated animals survive while untreated perish. They foresee extending the work to humans and note potential parallels with Koch's tuberculosis discovery.
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KE. A. Schweinits
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
H. W. Gray
Army Medical Museum
Washington, D. C
Gray
Kovh
Dr. Schweinitz
Koch
North Carolina Assembly Set to Convene with Alliance Majority
Raleigh report notes 170 member legislature with 103 Alliance members poised to shape policy. The key issues include a railroad commission and the election of a United States senator to succeed Vance. Vance is expected to win on the first ballot, though some Alliance leaders hint at possible reversals. Farmers' Alliance gains solid power as lawmakers arrive with visible demands and pens in pocket.
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United States
Vance
Raigiin
N. C
North Carolina
Georgia
Alliance
Sub-Treasury
Polk
National Alliance
Tar Heel
Dun and Co reports trade volume rich but uncertain for year start
The Dun and Co weekly trade review notes an extraordinary year end with record outputs in iron, cotton, leather, boot and shoe, and meat. Yet failures rose in number and liabilities, averaging 17 406 dollars for the year and 26 784 for the last quarter, signaling mixed conditions as 1890 opens.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Boston
Are
Morse & A Lae
Philadel
Fifth Avenue Theatre Fire devastates New York
A severe Broadway fire starting at the Fifth Avenue Theatre after a stage gas explosion swept Hermand’s and adjoining structures. Panic hit the Sturtevant House as explosions showered sparks, but crews contained the blaze and no lives were lost though damage ran high.
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News Telegram Association
New York
Harry Miner
Fifth Avenue Theater
Jamés
Seventh Avenue Theater
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Brekian
Hermad
Gilsey
Broadway
Sturtevant House
Igor
Sermons and reflections on faith and patience in daily life
A long religious sermon excerpt encourages trust in divine aid, forgiveness before sundown, and endurance through hardship. It contrasts worldly bustle with spiritual promises, urging readers to read the Bible for guidance and to avoid anger and haste in important matters. It also references medical tonics and a travel anecdote about jungle expeditions.
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Tivin
Almishly
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