South Farmers Bash Third Party Move at Cincinnati
The Philadelphia Record notes Southern farmers fear a third party would split the Democratic vote on tariff reform and harm local governance. Western farmers push a reform by opposing Republican monopsony under McKinley tariffs, while Southern farmers resist similar split.
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Cincinnati
South
Philadelphia
South Carolina
Georgia
Congress
Farmers’ Alliance
West
Kansas
Kentucky
Republican Party
The Bob Toombs Oak Faces Final Decay on College Campus
An era ends as another limb of the famed Bob Toombs oak falls amid spring rains. The old tree, once linked to General Toombs and his eloquence, shows hollow trunk and dying branches, likely to be cut down. Both man and tree rose together, yet time and memory keep Toombs alive even as the oak fades.
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Toombs
Bob Tombs
Samuel Fleming
Atlanta
Chattahoochee
Northern
Fleming
College Athlete Notes Baseball Blockade at Emory
The faculty at Emory College opposes baseball, stopping planned Oxford versus University games in this city and effectively halting the Georgia college baseball season to date.
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Emory College
Oxford
Georgia
Debate on college athletics and a tale of spelling from slavery times
The piece argues for vigorous but wholesome college athletics at state universities, claiming benefits to mind and body. It also recounts a Talbot county slave’s boyhood spelling feat using Webster's blue back and reflects on race and policing in Albany, Georgia. It closes with a quotation praising Cleveland as a Democrat.
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Talbot County
Georgia
Aarrrcpee
The
New York Times
Cleveland
HiLt
ColoneL Livingston Praised For State Democratic Role In Georgia
A local observer hails ColoneL Livingston as a strong Georgia Democrat amid third party talks. The piece also notes CoroneL Livine STON’s commendable conduct at the Cincinnati convention and lists speed records across various transport modes including running and bicycle.
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Colonel Livingston
Georgia
Coronel Livineston
Cincinnati
Georgia Alliance views and local opinions in Atlanta
A 1887 Georgia newspaper excerpt covers conversations with Col. T. L. Gantt on the Alliance presidency, Georgia politics, and party alignment. It notes the Alliance’s growth, discusses Democratic and Republican tensions, and mentions forthcoming state conventions and leadership expectations.
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Alliance
Col. Gantt
Col. Livingston
General Assembly
Livingston
Don Gt
Georgia
South
Western Alliance
Repubicane
Repu M.e
Central Union For
Doubtful Quote From Morse on Engines of Destruction
A House speech by Hon. E. A. Morse of Massachusetts warns that among all engines the devil made to destroy families and souls, rum is the worst. Skiff the Jeweler criticizes spectacles at low prices and cash.
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E. A. Morse
M. C
Mass
House of Representatives
Pectacles
Rail network reshaping in Georgia with Covington links
Reports detail a heated discussion over the Richmond & Danville lease to Georgia Pacific and the Covington & Macon sale to Brown Brothers. The Covington & Northern and related lines emerge as pivotal to Athens, Savannah, Knoxville rail corridors, with earnings gains cited and a planned new bond issue to refinance debt.
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Richmond & Danville Co
South
Richmond & Danville
Geoas
Athena
Central
Covington & Macon
Brown Brothers
Coving & Northern
Calhoun
Richmond
Athens
Savannah
Knoxville
Georgia
Carolina and Northern
Richand & Danville
Bradstreet
Southern
Pacific
Southwest
Grangers
Central Western
Covington and Macon
Georgia Southern
Athens Industry Booms as Foundries Expand in Athens
Dr. Edwin D. Newton oversees Athens Industrial Census amid rapid growth of E. S. Lyndon and Company foundry and Fleming Brothers works. New brick machine shop and three story facilities rise while Klein and Martins shops expand. Local industry rivals larger cities as Athens emerges as a regional center with wide Georgia impact.
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Athens
E. 8
Lyndon and Company
Atlanta
Bailey
Lyndon
Bannee
Georgia
Fleming & Company
South
Fleming Brothers
Tey
Alabama
South Carolina
Lagpaerd
Klein & Martin's
Danninbe
A. Bassas
Igia
Edwin D. Newton
Mortgage Foreclosure of John Ryan's Sons Store Shocks Atlanta
In Atlanta on May 26 the firm John Ryan's Sons collapsed amid foreclosure by Sheriff Morrow. The liabilities may exceed one million dollars with nearly 300,000 in mortgages filed, and a receiver may be appointed for eastern creditors. Ryan blames a slow spring and negative reports from New York firms for the failure, while assets are only stock, books, and accounts.
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Atlanta
John Ryan
Steve Ryan
New York
Ryan
Steve Rayn
South
Stern’s
Albert Cox
Sheriff’s
Sheriff Morrow
Ryan's
H. B. Claflin & Co
Messrs
N. J. Schloss & Co
Tonio Call Wins Florida Legislature Victory
Tamamassie Florida May 26 Special The caucus adjourned sine die after a heated 49 to 47 vote with two absent. Senate roll call showed seventeen absentees as lawmakers left town to block a quorum in joint session. Call declared elected with 51 votes amid claims of no U S election and potential contest.
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Tamamassie
Fla
Call
Senate
Antic
Mays
Gotis
Negro Shot After Attempted Home School Robbery
Patrolman Prather halted a black intruder at the Home School early Tuesday morning. The suspect fled as shots rang out. he collapsed along the path after being pursued, but no trace remained to confirm if he was hit.
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Pleasant Stovall
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Samahin
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Covington & Northern
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Georgia Pacific
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Indiana
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SPARK
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Sole
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Rory
Grant & Charbonnir
Gia
Indena
E. Clayton Street
Clarek Sheriff Mortgage SA
Doy
Glarke County
E L. Newton
Clarke Superior Cour
Baxter Street
W. H. Howls
Clarke Superior Court
Fannie May Stanley
Jas A. Grant
K. Nickersos
Adm
A. G. McCurry
P. P. Proram
Athens, Ga
Elbertor
Ge. McCurry & Proffim
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Max Josep
Daet
John L. Arnold
John EL. Arnold
Broad ST
M. Palmer
Wxber
Palmer & Kinnebre
Clay
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