Georgia State Fair Premium List and Exhibits
The document outlines premium categories for poultry, cattle, horses, hogs, geese and other livestock, along with prizes for races, exhibitions, and jack ennet entries. It lists show divisions, prize amounts, and committees responsible for printing, railroads, invitations, music, grounds, amusements, and hospitality.
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Gantt, Brown, Baldwin, Flanigen
Baldwin, Gantt, Voss
Brown
White
Baldwin
Hodgson
Flanigen
Holman
Voss
Booth
Carithers
Athens farmer shines with fine horses at Clarke county fair
Mr William H Jones of near Athens raises through bred stock noted for a mare named Stehe worth 425 a year ago and sold to Gainesville. The mare earned 2387 and a purse of 160 dollars, then sold for 2000. Jones also owns Estelle’s Messenger and many promising colts ready for exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ir. W. H Jonss
Athens
William H. Jones
Gainesville
Jones
Clarke County
Estelle
Messenger
Cotton crop outlook and a child’s obituary intertwine
Farmers report cotton yields near last year's level with late planted fields failing to mature. The piece shifts to a poignant obituary for a young girl named Ruby, described as a gentle, cherished child whose death is framed as a transition to heaven.
Stock and Poultry Show Drives Athens Efforts Forward
The Northeast Georgia Stock and Poultry show mobilizes merchants and citizens to back the directors as they prepare for a major Athens exhibit. Holman Hodgson and Baldwin pledge to visit stock raisers. prizes include horse races in Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. A large alliance rally, a baseball purse, and a jute debate mark the event schedule. Dissolution note: V Murray sells livery stake to Thomas Bailey with settled accounts.
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Northeast
Georgia
Holman
Hodgson
Baldwin
Greene
Morgan
Rir
Tennessee
Kentucky
Athens
Madison Club
Alliance
Northwest
Messrs
Livington
Nerthen
Fair
Jute Trust
Henry W. Grady
Messrs White
Flanigen
Judge Cothran aids a disabled German veteran home
In Abbey life South Carolina Judge Cothran shelters a wounded Confederate veteran turned German refugee after the Civil War. The man, aided by the judge, learned cigar making, prospered, and returned years later to thank his benefactor, now thriving with a wife, children, and a successful business.
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Judge Cothran
Abbeylife
S. C
Banner
Judg Cothran
Cochran
G. Slauser
Athens
Georgia
Hauser
Abbeville
Cothran
Morris the Murderer Fails to Halt Westward Escape
Bob Morris, accused of fatally shooting Ben Willis in Banks county last Tuesday night, has eluded authorities. Reportedly headed west, he slept under a Lula tree Wednesday night and may have boarded a train toward Gainesville. Banks county officers vow continued pursuit amid county-wide outrage over the killing.
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Bob Morris
Ben Willis
Banks County
Lula
Gainesville
Morris
Electric lights to power Athens street cars
Mr. Voss, manager of our street railway, says a local electric plant will soon rent power to propel Athens street cars, with full electric operation expected by early next year. The $100,000 system will be funded by the gas-works company with vast capital. Electricity is billed as the era’s motor power, surpassing steam.
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Athens
Voss
Our
Street Railway
Tuy Banner
New York
Tar Banner
Alliance War Gains Ground in Cotton Bagging Struggle
Capt. J H Rucker reports from Charleston and Augusta that the Alliance is winning against the jute bagging trust. He says most cotton bales are still wrapped in jute, with some cotton sheeting used but not bagging. He estimates 20 to 30 percent of receipts use cotton coverings, predicts higher prices if supply tightens, and notes English mills closing for lack of cotton.
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J. H. Rucker
Charleston
Jute Bagging Trust
Rucker
Europe
Augusta
Jute Trust
England
Liverpool
South
Augusta cotton bagging questioned for packing quality
A local informant warns Augusta mills are selling coarse Osnaburg as cotton bagging at 11 cents, after an 9 cent deal was refused. The piece could be substituted with jute by compresses, prompting farmers to investigate before use. A Chicago man’s $200 Treasury note to Uncle Sam’s Kredit is also noted.
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Augusta Mills
Osnaburg
Augusta
Alliance Ag
Secretary of the Treasury
Sam
Death of John H. Newton a Georgia pioneer citizen
John Hamlin Newton, aged eighty nine, longtime Athens resident and prominent local figure, died at his daughter Mrs Lamar Cobb’s home. Born September 18 1800 in Jefferson County, he moved to Athens in 1837 and built a reputation as a self made businessman. He served as justice of the peace, bank director, insurance trustee, and Northeastern railroad director, and supported agricultural improvement and a state experimental station. A devout Methodist, he attended church and Sabbath school until illness. Funeral today at 2 p.m. at First Methodist Church.
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Jolm H. Newton
Lamar Cobb
Georgia
Hind
Athens
John Hamlin Newton
Jeffferson County
Davisboro
Augusta
Hardwick & Co
Fenn’s Bridge
Mary Jordan
E. D. Newton
New York
Gage J. Newton
Newton
Stv
Bank of Athens
Southern Mutual Insurance Company
Lucy Cotb. Institute
Northeastern Railroad
Edmund Ruffin
Alabama
Mississippi
Montgomery
Ala
Methodist Church
First Methodist Church
Skiff the Jeweler Creates Diamond Spectacles
A brief tribute to Skiff the Jeweler who serves customers with diamond spectacles. He is praised as a person who lives not for self but to benefit the world and those who patronize his shop.
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Pen Georgia Barnyard
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Ruby
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Inorons
Gann & Bailey
V. Murray
Cunvers
Lucy Hinton
Talmadge Bros
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Richmond
J. H.rucker
John H. Newton
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