LOCAL NOTES From the Atlante Daily Sun
December notes highlight Bowlon Institute promotion and Col Benham outing with the St Louis and Southern Railroad. A Christmas release shows prison doors opening by order of His Honor. A long excerpt discusses climate and health in the South, praising Georgia elevations and diet for consumptive patients, ending with a note from N. L. Anarer.
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Bownox Couneer
Bowilon Institute
Pensovan
Benham
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South-Estern
Kimball House
Stéphen A. Douglas
Dax
Delivenance
Calaboose
Lowry
Gunpowder zeal and a Ku Klux storm in Arkansas
The article reports a violent Ku Klux incident in Lake Village Arkansas where a negro lawyer was murdered and prisoners lynched by a white mob. It contrasts federal action and President Wilson’s amnesty stance with Congress and Arkansas events. It questions federal authority under the Ku Klux bill to punish the killers.
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Missouri
Guy Fawkes
Devil’s Inn
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Capitol
Para
Washington
Courier-Journal
Congress
Senate
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South Carolina
Arkansas
Atlanta Climate Promises Health for Consumptives
A Dr Angier letter to Newport Spectator extols Atlanta and its surroundings as ideal for those predisposed to consumption. He praises the bland atmosphere, mountain vigor, and open-air life, contrasting with New England’s crowded winter rooms and urging rural exercise as a healthier, cheaper alternative.
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Newport
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Messrs
Carleton & Harvey
Atlanta
New England
Multiple Disasters Reported Across Forty News Wires
Telegrams recount a coal train wreck near Laca Wanna killing one, with fifteen cars and a wrecked engine into the river. Reports also describe a mutilated body found at a Grand Trunk depot and ongoing Tweed bail and escape concerns in New York.
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Lacawanna
Quebec
Grand Trunk
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Tribune
Tweed
Skullcad
Herald
Matamoras
Monterey
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Farley
New York City
New Era Debate Hints at Party Shift and Grant Rift
The piece notes dissension around Grant and his allies with talk of the Era becoming a Democratic journal. Mr Scruggs has returned from Washington disconsolate amid party fractures in the United States.
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Akctinkia
Fibaling
Dora P
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Clews & Co Under Fire for Georgia Rail Swindle Probe
The letter to the Constitution accuses Henry Clews & Co. of aiding a Brunswick and Albany Railroad fraud to plunder Georgia. It charges they knew the state bonds and road bonds were misused, and portrays Clews as a principal Ring member and profiteer from the scheme.
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Clews & Co
Georgia
Henry Clews& Co
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Clews
Henry Clews
Ring
Bonds of Georgia Sought Inquiry into State Securities
long document from 1871 discusses Georgia bond issuance and state securities, detailing negotiations by Henry Clews & Co for Brunswick and Albany Railroad bonds and a $1,650,000 state loan. It notes fears of fraud, calls for an investigative committee, and requires registration of bonds since 1868 with a deadline of April 1872. It references Governor veto, legislative actions, and a constitutional record.
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Pacific Railway
Seaboard
Brunswick and Albany Railroad Company
Comptroller’s Office
South
Europe
Commonwealth
Christmas Eve Music Snag and Turkeys Mark Savannah
The Savannah Advertiser reports that a planned Pak Christmas program lacked music not from officials but due to band members illness and Christmas overindulgence. The item notes turkeys in Savannah and an incident where George Ulme was carved in the face by a boy, with another shooting incident mentioned in the same era.
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Savannah
George Ulme
Aid
Sohn Fahey
Georgia State Bonds Redeemable January First
The Georgia State Treasury declares provisions to redeem and pay bonds due January 1 next. Redemption may be made at the Treasury or Fourth National Bank in New York. The notice defends the state’s honor and rebukes critics, including Henry Clews & Co.
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Georgia
Dra Angier
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Fourth National Bank
New York
Henry Clews & Co
Crows and Company Urge Georgia Legislators Against Rash Debts
A dated plea argues that abandoning honest debts will burden taxpayers and discourage growth. The letter warns creditors and lenders that debt repudiation harms the state’s wealth and honors, urging lawmakers to avoid rash obligations and long term consequences. It is signed Hurry A. Crows and Co.
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Oma
Careas
Georgia
A. Crows, & Coz
Georgia Senate and House Session Act Passages 1871
A Hamilton era document notes the Georgia General Assembly in Atlanta from March to May 1872 to consider state and railroad bond matters. It includes appointment details, communications routes, and references to bond maturity testimony for holders of state bonds and railroad bonds endorsed by Georgia.
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United States of America
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Ganserr McMinnas
Joan I. Haru
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