11 Apr 1895
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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1895
Page
1
OCR fragments touch on April Fool traditions, the Or Georgia convention at Tybee in May, Baptist gatherings, and editorials on life’s mysteries. Mentions New York Central electrification, possible McKinley era ticket, local lynching, and small-town politics with varied social notes.
A critique of cheap paperbacks appealing to youth on trains and in resorts, arguing many are unfit but noting some edifying volumes exist. It urges readers and parents to reform by choosing higher moral literature, condemns "hard times" rhetoric, and encourages patience, thrift, and self control.
A dialogue defines Radical as a hostile caricature tied to Puritan lineage and social prejudice, while a subsequent editorial urges decisive, timely action and purposeful living. The piece juxtaposes inflammatory stereotypes with a call to seize opportunities and repair past harms.
A long rhetorical piece critiques gender roles and societal norms, challenging notions of happiness, housekeeping, education, child-raising, fashion, debt, and political solution. It cites generational views, editor duties, and the era's diverse political ideas, noting ongoing improbable expectations and changes.
Mathis Bros promotes a full line of groceries and produce at market prices opposite the post office on South Broad Street. The page also lists tax return schedules across multiple Georgia counties with locations and dates for the first and second rounds in Whigham Reagan's Pearce's Blowing Cave Lime Sink and many other towns, plus guardianship and dismission notices from Miller and Decatur counties with court dates in April and May 1895.
The Decatur tax sale notices list properties to be sold at Bainbridge court house door in Decatur Rasaly Georgia during legal hours in May. Descriptions include 125 acres off lot 91 in district 16 and 167 acres off parts of lots 372 303 48 in district 14 Gibson lean to pro 1 s satin ity 8 Fifa issued by Geo D Griffin Tax Collector for unpaid 1894 taxes. Also 20 acres of land off eastern poor lot 12 in district bounded by Sweetwater Creek Bob Goodman and William Bainbridge and Whigham. Levy by James Hill to satisfy a Fifa.
Readers are cautioned about trading for a disputed note labeled z note and the related Hart Ehrlich agreement dated October 1995. The notice claims the underlying consideration and warranty were improperly handled and the filing appears invalid.
City of Bainbridge Georgia issues proclamation for a special election on April 30 1895 to decide bonds of $7500 for building and furnishing a City Hall. Bonds bear 5 percent interest payable annually with principal and interest schedules through 1925. Voting ends with majority in favor authorizing bonds to fund city hall project.
Under tax executions issued by G W Carter, collector, the county will sell at the courthouse in Colquitt on the first meeting in May the unreturned lots including Lot 26 in the 18th district and Lot 101 in the 12th district for unpaid 1804 taxes.
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