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Newspaper

Bainbridge Democrat

Location

Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1885

Page

3

Bainbridge items sketch town life and plans for a festival

The Bainbridge column highlights local happenings and personalities caressing social life and commerce. It notes Fountain street commerce, dancing lessons, steamboat and railroad plans, artesian wells, and a Strawberry Festival at the Court House Square. The piece mocks loafers, praises public figures, and previews upcoming entertainments and attractions.

The Presbyterian Church Court House Square

A Dark Bridal Ends In Somber Wedding Scene

Gloom hangs over a wedding as a holy man prepares to unite a couple, with mournful faces and shadowed attendants. The scene is a funerallike threshold where hopeful colors fail to appear and the bride bears a perpetual pall of gloom.

Jody Satcher Jody Killom Joe Davenport Joe Columbus Jones Bros Camilla Higgest Eden Pos Russia England J. Srersinck & Co Drv Orrice Boarp Baimbri Court House County Bee County Board

Memorial Day tribute at Oak Grove Cemetery

Citizens gathered at Oak Grove Cemetery to honor Confederate dead with music by a local choir and an address by Prof. A. B. Bethea. The event featured Mrs. John E. Donalson presiding, Senator DA Russell introducing the speaker, and a brief closing with original verses praising the fallen. The page also notes a political club meeting and a long digressive parody on local politics, plus an extended advertising column.

Oak Grove Cemetery Bower Monument John E. Donalson Ladies‘ Memorial Association Pierpont Louise Sanborn Horace Curry Bethea America DA Russell A. B. Bethea Lila Fleming Tonder Confederate Memorial Association Decatur County John E. Doralson J.A. Butts Pattie McCoy Christine Sanborn Association

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