Bainbridge and Decatur County Georgia Overview
Bainbridge, seat of Decatur County Georgia, lies on the Atlantic Coast Line and the Flint River. The area is about 2,500 square miles with diverse forests and rivers, offering favorable climate, artesian waters, and a planned waterworks system. The city features a $40,300 courthouse, hotels, churches, schools, a fire department, newspapers, and a growing market hub for five counties.
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Ainbridge
Theaty
Decatur
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
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Savannoah
Florda
Alabama Line
Gulf of Mexico
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City of Oaks
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Decatur County
Bainbridge, Ga
Why Locate in Decatur County Georgia
A promotional piece extols Decatur County Georgia as an ideal site for business and settlement. It lists climate, abundant land, schools, unsettled acres, cheap land, growth potential, resources, and market prospects as reasons to locate there. It emphasizes health, vigor, and easy profits for settlers and capital access.
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Decatur County
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Develo
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Our &Stlers
How She Knew He Lost at Poker
A Kansas City Star excerpt recalls women at a tea noting how they can tell if their husbands win or lose at poker. The red gown speaker says her husband lost last night after an up late business meeting. he frowns at lights on and urges cutting expenses.
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Kansas City Star
Shooting the Whale in Arctic Waters
The Norwegian whale fisheries cover most of the Arctic Ocean from northern Norway to Spitzbergen and even the Shetland islands. Whales are hunted from small steamers using bomb harpoons fired from a small cannon, dragging ships until exhausted, then towed to anchorage for blubber removal. Begun by Svend Foyn in 1868, the industry now uses bones for manure and flesh for fodder.
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Arctic Sea
Norway
Spitzbergen
Shetland Islands
Svend Foyn
New York’s First Graveyard Established in 1633
The first graveyard in New York City was laid out in 1633 on the west side of today’s Broadway above Morris Street. The oldest recorded grave is that of Richard Churcher, son of William Churcher, who died April 5 1681 at age five years five months, marked by a sandstone slab with skull bones and an hourglass.
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Cincinnati
Philadelphia
New York Times
New York
New York City
Broadway
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Richard Churcher
William Churcher
Pat's Conclusion and An Obliging Man Cartoon Descriptions
A native of Ireland recalls meeting a former boon companion from a powder factory explosion. The exchange ends with Pat declaring relief at leaving the arsenal. Also included is a Heine vignette about a barber shop adorned with sacred pictures for customers to call on the saints while he shaves.
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Pat
Emerald Isle
Bedad
Micky
London
Heine
Meggendorfer Blatter
Friday Proposals Spark Superstition and Cynicism
A spoken exchange contrasts superstition with skepticism about proposing on Friday. She deems it unlucky and refuses, while he argues a prior case where a Friday proposal failed, suggesting luck varies.
Gas tragedy sparks grim joke in Vienna paper
A fragment from Wiener Zeitung recounts a dire alert to Herr Huber about his wife’s gas suffocation. The remark about a “gas bill” adds a grim, darkly comic undertone reflecting the era’s press tone.
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Herr Huber
Huber
Wiener Saouwitzblatt
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PAONE
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el Royal
Panacea Springs Hotel
Daily Mail
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Trice
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Swift Specific CO
Flint River Lumber Go
Bainbridge, Georgia
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Carrabelle
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ON Air Hotel
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