Wages of Tillers of the Soil and Tariff Burden
The piece defends agriculture against high tariffs, arguing 30,000,000 farmers support 8,000,000 workers and export value exceeds manufactured exports. It condemns stereotypes about farmers, notes wage disparities between states, and contrasts farmer and factory wages in a pointed political critique.
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New York Times
Court’s Benediction to new lawyers in 1876 Rome
An 1876 Demorest’s clipping records a superior court judge addressing four new bar admittees. He warns they know little despite exams, urges humility and learning in court practice, notes lawyers should be gentlemen, ribbing a few pretensions and fossil jokes, and closes with hopeful caution not to make fools of themselves.
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Georgia
Demorest
Rome
Justice’s Court
Unclear OCR Local Notice of Transport Agent Change
Fragmentary OCR indicates a local notice about agents or stations and general pass arrangements involving individuals or firms, with unreadable names. Details insufficient to identify exact event, location, or entities.
Bainbridge Georgia Described as Oasis of Rivers and Oaks
Bainbridge, county seat of Decatur, is praised as a thriving river town at the Flint River's edge. The article extols artesian wells, healthy climate, fertile lands, abundant forests, and growth prospects with a future waterworks, mills, foundry, and banks. It highlights live oaks, city amenities, and welcoming immigration prospects, inviting readers to address The Democrat for entry.
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U.S
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Decatur County
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Astonishing German Syrup sales pitch excerpt
An old advertisement extols Bosche's German Syrup as a remedy with astonishing qualities for the poor and consumptive. It claims extensive sales last year and urges everyone to try a bottle, touting a price around 10 cents and regular 75 cents, though much of the text is garbled.
Ghastly Patent Then and Tariff Alarm in Georgia
A Pittsburg physician named Cooper seeks a patent for a compression method to preserve bodies by removing moisture. The process yields hard marble like forms and may replace cremation, with demonstrations planned. The piece also attacks cotton bagging tariffs, noting a 54 percent duty and a $3 million burden on Southern farmers, calling out Albany News for defending protectionists.
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Pittsburg
Cooper
South
Georgia
Albany News
Seldom What They Seem in a Topsy Turvy World
A soi-disant meditation on paradoxes contrasts foods, temperaments, and fortunes. It notes eggs drawing praise for nutrition while bile warns against them, a drinker shunned for apoplexy, and a prize fighter reborn as a preacher.
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Jan
Brown
Han Over Fist
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