Christmas Week Notes From The Weekly Democrat
Readable snippets report social events and local notices in Bainbridge area in mid December 1885. Items mention meetings, theater, minstrel show, Christmas sales, a charity concert, river trade wagers, hotel fare, artesian water, a Christmas carnival, and upcoming public entertainments at Flint River Store and Attapulgus with references to local figures like J. Hahn and Col. James M. Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Curry
Oak City Hook & Ladfer Company
RB. H. Whiteley, Jr
Beaule
Boulder
Colorado
Central
Wzp
Chattawoches
S PF & W
Flint River
J. J. Hahn
Amer
Crean West
Orleans
Beverly & Co
Flint
Ellis
Opera de
J. R. Graves
Savannah
U.S
L. F. Burkett
Western Tuion Telegraph Company
Moss
J. L Hahn's
Attapulgus
the Methodist Church
J. S. Hahn
A. W. Broome
Wright
United States
Mac
Bobr
Max Oeichtrecher
Col
James M. Scott
Wardell
Savannah, Florida & Western Railway
Stemmager & Co
Bill Scott
U. S. Treasury
Washington
December’s Cold Winds Boost Colquitt Short Line Mail
Local notices touts Blount buggies and the Columbus buggy, praises Colquitt Short Line Mail despite car changes, and hails winter travel. Advertisements urge wood sales, store bargains, and railway extension, while city notes mention drownings rumors proven false and upcoming hires in Bainbridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blount
Columbus
Colquitt
Pond Town
Brown
Oakland
Desvergers
Conference Appointments for Thomasville District Clergy
The article lists the M E Church ministers and circuits for the Thomasville District for the coming year. It notes changes including Bainbridge and Whigham becoming a Mission under P H Crumpler, Rev J M Marshall added to Superannated List, and assignments shifting to J M Boland J B Wight and J B R Smith among others. It also mentions the city election upcoming, praise for the current city government, and remarks on police chief Marshal Smart and Bainbridge’s peace under liquor controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Thomasville
J O Branch
H McGehee
Blakely
J D Maulden
Leary
Newton
A Sanders
Albany
Wesley Chapel
W Hathews
Camilla
B K Smith
Pelham
D Heath
Cairo
Cairo—S W Stubbs. Rehoboth Mission—Supplied By J M Boland
Centennial
J W Arnold
Attapulgus
J T Ainsworth
W T Watt
Bainbridge and Whigham
P H Crump
Ler
Trinity
Geo. A. Wight
Padrick
J. B. R. Smith
J. B. McCloskey
Waynesboro
W. W. Wright
Wright
Marshal Smart
Bain
Court House Mae
Bainbridge
Decatur
Georgia
Deseris
Pine City
Beebe
Dickensons
T H Hotchkiss
Henry Stewert
Stewart
Bussar
E. H. Smart
Southern Economy Critique Highlights Waste and Small Costs
A sprightly Liberal column urges Southern readers to curb waste in everyday detail from wrapping paper to kerosene lamps. It argues small savings compound into prosperity, warning that neglect of minor items harms the economy and urging careful household and plantation practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuthbert
South
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Methodist Church
Municipal Affairs
Mme. Reynolds
Miller, Baker
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Thomas Counties
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C L. Beach & Co
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Aserty
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Miller County
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Miller
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