Local notices and updates from Bainbridge area
Notices cover rental inquiry from a family of three and references exchanged. City Clerk E A Wimberly served as a juror in Valdosta. Mrs Harris confined to Fordham House with typhoid and convalescing. J B Maxwell resigns night clerk post at Fordham. I J Trawick succeeds. Beef procurement ads and a public auction of G F A property underway with bidders present. Prohibition law materials issued to ordinaries. weather update notes recent storm across the region. A lighthearted quip about furloughs and a note on firecracker humor appears.
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J C. Harris
Alway
Fordham House
City fireworks ban limits firing within fire district
An ordinance prohibits firing fireworks inside the fire limits bounded by East Clay Street to the south Shotwell Street to the west West Street and Market Street to the north. Violators may face a fine up to 1 00 or up to 90 days on the streets. Clothes Cleaned and Pressed right or your money refunded. Dixie Steam Laundry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Street
Shotwell Street
West Street
Market Street
Dixie Steam Laundry
Local notices and business updates in faded OCR
Free needles at Laing s and at Matthews Seed Store. Laundry left there will receive prompt attention. Tax books state county city close tomorrow. A weather report notes rain on December 13 signaling a dry spell beginning January 1. Morris Brown Drug Co opens another store in Bon Air block. The deg tax enforcement for killing unpaying dogs is handed to Mr Mooney, keeper of the home for wandering cows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthews
Dixie Steam Laundry
Messrs
Morris-Brown Drug Company
Toole
Bon Air
Mooney
Christmas Homecomings and Local Notices
Local column notes many residents visiting relatives for the holidays including Muss Pruda in Eufaula visiting Mrs. Griffin, Miss Braton and Mr. Willis from Shorter College, and Rebecca Zacharias at the Wainman Hotel. Emigrants from Italy head to tobacco plantations. Rev. J A Smith and city families plan holiday travel. Scientists predict a dry world, and the paper wishes Merry Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muss Pruda
Eufaula
George D. Griffin
Shotswell Street
Rebecca Zacharias
Herman Gans
Wainman Hotel
Postmasters Directed to Deliver Letters to Santa Claus
The Washington Department orders that from now until January 1, 1908, postmasters must deliver letters plainly addressed to Santa Claus to regular organized charitable societies in the recipient city or town. If multiple societies claim the letters, they are to be divided equally among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wpy
Rev Wm A Parks visits after 41 years at local church
After 41 years Rev. William A Parks, long honored in the North Georgia Conference, preached both morning and evening and spoke to Sunday school children. Once pastor in 1866 67, he found most former members gone to the silent majority and then moved on to Cuthbert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. A. Parks
North Georgia
Bro. Parks
Cuthbert
Fair Benefit by Women’s Club in Singer Office
The Ladies Club will host a fair with handiwork to raise funds for Mead school in Tallulah Falls. Proceeds from holiday articles support poor girls. Public patronage is urged and the event runs tomorrow through weekend with seasonal sunrise times noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singer Sewing Machine
Mead School
Tallulah Falls
Academy Improvement Sparks Roof Fire Shield Implemented
Mayor Willis installs a metal top with spark arrester on the Academy smokestack to stop roof fires caused by falling embers. Three fires in six weeks tied to this issue prompt a reward for apprehending anyone lingering near the site and a warning to deter culprits from causing more damage.
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Willis
Academy
Illness of Col. Albert H. Russell Weighed by Bainbridge
Bainbridge mourns the serious illness of Col. Albert H. Russell a longtime lawyer and honored citizen. His condition worsened this week with a complication described as urea poisoning affecting his health over two years. The community expresses sympathy to his wife family and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Albert H. Russell
Bainbridge
South Georgia
Prayer Circle Meeting Announced at Presbyterian Church
A Prayer Circle will meet tomorrow in the Presbyterian Lecture Room after noon. Mrs. Massey leads the group with hour set at three o clock. All ladies are invited to attend.
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Presbyterian Lecture Room
Mrs. Massey
O’clook
Salter Hurt by Runaway Horse
Mr S H Salter was painfully hurt on Monday when struck by a runaway horse but was reported sitting up at last accounts. Doctors expect no backset though they caution against further pain and inconvenience.
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S. H. Salter
Dr King’s New Life Pill Endorsed for Fatal Liver Blood Deadlock
An advertisement touts a pill as a universal remedy for a dangerous condition described as liver and bone stoppage. It claims guaranteed satisfaction with money back and a price of 25 cents, urging purchase at all drug stores.
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E. J. Moon
Gen
del. Bainbridge
E. A. Wimberly
Valdosta
United States Court
J. B. Maxwell
The
Fordham
I. J. Trawick
Advertiser
Caribelle
Maxwell
Bruton’s Fair
G F. & A. Railway Company
Dean Actioneer
Willie
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Coast
Laing’s
Santa Claus
Missey
Lillian Braton
Freddie Willis
Shorter College
Rome
Trawick
Max Nussbaum
Thomasvile
Massey
West Virginia
City
West Broughton Street
J. P. Brown
Brown
J. A. Smith
Brunswick
Savannah
L. F. Patterson
Atlanta
Mesdames Hunewell Griffin
C. E. Tebo
H. C. Erwin, Jr
Italy
J. E.donalson
Ballance
Georgia Sematra Tobacco Co
W. E. Smith
Scott
Notre Dame Lady’s
M Summers
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Swamp-Root
Fine Watches
J. I. Subers
J. S. Subers
Goldsith
Bainbridge, Georgia
Modere
Bainbridge Telephone
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