21 Dec 1899
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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1899
Page
1
A broad survey notescotton crop prospects, rail land sales, and tariff debates. mentions Georgia legislation on cigarette imports, imports duties on long staple cotton, Moody’s health, and McKinley’s Philippines policy. It highlights agricultural shifts, railroad land sales to a Michigan syndicate, and calls for crop development and hog law support.
Fragmentary notes describe widespread illness with headaches backache nervousness and skin eruptions. Vague questioning of causes suggests general malaise and medical worry rather than a specific event or person.
State School Superintendent Glenn advocates training negroes in trades and domestic work, arguing agriculture for boys and cookery dressmaking and nursing for girls will elevate livelihoods. The piece notes racial assumptions and praises cotton mill growth in the South, with economic prospects and free trade in the regional context. It also promotes Cham berlain s Cough Remedy with a money back guarantee.
The piece argues a grave cotton market crisis for Southern farmers as a united front forms to keep prices high. It cites a Nesbitt call for organized farmer merchants and bankers, plus Stevens urging acreage and debt reduction strategies to build a strong platform.
Soldiers return from the Philippines will recount many feats but none as novel as the clash with Aguinaldo’s body guard under Pilar in a snow covered mountain pass high above sea level. American forces win a victory with potential rebel impact. Also notes on Dr Tiehenor’s Antiseptic and corn stalk pricing.
Decatur County Georgia lists multiple sheriff sales set for the first Tuesday in January next. Properties include a Bainbridge house and lot tied to Sarah A. Griffith's estate, a lot in Bainbridge tied to Mrs. Kate Powers estate, and other city parcels with various boundaries. Proceedings issued to satisfy unpaid taxes and judgments from 1898 to 1900.
An advertisement extols Tutt's Liver Pills as a cure for sick headaches dyspepsia malaria sour stomach dizziness constipation bilious fever piles and torpid liver. It claims a single rose proves their virtue and promotes a clear head sound sleep fine appetite and ripe old age.
Multiple Georgia notices describe sheriff sales in Decatur County Bainbridge and Belbridge. Lands and lots across Bainbridge and surrounding areas are scheduled for foreclosure auctions to satisfy various mortgage and court judgments.
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