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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1890
Page
2
A chaotic OCR text references State Treasurer Bob Hardeman, Albany’s Brimberry, and a broad cast of political figures and themes. It mentions race issues, monuments, and tensions across states with mentions of New York, Philadelphia, and Georgia, plus references to influenza and public health. The piece reads as fragmented commentary on elections, party machines, and national politics impacting the South and North.
The Atlanta public questions whether Henry Grady left a family provision sufficient after his death. Estimates place the home at about 20 000 with 16 590 life insurance and a 5 000 mortgage paid off. Subscriptions for a memorial statue pour in from Atlanta and distant cities as drive to ensure a decent estate continues.
Reports describe influenze spreading across Europe with high infection rates and unclear origin. The illness now appears in the United States with early cases in major cities and possible transmission via foreign mails. By late updates it is epidemic in several northern cities and reaching toward the South, including Brunswick, Georgia.
Notices from Georgia detail the death of Judge Kit Warren described as genial and upright, a Baptist who never married and left a lasting reputation for humor and hard sense. The report cites his journalism across several state newspapers and his service as a county court niege in Lee County, with condolences from Atlanta Journal and Decatur Sheriff.
A mix of small ads, legal notices and notices including trespass, guardians sale, divorce libel, and estate matters. Items mention Powell plantation on Flint River, Decatur County court actions, guardian sales of property for wards William D Mary P George D John B Henry H, and M J Hodges administratrix proceedings. Also numerous patent medicine advertisements for Shiloh and Saulah cures, with prices and claims.
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