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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1900
Page
3
Local column lists real estate ads a seven room cottage for rent. goods at E M Moore's store including fresh seafood and groceries. department store sales at Gurley's and Belcher Bros. notices of farmers prices and a board of trade idea. mentions nearby towns and schools with names such as Agnes Scott Institute and Donalsonville.
Bainbridge sees visits from Mrs. O Connell of Savannah and Mrs. Jowett of Chelsea Mass while J A Graves and others are noted in local items. Seed oats offered at 60 cents a bushel from BR Bower law office and Gurley’s Department Store. Social news includes entertaining hostesses Mesdames Wilson and Harrell and remarks on building Bainbridge, a bowling alley reopens for ladies, and church services by Rev. J W Domingos. The Palmer firm dissolves with W Palmer Sr buying Dr W W Palmer’s share. Local politics mention Decatur representatives and tax concerns as Georgia’s burdens loom.
Advertisements show Capt Jove Desverger's new livery stable and Mercantile firms of Vinson Culpepper relocating to Fort James. Social note invites Oak City Hook & Ladder to Monday meeting. Marriages in Americus and Bainbridge announce Lou Hawi and Harry Fain wed. Lost watch advertised with reward. Deer hunting report notes a 135 pound buck near Whigham.
Mixed town items include a for sale notice for a new upright piano, political reflections by Georgia legislators, a tragedy notice for Alma Chason, a business sale offer in Decatur County, a market garden pitch citing spring prices, a land hunting ban notice in Bainbridge lands, and reduced shoe prices from Palmer & Co with Christmas timing.
The Bainbridge community reports a quiet orderly Christmas with good humor and sobriety. Town leaders praise the current mayor and aldermen for honest administration and a new water system, while merchants advertise sales and local notices warn against trespass. The Democratic headline notes next Saturday’s vote and the local press promotes new equipment, books, and services.
An old locomotives discussion cites the nerve strain from speeds of 50 to 150 miles per hour, claiming engineers would go mad at 150 miles and shadows from electric headlights provoke deadly visions. Also notes Poland China pig sales, aging senators Beveridge Butler Penrose McLaurin, and local land loan ads.
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