15 Jan 1891
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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1891
Page
1
A crowd gathers as an evangelist, Les Allen, preaches on a box. He later suffers ridicule, becomes noted in temperance circles, but is later reported fallen by the wayside in Chicago. The narrator searches for him through hotels and saloons.
In Quincy and Shelton a noted minister endures relentless pursuit by critics and reporters claiming downfall. After a final church address that astonishes, he travels home to die among supporters, with a message that light nears him as his spirit departs in peace.
December 1 150 the court recesses until Monday January 12 the year 1841 with petit jurors drawn for January term to serve at May term listed by name the order to be published weekly by the Baxprincy Drwocnar and the Bainbridge Globe a true copy from the minutes BW Bowen JSC AAC True copy from the minute book
The piece extols Bainbridge as Decatur County's county seat, a growing pine belt metropolis on the Flint River with artesian wells praised for health benefits. It highlights climate, forests, cattle, industry including a saw mill, carriage and cigar factories, a cotton compress, electric light system, free water works, and planned academy. notes population and business potential, plus local agriculture, fisheries, and hospitality amid ample land and cheap goods. It also mentions Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption as a local advertised remedy.
Fragmented text references medical cream as a remedy and mentions creditors and debts. The garbled passage includes terms about doctors and syringes. It also contains a notice to creditors in Georgia asking them to present claims and settle estates under law.
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