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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1900
Page
1
A tangled collage of editorial asides, politics, and society items from Georgia papers. Mentions Senator Bacon opposition, Judge Wooten resignation, Aunt Susan B Anthony lectures, Bryan and Hogg, Georgia tobacco and hogs, and local civic notes across Savannah Albany and Waycross papers.
The Atlanta Constitution eulogizes Colonel Screven of Savannah as a leading businessman and former mayor who helped shape the Atlanta and Gulf railway system. It lauds his steady character, courtesy, and defense of virtue over money, noting his memory endures in those who knew him.
Watkins Grant recalls Gen. Butler’s sharp wit in the House and a 1850s Massachusetts campaign when an enormous tinfoil spoon dangled from a rope above the audience. The ensuing five minutes of struggle ended with Butler yielding to the unseen challenger.
A historical note explains why Jefferson Davis was never tried for treason. Salmon P. Chase questioned whether treason could be charged without U S citizenship. The justices replied that citizens are of states, not the United States, so Davis could not be tried. Chase’s discussion influenced the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Pierson drug store manager Martin reports Chamberlain's Cough Remedy selling well with five bottles to one sale. The product is praised for stopping coughs healing sore throat and lungs and giving relief quickly during la gripe season. Available from R L Bruce in South Chicago Daily Calumet.
The Columbus Enquirer Sun notes visions of a trunk railroad from Chattanooga to Florida. The Georgia Pine promises a line Arlington to Cuthbert while the Chattahoochee Valley line advances north toward Carrollton. Together in Columbus they would create an air line from Chattanooga to Florida with roads expected to reach the city soon.
A recounting from Reminiscences of Half a Century includes a dinner joke where Sydney Smith teases a host named Kershaw about church decorum and a sneeze gag that curses the crowd with laughter. The item then shifts to political notes from Dawson and Atlanta area presses on Republican convention calls and Cleveland era party dynamics.
An advertisement promotes Mother’s Friend to ease childbirth and avoid suffering. It claims the remedy saves pain, escorts expectant mothers toward a smoother birth, and offers a free book titled Before Baby is Born by Bradford Regulator Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
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