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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1885
Page
3
Local items report upcoming Independence Day plans, farm work, and social visits. Mentions Griffin and Bainbridge visits, harness work, Emery Johnson stock, and the town’s public activities. Includes weather, health updates, court hearings, and business ads with community notices and upcoming excursions.
The townspeople are told of Townsend and Marrell forming a new legal partnership with offices at the courthouse. They are presented as well known, trusted, and ready to serve clients needing legal services. meantime thefts and other local items fill the page alongside notices.
A late night shooting near Bainbridge injures John Longwood, a local Black man, by bird shot but non fatal. The item also notes profitable mockingbird trading, praising J. Steininger & Co. and their Flint River Store in Bainbridge, plus a humorous tale from Squire Shores about a cat squirrel-filled tree in Florida.
A 19th century civic letter urges city officials to supply fresh well water in summer to prevent unhealthy standing water. It cites costs, promotes a water pump, and critiques ice pricing. The piece blends public health suggestion with local commerce ads for J. Steiniger & Co. and Parker's Tonic, plus notices on jewelry repair by Miss Viola Colbert and Watson's Magic Balsam. It notes 1885 patent medicine claims and installment stove sales by Emery Johnson.
Local brief records John McKenzie at the counter and a upcoming steam saw mill. Judge Bower renovates his home. M C Jones to run a full time Post Office at Recovery. Community visits, church meetings, and a May Day picnic at Michel and Baker feature alongside advertisements for Shiloh remedies and patent medicines.
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