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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1888
Page
3
A garbled 19th century Atlas county page reports crop prospects with war crop estimates, river steamer rate cuts, and social events. Mentions Mrs J. T Donalson, Prof McKelway, Miss Nellie Cooper, Sam Jones, and local firms like Williams Bros. Talks of guano factory ideas in Bainbridge, a deputy sheriff case in Baker county, and community gatherings including Knuckle Klub and a misc. raft of letters, travel, and market notes.
Bainbridge readers are invited to a free admission exhibition at the M E Church next Monday night showing a large ship built on stage by children under the Methodist Missionary Society led by Mrs. Binford and Mrs. Hawes. The program includes songs recitations and music, with each plank or sail bearing a religious principle. The event comes from Savannah after tours in Georgia cities.
Quincy scrips chatter of scarce chickens and a poker box incident. Mayor Ray settled two cases at a profit of two dollars. Street lamps arrive and a mad dog scare prompts local action. Telegraph receipts surge 300 percent after Woodberry’s short line to the depot. Whist Club meets at F. P. May s residence. Col Keep seeks action against a nuisance behind Monroe s store. Aunt Lou Campbell in Florida shoots a chicken hawk for fun. Bishop Weed visits Quincy, Mrs Gibbes leads music, and Max Oestreicher pushes low prices. The Colonel keeps a pistol within reach as the town stays busy.
The Vogt brothers near Quincy report rain aided harvest, with about seven acres left to finish a 100 acre tobacco crop. Geodlings suffered from cut worm and drought, first setting of fifteen acres nearing topping, and worms arriving daily. Sheds rise in fields and around barns as cutting is expected to begin in about three weeks with a promising outlook.
The Democrat highlights J J Hahn the live grocer with fresh pure goods and weekly price lists. The Colquitt desk reports Pond Town Postmaster 85 Wacaser attempted morphine self harm but only ill, others offered morphine and he refused. A lost black corkscrew overcoat size 40 is offered with reward.
A village benefit show in Whigham raised funds for the Baptist church. The free farce pleased attendees from Banbridge Cairo and nearby areas. Boston Brass Band provided music as visitors praised the event and local speakers.
Open letter and local column celebrate an upcoming July fourth picnic at this place with Hon Ren Russell to speak, a lemonade sale for the Presbyterian church, a band, dancing, and committees. Crops, fruits, and local farming prospects are profiled along with remarks on local figures and future settlement.
A public concern asks if a candidate is upright, pays debts, acts honestly, and shuns theft or dishonor. It challenges whether the arbiter of life and rights can resist corruption, think clearly, and balance judgment amid lawyerly pressure. The plea urges voters to take time and judge the responsibility they bear.
In brief, the advertisement claims Green's August Flower cures dyspepsia and liver troubles caused by greasy or bad food and stress. It promotes vitality, urging readers to buy two bottles for seventy five cents and enjoy happiness through better health.
Eggs for hatching offered by A L Townsexy Bainbridge Ga with prices 13 for 2.00 and 8 for 1.60 Langshan eggs 2.00 3.50 Leghorn eggs non-sitters largest black fowl bred Eggs warranted pure and fresh sale in Bainbridge Georgia.
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