Bainbridge Georgia Promotes Artesian Water and Growth
Bainbridge Georgia promotes its artesian wells and climate to attract settlers and business. The piece describes Bainbridge as the county seat of Decatur with river access, oak lined streets, a court house, hotels, churches, schools, and a growing economy. It notes water analyses by State Chemist H. C. Waite and advocates immigration to the city and county.
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Bainbridge
Decatur
State of
Georgia
Savavanah
Florida
Alabama Line
Gulf of Mexico
U.S
Soja
Magnesia
H.C. Wurrr
Kwitecxt
Yonra
H. C. Warre
H.C. Waite
State Chem
City of
Oaks
Pine Belt
Gulf
South
Decatur County
Ridge
Abridge
Astonishing German Syrup Promotes Widest Possible Use
An advertisement urges every user to tell their son about Bosehe’s German Syrup and to recommend it to the poor. It claims three doses relieve symptoms, touts last year’s 80 bottles sold with no failure, and promotes trying one bottle with samples and sales at Stites for 10 cents.
From Andersonville and Lafayette's New Orleans welcome
A published reminiscence recounts an Andersonville tale of a woman who posed as a man and bore a child inside the prison, vouched for by her husband and Captain Wirtz, with lingering local memory of the incident. The piece also recalls a folkloric moral about two travelers who unite paths after a comic ravine encounter. Lafayette’s New Orleans visit is noted for social warmth and two Creole youths were judged lucky in turn while greeting him.
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Andersonville
Americus
Wirtz
Americas
Ghivan
Writz
Harper’s Magazine
Lafayette
New Orleans
Place d'Armes
Jackson Square
Cathedral
Marquis
Benedict
Dog
Education and motherhood in public debate from 1888
In a June 1888 issue Miss Eliza F. Andrews argues for prioritizing maternal care over child labor, urging home education and thrift as fundamentals of public virtue. The Albany News notes debate on evolution and religion, while a bed bug tale ends with a moral about seeking parental permission.
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Popular Science Monthly
Eliza F. Andrews
Wesleyan Female College
Roem
Christendom
Georgia tariff debate shifts to betterment issue in state politics
In the Georgia press the tariff question dominates, but critics urge candidates for the next legislature to state positions on improvements and local issues. The Montezuma Record warns that while tariff rages, Joe Brown eyes control, favoring betterments over tariff. A stray humorous exchange from Harper is noted in the same column.
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Georgia
Country
Congress
Joe Brown
Montezuma
Pig Quarreling with Snake Haunts Dalton Farm
A pig near T. R. Miller's farm five miles from DaltonTown suffers repeated convulsions exactly one hour after being bitten by a common chicken snake. After an initial scare the pig recovered, but daily episodes at the same hour continue for about two weeks, puzzling observers. A locally noted oddity closes with a quip about a man in Lee county known as an old bachelor.
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Dalton
T. R.miller
The Two Beture Roulette Tale From El Paso
A down on his luck man follows a gambler’s lead and sticks to number two at a El Paso saloon roulette table. He wins 1.80 then 648 then 2352.25 dollars before cashing out and later learns the rival ruined by the same number. He offers 500 dollars in charity to the other man.
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Washington
el Paso
Texas
Terrapin Found Living Years in Knot Hole
A Gainesville Eagle note recounts a county tale of a colored man building a rail fence who placed a terrapin in a knot hole to fit the rail. Twelve years later, while tearing down the fence, the terrapin is found alive and reportedly in good health.
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Gainesville
Indian tomahawk found in Georgia field sparks debate over farming loans
Col Womack of Schley county reports an antique steel tomahawk unearthed in a field. The relic, about hatchet size, with a bowl-shaped hammer end, is valued as a defensive weapon and pipe of peace. The article contrasts low government bond rates with high farm loan costs, noting 15 percent rates crush Georgia businesses.
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Americas
Col. Womack
Schley County
Georgia
Bits and Bites of Wit From Tid Bits and Puck
A collage of humorous vignettes from Tid Bits Puck and The Epoch includes jokes on courting hotel life missing money and whiskey mischief with scenes of a porter quip a boy in school and a lawyer joking over an obituary notice. It closes with a Chicago divorce tale about a wife and her pet dot.
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Chicago
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