Local Happenings and Market Notes in Albany
The June 25 1885 issue reports on blackberry crop worries from caterpillar activity, artesian wells flowing in New Jersey, and Beverly and Albany markets for fruit and produce. It notes improvements in water works, new elevator and cooler shipments, and growing business activity along with a big focus on local civic matters and community visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jouer
Savannah
Opera Co
w.McRea
Beverly Fobo
W. J. Bruton
Texas
Registration Law Aims to curb illegal voting in city elections
Registration Law will seek to stop illegal voting and bribery in municipal elections. The piece urges legislature to amend the city charter to allow such a requirement. A Sabbath School Picnic is planned at Colquitt in Miller County on Thursday the 2nd of July, inviting all to attend with a well filled basket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Bainbridge
King
New Jersey
Miller County
Farhath
Colquitt
Tod Proxime
Imas Loeb
Atlanta
Oak City Dramatics Reach Quincy Debut With 75 Dollar Receipts
Oak City Dramatic Association left for Quincy Tuesday at 5 AM with a four in hand team, escorted by local youth and maidens. They performed An Only Daughter and Black Diamond before a strange audience, netting 75 dollars in receipts. Chaperoned by Editor Russell and Captain Gurly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak City Dramatic Association
Quincy
O. C's
Russell
Gurly
Baked Fish and a Tale of a Fatal Leap
A baked fish recipe outlines stuffing with bread crumbs butter salt parsley and an egg then baking with salt pork strips for flavor. The report details the death of George Edwards a robber who died from injuries after leaping thirty feet from a tree during capture, with post mortem noting ruptured lungs spleen and gall bladder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Edwards
Fort Gaines
Liberty
Protracted Meeting Draws Mixed Reactions At Church
The Methodist church in this city closed a recent series of meetings Sunday night with no conversions and only one church addition. Pastors and visiting ministers preached powerfully, but the outcome prompted deep reflection on methods, church duties, and public response. The note ends with a new rapid sales schedule from J. Steinringr Co. to clear summer stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Stein. Co
Wholeenic
Hetail
J. M. Marshall
J. O. Branch
B. K. Smith
J. W. Weston
Quitman
J - Steiningr & Co
Love me, love me, but breathe it low in whispers
A fragment from a 19th century paper blends a lyric by Joaquin Miller with local notices. It laments public honesty and prompts readers to uphold virtue, urging support for truth and higher standards in town life. It also promotes Ocean House Tybee Island and notes rain impacting crops while showers continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joaquin Miller
Messrs. Eorrors
Messrs
Ocean House
Tybee Island
Tybee
John Bresnan
An Invitation to Faceville July 4 Picnic
Faceville, Georgia invites Bainbridge and nearby residents to a July 4 basket picnic with ice cream and lemonade sold by local young ladies. Funds raised will buy an organ for the church. Climax notes local business activity, church, school, and town plans amid favorable growth and improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faceville
Messrs. Eorrors
Bainbridge
Whigham Items From June 16 1885 Georgia
Local notes report good rains boosting crops in Whigham vicinity with Capt Jones and Mr Hawthorn showing strong yields. Jones Academy school records 61 pupils, up seven from last year, and a Union Sunday School forms with 65 to 70 scholars seeking 200 volumes and five dollars in literature through the A C Wood Memorial drive. June Meeting at Sofkee runs three days with large attendance. cemetery neglect noted. Mrs Hawthorn Sr ill but improving. James W Chester signs with Thomasville Base Ball Club, acclaimed as Decatur’s leading youth. Ledota bread and taters outlook good for next year. A critique laments excessive baseball coverage in rival papers, urging reforms to journalistic morals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WaitHam
Capt. Jones
Hawthorn
Jones’ Academy
A. C. Wood Memorial Sunday School
Old Academy
Sofkee
Local Notices from Emery Johnson’s and Fred Smith’s Bakery
A garbled local notice page touts bargains at Emery Johnson and Fred Smith’s Bakery including small prices on lemonade and insect destroyer. It promotes Jake Born’s harness exhibit and Viola Colbert jewelry at East Broughton Street. Various patent medicines are advertised with claims of cures. Also mentions tools for sale, a milch cow wanted, and Shiloh’s remedies as seen in Bainbridge Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Smith
Emery Johnson
Nussbaum's
Fred, Smith
Seyne
Hae Sestak
Jake Born
Viola Colbert
East Broughton Street
Watson
Ana
Rees
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Hodge
Sulia
F.L. Rabbit
I Srilga
U, Ga
Quincy Herald
Macon Shoe House
Ito
W. W. Williams
Newton
Antin
Registration Law
Oak City Dramatics
Court House
Temple of Justice
Charleston
L. M. Pleasant
Smart
Ioney
Attapulgus
Flint River
J. Steininger & Co
Chas. Blaine
Geo. Whiteside
Blaine
Emlem
Messrs. Coombs & Co
Apalachicola
Democrat
Climax
Eorrors Democrat
W. E. Powell & Bro
F.j.shores
A. H. Cox
Jim McStevenson
W. R. Watson
Justice Court
KM. McTyre
J. P
J. L. Perrist
Knight
Burton Lassiter
Whigham
C. H. Peacock
Davis
Messrs Snares
Cox
Whigham Items
W.m. Ww
C. H. Thomas Fowlstown
J. 1. Hahn
Tuts CE
Geo. H. Thayer
Bourbon
Ind
Shiloh
C L Beach & Co
CL Beach & Co
Bainbridge, Ga
Shloh
C-E-W
J. A. Butts
W. A. Davis
Griffin
M. J.reynolds
Ben McLendon
Georgia
Baainbridge, Ga
C. L. Beach & Co. Proprietors
C. L. Beach & CO
Cypress Lumber CO
Apalachicola, Fla
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