Third Party Talk and Political Rhetoric in Georgia Debate
A long-winded Atlantic Constitution column critiques third party excitement, references Georgia figures like Colquitt and Livingston, and mocks Ignatius Donnelly as a brilliant crank. It discusses tariff, pensions, cotton, and farmers' aims for cheaper goods, urging慎 cautious, wise leadership and warning against overpromising reforms.
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St. Louis
Polk
Powderly
Post and Donnelly
Willard
Georgia
Africa
Globe
Simpson Voices Tariff Shift Among Western Farmers
Congressman Simpson signals farmers drifting toward the Democratic party as tariff questions rise in their minds. The New York Democratic convention backs Hill for President. Alliances favor Ocala demands. third party and alliance endorse these. Oil and water do not mix in politics.
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Congressman Simpson
Mr. Simpson
Democratic Party
Simpson
Macon Telegraph
Montezuma Record
Peoples Party
Alliance
A Sound Creed on Kindness and Pre burial Kindness
A moral admonition urged as a creed urging people to express love and kindness to friends while they are alive. It argues against saving al l precious sentiments for after death and advocates brightening homes with flowers and words of cheer before departure.
Cotton planters seek advances as factors tighten controls
In Macon on February 17, cotton factors begin advancing funds to planters later than usual due to weak business. Planters request high money levels, signaling continued intent to plant heavily. Factors tighten securities and reduce advances, predicting acreage cuts and steadier prices next season.
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Macon
Who Shall Be Selected This Election Year
The Monroe Advertiser argues voters must choose capable, patriotic, and principled leaders for all offices from constable to president. It condemns political corruption, praises reform, and urges selecting men ready to serve Congress with dedication, integrity, and interest in the people’s welfare.
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Congress
Monroe Advertiser
Louisiana Democrats End Factional Fight Over Lottery Charter
In Louisiana a factional struggle within the Democratic Party over the Lottery charter has subsided as the fraud issue faded. A Republican ticket now fields candidates with ex Gov. Warmoth backing it, a controversial figure linked to carpetbag days.
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Louisiana
Warmoth
Recommendations from Tuskegee conference for Black uplift in Alabama
A Tuskegee gathering of prominent Black leaders issued practical aims including home farming, land purchase, vocational training for youth, expanded roles for women, debt reduction, and school improvements funded by Black communities. They urged ministers and teachers to focus on home life, end sectarian school prejudice, and promote moral leadership, while discouraging emigration and praising white Southern aid.
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Black Belt
Alabama
Tuskegee
South
The Story of George and His Little Hatchet
A brief tale from the Seattle Press Times about George climbing a tree to steal cherries and outsmarting his father by sawing off the limb with a pocket saw as the tree teeters. Also notes the Florida Standard in Jacksonville dying after twenty months and John Webb the Savannah condemned prisoner preferring to hang rather than be sent to mines for life.
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Seatle Press-Times
Florida Standard
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Fanny
John Webb
Savannah
Mr. Webb
A. Benaud
Georgia
Bonaud
Seige Artillery
Napoleon
The Printer Man as Pattern for Writers
A poem extols a diligent writer who dots i's and crosses t's, writes with care, and includes clear postage and address to aid the printer. It praises keeping copies, reviewing, and reworking manuscripts to prevent loss, urging aspiring authors to imitate this meticulous man.
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Runneth
The Right Kind of Love Is Solid Oak
A reflection on love as a burden bearer and patient, divine yet humane. It contrasts kind love with vanity, notes love’s restraint from highlighting flaws in others, and praises steadfast, unshowy virtue like solid oak. It embodies moral guidance on love’s true nature.
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Earth
Love
Georgia Affairs and Georgia Politics Roundup
A scan of Georgia notes details public health in Savannah, plans for a union passenger depot in Brunswick, and Republican splits in Richmond County. The piece mentions new hotels on paper, editorials on Georgia politics, a bishop consecration in Atlanta, flirtations with governors, crowded insane asylums, and poetic jests about tariff reform. It closes with Tom Watson’s Brooks County speech, and a feature on cotton planting intentions amid farm hopes for high prices.
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