Bainbridge Georgia: artesian wells and thriving county seat
Bainbridge sits at the Flint River’s eastern bank at the western end of the F P I B line. The article touts its artesian waters, healthy climate, and ample resources, highlighting schools, churches, markets, trades, and beginner opportunities. It notes 236 miles from Savannah and 60 miles from the Gulf, plus abundant land and cheap property. The Democrat invites migrants and investors to settle in this growing Georgia county seat.
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Count Istate
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Gulf
Decatur County
Bainbridge
Democrat
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Hamrick & Co
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Zacharias
Zacharia's
Farges
Cooperative farming drives home industry and market growth
A long discussion on farmer cooperatives notes rising investment in oil mills fertilizer factories cotton mills plow shops and wagons driven by mutual confidence and shared savings. It argues small mills can unite to control oil markets, sell meal as fertilizer, and create new local industries while urging political unity to counter gerrymandering.
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Farmers Alliance
AL Hance Farmer
Home Pride Across a Prosperous South
An essay argues that strong home pride drives growth and wealth, praising the South’s fertile lands and opportunities. It urges investing locally to strengthen towns, reduce taxes, and foster independent progress, noting regional compensation and self-reliance as keys to national development. A Saratoga deserter case is noted with a relief bill introduction.
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South
Postmaster duties and subscriber payment duties under local laws
The passage outlines subscriber and postmaster responsibilities for undeclared or stopped newspapers, including penalties for failure to deliver or discontinue. It also notes legal principles that refusing to accept a paper implies payment obligation, and describes a craft project for a decorative basket using hoops and matting.
Piano Club Promises Easy Installment Plan for $300 Instruments
An 1888 prospectus outlines Davis Bros Piano Club No 4 offering a $300 piano through a system of $2 initiation and $1 weekly payments, later allowing $1 extra weekly payments for immediate delivery. Drawings determine delivery order, with options to donate or transfer rights. Insurance and title arrangements are described, with club founders H C Davis L E Davis and A P Davis cited.
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Rotherheods
Club No
Appen
Futore
Nee Ciaee
Davis Bros. Piano Club No 4
Davis Bros. Piano Club
A. P. Davis
Treasuer
H. C. Davis
L. E. Davis
Atlanta
PIANOS AND TAX SHERIFF SALES NOTICE FOR MILLER AND DECATUR COUNTIES
Classified listing shows piano sales with models from Kimball Harrington and others offered on installment plans. Separate tax sale notice enumerates numerous land parcels in Decatur and Miller counties scheduled for public auction on specified dates for unpaid taxes from the late 1800s.
Discharge of W A Chester Estate Administrator
J W Chester administrator of W A Chester petitions to be discharged from administration. Court cites all persons and creditors to show cause why he should not receive letters of dismission on the first Monday in March 1890. Ordinary C J Munnerston.
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Georgia
Decatur County
David Waters
E. D. Waters
C. J. Munnerltys
Decatur
D. A- Russell
Amanda VY. Williams
Sud
Sereed
Amanda V. Williams
C. J. Mumnerlyr
David Waters Searcian
Fannie
Smith
Court of Ordinary
Paonie
Georgian Decatur County
J. W. Chester
W. A. Chester
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Persoma
Vaid
C. J. Munnerstn
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