Georgia Newspaper Notes and Local Short Items
The issue lists rates, notices and brief items from Cairo Albany Macon Valdosta and Macon Georgia. It reports election timing, state fairs and railroads transporting exhibits free, a Tallahassee visitor influx, and a new monthly East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia railroad town publication. It notes a fatal account in Valdosta, a bullfight fundraiser for a parish church, and Governor Gordon ordering safeguards on executive rewards for arrests with warrants and felony charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
Corbin Sees Temperance Union as Key to Suffrage
Mrs Corbin credits the Woman's Christian Temperance Union as a powerful force in the suffrage movement. She notes the 200,000 member organization supports women voting and praises its president’s eloquence and influence. She questions members' understanding of government principles and criticizes funding from churches used to promote individualism impacting family life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corbin
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
End of an imperial era in Germany analyzed
The obituary notes the long reign of William I, his role in unifying Germany, and the succession crisis with his son William II and Frederick. It highlights Bismarck as the real ruler, the 1871 proclamation at Versailles, and the looming regency, with concerns over European peace and liberalization prospects.
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Macon
Germany
Prussia
Napoleon Bonaparte
France
England
William
Bismark
Versailles
Europe
Frederick
Prince William
The Lumber Trade in the South
The piece notes rising northern investment in southern pine lands, especially yellow pine in Georgia and Alabama, and predicts the south will become a major ship-building center. It cites Chicago lumber outlooks, describes land purchases and government transfers, and argues that rising demand and rapid town growth will boost timber values in a God own country poised to be the world’s garden spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Enquirer Sun
Alabama
South
Georgia
United States
Chicago Lumber Journal
Michigan
Wisconsin
Lucky Year of Three Eights Promises Prosperity
The Globe notes a Chaldean superstition that a year with three eights brings unlimited blessings and prosperity. It predicts fields bloom, cattle thrive, and ventures prosper while pestilence and famine recede for twelve months. The item blends superstition with local notices on hotels, bank construction, watermelons for railroads, and political opposition in the upcoming U.S. Senate race.
Setting Out the Plants for Cotton Fields
The piece discusses Pennsylvania method for planting tobacco and compares dry versus moist soil, noting moisture aids growth and reduces replanting. It describes hoeing, watering practices, and the use of lightweight coverings, plus cautions against planting too small plants and emphasizes proper root arrangement and positioning for quick establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Tobacco Journal
New York
Pennsylvania
A Measure of Relief Tariff Bill Aims For Consumer Benefit
The Democratic measure seeks to limit federal revenue excess and lower living costs by reducing taxes. It argues the bill will aid labor and manufacturers, lowering prices for wool dyes textiles and other essentials while curbing monopolies. Critics and lobbyists will resist, but reform is near. Philadelphia Record
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ways and Means Committee
Urs
Treasury
Philadelphia Record
Georgia Farmer J J Kinchen’s Remarkable 1880s Crops
Hawkinsville resident J J Kinchen reports five plows yielding 106 bales of cotton averaging 530 pounds each, plus 1600 bushels of corn, 1000 bushels of peas and oats, 400 bushels of potatoes and substantial fodder. A challenged letter asks detailed acreage, soil type, manure, guano and labor figures, with Kinchen’s response notes.
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C. A. Rowland
Augusta
Kinchen
Pulaski
Twiggs County
J. J. Kinchen
Hawkinsville
Bocones
Aveusta
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the Weekly Democrat
E. Russell
Jno
M. Brown
Batieridge, GA
Cairo
Albany
Quincy
Tallahassee
Congress
State Senate
House of Representatives
North Carolina
Valdosta
Tom Aldine
Tucksie Lane
Aldine
Govermor Gordon
Mre Corbin
The
Columbus Enquirer
St. Louis
Thomasville
Albany Commercial Bank
Camilla
Mitchell County
Commission
Helén. A. O. Bacon
Colquitt
Thomas County
Copartnership
R. M. Bower & Co
R. M. Bower
Bower
Euninger
A. Lilie
Whigham, Ga
Whigham
Bainbridge
Cppmorens
E. J
Decatur
John Herring
Pulassi County
H.G. Townsend
Almes
Planters
Belial
Tennessee
W. Wright
People’s Warehouse
Epti
McMillan Bros
Southern Copper Works
McMills
AN Bros
P. O. Box
Liberty and
Price
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