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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1885
Page
3
Chronicle of community events in Blakely and nearby towns including legal, church, and social notices. Mentions visits, arrivals, and local business activity. reports on court sessions, school and band gatherings, and a remarkable farming anecdote about a hen and her brood at Climax.
The death of James G. Blount occurred in the city on Thursday evening last from brain congestion. A twenty year old Post Office assistant clerk, he was known for courtesy and good nature and had no enemies. His mother died months before, and his grave was attended by the Stonewall Fire Co. Judge Campbell conducted the service. Sympathy is extended to his family. Emery Johnson advertises lamps and hardware.
Miller County features Judge A J Kimbrel as the new ordinary with bond posted and D G Sheffield reappointed solicitor. Colquitt offers two hotels at 25 cents per meal, while Miller court handles civil suits under 300 dollars and misdemeanors in a streamlined schedule.
A testimonial from a Georgia reader praises Swift's Specific for inherited scrofula lasting thirty years and for tetter, claiming renewed strength and health. The letter notes other Wells health products and a later ad for J Steiniger & Co offering slippers and a variety of remedies.
A letter urges organizing a county wide camp meeting under the Methodist church with Rev. Sam Jones considered. It describes Culverton camp in Hancock county, its large tented capacity, cost, and the plan to locate near Fowlstown with affordable lumber and no liquor sales, seeking broad local support.
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