Bainbridge Georgia touted as healthful seat of wealth
The article extols Bainbridge in Decatur County as the county seat and a fertile, healthful southern hub. It highlights artesian waters, mild climate, ample resources, and growth potential including agriculture, industry, and transportation by steamer from the Gulf. It praises schools, churches, and civic amenities and invites immigrants and investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savavanah
Tom
Florida
Gulf
Golad
H.C. Wurtz
Couneil
Dan Sin
H.C
U.S
Georgia
Soluthan
H. C. Wurrt
Oaks
Hunties
Ia 2 Foundry
Bainbridge and Decature
Bainbridge
Rampaging White Caps Terrorize Mitchell County
Report details brutal attacks by a White Caps group near Ca Pinaree Florida and Mitchell County injuring Mr Nix his wife and three daughters and beating two men unconscious. Old man Henry Butler and family also assaulted as residents fear further violence with arrests and possible lynching. Tennessee Farmer notes fence post uses for fence lines with no tree harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell County
Pinaree
Florida
Sre
Seeanond
Henry Butler
Butler
Ann Adams
Jones
Rice's Romantic Boy Hood Abduction and Escape to Europe
The late Allen Turnpike Rice, a Boston born minister to Russia, was abducted at age nine by a hackman hired by his mother after his parents separated. He was hidden in Vermont and Canada, dressed in girls clothing to disguise him. The escape spanned England and Europe, with substantial family expenses and later education in Europe before his return.
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Allen Turnpike Rice
Russia
Boston
Mr. Rice
Miss Bourne
Henry Rice
Allen Turndike
Hackman
Vermont
Allen
Europe
Oxford
England
No Conflict Between Alliance and Merchants Urged
An alliance leader argues harmony between alliance members and merchants serves all. Emphasizing fraternity and fraternal cooperation, the piece calls for self reliance and prudent spending, pledging to grow prosperity without antagonizing traders.
The art of not hearing in daily life
A compact essay on selecting what to hear and mute to preserve domestic happiness. It argues that controlling input protects temper and contentment, recommends discreet deafness to insults, gossip, and rude remarks, and likens listening to steering a ship through social gales.
Strange Philadelphia baseball impact and speech improvement tale
A Philadelphia baseball hit produced an odd result as a stuttering man was struck in the mouth and recovered his speech once healed. Commodore Vanderbilt quips that wealth came from buying when others were scared to death and to get out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Commodore Vanderbilt
Udlund
A Bright Future For Southern Industry
The piece argues southern factories attract movement south as New York stove works and Pennsylvania iron works relocate south. It cites cheaper fuel raw materials and living costs, noting northern presses warn about losing industries to the south and west. Skilled labor may follow, aiding recovery and competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star of Empire
Stove Works
New York
Iron Works
Pennsylvania
Wood Works
Michigan
Whitfield Cotton Mills
Newburyport
Mass
Springfield Mass
Savannah News
Incubator Baby Born Thirteen Weeks Early In Worcester
A precocious infant born last Thursday to Mrs. Onesime Brissette at 64 Prescott Street, Worcester, is kept alive in an improvised incubator by Dr. C H Darling. The box incubator uses hot water bottles, a damp sponge, and a thermometer to maintain ninety degrees, with feeding every two hours. The baby weighs two and three quarters pounds and is expected to stay in the box for two months. Columbus exhibition postponed to 1890. Southern State Exposition moved to late October to early November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Darling
Worchester
Mass
Onesime Brissette
Prescott Street
Let Us Help One Another Letter Page Manifesto
A long exhortation urges mutual aid and encouragement. It argues that helping others relieves worry, strengthens the weak, eases burdens, and spreads kindness, comparing good deeds to bread cast upon the waters and citing personal reward for charitable acts.
Mistaken visitor seeks suit in hall encounter
A sharp young man asks for a brushing suit, claiming it belongs to a husband who left early. The housekeeper reveals the man fetched the clothes for the husband earlier. The confected scene ends with the man realizing the error and a warning about counterfeiting. A local remark notes many convicts in Georgia’s penitentiary, now at seventeen thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Columbus Southern Railroad Abandoned in Albany Report
The Albany News and Advertiser says the Columbus Southern railroad is abandoned for Albany and may run Richland to Bainbridge to connect with the Alabama Midland. Americus Recorder notes the Columbus Southern has not been abandoned with increased work and rapid completion planned, countering the earlier claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany News and Advertiser
Columbus Southern
Albany
Richland
Bainbridge
Alabama Midland
Americus Recorder
News and Advertiser
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Bainbridge Georgia
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Jeff C. Talbert
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Charles C. Bush
Colquitt, Ga
Fred Smith
Ornersouth
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