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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1899
Page
4
Notice announces the Georgia Pine Railway Co of Georgia implementing a schedule effective June 4 1899. RT bound.
Fragmented timetable items show travel paths from Montgomery to Ozark and Palatka through multiple hubs including Waycross Savannah Brunswick and Jacksonville. Entries include arrival and departure times for No.57 No.33 No.85 trains and connections to Tampa Orlando Kissimmee Saint Petersburg and Palatka with multiple stopovers and era style times.
A letter from Georgia Commissioner Q B Stevens provides historical per acre yields from state crop reports. Examples include 119 bushels of corn, 964 bushels of rust proof oats, 694 gallons of cane syrup, and 128 bushels of corn on one acre, with various cotton and hay yields across multiple counties.
The State Agricultural Department asks cane growers to report production data from 1896-97 and 1899 to help plan syrup mills and sugar manufactories. It cites Captain T J James of Emanuel county and notes rising lumber and turpentine industries. The plea seeks cooperation to expand cultivated crops and meet demand for self preservation.
A letter from Ontario woman Mars. E. Keonx credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending eight years of womb trouble and fatigue. She says she can work full days and praises the remedy to suffering women. A second testimonial from Mara M. Sukans of Michigan reports relief from womb issues, sleeplessness, and anxiety after using the same products.
Tax Collector D. C. Bates lists first and second round tax collection sites with dates from September to November in multiple villages including Fowltown Faceville Recovery Pine Hill Rock Pond Denuisonville Steam Mill Spring Creek Kendrick s Belcher s Lime Sink Blowing Cave Spring Hill Pearce s Cairo Whigham Climax Bell s Higdon s Reagan s Attapulgus Bainbridge and Fareville with Bainbridge books closing after November 7 1809.
The Semi-Weekly Journal promotes strong news service with Associated Press feeds plus Georgia and southern state coverage. It showcases special features, farmer letters, and notable contributors like Sam Jones, Mrs. W. H. Felton, John Temple Graves, and C. H. Jordan, plus juvenile and book departments and editorial correspondence.
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